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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-10-09


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
EFFICIENCY CONTEST

Troop 10 took the lead at tho beginning of the present efficiency contest, and ul to the present time has easily kept fti lead. The nearest rival is over 1000 pofnts below Troop 10.
 Troop 4. troop recently formed by d. viding Troop 10. Is also prominent tn thA efficiency contest. They are holding nft1 place at present. but have just gotten settled down to hard work The scouts of this troop declare, that they will soos be running their sister Troop 10 cioss race for top position
 Scouts. get out your first-aid kits, os a good turn daily, carry ous the suggest ed programme and do numerous othes things which will bring your troop points in the efficiency contest Make the raca hot for Troop 10.
 Below are given the troops in the oraa in which they stand. and the number et points scored by each:
 Troop 10. TITO; Troop s. 7ss; Troop A ss4; Troop so 47o; Troop 4. 40; Troop 24 42s; Troop 15. s9s; Troop &. ss1; Troop R sS7; Troop 2s. 3l1; Troop B. BIO; Troop < 291: Troop 4S. 1si; Troop Is. 100; Troop lA %; all other troops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
OUR GUNNER
Ny SCOUT JOSEPH LA sALLE

By SCOUT JOSEPH LA sALLE
 President Troop i2. The night was dark and stormy
 And out on the deep blue sea, Was Q transport loaded with soldiers As brave as brave could be. The lookout sighted a submarine.
 And then We heard a groan, For the submarine had fired shot,
 And that shot went home, As I was rushing to iiSe boat.
 I heard a voice that sounded weak. And looking around i saw a gunner
 With a gash across his check. tried to get him to 8 life boat.
 When he said, Don't take me. friend For l intended to sink that sub,
 Or keep, on fighting till the end As he fell back he pulled the chain
 That fired the gun again, And as the ball 1t sped to sea.
 He turned and said good bye to me We heard a crash, and then q groan.
 Thank Godi" our gunner said, For that shot went homo.
 Editors Note-Scout Joseph La Sal1t is to be commended upon the quality oi his poetry. With a little experienct Joseph ought to be able to compose som< polished verses. Scout La Sale, an, other poetry which you may write send in and have 1t published on thu scout page. We are always interested in any poems written by scouts. Othei young scout poets arc urged to send their writings in also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
CONDUCTED BY MARVIN MCCARTHY
TROOP 4 HOLDS ITS
 REGULAR MEETING

Troop {, the new troop recently or ganized from Troop 10. is coming along in fine fashion. Troop 10 had a full roll, with nearly Is boys on the waiting list, Accordingly two troops were formed, part of the boys going into the rew troop, 4, and the others remaining in 10. Thus the roll was divided, and the boys on the waiting list were aI- lowed to enter one of the two troops.
 Last Sunday Troop held its meeting Tho scoutmaster was not present, as he was out of town. The chief pur- pose of the meeting was to initiate tho new assistant scoutmaster. Sam Scalco. Sam is willing to state that although the ordeal was a trying one, he lived through it safely, and is now ready for his new duties as assistant scout master.
 The meeting was presided over by the president of the troop. Bernard Smith. Regular business was attended to, and plans made for the future of the troop. Before the troop adjourned. it was announced that a called meeting would be held on the following We'd nesday.
 At the Wednesday meeting, the scouts studied first aid. After all busi- ness was attended to. a drill was held by the troop.
 The troop has set the regular meet ing time for business meetings at Sum- aday morning at 10:30. This Is a Catholic troop. and the meetings can be held after service every Sunday. Troop 4 bids fair to make as good a record as her sister troop, Troop 10, and the scouts of this troop say that they are going to show the other Bir- mil 1ngham SCOufq a fhjnv 0r tWn ahns1f scouting. Bernard Smith. troop presi- dent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
TROOP 3S HOLDS A
 BUSINESS MEETING

