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Show THE LOGAN JUVENILE COURT What Judge Cardon Is Doing. A Complete Com-plete Report of The Work. During tho past few months the public has heard considerable about the Logan Juvenile Court, but as to the .specific work being done, the results, re-sults, etc., little has come to the public pub-lic eye. For this reason In particular the following report submitted by Judge Cardon must necessarily prove of exceptional Interest. The Report. Logan, Utah, Nov. 27, '05. To the Juvenile Court Commisssoners of Logan, Utah. Gentlemen: I beg to submit the following report of tho labors and workings of the Juvenile court of this clt . According to an act of our last legislature, legis-lature, whereby a Juvenile court com mission was created, in ana tor Logan City, and by tho authority In such a commission vested, I was appointed the Judge of tho said court in the above named city on the 17th day of May, 1005. Tho act referred to gave mc power to appoint the probation officer of-ficer or olllccrs: I therefore appointed Andrew King Jr., of this city, and he begun his labors on the 15th day of June of this year. I theiefore wish to report that since tho organization of this court there have come before me for hearing. hear-ing. Six adult persons, four men and two women, for contributing to the delinquency delin-quency of children. One hundred sixty-three boys and seventeen girls have been cited to appear ap-pear In this court. Three girls have been sent to the Indu trial school at Ogdeti, Utah. Eight boys arc now out on probation. proba-tion. Twenty-eight boys were cited to appear ap-pear for smoking. Thirty-one boys were cited toappear for visiting pool and billiard ha''s, and for being In saloons. Eight boys and three girls for stealing. steal-ing. Four boys for lighting. Twenty-nine boys for being truants Forty-six for being out after curfew the second time. Eight for being out the third time. Two for being out the fourth time. Wo have had six boys for dcstro.vlng property: We. have had seventeen boys and one girl from other towns, principally for visiting the saloons and billiard halls, the girl of course excepted. A large number of boys and girls were cited to appear merely to have tho law explained to them, of which the com t kept no record. 'J here have been live visits from mothers and four from fathers thanking thank-ing the court and probation olllccrs for the assistance given in helping to control con-trol their children. We have succeeded In getting Into our public schools several children who have heretofore not Idcntllicd themselves with school. It Is also very noticeable that our streets arc generally clearer of boys and girls after the ringing of the curfew. cur-few. The coutt would recommend that ringing of the curfew be nine (0) o'clock the year around, as In the winter the boys have, as a rule, meetings meet-ings to attend, and it Is usually nino o'clock boforo tho meetings arc dismissed, dis-missed, and hence bring them on the streets after eight o'clock. We have notified all tobacco dealers not to sell to boys or other pcisons under un-der the age of eighteen years. Generally speaking the people of the city have assisted us In the work, but we have had some opposition. The Juvenile law when understood and carried out in our city and state will be the means of saving hundreds of our young people from doing tlmo in our state prisons and jails. All of tills work lias been done without with-out expense to the city for arrests ar-rests and witness fees, etc. I recommend that there be provisions provi-sions made whereby a school or home be procured and maintained, where delinquents may be taken and instructed in-structed and taught to become useful and Industr ous citizens of our city, state, and commonwealth. We ask the citizens of this city to kindly assist us In the work and labors of this court, and by a united elTort we cannot help but be greatly benefitted. Hespectfully submitted, Louis S. Caudon, Judge of Juvenile court. |