Klamath Juvenile Court
Rates High In Oregon
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Juvanlla Cuurt."l
Under the Orr-uon Juvenile
court structure, Kluinulli county
ranks among tlm flvo counties
Willi the highest standurds.
Multnomah county, with Ha
court of domestic relations, ninkii
(Irat. However, Klamath, Mur
Ion, Clackamas mill Lane coun
ties, which huvo Juvenile Jur
isdiction vctod In tlm circuit
court, rcilnln ninny of the good
features of domi'iitlc court. The
iiinn Judge hears cases of di
vorce, adult! charged with con
tributing to the delinquency of
minor nnd other domestic mat
ters which many limes are nurt
nf the same case for which the
minor haa been charged with
delinquency or dependency. The
Judge of a circuit court la re
mitred to lie a lawyer. Thirty
Oregon counties have Juvenile
court Jurisdiction vented with
the county court which does not
have Jurisdiction over other do
mestic matters. It la not neces
sary for the Judge of the coun
ty court to be a lawyer.
Klamath county Is one nf 10
Oregon counties which employs
a full-time Juvenile officer. One
county employes a part. time
Juvenile officer and tne other
24 counties nave no probation
staff.
The Klamath county Juvenile
court staff consists of: Judge
David It. Vandenberg. As Judge
nf the circuit court, he Is Judge
or the Juvenile court, lie Is clccl
ed every six years on a non-pur
tlsan ballot: Juvenile Officer
(ierald Murray, on leave to U
8. army since March 1942. lie
was appointed In 1041 and was
a former recreation officer. An
polntment and duties of proba
tion officers are In Sec. 03 007
Oregon law. No qualification
are set forth for suld officer, al
though Sec. 93.(106. pertaining
to officers appointed In counties
nf over 200,000 population,
states they shall be "discreet
persons of good moral chursc
ter." Under this same section It
defines the duties of a proba
lion officer as making Investl
gallons of children charged with
delinquency or dependency for
ine district attorney, to be Dres
ent in court In the interest of
the child when the case is heard
to furnish the court any Informs
tlnn or assistance the Indue mav
require and to take charge of
ute child before or after the
trial as the court may desire.
He Is appointed bv the Itidffe
Ills salary is set and paid by the
county court. Probation officers
Msve the power of peace officers.
Deputy Juvenile Officer Faye
L,ucas. ant naa tne same person
nel status as the Juvenile officer.
She has been on the court staff
seven years, first as slenog
rapher and for the past four
years as deputy. It Is considered
a progressive feature that K am
ath county has a woman to han
dle cases of girls. (Note: This
county uses the title "Juvenile
officer" Instead of "probation
officer.")
Stenographer-Clerk Faye Gib
ion. ..
In talking with the various
law enforcement agencies of
Klamath county, It was learned
that this county Is diligent In
seeing that exclusive original
Jurisdiction Is vested In the Ju
venile court. The city and alute
police cooperate by assisting
with Die pollco worn or the Juve
nile court, as does the county
sheriff. The petitions ngiilnst
children are issued In the district
attorney's office lifter Investiga
tion by tlio Juvoiillo officer,
Oregon luw provides that Ju
venile proceedings shall be pri
vate and separate from trial of
adults. We are Informed by re
liable officials that this Is the
case in Klamath county. Al
though we did not ask to in
spect the confidential records of
either the Juvenile court or the
Juvenile office, we wero told by
the clerk of the court that rec
ords of Juvenile cases are kept
separate from other circuit court
records as provided for by law.
In this court the practice of
' continuing cases ' Is observed In
order that the child may be giv
en every opportunity for avoid,
lug a permanent record where'
In he is adjudicated "delin
quent." The Juvenile office
showed the chairman of the com
mittee the record system. It con
slats of book entry narratives for
all cases Investigated and Indi
vidual records for case openings.
Although the Oregon law makes
no provision for the confidential
nature or such records, we lire
told by the Juvenile officer that
such records aro considered con
fidential social records. It is dlf
flcult to draw conclusions from
statistical reports comparing the
various counties of Oregon be
cause there Is no uniform meth
od nf keeping such records; how
ever, we are presenting the
court's statistics as matter of
Interest:
All School Broadcast Slated
Four members of the cast who will participate in the all school broadcast scheduled for May
6, are. left to right, Charles Woodhouse, Irma McBrlde, Margaret Crubb and John Stewart. The
broadcast will be heard over KFLW, the station having a direct wire installed lor this program.
April Weather
Hot And Dry
April 1946 was a strange com
bination of weather. It was the
driest April since 1939, and had
the highest maximum (83 de
grees) since 1934. There were
seven cloudy days, 12 partly
cloudy and 11 clear days during
the month. Minimum tempera
ture, 27 degrees, was the lowest
since 1943. Precipitation was
only .08 of an Inch, with average
for April .91 of an inch.
Mean temperature for the
month was 48.9 degrees, the
highest since 1943 when 49.6
degrees mean monthly was re
corded. Normal monthly mean
Is 46.9.
April 24 was the hottest day
this year and April 2 and 30
were the coldest days of the
month.
U. S. bureau of reclamation
reservoirs showed an increase of
69,800 acre feet total storage
water as of May 1, 1946, over
that recorded' on the same date
last year..
Upper Klamath lake: 324,300
KSAI.D NSWS, KlaaiaUi Salla, Ora.
raiDAT, Mar I, !, ria Tare
acre feet May 1, 1945; 393,240
acre feet, May 1, 1946. Clear
lake. 293.340 acre feet, May 1,
1943, 297.680 acre feet May 1,
May' 1, 1946, 68,850 acre feet
May 1, 1946.
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Quoting from "Study of De
linquency In Lane County," pre
pared November 12, 1042. by the
Lane County League of Women
Voters: "One of the fundamental
purposes of Juvenile court legis
lation has been to protect child
ren In care of the court from as
sociating with adult criminals."
In order to prevent undue de
tention of minors, the Klamath
county Juvenile staff is on 24
hour duty to make immediate ar
rangements for the custody of
the child until the hearing. In
most cases he Is released In the
care of his parents, unless oth
erwise provided. Under Oregon
Sec. 93-613, It Is unlawful to
detain a child under the age of
14 In the enclosure of a Jail or
police station or In the same
building or enclosure with adult
criminals.
The detention cottage, where
juvenile offenders are lodged
pending hearing, is operated by
the county court. The committee
visited the facility, which Is part
of the county farm, and found a
modern, attractive set of build
ings. The grounds are pleasant
ly landscaped and the living
quarters consist lurgely of cot
tages grouped about a central
administration building. The din
ing room is very attractive and
cheerful. The county library
maintains a branch. The Juvenile
detention cottuge consists of
four bedrooms, each with two
cots, a reception hall and a bath
room. The building was de
scribed by Mr. Morrison, who
has been the superintendent for
13 years, as being completely
fireproof. For more difficult of
fenders, there is a cell in the
bdmluistratlon building. Super
vision of the facility will be im
proved when more staff becomes
available.
FOWL PLAY
DUQUOIN, III.. May 3 (II
Farmer J. Wesley Tucker wasn't
complaining too much when he
reported to police that a thief
stole 14 of his chickens.
Tucker said that the robber
who invaded his henhouse left
in such a hurry he dropped his
purse, which contained $13.14.
That was Just 40 cents less than
the fowls would have brought
at the OPA ceiling price.
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