Troop 3S held its regular meeting in the basement of the Methodist church, Friday. August 1. We had a strictly business meeting.
 MT. Gilmore tearted things off by an nouncing the plans for our ice cream supper, the date of which is to be am nounced later With the proceeds of the ice cream supper we intend to have our annual banquet If there is any money left over, we are going to buy athletic equipment for the troop in ciuding a good wrestling mat a pair of boxing gloves, and first class punching bag
 Troop 3S has two live scoutnnasts CTS, MT. Gilmore, scoutmaster, and Mir. Up- sen, our assistant Scoutmastor. At the meeting Mir. Gilmore put vote be- fore the troop to raise our monthly dues to s5c, but would not tell us the purpose of doing so. He said that he was planning a surprise for the troop. We don't have to worry over the mat ter for we know that we will get our share.
 Mir. Upeon our assistant, is trying to make all of us scouts first class. We have seven boys who say, I've will be wearing the badge of first class scout at the end of thirty days time" The rest of the troop are backing them strong, and are looking forward to the crowning of seven new first class scouts in the troop by the end of the month
 If you want to 500 real live bunch of scouts just visit meeting of Troop 3s. Our meeting time is every Friday night, the place the basement of the West End Methodist church, and above all, there's welcome above tho doSr By Everett Smith, troop reporter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
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Brother sufferers and sympathfzers,
 today I will write and tell you of the
 humiliations and injuries which I suf-
 fered on the last hike which I attended
 with those rough boys who call them
 selves just everyday scoutsy s.e
 At first I most emphatically refused
 to attend, but upon the stern command
 of my father, who seems to think 1t a
 great asset to be able to stand up
 under the hardships of an outdoor life.
 was forced to go. We left the south
 side at the unearthly hour of o'clock.
 and in the morning at that. After a
 useless tramp of several miles we came
 to small creek.
 Camp! Let's make our camp here, shouted several of the vulgar boys with whom I was forced to associate, For the next half hour I worked until the blisters came on my hands, the rough shouts and orders of the person called scoutmaster goading me on. At last
 refused to do any more. Was I the servant of that uncouth person? should say not. Accordingly I went off 1 to the side, and let the ones who were willing to submit to such tyranny do
 the work.
 The waters of the ditch which the scouts called a creek, were yellow with
 mud. and had a strangely sinister look about them. But that didn't seem to
 daunt the other scouts. who in every 1 way seem to resemble animals, with I their rough ways. i "An inl The last one in is bad egg l was the next uproar which they made. | Of course they didn't sey a bad egg.
 they said something infinitely worse, l but to save the feelings of my gentle readers, I have substituted bad for the offending adjective. At the exclusive athletic club to which I belong, we have a fine pool. nothing like the dirty muddy waters of this little creek. True the pool where we were camped was little W ider than the rest of the creek, due 1 to a conglom eration of logs and stones at place a little further down stream, but all the same it resembled a mud wallow used by swine. Of course can swim. and am an expert diver, but for all that. had no desire to enter this mud hole. As quick as a flash the other scouts were undressed and lined up on the banks of the creek. awaiting their turn at the make shift of spring board At last all were in but myself Come on in Algy." called one. They have an awful habit of calling me Algy. l Mercy, how I hated the appellation. | Finally I stood on the end of the board ready to make dive. Hearing | slight noise behind my back, I turned 1 just in time to see a great hulking scout slipping up to shove me in. It was a fearful sight. to see that bis bully bearing down on me. In my haste l to dive in before he could shove l lit the water parallelly, or as the boys ! say flat e*..- tczs ssls.s v tfse SHunker meat. Hunker meat!" shout
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
Anniston Scouts Write Of
 Scout Organization There

