The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-08-06

fhrf worn ana pinpH 10 'NH oDphs ~
the sofd ui the directors IL 10 be
taken. scouting" is real sotb There
10 lies the soers, Of The growth Of
the movement The 10y Scouts are
p'sylag tho game through 10 the
nnish
In Miehisaa hoy Scouts are deputy
Gre aafdrrs. In New Jersey they are
deputy game warasas. In Boston re-
oes,ly ts~y combed miles oi country
Tor iost girl. IN Wash.
tEEton they ou,tpoiieed the police Ii
helping to handle big crowds a,
Meeting. and In dozen other
eii}rs they have become sanitary
AE.a,s aud hAso acted as Ora, aids To
reception eommi,,oos when his con
rcniioas we're hold The heroic per.
.pFmshce ot tho scouts at last years
gathering o, the blue and
Gray a, Gettysburg Ia s,iii fresh,
Wherever they are ;her arc tauEh,
and trained IN rfYriea, pisy.wnrh Of
saas sind sud the organizers declare
The youngsters OF the soanifr take the
idea co fast this, the problem nov IL
no, boa 60 intrr~s, boss ana make
tho enibefahip grow. ba, how TO get
meh enough 10 ioos after the seou,
As they spring up and grow
into regiments They poin, TO Michi.
saa as an instance There the boys
are said 10 has. saved more than q
miillon dollars Ia the state by DE-.
'ee,shs and giving warning OF foT~s;
nfcs Zach scout reports the small
es, nre TO his captain the captain 10
the are warden. and the ore ~ardens
cope s,,h tn. blas~ betofe ~ becomes
big and dangerous
''one good deed ever day"--or
whatever th. motto happens to be--is
no, half 80 tangible To the boys of
Michigan nm 10 Ore prevention and the
deputy Gre Wardrn's badge. which
the soys wear ne proudly as ever
. policeman wore his stat The idea
takes ., has taken so well that
Governor Hatfield OF West Virginia
recently called n boy scout director
from New York TO Charleston to learn
how tho same plan Nigh, be worked
out In tho timscriands OF that state.
To the average citizen who has seen
a horde OF uniformed youngsters pile
on 10 a car In which he 10 ofiee-boand,
The system" behind ~ha, appears TO
bo boys play 10 something OF q sur
prise There are a doscn different
divisions IN which scouts seek fame
Little ribbons or badges mean
achicvemcn,--sape Through
a magazine which has a regular corps
Of editors the general scout plans are
To tho other. Through special col.
umhs In many local papers the boys
are spreading news Of scout plans for
given localities, There are also
standardized hand-books or text books
which show exactly what mus, be
done aud what must be known before
a boy becomes scou, and a scout
scquires merit, Along with these text
books 80 tesss and examinations that
would stump Mr., Average Citizen.
John Jones. boy scout. Is instructed
10 fnd ou, iirst hand how his city IL
kept clean, The business man. riding
10 the once behind his newspaper.
can't, Probably no one city oficiai
can. so he dcives deeply. He inter.
views several. Then he goes ou, and
has look for himself Then he gets
a button or badge signifying his
degree, In his company he has
gained wha, migh, be compared to a
sanitary engineers degree. Or
II he lives IN smaller community In
the country perhaps he becomes a
naturalis, OF somo kind, He may get
his promotion through tho ranks by
knowing how his town or city Is run.
While running wild-v-to all ap-
pearapces---and playing" from morn
Ing to night. the individual, accord
ing 10 the claims OF the boy scout di.
rectors. is becoming one Of an army
OF half u million who will grow up to
citizenship n force for health. con.
ssrvation and good government
And tho training and work IL all
Incidental. the half million boy scouts
arc playing, merely piaying---bu,
playing hard and to an end.