Show PROBATION OFFICERS DO 00 REAL HEAt WORK V OF JUVENILE COURT SAYS SQUARE DEAL DEAt To Tu the E Editor 1 I have read with wilh I great Interest the tho articles and editorials editor editor- editor I I mIs that ha have havo habec been bec l written upon the decision In irk the tho mo court courtIn In regard to the Juvenile Ju court anti and its judge e. e In all these discussions there has hils not been licen nn anything said about abouL time the timework work worl of r the bus busy probation officers I have ha visited the co court rL many tim times s and arid know that the time cases I 1 have have- heard could not riot have been settled b by the Judge unless the probation officers hall had thoroughly Investigated In the time home and Its surroundings It Js 18 their persistent work that counts In th tho ho final disposition disposition tion of or the time cases Because the thc probation probation probation pro pro- bation officers are arc given gl char charge e of the war wards s of or the court l I think the public should know the time valuable work they are arc doing hen a boy must have ha a Job a a. pair of oC shoes a n suit sulL of clothes something to cat eat It IL Is the probation officer who must mUIL gut got oL all nil these timings things for him It Is the time officers who first talk to the boy summon him to court and who ho first give him a a. chance to play square In lu III many mony cases the officer orn- orn must put his hand Into his lila own pocket and help the fello fellow Many of oE the CAPOS eol that are arc reported to the thc court are arc settled around the firesides of or the time girls girls' und and boys boys' homes I iva was surprised when I talked with Ith the officers to lo know that about three fourths of time the cases reported were elc settled ll o outside tIme the co u l' l L Many Inn ni nights have those officers made weary Journeys Into tho the homes of or the boys and ind there thre had laid a heart to talk to tIme the erring one 1 I I hiie heard hear from Crom the time boys bos themselves of or t the c little kindnesses rendered them by these men There are those It seems who think that the Juvenile court would not be of or an any use In this city If the pres pres- ent Judge were taken aiva away In lip this I b beg J to differ r because I know whereof lf I speak when I say lay that the probation officers arc really the Juvenile court coun Could It IL be expected of ot any anyone on one maito mar man marto to do the things that the papers have said that JU Judge le Brown Drown has done He lie bad had to have havo help hell arid anti he did have hav th time the aid of or many of or time the good people of or Salt Lake 1 believe the thc papers should give I e them some of or time the credit A Morris school could not be rUn without the tIme therl rl right ht kind of or a superintendent a farm for Cor boys could not be a a. success without without without with with- out a competent manager a betterment betterment better better- ment merit home could not possibly be a success unless the right kind of men inca were svere connected with It I think the theold theold theold old sa saying Is true that we should give the time devil de his dues Therefore I 1 I. I as a citizen would ask that ho iho papers give the public the same samne Idea of or the thc men and women who are connected with the Juvenile Ju court of or this ell city 1 U H is 15 not miot al always always al- al ways because tIme the Judge rendered a decision decision de dc- de- de that kept a boy o omit t of or the In lii- lii school but because an officer won the confidence co of or that boy that time the little fellow made good T I have hare oft often n wonder wondered d wh why the good work of these officers Whose nam names s you all ought u ht to know lenow was was' not better known by y the time people They surely show a very ry self sacrificing and unselfish spirit III In tho time work It Is 18 trul truly to their thell credit that for a pittance they work In the tho masters master's vineyard without the time flashlight of or public opinion turned upon upon up up- on them tad and th their lr work They arc are doIng doIng do- do Ing lag the time work ns as tho time Nazarene did letting let let- ting the tho ones the they help helm praise them In doing doing- something for fot the time other follow fellow In Imi the time name of a square deal I J ask usk you ou to lo In and talk with th these S officers about the most Important parLor part parL of or the Juvenile court work Yours trul truly A SQUARE DEAl I V |