there were formed almost immediately other bodies of scouts. The Parker Me morial Baptist church and the First Presbyterian church soon formed troops. Practically every boy in the city who attended any of these churches and many boys who either did or did not attend other churches, became scouts. While the movement began in the churches of Anniston, and had it's first working out there, it was in no way sectaran. The Scout creed is aligned with no church, but fostered by all of them.
 The boys began at once to take a keen interest in the work that was re- quired of them. Meetings were held ev- cry week, at which regular routine of scout business soon grew up for atten- ton i.l addition to the various tests, ex- aminations and other matters that came up. In the afternoons and on holidays, during the school term the boys might be seen in uniform on almost any of the city streets engaged in various kinds of Scout work. They were especially eager for all forms of athletics, which is a primary requisite in every true scout Numerous teams were formed to hold games, each troop having representation. Of the original troop no members are left, all having passed tho scout age. Ray Lee was the first scoutmaster. Twelve boys composed the troop. They were Maurice Whiteside, Eiwin David son. Murray Field, Loren Treadaway, Amory Quinn, Earnest Culberson, John Wellborn, Lee Young, Cothran Jones, Robert Moore, Josh Young and George Meredith.
 Sincerely yours,
 AN ANNISTON SCOUT. Editors Note)-Anniston Scouts. we fo iQ fha aufhor of the interesting history of scouting in your town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10

Hello young fellows You all look as though you have been having a big time this summer Oh I can tell that . big bunch of you have been camp ing all right. I have seen some of you out here around the ridge on your W eek end hikes and the big summer camp; and I can see the marks of the open on your faces and hands, blisters and cuts and burns and scratches and tan, and you have about you that haunt ing smell of the campfire and your hair shows that it has been wet good part of the time. But you're a mighty healthy looking bunch. and I guess the outdoor life agrees with you. Pour a huskier looking lot than you were when the summer began, even if you have lost little hide, and the beauty of it is that you'll soon get the hide hack without losing the health and the muscle.
 Do you know. boys. a few days ago I heard a man, a scoutmaster he was too, say that is was waste of time to try to get boys interested in the serious side of scout work. He said that of course they had good time but that he didn't think they paid much atten- ton to the scout law and all that sort of thing. That talk worried me be- cause I had got to thinking that this scheme was really worth while so I wrote to my nephew the Cave Scout wht has so vety many problems put up to him that he certainly should know. His letter just came and l want to read it to you: E "Dear Uncle:
 IS The experience of great many @troops prove that, the statement of your Birmingham scoutmaster was not ell founded. although there have been [<pome troops which proved his theory. Ebut they probably had scoutmasters &cst like he is. and no doubt should lave been different if they had had a
 ifferent kind of leader. Better let
 pr xecutiye- know about. this fell
 that he may look Into his ease be-
 he ruins good troop am
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
Note of Thanks to
 Troop Reporters

The Boy Scout editor of The Age- Herald wishes to thank Joseph SniIe, Troop 42; Everette Smith, Troop 3S; Frank Holle, Troop C; Bernard smith, Troop 4, and the troop reported of Troop 10 for their evident desire of cooperation with the editor. These five boys are urged to keep up the good work and continue sending in the doiDgs of their troops. Other troop re- porters are also urged to send in their troops news. Get the habit. Scouts. Send in your write-ups.
 If you make an appointment with the editor. he will bring The AEc- Herald photographer to your meet ing place and get the picture of your troop. If you have any photos of interest to other Scouts, send them in to be printed on the Scout page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10

thinking right now of one troop that had an idea that scouting was devised for no other purpose than to give them when they joined the movement they had done their duty, and instead of getting out and hustling for them selves, they sat down and waited for people to do things for them. They wanted their mothers to give them a to fix up the camp for them: and their dads to take them out to 1t in auto mobiles; and the local council to ar- range free moving picture shows and other stunts to keep them amused. They expected more attention than a group of two year old babies.
 What happened? The troop got sick and slowly died of the stomach ache from an exclusive diet of Jolly pops and ginger ale. .
 I am thinking now of another troop W hich bucked along through all sorts of hard luck It lost two or three scoutmasters. Several of the week kneed members quit, nobody helped them, and some people even hindered. But most of the fellows stuck and the troop tackled hard jobs and kept fight ing along.
 What happened? The troop kept getting stronger and stronger It's going yet and it's a corking good one too. And it has developed such a good digestion that it can now get away with it's full share of lolly-pops with out getting the stomach ache. The difference between the two , troops is that one realized that there is serious side to scouting and that
 it is important and the other thought Of scouting just as a stunt to have a good time.
 Of course 1t is possible to go too far either way. troop which doesn't have
 plenty of amusement is likely to- die. k4he best way is to mix the two togeth- CT. The most successful troops are tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
Dear Boy Scout Editor;

