The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-29
Scout EXCHANGE.

one OF the most natural insticts
OF the American boy is to go. Boy
scouts satisfy this craving without
having TO run away from home. a
careful estimate Of the number OF
scouts "on the go" this GUNNER be-
cause Of camping and hiking facili-
ties, shows an army totaHng upward
OF 10000 boys I'm action In ad-
d.tion to many organized firs. class
council camps, there are reported
over 400 troops camps operated by
troops under first class councils,
This number will be increased 90
above 1000 troops when reports
from unorganized territory are re-
ceived. As side-trips to camp life
consider these:
An organized bicycle run across
the border into Mexico by Los
Angeles tCalif.) scouts
A 700-mile auto tour 10 Bryce
Canyon and Zion National park by
Salt Lake City scouts.
Denver scouts climbing 20 Camp
Graymount In the Rockies for n nom
equipment camp as real mountain
eers.
Z Seattle scouts scaling the snow
= capped peaks Of Mount Hood.
Akron, Ohio, sending seventy
picked scouts on a 2,000-mle trip
in pncumatic-tired trucks.
Scouts from wheaton. Ill, on n
200-milo bicycle tour to Starve Rocl
and Deer park famous in pioneer
and Indian history.
Hundreds OF Chicago boys making
many trips across Lake Michigan
md north into the lake country OF
Wisconsin.
Boston trek-cart expeditions;
Warren, Ohio, canoe trips; seascout
long distance voyage on the Hudson
Five New York prize winning
scouts touring the entire range OF
national parks with the far Western
Travellers association and Scout
master Matthes of the United States
gcoloEical survey, two months being
required for the trip.
over 900 representative scouts
from all over the United states
l"doing' London. tho battleNclds OF
France and Notwithstanding.
Here is Yuma Again.
Remember how that scoutmasteI
at Yuma yelled for hclp2 That was
quito a while ago IIe wanted 10
know how 20 play in the sand, re-
member Where could scouts hike
to in "A desert, and what could they
do when they got there? How car
you map a desert? How can you run
off "A treasure hunt in desert
What use is n desert anyway?
The editor OF the American Mine
ralogist tremendously scientific
magazine, heard Yuma, and come
back with the statement that tn,
American Mineralogist for Decem'
Der. 1919. had an article on the
minerals Of that very region, which
are famous the world over, and are
in great demand among minera
dealers, private collectors. museums
and colleges" He also states thal
the botany Of that region is remark
able, and the "botanists in Other
parts of the United States woulc
value pressed specimens Of plants
photographs OF these in their native
haunts, and information as TO theil
habits
We don't mind adding that thu
editor Of the American Mineralogis
states that nearly every number
contains ar ,rticlc on the minerals
to he found at some locality in som'
part OF this country We hope i
will not take the edge off TO quote
one sentence from the article on tn
Yuma county minerals The ore
is galena. the EanEue mainly flour
ite. Calcite, barite and gypsum als'
form a considerable part Of thu
gangue." why should not an en-
larged vocabulary be a good thinl
for a boy scout.-Scouting.