The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-26
SCOUT CAMP WILL
OPEN ON THURSDAY
party Of Boys Spent Day at Site Pre-.
pairing Camp for Opening
Will Run for Ton
Days.
SUNDAY. VISITORS DAY
information Concerning Cost Of Out.
Ing Given Out by Scout
Headquarters
Here.
SUNDAY, VISITORS DAY

an Initial trip TO camp MCCreaQy, on
the Illinois side near Warsaw. for
the purpose Of putting the camp in
order for the opening tomorrow. The
Boy Scout camp will continue for
ten days and will accommodate
thirty. boys. The camp will be under
the direction Of Clarence Alling who
has been doing scout work In Chg
cago during the past winter.
Visitors day will be on the COM
ing Sunday and no doubt large
number will avail themselves OF the
opportunity of inspecting the camp.
Concerning the cost for The outing,
scout headquarters has given out the
following information:
The cost of the entire ten days is
only $500. The cost for any other
number of days Is arranged on the
following sliding scale:
Nine days, 1915; eight days, $3.50;
seven days, $500; six days, $2.75:
five days. s225; four Gays, $500;
three days. $3.50; two days, $1.00;
one day, SOC; one meal. Csc.
It will be noticed that the cost of
the camp is little more this year
than before, there being several rea-
sons for it. In the first place every
one knows how prices have raised,
making 1t impossible to finance the
commissary as cheaply as before.
And by the way we will have mighty
good meals and plenty of them. An
other reason is that we are going to
set up the camp in advance and
have it in working order on the first
day of the regular camp so that we
lose no time in getting at the regu-
lar program. A third reason is that
the management of the camp will be
80 III - 41,
however, will contribute largely to
the success OF the camp. There will
be expert instruction in lot of
things much more than we ever had
before.
Letter From Mr.. AIIins.
C. L. Alling, who will be in charge
of the camp, has addressed the fol
lowing letter to The Gate City, tell
ing of some OF his recent experiences
in scout work and plans for the local
camp:
Am just finishing two weeks at
Camp Owasippe, the greatest boys
camp in America. Monday morning
at 8 o'clock, ] will arrive in Keokuk
for "a two weeks visit at home, and
third annual scout camp of Keokuk
for ten days. beginning Thursday,
July ~, in association with Scout
masters Dr.. J. w. Marsh and Elmer
Weismann. 1t is expected that &C
cording to present plans this camp
will be the best boys camp ever
conducted in the vicinity of Keokuk.
A great many ideas gained from the
great Chicago scout camp, from
which this letter Is addressed. will
be utilized to good advantage and
contribute toward the end of having
a camp at which there will oe
something doing all the time and
which will be wonderfully instruc-
tive, as well as very orderly.
For the benefit of those boys who
are Interested in this camp, would
he obliged to you for printing the
following suggestions as to what will
he doing at this camp. There will
be class instruction in all the various
subjects required for advancement in
scout work, so that anyone with de-
termination can advance to the rank
of first class scout. There will be
new ghost stories, marvellous visit
to the haunted house, which will be
an experience that no boy will forget,
real mock trial. and other camp
fire stunts that will be new and in
teresting. Then there will be some
new OUTDOOR scout games tudL dIc
winners and short night hikes, star
study, swimming with an improved
method Of instruction that is capable
of teaching a boy to swim in two
lessons and new system OF camp
organization throughout. Then there
will be big stunt night with some
new ideas used there and a very pref
ty flag lowering ceremony each
evening.
Sunday will be visitors day and
1t is hoped that many parents and
friends and others interested in the
work, will attend the camp and see
what is being done for the boys
there. special big dinner will be /
served on that day.
"One of the Chicago scouts who is
an expert troop scribe, will come with
me and look after the clerical work !
of the camp and also assist any
scribe wishing it in organizing his
records in such way as to be more /
efficient He will also assist in the
instruction work and will soon be-