Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-31

OF praise or reward, simply and sincerely render
ed Tor sheer good Wills sake A scout is helpful.
Nearly every individual, institution and organ
ization In this country has become accustomed by
this time to seeing khakiclad boy scouts busting
about, lending hand here and there and every
where, wherever and whenever there is some
thing to be done. The latter day version of the
adage: If you want thing well done, you must
do it yourself" seems to be "If you want thing
done WE'LL get the boy scouts to do it."
What scouts have done towards winning the
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 with greater efficiency than
did the army of almost half million boys who
constitute the Boy Scouts of America.
In the five Liberty loan campaigns, boy scouts,
acting always as cleaners after the reapers and
working solicitors only in the last few days Of
each drive secured 2,32S,30S separate subscrlp-
tions amounting to 1852, 122,975. Reducing this
total to average for each scout, it
sale of $3.50 worth of bonds boy
The treasury department has recognized this
service by awarding to scouts 66914 war service
emblems and 2s,497 bronze bars making total
of All awards to scouts for distinguished serv-
ice in Liberty loan work.
Soliciting Liberty loan subscriptions pa
trotc service done at definite stated times But
throughout the war--and they still hard at
it-these boys sold 2,1S9,417 War Savings stamps
to the total amount of $43,022 044. For excep-
tioual work in the sale of stamps the treasury
department has given %, Ill achievement buttons,
each button representing sales made in % different
homes and 1921 ace medals for sales totaling
$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 were
only used as 'Moppers Up and while their use
fitness and achievements In this respect nre
things of which scouts are proud, they are proud
est of their other work that was more individual
w. enthusiastically, scout Good Turn service.
There is much that Is included In the term
scout service, but analysis of Individual good
turns as applied TO the community or nation re-
duces II simply to the job to be done next. AS
rule there were so many jobs that there wns no
next--they all had TO be done at once. and what
Is more--they We're. In connection with Uncle
Sans loans there great deal of publicity for
the scouts to spread broadcast Between local
hentuuarttrs scout messengers strengthened the
lines of communication scout messengers helped
out the banks and made Fighter the work of city
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
,nqs In every community in the land, 1t was
hoy scout that ushered you in, boy scout that
gove YOU the subscription blank, boy scout that
acted MS orderly for the speaker; 1t boy
scout band very often that played and 1t was
hoy scouts who formed corps OF assistants to
the police.
ssouts at the outdoor rallies attracted the at
tention Of passers-by with scout demonstrations
! or loan sneakers and everywhere Served In any
canacty In which the scout uniform and what 1t
stands for gave prestige to the occasion and
helped sell bonds
Another big item In war service was scout gar
dens No plot too large or too small for
the efforts of the scouts whose slogan was EVERY
scout TO feed soldier and one other" In cities
scouts made vegetable gardens grow In back yards
bot used TO be mass of unkept grass and
weeds Boys who have no back yards asked
owners of vacant lots to let them cultivate the
land. and then paid rental with some Of their
choicest products, Country scouts planted war
gardens large scale ana had the advantage