Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1920-01-29

pN'se OF reward simply and sincerely render
eu .or sheer good Wills sake \ scout is helpful
Yearly every individual, institution and organ
,4a'ion III this country has become accustomed by
tnis time to seeing khak-clad boy scouts bustlin,
aDout' lendlng hand here and there and every.
where Wherever and whenever there is some
thing to be done The latter day version Of rho
auage; III you want thing we'll done YOU must
10 II yourself seems to be IF you want thing
uohe We'll get the boy scouts to do it,"
What scouts have done towards Winning tba
world war and their usefulness generally in times
OF peace Is now fully realized by the American
people NO agency called into service by the
government in wars emergency responded with
more enthusiasm or with greater efficiency than
uid the army OF almost half million boys who
constitute the Boy Scouts of America.
In the five Liberty loan campaigns bow scouts
acting always as cleaners after the reapers and
working as solicitors only in the last few DAYS Of
each drive, secured 2,32s3Os separate subscrip.
ions amounting to 1852 122,975. Reducing this
total to an average for each scout 1t means a
sale Of $3.50 worth Of bonds boy
The treasury department has recognized This
service by awarding to scouts 66914 war service
emblems and 2s497 bronze bars making total
Oh Vo'4ll awards TO scouts for distinguished serv-
Ice in Liberty loan work
Soliciting Liberty loan subscriptions was m.
triot!c service done at definite stated times Rut
throughout the war-and they are still hard M
it-these boys sold 2,1S9417 War Savings stamns
to the total amount of $43O22O44 For excen-
tional work in the sale of stamps the treasury
department has given iii achievement buttons
each button representing sales made in % diferent
homes and 1921 medals for sales totalinp
$3.50
But 1t is only small part of scout war service
that can be measured In terms Of money. In the
soliciting of funds for Liberty loans scouts we're
only used as "Moppers Up" and while their use
fitness and achievements in this respect are
things Of which scouts proud they are rroud-
est Of their other work that more individual
ly, Enthusiastically. scout Good Turn" service
There is much that is included IN the term
scout service, but an analysis of Individual good
turns as applied to the community or nation re-
duces 1t simply to the job to be done next As "a
rule there were so many jobs that there was no
next-they all had TO be done at once and what
Is more-they were. In connection with Uncle
Sans loans there a great deal of publicity for
the scouts to spread. broadcast. Between local
headquarters, scout messengers strengthened the
lines Of communications scout messengers helned
out the banks and made lighter the work Of citv
and federal officials. Those posters on the wind
shield of practically every automobile in the land
were put there by scouts.
At the loan rallies and other big patriotic meet.
ings in every community in the land. il was +,
boy scout that ushered you in, boy scout th,t
gave you the subscription blank, boy scout that
acted as orderly for the speaker; 1t was n bow
scout band very often that played and If was
boy scouts who formed corps Of assistants to
the police.
Scouts at the outdoor rallies attracted the ot
tention Of passers-by with scout demonstrations
or loan speakers and everywhere "served in onv
capacity in which the scout uniform and what n
stands for" gave prestige to the occasion and
helped sell bonds.
Another big item in war service was scout ear
dens. No plot was too large or too small for
the efforts of the scouts whose slogan was "svarv
scout to feed a soldier and other" In cities
scouts made vegetable gardens grow in back Yards
that used to be a of unkept grass and
weeds. Boys who have no back yards asked
owners Of vacant lots TO let them cultivate tho
land, and then paid rental with some Of their
choicest products Country scouts planted war
gardens a large scale, and had the advantage