Dear Boy Scout Editor:
 Although we are residegts of another
 community, we scouts in Anniston would
 ganized, and what progress has been
 made in scouting here. Will you please
 publish this on your scout page as we
 to let the Birmingham, scouts know that we are a five bunch of scouts ''raring" to lead the way.
 The Boy Scout movement in Anniston
 had it's beginning under the direction
 and through the efforts of pr. George Stoves, pastor of the First Methodist church at the time the movement was first getting under way over the coun- try. It was through pr. Stoves ener- getic and untiring efforts to organize and complete a troop of scouts that the un- dertaking was made the success it has been in Anniston. Troop ?, the organiza- t!on he perfected, is still active in scout work.
 In December, 1912, pr. Stoves called a meeting in the First Methodist church for the purpose of arousing interest in and making plans for the organization of
 troop of scouts This meeting was t. tended by church members and parents who were interested in some wholesome form of recreation for the boys, and who were enthusiastic in their approval and support of the Boy Scouts They had already begun to take interest in the definite plans laid out in order to take steps to organize the scouts. These laws were made and the necessary step talk en at the meeting. Within the month Troop was formed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10

ed all the young upstarts in the water. My but the water was cold. I gasped for breath.
 AS I was about to swim off l felt something grasp my ankles, and the next moment I was under water, kicking and squirming, no doubt for my life, as the rough neck who had pulled me under seemed to desire to hold me under until drowned. Finally they left me alone, and I-got out and dressed.
 Slapi
 wen make man out of you yet. Algy," said an unruly fellow as he slapped me on the back, nearly knock : ing the breath out of my body. Oh what cruel fate tied me up with this bunch?
 When we arrived at home at last, was weak with exhaustion. I vow ed never to attend another hike with those scouts, and never to venture in the water with them again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10

score 30 points in the efficiency contest. Carrying out part will not count any thing. but if another programme is sub stituted for the suggested one. and the scout headquarters declarss it as good as the suggested, then the same number of points will be scored Programme:
 Senior patrol leader to read to troop the section on "Citizenship" in the first part of the handbook.
 Troop messenger to give substance of that part of the woodcraft chapter which gives directions as to tell north. south, and other directions. including the use of the watch as a compass. and how to know directions by the stars and on cloudy days
 Scoutmaster to cover material in hand book on reptiles. and explain the proper care of snake bites
 Opportunity for each scout to tell snake or fish story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
TIGER PATROL WINS : PENNANT IN CONTEST

Troop 6 met at Cunningham school last Friday at 7:30 and held the regular meeting. Regular business was. att tended to. and plans for the continu- ing of the work on our cabin at Camp Andrews were discussed. Those present at the meeting were Scoutmaster Vim. Spencer and Scouts Howard Fipps. Dan Gaylord, John Parker. Lawrence Fitz- patrick. Homer Crews. Frank Boaith- waite and Frank Holle.
 The Tiger Patrol was presented handsome pennant. the trophy which the scouts of this patrol won in the troop conteNt between patrols. for the last quarter. This patrol is again in the lead in the contest for the new quarter Frank Holle, patrol leader Eagle patrol.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10

ones which get the most fun out of the serious features of the work.
 am certainly pleased at the~interest you are taking in scouting down there in Alabama, and may get down to see you some time, if you are sure none of those young fellows there will be able to recognize me from the pictures in Roy's Life. Your nephew, The Cave Scout"
 That was quite letter. Wish we had some more troops here like the last one he mentioned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10

