Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-03

From ''musher" to governor \ rolling
stone Will occasionally grab up bunch
of moss. The Boys Red Blood Club are
an organization adopting all bylaws and
ritual of the Boy Scouts, with one decided
amendment, which substitutes the gun
for an alpine staff Boys are 'the max
ings" of a prospective civilian standing
army A nation of expert marksmen
spells preparedness, which guarantees
perpetual peace, nAterIally discouragIng
international entanglcments.
Give the Boy Scouts \ gun. Teach
them TO correctly handle and accurately
shoot Obviate by education in the Use
and handling Of firearms. the menace to
friends and comrades aticld which arise
from inexpcrience and ignorance of safety
first. Our rising generation are the bul-
wark of our nation, If properly trained.
Ben W Olcott, now occupying the
giheruatorial chair in the State OF Oregon,
plsys the outdoor game just as he did IN
We olden days of boyhood when the slogan
was Try Anything Once" He IS now
the bows champion and living ideal with
all rcd-blooded kids His metcoric life
career reads like the masterpiece of an
imaginary novelist, or the elimination
Of fond mother. dream of n favorite
sons career He is an incentive To boys,
having decisively demonstrated that q
man IN America can reach the pinnacle
of success without pull.
Located on the grand old Mississippi
River Is the beautiful city Of kcIthsbuTg,
Illinois, where Olcott and the writer were
born and raised Adjacent territory was
$ spnrtsmans paradise Fish and game
galore could be found, and all boys were
correctly trained to handle 3 gun or rod
They lived IN the open and wcrC taught
that outdoor sports were the same or
magic password 10 longevity Dame
Nature invited We accepted her hos
pitality, became dcvotccs Of her surround
ings enjoying from . health angle All
accrued benefits
That bell on tho old brick school house
turned u from red blood diversions,
commanding shat we master the intrIca-
clcs of the three r Olrntt was
especially studioils during school hours,
but his penchant lifc in the open WAS
ever in evidence He WAS recognized
IN the kid Kingdom as IN all-around
athlete, a ! expert OF, pulled good oar,
successful fisherman III sports he ac-
complshcd the feat which placed him in
tho post graduate swimming class. He
swan the Mississippi River, touched and
turned without resting Graduating
from kcithSburg High School, he acted
upon the Horace Greeley Go west young
man advice Salem Oregon was his
tirst objective.
Southern Oregon hunting fields then
attrscted He devoted about is months
TO prospecting and hunting without much
financial encouTa cement. Gold was then
discovered in Alaska The lure OF the
far north beckoned and he sailed for
Nome There be purchased . team Of
five ..huskies malemute or Eskimo dogs
Nth necessary harness and pack sled for
thousand mile ''mush up the Yukon
and Tsnana rivers to Fairbanks, the
latest FL Dorado. After three years
experience he returned 10 Salem following,
in the interim, many varied svocations.
trappcr bricklsyer farmland, shoe sales
man. hop picker. bookkeeper, sewer
digger. paying teller, printers devil, bank
cashier, prospector, homesteader, expert
accountant. secretary OF State, "Musher
and governor Of Oregon. His political
bark was launched in the interest Of 8