The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-02-07

| Sanitary Survey Scouting.
A sanitary survey of Cumberland
Md, is being taken with the assistanc,
of twenty scouts of the city. Undel
the direction of DR.. Francis E. Har
rington, secretary of the board O
health, the boys are canvassing the
city, visiting every house, examining
the sanitary conditions, and filling out
a report form for each residence. They
have been instructed to be courteous
but thorough, in their Investigations
The boys expect to complete the work
in fifteen days, working eight hours a
day, and receiving no pay for their ser
vices.
@BOYS WILL GO SWIMMING.
Why a Montana Man Knows It's Well
for Them to Be Scouts.
1t is due to the good scout training
of Mr. Gerald R. Simpson, Scout Mas
ter in Billings, Mont, that Young Dun
can Thompson is alive. Simpson
jumped into the Yellowstone river,
which has a very strong current and
undertow, and rescued the boy, who
had gone down three times, and was
taken out in an unconscious condition.
With the assistance of Horace Wood,
one of the scouts, first aid was admin
istered and the boy resuscitated. Sec
rotary Adele, of the Y. M. G. A., was a
witness to the rescue and made the fol-
lowing statement:
II have always been strongly in fav-
or Of the Boy Scout movement, but my
experience of Saturday afternoon
makes me more enthusiastic than ever
over the possibilities of Scoutcraft,
which it is teaching the boys. They all
learned lot, as there was no joking
about 1t, Saturday, and every boy paid
Boys will go swimming with or
without the consent Of their parents,
and our experience of Saturday after
noon seems to me to be strong argu-
ment in favor of allowing them to go
off on their hikes under the care and
instruction of men who know how to
meet such emergencies"
Story of Summer Camp.
Camping affords the golden oppor
tunity of the year for the scout and the
Scout Master. How the life in the
open and lessons in helf-reliance make
it possible to make the days in camp |
many or few, the most profitable and !
happy in the process Of character
building!
The success of the period depends |
argely on the preparation made for
he outing and the carrying out of
well-defined plans and the way In
which new problems are met during
Camp. Nothing is more gratifying to
hose who deny themselves their vaca-
ion to give the boys one, as to feel
hat after the camp is over much good
las been derived from it and the res
,ect of the scout for the Scout Master
# leader have been strengthened in
UGH way as to make the winters
york to be looked forward to with
leasure, and, as climax to 1t, the
and realization of another
amp. II
This has been the experience of the !
couts and officers attending Camp
the camp conducted by the {
'eleware and Montgomery county
ouncil at Whites Island on the Dele
are, five miles above Trenton and J
wo miles from the historic spot where
crossed it. The camp was \
pen nine weeks and an enrolment '
IT'S, some staying as long as six 4
eeks. The following items are some \
,rps that has made the camp and it's
,sociation dear to the hearts of all
no attended.
The Scout Master was the standard
conduct required from every boy at :
nding. The efficiency of this was =
owed by the fine spirit with which a
" went about his task or pleasure :"
id the fraternal feeling existing be- =
zen members or different troops. =
lie best in the boys was drawn out
d the result was an excellent spirit -
harmony and friendship among the q
mpers. Many new friendships were :"
lde which will assist in rounding ont -
. boys characters.
Good plain food, well cooked, and =
of meals were much APP -
eciated by the boys. The health and p'
ppfness of the campers depends -
gely on this important department,
d it should therefore receive the
It attention The lack of sickness in
the camp was due largely to the ex- ry
lent cooking and serving of the fe
ais by Joe, the cook. There was no fir.
ident doctor in camp, but six visit in
re made by the camp surgeon, whose de
e was occupied in taking tests for in,
rit badges In personal and public nj,