Show HELP FOR THE JUVENILE COURT Mayor Bransford Bransfor can not but commend commend com mend himself to the tho approval of the tue community if he shall curb that apparent ap rip- parent desire desiro of the city council to destroy the usefulness and effectiveness effective effective- ness fleas o ot of the tho juvenile court Just what ia Is the motive moti of the tho council In antagonizing antagonizing antagonizing an an- the frien friends s of the court I and crippling that thal tribunal we can cannot cannot not nol understand And it seems that the mayor maor alone can prevent the llio harm barm the council seems seems determined to do To fro charge chargo the tho juvenile jU court seventy dollars a month month or or an any other sum sUm sUm-as as rental for the tho rooms it occupies nn and to m make ke that bill for all tho the time since last spring will be beto beto beto to absolutely swamp the court It has no resources for such a charge an and it should not bo be asked to liquidate date dato it IL The Tho juvenile court is not organized for purposes of profit No Noone Noone Noone one connected with that tribunal is drawing princely stipends stipon s and we do donot donot donot not know of one who Is not working I at a sacrifice and with the notion notion- not nol concurred In by the council that councIl that It Is worth something to the community com corn to save sa the tho boys boya and girls of or that court Probably every could coul get more money monor for tor his time at other occupation It is at least worth to the elt city as much as the two rooms would woul represent sen sent True tho the cit city employs two officers for the juvenile jU court a court a man manan an and a woman And Antl they are arc very capable an and very helpful But Dut if the court is to bo ho crush crushed cd IJ by tho the city government those salaries arc are simply simp wasted w Salt Lake Lako needs tho the juvenile ju court Many bo boys s 's an and girls girla of or the ci city need that supervision an and corrective enco which the court can an and does doe oes exercise We have plenty of money mone to pay par rent for court rooms where the thecil cil city punishes offenders plenty o of mone money to pa pay for prisons in which to hold them plenty of money to pay law lawyers ers to prosecute them thom when whon they the arc are caught in overt acts of lawless lawless- I ness Certainly Certain it is mone money well weil spent spen to provide e the juvenile jU court with the means of preventing the thc manner o olife of life which tends directly and almost almos Inevitably to making prisoners to making criminals For some reason the tho council seems to entertain a a. sentiment of or hostility I to the tho juvenile court This is to be regretted A bettor better view will be bo to tosho give sho twice as much or ten times as much for agencies effectively working work ing to prevent crime than for agencies which deal only with the tho developed criminal It Is to be hoped that Mayor or Bransford Bransford Brans Brans- ford who is cre credited with humane an and advanced advance I ideas on this subject may mar lend Jend his influence to make the tho juvenile court more an and not less useful If in so 50 doing ho shall run counter to the purpose of the city council bema he be ma may confidently rely on having the city irrespective city irrespective of its council council dc de determinedly termine b. b with him |