The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-11
BY LEBRUN eEckWlTA.

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DAYS before tho date 50, for the depar-
ure Of the Boy scouts of Missoula Tor
their proposed camp n Seely lake.
word was passed from scout to scout
that it was almost certain we woulc
not u" able to go. because we coult
not get automobiles to take u.s. Al
most All of the people who owned
cars thought it was foolish for us TO
80 50 miles away when we could JUS,
as well go np the Rattlesnake or some
other place nearby. The main reason
for going so far was to get the boys
near a body of water where they could
SWIM SINCE there is no safe swim
ming place near Missoula. Some OF
the scouts had never ridden more
than five miles in an automobile, and
II the people who have cars knew what
a treat it was Tor some Of those
scouts To have long automobile ride
they would not be so afraid OF using
Il few gallons of gasoline,
That same afternoon a. notice was
posted on the bulletin board Of the
scouts calling Il joint meeting of all
the troops IN town for the purpose OF
making an effort to get automobiles.
The editor Of The Mssoulan came 10
that meeting ana agreed to advertise
IN the paper for cars which he did in
the next mornings issue. The fol
lowing evening tAs1sss'--SI.s. uss.lot her Joint
meeting ANA AS each scout emao
along he was greeted with the yell
We AZ. goine!' We are going"
When the meeting was called to order
Nh. Ibih.tf t,pn utu
mad" the announcement that we were
really sotnE. aud that We should get
our equipment ana bedding ready
Their" was plenty Of camp talk then.
Town Scout Infested.
Saturday morning tho whole town
seemed infested with scouts The
official Boy Scout knives in one Of the
stores We're all sold out early in the
day. Almost every scont was deco
rated from head to foot with ropes.
hatchets, knives compasaes flash
lights and enough other things to
have mad" a journey to the North
pole. It looked rs If they never en-
pcctcd To get near n store again. BY
noon every scout was loaded down
with all sorts of tools and trappings.
and was ready to start. Some scouts
went up Saturday afternoon and the
rest Sunday morning. Those who Wcra
TO 20 Sunday could hardly wait. one
81 the men who went up Saturday had
II trailer in which he put eight scouts
We in the car following it had great
fun watching the fellows in the trailer
bounce around when they went over
n bump.
When "" got as far as Potomac we
all got out OF the ears and flocked into
the candy store there. We bought out
all that they had. That little store
was so crowded with scouts for a
while it would not hold any more It
took the man half an hour to wait on
all of us. When we left Potomac il
was six o'clock and by seven We had
reached Salmon lake. At Salmon lake
ther" were people going around in
rowhoats and motorboats. After we
had gone some distance from Salmon
lake We began to guess how far it was
TO S"ely lake. In II little while one
boy said, There's the lake" and then
som" other scout would say. "Aw.
saw 1t first" and then there would bo
II little quarrel over who saw il first.
Soon, off to our left we saw a lighted
tent Hardly had we caught Il glimps..
of 1t before 20 scouts with flashlights
cam" running out to greet us with 4
"hoop. We Immediately got out.
stretched our legs and unpac tcd. AZ
soon as each scout got his luggage un~
Packed he hunted around for a place
to make his bed There was one tent