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Show IB 1920 SERVICE PROGRAM H OF THE SALVATION ARMY H Denver, Colo. Jan. 31 Ten counties L in the intermountain province of the B Salvation Army field have begun B studies of social conditions under tho B direction of field representatives of H the army according to Lieutenant H Colonel John W. Cousins, provincial B commander. The social studies nre H . part of the 1920 service program of HHj the army made as a preliminary step S9 to extending the army's scope of scr- M U-e. H The studies arc made by county nd- H visory bonrds. These boards are made V UP f leading citizens in each county. B Other counties in the province are B being ndded as rapidly ns the limited B force of field representatives can B give instructions. States being sur- B vcyed under authority of the Denver fl afllce arc: Colorado, New Mexico, fl Arizona, Utnh and the Panhandle of B Texas. H The study covers social unrest, ju- H venile delinquency, missing persons, H poverty, unemployment and illigiti- H mncy. The service program calls for M an extension of the Salvation Army work to tho pourco of all social evils. HT Cnche is tho county in Utah that HT is now being studied with J. E. Shop- m lierd, Logan, Utah, as chairman of the H advisory board. |