Show AND GIRlS 4 GROWING GROIN BETTER f Judge ug de dei Alexander McMaster or of i Juvenile Court COUI Makes In InI Interesting In- In 1 in Report Ri e OI I i. i DELINQUENCY DECREASES DECREASES Effective Methods Have Re Reduced Re- Re d ced Crime and 1 Incorrigibility g. g I- I Among Amon b Youths 1 Shoring a marked decrease In de- de among mons minors and an Inease In- In ease eue in prosecutions of ot adults for tor to to tho the delinquency delinquency- of the tho annual report of ot Judge lexander McMaster of ot the tho Juvenile ourt urt for tor Salt Lake county count was submitted sub sub- yesterday to tho the Juvenile court through h Governor William pry a a. member of or that bod body The report Is of particular Interest of ot Its splendid showing of oC among children from a oral moral and legal standpoint During he be ie present year ear 11 08 caH of ot Jelin- Jelin were handled as ns against about during during- the year ear of ot 1010 InO This This' in to delinquency and the ln- ln ire ease in-ease So In punishment of older persons responsible for tor leading leading- children astray je 11 i tAken token by Judge Judg-c Mc alc McMaster aster to Indicate Indi cate that thata a healthy ht moral tone is b be- be S established among amons the Ule Juveniles jU ft f tho the county and tho the tendency on theof the tho of ot their elders to aid thorn them In by furnishing forbidden temptations Is gradually disappearing J Adopt Curative I That the tho method ethod of ot operation of the Juvenile avenUe court is alon along lines nf of pre pre- of delinquency d rather than punishment for tor misconduct after r Jt H BRA Ihu occurred IB IA indicated b by tho the figures figures' fig fig- figures ures ures' of ot the report showing that of oC the grand tOt total l of oC cases handled were settled outside outRide of tho tiro court urt room and find without legal 1 proceedings Of ot these cases 99 were boys bors and sixty sixty- five girls e r dle there were seventeen cues cases of or dep dependent n ent and neglected children under the age of oC seven soven years ars During the year thirty cases o of de dependent le- le pendent and nc neglected children have been bun been handled In tho the court and ninety ninety- two cases of ot adults alle alleged ed to havn havA contributed to the d delinquency of oC minors have been pros in oth other r courts by b- the Juvenile court officers rg letter of Jud Judge e elc McMaster lc sub sub- mUting Hitting his hlll report Js is as follows follows- J What bt the Court Says a It iFor For your Information and consider consider- Uon permit me to hand you OU the tho annual annual an an- nual report of the Juvenile court of the Third Judicial district of oC the state of ot Utah for the year 1911 f The work ha haf has been prosecuted with I patience kindness and vl vigor or and of f the hundreds of or parents who have had children before the court practically lI til 11 11 have united with us in tile the care I and treatment which ha has b been en be bestowed lie lie- I stowed upon them and this has resulted re resulted resulted re- re I in much good Jo j Ii The report shows shown hov a decrease In the number of or children handled and an Increase in increase In- In crease creale In the number lumber of or adults prosecuted prosecuted prosecuted prose prose- for contributing to the delinquency delin delin- delinquency Qu quency ncy of or minors Both of these conditions con con- are gratifying the first indicating indi eating cating less delinquency among amons- children children children chil chil- dren and the latter showing that with of ot apprehension and punishment punishment pun pun- the thc adults who would woul otherwise other other- wise lse start Juveniles ju on the downward path arc are deterred from so doing Of OC couri course e It Is not Intended to Infer that U it gives us pleasure to punish adult fenders but bat rather that the results lt at ot the the are wholesome wholesome- It Is earnestly eart loped that our next re report report report re- re port mo may j how ow tiia t the class of oC Juvenile juvenile Juve juve- nile nUe waywardness a as encouraged L by furnishing furnishIng furnishing fur fur- prohibited articles to children Is eliminated eliminated or at al least enst reduced to a n minimum Another nv matter of Importance not contained in the tho report Is the case casc of or ord d dependent and deserted children Many such uch have i been en in good homes II during tho It should hould ho h mentioned too th that t n a number of or loading leiding doctors of oC Sa Salt Sail t Lako county have j JenNo tendered rl their lt services rIt absolutely free of charge e In behalf of oC boys and girls coming coming- before the court who may be bc suffering from irom physical l or mental weakness Tile Mie fact that the delinquency delinquency delin delin- quency of or 0 chIldren Is due to causes that can enn be f removed d by 11 medical medi- medi I cal cuI or surgical aid aM shows the lie gre greM rc- rc t t value of of or this addition to our working I force forc rr rent nt of or Cn Cases r The report shows sho that 1108 cases were handled luring during tIle tho year Of or this tills number are re boys bos and 1 16 G 6 girls Five Fie n ninety nine of or the thc boys brought ht before the tho Judge hail their cas cases ed ctt out of ot court u and 1 were cr disposed s d cf of In court Of the thc girls girls' cases sixty five were settled out of court and one ninety In co court rt The Thc report Shows the children brought to the attention of the Iho court from Irom the tb urges iges S of or seven sern to et eighteen The number of or boys s brought In In Increased increased In- In creased with use age b beginning with thirteen thir thir- thirteen teen at the ige of ot seven until Ui U I Is shown at he iho age of or thirteen For those fourteen years of oC ago UJO there Is Isa Isa Isn a n reduction to then tho number swells for tor th the next ye year ear r to From then on the number declines The same is practically true of ot the lie girls the number of oC year seven being three and steadily Increasing to those of ot fifteen Hn of or whom there there- wore were forty fott From then on oft the number declines until only nt six arc are shown hown In Inthe Inthe Inthe the vicar old old car column Classification of Cases Of OC the bo boys s 's were charged rg with malicious mischief 29 with petit lar lar- ceny cen for smoking seven ninety r sixty three truancy forty dependent ep and intI nc neglected le thirty thirty- nine hine drunkenness tour visitIng visiting visit visit- Ing saloons arid pool Jool rooms nineteen growing in Idleness and crime nineteen nineteen nine nine- teen fl fighting sixteen c Discharging I In firearms firearms fire fire- arms fourt n n. n immoral conduct on thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen violating the curfew eight abusive e language four violation viola viola violation tion of oC order of ot court three thre violating 1 bicycle ordinance three assault and battery batten two oi obtaining monc money un under er false o pretenses s s. s The Thc I Ch charges S against the girls were Incorrigibility seven forty ort ort- t en Immoral conduct thirty thre dependent and n neglected twp two two malicious mischief mischief mis mis- chief nin drunkenness seven so-cn violating vie vio sating lating curfew ot ordinance truancy fl five petit larceny five thc growing In Idleness Idlene s anI crime four ur violation of oC order of oC ourt three fighting fighting- two visiting saloons on one assault and battery battery hatter bat hat ter tery one smoking one In tho the b by the the court of ot the thc boys boy J tat 1 of ot the ca cases s were continued pl placed On n prObation fifty committed to the time d detention school thirty six ix committed to the re reform reform re- re form school twenty four four placed under under un un- der r suspended sentence t ten n dismissed with Uh a admonition seven placed In oth other r institutions and one was dismissed be because because be- be cause of Insufficient evidence The one ninety girls decided 11 the court were ere at disposed poMe of oC n as follows Committed to reform school chool twenty twenty- four tour caS cases S continued nineteen committed committed com com- to detention school sixteen sixteen- placed on Probation probation 1 eleven cloven placed In In other r Ins Institutions nine un under er suspended sus sus- sentence s seven sen en dismissed s d with admonition five fire |