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Show CHILDREN IN NEED OF HELP Tho Judgo of th0 Juvenile court and the probation officer are trying to find suitable homos for boys. "The present winter' opened with two or three dozen children in Ogdon Og-don city living In such conditions and surroundings as tho law forbids, and against wnicti our commonest sort of human feelings lead to protest and revolt," said Judgo Gunnell, "and in tho absenco of public or private- provisions pro-visions or arrangements for tho keeping, keep-ing, care or custody of dependent children, chil-dren, as is tho case In this city and county, thoso who have the burden of looking nftor these things have a hardrow to hoe." A few people of Httlo means ot their own, but with largo sympathies, endeavor to aid the officers and tho chlidron, and the coimty commit;- I sioners como to the rescue in some cases with contributions from their j poor fund. j Tho judge says that the general conditions aro such that It ha3 boon deemed best to aid tho children by assisting as-sisting tho family, or by removing tho children and otherwise caring for them by public or private contributions, contribu-tions, or by obtaining for them homes in private families without expense, with but lltlo court formalltios, and only such as may b absolutely re- quired. So that It is desired to save these Httlo ones, in as many cases as possible, by arranging in a" friendly friend-ly way for persons having no children or having small families, to provido for a child In need In their homos, and thus savo tho child from presont dlscomfortsfl and give it a chance for future usefulness and decent liv- j Jag. j It seems that tho most difficult problem for tho officors, in the matter mat-ter of helping dependent children, is to find suitablo homes for boys. It is not difficult to find porsons who consent con-sent to take, for temporary or permanent per-manent caro, bablo's or Httlo girls, but j it appears to be different as to boys. ' Thjs ought not to be tho case Many boj's of the sort mentioned promise the making of fine men, and, in families fam-ilies where tho conditions aro favor-nblo, favor-nblo, thoy ought to be an agreeable, entertaining and usoful addition. Any person who can properly tako Ruch a boy, and who Is willing to do so, for a short timo or long time, shuld seo Judge Gunnell or Officer Jacobs. There is no greater work than saving young people from degrading de-grading surroundings, and it Is much cheaper for a community to do this than to look after them when thoy have grown into evil men and women wom-en because of the bad conditions of childhood. oo |