Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-19
TEACHING BOY SCOUTS
HOW To TIE KNOTS
Value Of koot Tying Empha.
sized as a Meas Of Saw.
ing Life

Howard w. Riley has prepared for
the semi-monthly bulletin service
published by the New York State
College of Agriculture in Cornell
University, Ithaca. New York, a
thorough article on Knots, Hitches
and Slices" This bulletin is being
sent to all the scoutmasters in New
York State and the leaders of the
Boy Scouts of America received per-
mission to have it printed in full for
use of the scoutmasters and boy
scouts throughout the country The
bulletin explains in wonderfully
simple and easily Ineligible manner
the art of tying knots, making spices
and bitches. AS the boy scouts are
required to know number of knots,
this bulletin is REGARDED as one Of
the most useful that has been pub
lished.
The value of knot tying is empha-
sized in book by A. Hyatt Verrill,
specialist in boys work who writes
LAS to the utility Of knots and rope
work there can be no question. A
little knowledge of knots has saved
many lives in storm and wreck, and
if every one knew how to quickly and
securely tie a knot there would be
far fewer casualties in hotel and sim
liar fires. In thousand ways and
times knowledge of rope and knots
is useful, and many times necessary.
Many an accident has occurred
through knot or splice being i'm
properly formed, and even in tying
an ordinary bundle or 'roping' a
trunk or box few people tie a knot
that is secure and yet readily undone
and quickly made In a life of travel
and adventure in out-of7the- way
places, in yacting or boating, in hunt
ing or fishing, and even in motoring,
to command a number of good knots
and spices is to make life safer,
easier and more ENJOYABLE, aside
from the real pleasure one may find
in learning the interesting art of
knot tying.
Riley's bulletin tells the manner
of caring for rope, or coiling and un-
coiling it. of undoing snarls. The
bulletin gives in detail the methods
of finishing rope. 1t tells how to
make bitches and as to the "Clove
Hitch" it says; by twisting the rope
to the right with the right hand,
form two loops in figure eight with
the ends of the rope side by side at
the center and extending in opposite
directions. BY still further twisting
the right hand in the same direction,
the hitch is thrown into the com
pleted form. Put the loops over the
object and pull taut.
"By the sailors method the hitch
is made while there is pull on the
rope, as in mooring a boat. Sustain
the strain on the rope with the left
hand and by twisting the rope to the
right with the right hand, as indi-
Gated by the arrow. first form a loop
in the rope and then roll the loop
over the top of the post. Move the
left hand up beyond the loop, hold
the rope there. and with the right
hand form a second loop and roll it
in place.
As to making the Surgeons knot.
RELY says: In the beginning the
left end is wrapped twice around the
other rope, instead Of once, as for the
square knot. If now the rope is
pulled up tightly, the extra twists
tend to keep tn, knot from slipping
while the second part of the tie is
made. In using this knot with
smooth cord, as in tying bundles, af-
ter the first wrapes have been taken
and the cord drawn up firmly, it is
necessary to kink the double twists
into a bunch so as to jam them, by
swinging the hands around in such
a manner that the wrists cross
while still pulling. The knots will
then hold securely while the second
part of the tie is made and drawn up