The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-24
WITH THE BOY SCOUTS
Features OF Interest to Members OF
the Organization in Moscow.

For our boy-scout readers we clil
the following from their official mag
azine, Scouting:
Scout Spirit in a Gutter.
A citizen of Virginia City, Nevada
remarked on the street one day re.
Gently that a certain gutter had been
filled with dirt for three years. Five
Boy Scouts overhead the remark, got
shovels and pick and cleared out the
gutter for seventy feet, providing a
perfect drain Another citizens who
saw them at work was so delighted
that he offered the boys money as a
reward, but they refused it..
VIII Give Medals.
Following the example of Pough-
keepsie and Buffalo, the city council
of ST. Paul has decided to present
civic medals to Scouts for special
knowledge of the city and its gov
eminent. The boys will be required
to know the location Of hospitals, no.
tells, railroad stations, fire alarms and
factories; to be familiar with the city
water and sewer systems, police de-
partment, street cleaning department
health office, judges and city council
members.
The Boy Scout Council in Cleveland
is considering inaugurating civic
contest with a silver medal as re-
ward.
What Judge POrterfieId Said.
(From an address by Judge e. e.
Porterfeld of the Juvenile Court,
Kansas City,
If every boy in the city could be
interested in the Boy Scout Move
ment. the juvenile court would soon
be stranger to the youth of the city,
and we would rear a generation of men
that would not need so much police
protection.
The boy must have a vent for his
enthusiasm. Every day boys who have
sought their fun with some gang come
into the Juvenile court for punish
ment. There are lots of them in the
reformatories and prisons and the
city is full of them.
| have never had Boy Scout in my
court. There are twelve hundred OF
them in the city and they are too good
to join gang. They are our modern
knights of chivalry No SISSY boy
makes a good Scout 1t takes red
blood. wholesome and bright boys.
A Future Scout.
If any boy be bad, he was. SIX
months ago they brought him into court
and proved against him a charge
which would have put man IN
stripes. He was given a chance then
on probation, but for some reason he
did not make a good record; he re-
ported tardily or not at all, would not
attend school, and all but drove his
mother to distraction.
So the future seemed gloomy enough |
when he stood yesterday in juvenile
court. a tattered little lad of twelve,
abashed, yet somewhat defiant, pluck
inc mechanically at his hat and steal
ing an occasional glance at his mother
The officers of the court warned him,
argued with him, tried to arouse him
and appealed to his spirit. All in vain.
He did not want to go to school, be-
cause his clothes were old. and he
much preferred the factory and the
light school, at least until he earn
I'd enough to buy new suit AS MS
mother needed the pittance his small
lands could earn, this seemed the only
alternatives; his probation was renew
ID, his record was started afresh, and
lie was about to leave the courtroom,
final warning in mis- ears.
BY chance some one proposed the
Suppose we let you try to join the
Boy Scouts and give you uniform,
f the Scout Master will let you en-
ist?"
In a moment the cloud lifted, and
he sullen little face was flooded with
he sunshine of joy Did he want to
Din? He would do anything in the
yorld to gain place on the roster.
lid he have to promise honesty, obed-
ance, truthfulness and the rest? He
7ould show these qualities and earn
dmittance The world was made over,
is little heart had set for itself an
leal And as he left the courtroom, |
Nv who saw him would have recog-
lied him.
Will our little fellow make a good
cout? Watch him!
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