Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-10-21

of his ability and to let notnlns 'n'o'
| fere with his doing 1t. .,or
If a Scout were to freak MS hoho.
bv telling a lie, or by not CARRYING -
an order exactly, when trusted On US
| honor to do so, he would cease W
scout. and must hand over MS
| Scout badge and never be allowed |"
wear it again-hc loses his NE.
2 A Scout is Loyal to his parehls,
to his superiors, to his country anu
to his employers lie must Slen
them through thick and thlh asaiis.
everyone who is their enemy VI e'NN
talks badly of them.
3. A Scouts Duty Is to Be Uselul
| and to Help Others. And he Is TO 40
| his duty before anything else, even
| though he gives up his oWn pIeasule
| or comfort or safety to do 1t. Wnen
in difficulty to know which OF t"o
things to do he must ask himself
which is my duty?"-that is. .Whtcn
is best for other people, and do that
one. He must be prepared at any
time to save life or TO help injured
| persons. And he must do a good turh
| to somebody every day.
4. A Scout is a Friend to All, ano
a Brother to Every Other scout NJ
Matter to What Social Class the olh-
er Belongs.
Thus if a Scout meet another Scout
even though a stranger to hlm' ne
must speak to him, and help nm IN
any way hat he can, either to carry
out the duty he is then doing, or by
| giving him food. or as far as possible
ANYTHING that he may be in want OF.
A Scout must never be a Snob. "A
moi is one VINO looks down upon an
other because he is poorer or VINO
is pool and resents another because
he is rich. A Scout accepts the other
man as he finds him, and makes the
best of him.
5. A Scout Is the Protector OF Girls
and Women at All Times-and lie
Holds This a Scored Duty.
6. A Scout Is Courteous. That IS,
he is polite to all-but especially TO
m and children, and old people
and invalids, cripples, etc. And ne
must not take any reward for being
helpful or courteous.
7. A Scout Is a Friend to Animals.
He should save them as far as pos
sible from pain and should not XIII
any animal unnecessarily-for 1t is
one Of Gods creatures.
8. A Scout Obeys Orders of his
patrol leader or Scoutmaster without
question. Even if he gets an order
he does not like he must do as SOL
diers and sailors do-he must carry
it out all the same because 1t IS MS
duty, and after he has done 1t he can
come and state n reasons against
it; but he must carry out the order at
once.
9. A scout smiles under all cir
cumstances. scouts never crouch at
hardships nor whine at each other,
.-l>1- I;,.~
10. A scout is thrifty-that is.
he saves every penny he can, and puts
it into the bank so hat he may have
money to keep himself when out of
work and thus not make himself a
burden to others; or that he may have
money to give away to others when
they need it.
IL. The Scouts Motto Is "Semler
Paratus''-Always Prepared.
The American Boy Scout Manual is
in course of preparation. Until it IS
published. the Wa Department pub
lication,-The Manual for Privates OF
Infantry of the Organized Miilt AIS
recommended. This can be bought
from the Superintendent of Public
Documents, Washington, D. c., for
twenty cents. The following pages
will be found useful:
~ " - lICltoi'C, 10 w VI
90 to 1O4 inclusive; 121 to 179 inclus-
i've. The above pages cover the fol-
lowing SUBJECTS: Obedience, loyalty.
discipline, courtesy, uniforms, equip
ments, rations, instruction without
arms. tent pitching, guard duty,
marches, patrols, care of health. first
aid rules. and simple field cooking.
The following is the form OF enlist
ment:
THE AMERICAN BOY SCOUT.
Enlistment Card.
hereby enlist in
the American Boy Scout for one year
from ................191 .
City
county ................
state ...............
Address ........:...... Street.
I pledge myself to the American
Boy Scout Oath and Scout Law.
im- --,r
.-.............parent of..........
consent to his enlistment as an Am
erican Boy Scout. .-'"
...........
Note: Enlistment cards are kept
by the local secretaries.
Al soon as the State Executive
Committee has been chartered, it will
issue charters to county committees,
which in turn will issue permits to
towns and cities, but it is hoped that
the boys will be organized without
waiting for a charter
Belle Fourche-After celebrating
for t~wenty-four hours a jury in the
circuit court here yesterday found Ell
mer S~tumbaugh the ex-cowboy, guilty
Of manslaughter in the first degree in
killing Louis Arpan, on Indian creek,
north of here. last summer. The men
quarreled over a line fence, and neigh
bors turned the dispute into a feud,
which ended with Stumbaugh's shoot
ing Arpan. .r
Pierre-December IS has been set
for the sale of common school lands
in Dewey County. The lands which
will be sold are some that are
desired by the Chicago, Milwaukee 4
st. Paul Railway company for town
sitas on the CHEYENNE branch. The