Show I JUVENILE COURTS COTS IN i luAu UTAH fAIRLY BUSY The report of all of the juvenile court work worl in the thc state for 1909 way wasP made by John K I hardy ardY acting secretary of the I state juvenile court commission lon at a meeting bf the commission Wednesday Truancy ca cases es malicious mischief and violations of or the curfew law lead in youthful offenses During the year the records of the courts show that cases were handled The total cost of the court work paid by bythe bythe bythe the state during the year amounted to which makes the average cost per case 4 The report a as to truancy cases Is not absolutely correct for the reason that in Salt L Lake le City a a great majority of such Ruch cases eases are bandied handled by bythe bythe the truant u officer c of the e eO board O of education edit edu cation IO and not reported reported p et t to life rr j juvenile v N court at all so that the figures for Salt Lake Lale county are not accurate in that re re- re An incident is cited as to the work done by probation officers In theT tha remote settlements settlements set set- of ot the state In one of or the extreme extreme ex ex- southern counties a probation officer officer tier found a family in which there were three children needing his attention The family was located fifteen miles from the home ionic of the officer yet he visited the family amily twice a month for tor six months and monthly riY for a period e g of r three Y months and finally I Induced u e them n to move O into I town and succeeded in placing the three children in school where they ire are now beim given en the advantages of or an edu edue- edue education tion and proper home surroundings Some of the most important statistics in the report are given as follows s Cases handled In court court Boys Boys 1519 girls total 1632 12 Cases settled out of court by probation officers officers Boys all ages from tram 7 to 18 years 1256 1266 girls all ages 7 to 18 years dependent and neglected children under under un un- un- un der del 7 years of age total 1540 Grand total cases handled |