Evening star., 1914-08-09

few days ago on business. and the Balti-
more boys left in a body last Saturday
afternoon to spend the remainder of their
stay here in sightseeing
Last Few Days Exciting.
Thelast few days at Wild River camn
were exciting. 1t was necessary to break
camp at the side-camps on Bull brook
Moriah brook. Cypress brook and Spider
camp and pack" all equipment dis
tances varying from two to four or five
miles over rough trails to the main camp.
Often more than one trip was required to
bring IN everything that had been used
All these things were carefully sorted
out. packed away and put aboard the big
1our-horse wagon to be taken to Gilead
for shipment.
The boys camped one night on the
outskirts of that town and "hiked' to
Gorham next day, where they were en-
tertained by f. B. Smith, who had served
as cook during the last three weeks of
the outing. All are well and looking for
ward to two or three days in viewing
Mount Washington scenery and resting
before starting for home.
Various regulations have been acquired
pv members OF the Washington party for
proWess in different lines Of woodcraft.
Charles Thurteu boasts Of his ability as
fisherman and his first request of Fore
man Knott of Boston, who has charge
OF the spider camp party. following the
days work, Is: May 1 go fishing to
catch some trout for supper?"
Is a Porcupine Killer.
Raymond Scaggs is known as the
''porcupine killer. This name was given
in recognition of his propensity to hunt
down these animals. His private box is
filed with porcupine quilts and skulls
IA kar frnv hi l,;1I
to clear the Boy Scouts from the charge
of wantonly destroying life. it is explain
ed that porcupines in this territory are
considered prey for any one on account
of their destructive qualities They not
only proWi about camp at night to gnaw
anything they find, but they chew ak
handles left in the woods, destroy caches
of provisions or even tear tents and
other equipment while sportsmen or
workers. are absent during the day
ocagss boasts his energy has kept these
animals away from camp and prevented
considerable destruction of property.
MIR. Benedict will be in tomorrow to
inspect the trail and measure up" was the
announcement made late last week
This meant everything must he nut
INTO shape before he comes. Every sec
tlon OF the trail was inspected carefully
py FOREMAN Knott or Thomasson, a tree
cut here and there. rough places smooth
ed OUT lew roots dug up. and during
the measuring process one of these boys
with an assistant followed the measuring
party to put finishing touches on the
work at any point.
Route of New Trail.
The new trail now reaches from far up
the side Of the divide toward Shell
burne down to Bull brook, across the
mountain to Moriah brook, then over
another high mountain to Cypress brook
and down that stream to Spider camp
1t is a long hike" even without a load
and these boys have covered the trail
many times laden with supplies, tents
and working tools
In spite of the happiness of approach
ing homecoming not boy but intends
to see the top of Mount Washington. It
is the promise of this trip that has kept
many hard at work for owed a week In
many cases special preparation has been
made for the expedition. Arrival at Her
nit lake completes the first day of this
final outing of the Boy Scout party. The
boys travel light. compared with what
they did day after day while the
trail Each one carries provisions enough
on his back for the three-day trip. There
are no tents, for advantage is taken of
camp along the route This is a favor
to stay over night are not scarce. A
blanket roll with poncho and army
blanket is all that is taken besides things
to eat.
It is not entirely sightseeing, however.
that members of this party are getting;
there are fish in the streams and lakes.
Scarcely a place along the Glen road
but has yielded few trout, and IN
many cases these have been used to
enlarge the bill of fare.
1t is not yet known which path will be
chosen after the summit of Mount
Washington is reached, this depending