Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-02-05

over their city brothers Of being able WV#M$
to raise pigs and chickens. WMMWM
The boys whose gardens supplied WVMM
more than enough for their own fam W%$
lilies marketed the rest; those boys who W%
had no gardens Of their own gave y
of their time to farmers and helped them harvest
and market their crops.
Then comes the immense help that was given
to the Red Cross, particularly in membership
drives, and to the library association in collecting
books by the carloads to be sent to men overseas.
Millions of feet of standing black walnut were To-
Gated by scouts, and hundreds Of carloads OF
peach pits were collected.
Scout war service Is by means over, and upon
armistice day in 1918, the slogan "The war is
over, but our work is not was adopted as the
peace cry Of scouts, and right now rlrO wuf f-
insurance and treasury departments are ASKING
scouts help III placing posters and gettlhg clta.
tions from employers who are taking back all
their former employees who enlisted In the army
or navy.
Each separate service was in its own time the
most important and boy scouts have acnleVea
a record for a very large share In winning the
war. Besides definite war service, scouts were
always prepared to jump into every local emer-
gency, and kept up their civic good turns thelr
individual good turns, and as time permitteo
their regular scout program.
HELPING the police direct street traffic and man.
age unruly crowds, distributing anti-tuberculosis
literature or Red Cross posters, directing stran-
gers, helping somebody fix a tire, restoring some
body's doorbell, finding lost children, dragging
small boys out of the water, collecting your OLD
newspapers, helping timid old ladies across the
street, removing u~nsightly signs, building olro
houses, planting trees, raising community nags-
there is no end to the things scouts ind to 90
with their time and energy and vigorous good
will.
Tbo unod f11rn the SCOTT does is uOl0 Quietly
and without ostentation; it is not a matter to be
boasted of. You never hear scout Boosting OF the
good turns he does. By that principle VIII ne
differ from some men when later ne comes INTO
the larger activities of manhood. Lincoln used to
say that a certain public individual reminded him
of the Mississippi river steamboat that mad a o.
foot boiler and a 10-foot whistle, and every time
they blew the whistle they had to stop the boat
A boy scout is expected to do at least one good
turn daily.
The good turns reported for one scout for the
wear. the record probably having been kept b.
some kindly, watchful aunt, said that ne got ~
buckets Of coal and 129 buckets Of water, carried
out the ashes 124 times and the dishwater IL
times, and did other miscellaneous good turn
amounting to 1894 distinct efforts Of cheerfulnes
during the year.
He brought in corncobs for the fire, went afte
the washing. fixing up the mail, cleaned up tn
Waste pdp6Ty QlChCO III q AhAb az
cut some tail for q kids kite, went to town 70
mother many times, picked up ghsss from tn
sidewalk, replaced a brick in thu pavement
stopped a dog fight, loaned his knife, wound tn
clock and set the alarm innumerable times, fxe
the fire and made bis bed, telephoned message
changed a fve-dollar bill, fed the dog and cleane
mn some ink, baked the pancakes for breakfas
fried some bacon, put on the coffee, washed I'll
potatoes and fixed the fire, fed the chickens, ais
watered the flowers, taught a younger boy h
lessons in school, picked up needles and pins fro
the floor. lit the lamps and darned his own swea
or. mopped up some water, and swept off the bat
norch. mailed letters and put up curtains, fxt
q pair Of scissors, got the fruit cans for his mot
, er. opened cans Of salmon, tomatoes and bean
/ dug out a rat and set o mousetrap, turned Il
/ washing machine many times and hung picture
The scout is bound by his oath to be "helpf
"a ali people at all times Little BY little, Il
! eood-turn habit becomes ingrained in his dai
! conduct and attitude Of mind. Helpfulness
1 others becomes not an occasionally gratiAed il
1 pulse. but an essential element Of his charactt
i There are 365,470 Boy Scouts Of America in t
d United States, all more or less consciously 1
q curing the good-turn habit Of acting and thir
4 ing and feeling. Does anybody believe that the
r s6547O boys with their all-round nth pow
9 friendliness Of spirit aren't going to help leaven