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Show iS OF HANDLING JUVENILE WORK I DECLARED SUCCESS BY JUDGE If MUSSON; FIGURES FOR YEAR GIVEN Jcnilc1 Judge N. Guinmr Rnsmusson has issued" his null nu-ll rciwrt to the juvenile court commission tolling of the Lie work of Utah county. Following is the report in full: Jim submitting herewith the yearly report of fliu juveu-Lart juveu-Lart of the Fourth judicial district, in and for Utah KL for the yr ending November 30, 1920. wiilo the report to some extent indicates the operations b.court, 1 am hold to suggest, that the real value of thia isuj ncvor bo revealed by Kfcfc Tlal t,art oI U' work Ktm the JuTcnilo court work-K,ftatest work-K,ftatest satisfaction nnd hnp-E'can hnp-E'can not be expressed In cold K of the interesting oxpcrlmenta Ktrear haB beoti the uttempt to stronger Juvonllo court orgun-t orgun-t In Utah counly. The 'need for tun ono probation ofllccr In this B? tad long been recognized, but krtnlle court commission had t impossible to glvo financial ace because of an Inadequate Ejrtttlon to that department. In Kfcrt to solvo the financial prob-Kil prob-Kil to secure two addltlinal ofll-Himrat ofll-Himrat meetings were held dur-jtae dur-jtae and July with tho county doners, tho mayors of Uio Ki.titlrs and the superintend- it'the three school districts of Kinty. U was finally decided KieiBecessry assistance should Kitfje' secure the needed officers Kirtom was to receive a sal-K-flfQ a month. This money was Bf.jW follows; Alpine and No-Heel No-Heel districts, 76 each'; Provo Ksielf, $S0: UUhtwnty. $50; tjMr.-$6; Lehf;'srten Fork. mmi. BpartfsVrk'and Pay-MchT Pay-MchT sjj'd, Plant Orovo Hs state agree .to '.pay (he mmmmmrnl" r S i mmmWmtiim&tm& HPnoof districts In1 trie1 county a ititm officer, who besides por- ib( the duties of that office nlso i m attondnnco officer for the tob. Tho uniting of these duties wjr fitting since tho now school ni ago parallels tho Juvenllo irt JurlsMctlon. In fact It does ir1th the ncodlcss duplication of rt present in tho old system. iaough the now organization has i la exlatnnco hut five months the i)ti attained thus far Indicate Its ante succour. A fow minor nd-meats nd-meats may be necessary to got It (perfect working order. Already n 'it spirit of co-operntlon between sir, city and school offlniulH In ird to Jiuoullo delinquency Is no-allt no-allt Howevor, th'oro Is still a ten-(j ten-(j among some of thoso officials to irsllcisos of delinquency to tho Man officer. Thus his tlmo Is ofton spont In looking nftor petty cases which could be settled by the local officers. In sovcral instances tho new system has also provented dellnquecny rather than to wait und tryto cure 1t. For oxntuplo, It Is tho opinion of somo of tho mayors In tho county thnt tho system has been effective ef-fective In raising the moral tono of their respective cities. N. QUiNNAU RASMUSSBN'A Juvenllo Judge; Tho report of cases handled for the year Is as follows: Offenses Boys, Girls, To'l. Truancy 98 31 ,129 Petit larceny 71 1 72 Malicious mischief . . 54 . . G4 Using tobacco 62 .. 52 Violating blcyclo and auto ordinances ..28 .. 28 Incorrlblllty 17 8 25 Violating curfew ordl- nance :.'.. 16 8 24 Immoral conduct ...,1G 9 24 Gambling . .., ,21 ., 21. Trespassing 19, .. 19 Disturbing the peace 14 .. 14' Forgery II 11 Using liquor 'J .. 9 Taking autos .-' .. 8 fighting .. urJil-; ? 3 Dlsekanfing firearms .3 2 Abusive language .... 3 .. 3 YtolUnraWlroohisj' ... 1 ., t 1 487 62 54S In court cases .... 144 12 ICC Out of court cases . 34.1 CO 393 Disposition of discs by fhn Court Fined 79 .. 79 Committed to Industrial school 12 7 19 Under suspended son- tcneo 1G 1 1G Placed on probation Hi 1 16 Dlsmlssod with admonition admoni-tion 12 s .. 12 Dismissed, Insufficient ' evidence ;.. 7 .. 7 Committed to detention deten-tion school 2 t 3 Cases continued 2 .. 2 Placed In homos - 2 144 12 156 ritios collected during tho year 11.381.50 |