The Sidney herald., 1955-05-26
BY Ernest IrnmeI

SCAAA4AAALLGE
IS instructed to recommend tn +be
1857 assembly a complete code
of laws relating to procedures and
care Of delinquent, dependent and
neglected children"
At its organization meeting The
committee elected District .Tudoe
w. w. LESLEY of Bozeman. chair
man. Representative J.. Miller
Smith of Helena, who sponsored
the law in the legislature, is vice
chairman. The executive secretary
IS Joseph H. Roe, director of the
division Of child welfare service
state department of public vel
fare, Helena.
Neglected children NAV baconoo
delinquent children. Hence. nri-
marlly, the problem is rooted in
the home and, by extension. is the
concern OF the school, the church
and the community. When 2 COM
munlty IS shocked by a youngster
or a group Of youngsters cone a
stray, the tendency of the COM
munlty is to blame somebody else
out IN many cases the community
mas Ialled In a basic responsibility.
D!Strlct judges have great DOW
ers IN dealing with juveniles. and
hot alone in the realm of delin-
quency. Montana's judges r not
an IN accord on the best wav to
handle hayward youngsters or
0 VINO show strong inclinations
OF developing serious a~ntisociaI
characteristics. This can be said
likewise of the attitude of social
workers.
Representative Smith pointed
out that Montana has quite =
number Of laws pertaining to neg
lected and delinquent children.
But these laws are a hodge-hodoa ]
some instances they needed To {
De reconciled one to the Other
And 1t seems to me that funda- !
mental IN any such code should I
the theory that in each case we q
are dealing with a specific indi- |
a
one hears a great deal about +
lnderprlvileged children. and thew f
re certainly an important phase q
Il the problem, but in Montana in U
ne last decade or so there has I
,een an alarming number of in I
tances where the offending "
oungsterS have been from homes n
above the average in material n
dvantages. Il
Inc child welfare advisory COM :
lIItee is confronted with a moral e.
social problem in which. in p
eneraI, 1t would appear that eco 81
omlc factors are secondary. How e1
} effect a substantial solution of
us problem through mere law is st
here the wisdom of solomon da
)meS in. be
+ + = Sh
In complaining about the biob tr'
'St OF goods and services we pr
ust buy, we too often ignore the an
x factor and the effects that w
,yrocketing taxes have had in
Jung the purchasing power of VIZ
e dollar. of
A full page advertisement in .
cent issue of the Great Falls Tri~ -,
ne amply illustrates this point ~.
llef emphasis is on the price of -
some IN Great Falls 80 wears 49,
2 IN 1923 - compared with 81;
lay, but also there is a comnar- o1n
We list of foods and some other re
ms. Not taking into account the ool
then l cent and now 9 cents 81,
The price of gasoline was the e. otiS
IN 1923 as it is in 1925 - 25 Ia
a gallon. Idu
Considering the greater e~fficien- ~.
OF today's gasoline, in part the clio
OF the more efficient auto boy
engine and better high der
Us which give greater gasoline Nor
cage - the price of gasoline in we1
year of 1855 is actually less ert
n 1t was in 1923, even if we Lar
ore the fact that 25 cents had mir
more purchasing power q
q OF a century ago than if AIR
S presently. -
GLOWING are examples of bo,y III
III food prices in Great Fill =
e increased in the 80 vearc. FT
ad, large loaf, from 5 to 81
IS; 5O-pound sack of flour ~
. to SAILS; hams, 20 to So Arr
s a pound; bacon, "a to 70 ocn'
S; strictly fresh eggs, 20 tn meth
cents a dozen; rolled roast lana
rib, rs to 70 cents a pound Spen
IN OF T-bone steaks, 2215 to ing
ents a pound. Alas
'p hogs on the Great Falls OF A
Aet went from SITS to SIT en- CORE
.ndred and choice steers from Unit
) to $21.5O tute.
haircut that costs en- lege
is now SIPS and A. or ~ rotat
e is now 81. Cent Su
versi
its atten
IlSsoula on June 6. Montana W.
university will confer the Oh W
rary degree of doctor of laws comp
Jnlted States District Judge OF u
les N. Pray of Great Falls. No Slole
.anan more richly merits such y. a
SUCH the e
rhaps more than ono order
2 Pray is the "oronJ N1S eIse' class.
ontana." He has been . 1au- At
8 years. After coming to Fort two
IN from Chicago in 1895. he the 4
ne county attorney of Chou all W
county, then a veritable em- also
n size and having amono lie racks.
)rary residents coroo cOmDl