Practically all of the teak forests of Siam, with the exception of inferior areas in the provinces of Bisnulok and ~Nagor Svarga. are at present held by riivate companies and worked on leases granted by the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
OTHER TROOPS FORMED

Though 1t was mainly the work of pr. Stoves and the members of the First Methodist church that the first organiza- tion of Scouts in the city was perfected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10
Suggested Programme

By carrying out the programme suggest cd in the paper each week. . troop win
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10

Of the undeveloped water power of the United States about -fourths Is. found in 1s western. states. leaving one-quarter of the totabs ore some 13,- oo0. 900 horsepower. Tor the east
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-13

vital Importance was about to take
place in the New York Marine work
ers strike, and the men, many of them
employees of the railroad administra-
ton, took the hint 1t took a jolt to
bring them to their senses.
In Beunos Aires the same policy
was shown. only was it a little more
pronounced The military dictator
assumed charge and asked for an i'm
mediate schedule of claims. 1t took
little time to settle the case and
there is now much indication that fur
Their trouble will be experienced
In Berlin it was simply a manifesto
ton Of contempt for law and order
nothing more. IT took violence and
punishment to check But Bolshevism
was downed and the world looked on
with approval. Shall we call the dis
turbance in New York and Beunos
Aires Boshevism?
There is kinship. The heads Of
three governments moved at the same
time, using the same methods, though
in different degrees of harshness, to
put down the disturbances. 1t was the
same type OF unrest,-a resort to
force as manifestation of enmity to-
wards government
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-13

News came from Europe Saturday
that England and France had cancel
led great food contracts in America.
Two or three days prior TO that time
an effort of President Wilson to get
hundred million dollars to buy food
for the hungry in Europe was put
aside by a committee in congress The
moment this information came there
was a rush to put this measure ON
passage The great packing interests
of this country never had its hand so
completely at the throat Of the Ameri,
can public The packers could well
prefer to sell to England and Europe
SO long as they could get the prices.
When this fails, they immediately
wish to grab a government offer.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-13
NOTICE
Of Application for Increase in light
and Power Rates.

Notice is hereby given that Georgia
Public Service Company has applied
to the Railroad Commission C .eorgia
for authority to INCREASE its light and
power rates as follows, to wit
Commercial Lighting
From a scale beginning with -" per
K w H. for the first 100 x. W. -,
to the following:
For the first 200 K w. H., 15c per
* w, II. net.
For the next 300 X. w H., 12c per
K w II. net
For all over 800 X. w. H., 1Oc per
X w. H. net
Bills to be rendered at lie per X. w
H., in excess Of the above rates, and
subject to a discount of 1c per K w
H., if paid before the tenth Of the
month.
Power Rates
anu W IClcdoC I'D pO"Si idLC9, a.
present beginning with a scale of sc
per K w. H., for the first leo X. w.
H., to the following:
For the first 100 X w. H., 12c per
K. w. H.
For the next 100 x. w IT,, Zoe per
TX. w. H.
For the next 100 x. W. H., 7c per
X. W. H.
For the next 200 K, W. H., &c per
x. w. H.
For the next 500 K. W. H, SC per
*. w H.
For all over 1000 K. W. H., 4c per
K, w. II.
Bills to be rendered at 1c per X. w.
H., in excess of the above, and subject
TO a discount of 1c per x. w. II. if
paid by the tenth of the following
month
This application will be heard by
the Railroad Commission at its Offices
in the State Capitol at Atlanta at ten
O'Clock A. M. wednesday, January 18th,
1919, at which time objections may
be filed to the granting of this appli-
cation
The above notice is published by
order of the Railroad Commission of
Georgia
GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE CO.
BY G. l. DAY, President.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-13

A new trade body in Cordele could
make itself felt in Silo and tractor
demonstrations, stump pulling cam
paigns, stock raising preaching. and
the encouragement OF all food crops
we have progressive farming see
ton, but we also have many farm
where the operator ought to be edu
Gated. The men who make these bet
ter farmers will better themselves in
SO doing.