The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

the scouts were quick to recognize the
advantage of letting them grow lit
/ tle
I Fish. Some Of the people who live
in the vicinity Of Camp Turner swim
I like fish or a little better. Curly" be-
came n camp favcrite Immediately. as
/ did also Miss Ethel" "Eula" and
Lee The two former were voted
| IN ms honorary members of the scout
! organization and the two latter just
/ naturally became scouts by assoca.
! tion. Not only as swimmers did these
/ people win the hearts Of the boys, but
on the big exploration hike to the
! ether side of east timber hill their
| knowledge of caves and things gave
| the boys something to talk about for
a long time. One cave cruld be en-
tered only with a seventy foot rope
and the 'geologist" found it full of
/ 'petrifieG icicles."
There ere caves and caves. One
scout lost suit of underwear and a
| couple Of days later claimed he saw
a skeleton walking around in Wagon
wheel Cave with his underwear on
| There's a fascination about Wagon
| wheel that makes it a constant at
| traction. Tradition has it that this
was the home OF outlaws at various
times in the early days-later it be-
came a haven Of refuge for wander
| ing geologists. BuzZards and bats
occupy 1t occasionally and Boy Scouts
from various parts of the state visit
it with the avowed intention of open.
ing mp the sealed portion and finding
therein hidden treasures. The seal as
/ yet remains unbroken.
Lost steer Cave is another that
was full OF thrills A length Of rope
was required to enter II also, and
| the first scout who went down broke
all records for an eighteen foot rope
climb when a wild anemule" moved
in the depths below The wild thing
proved later to be a stick which moved
cunningly when stepped upon and
produced all the thrills necessary for
genuine scare.
Near the caves was found a dem
onstration Of what a hand axe and Il
thoughtless boy can do \ great num-
Der Of very fine trees have been
marked by some over.zeaous trail
blazer in such way that an un-
slightly scar will remain throughout
The life of the tree and some of the
trees will no doubt die as a result
Of the blazing Ardmore scouts are
rapidly coming 10 recognize each tree
as a friend and they resent the prac-
ticc of hacking and soaring in an
unnecessary manner.
James Dolman and Lee webb, both
first class patrol leaders, took charge
Of transportation and demonstrated
their ability to put n car anywhere,
regardless of weather or road condi-
tions. Their work in this respect
was an excellent demonstration of the
trustworthinoss and rcsourccfulness or
n true scout, They even went one
night without sleep in order to put
over the work assigned to them. Joe
Jones was also Il party To- the pro
cccdings that night and lost just as
much sleep az anybody. On this same
occasion the executive and viii Daniel
Evans took an eight mile Joy ride
afoot from camp to Davis to meet the
others. starting from camp in the
rain Just after taps" at $3.50 and
arriving AT Davis at midnight
Transportation was one Of the serl'
Gus problems of the camp. Joe Tel
ford Of the REQ Sales Company, put
REQ Speed Wagon at our disposal
the day before camp opened but was
forced 20 recall it the next day. That