The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-12-21
SCOUTMASTERS TO
MEET in MOSCOW
MEN FROM TWO COUNTIES TO
DISCUSS PLANS-SCOUT WORK
GROWS IN PAL0USE COUNCIL.

Next Tuesday all the scoutmasters
and assistant scoutmasterS in the
Palouse Council, Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, will meet here in a convention.
| The deputy scout commissioners in
charge of the four districts, Messrs.
G. N. Curtis, j. N. Pendleton, A. M.
Piper and f. M. Wyatt, and several
other men trained in scout work will
appear on the program, and in the
evening the Moscow scouts will serve
dinner, after which Moscow Troop
No. 1 will give a demonstration of
Pine Tree scouting for older boys.
Scout Executive f. d. Hawley plans
at this meeting to have these leaders
outline the next years scout work in
the council, and to arrange for a
series of training courses in each of
the districts in the Council
Troops Grow in Numbers
Moscow scout troops are continuing
to grow in numbers and in efficiency.
Troop 5 has secured a new assistant
scoutmaster in the person of S. f.
Bartlett, a student in the school of
forestry, and a first class scout from
Maine. Troop 4 has also secured an
advanced forestry student as scout
master, Mr.. Jack Rodner Troop A has
recently had an addition of about a
honor of being the first full troop this
year, having now 80 scouts. Troop
3 is getting some husky new mem
bers, while Troop 1 has applications
from many high school students for
membership. Troop 1 is planning to
work out a new system of pack horse
hikes for the older boys.
Work in Other Towns
The scout executive just returned
yesterday from Genesee where last
night he inspected Genesee Troop L.
He says that he has been able to Sc
cure for this troop new scoutmaster
and that it now has % scouts and ex-
poets to have a full troop within a
month. Sunday morning the execu-
tive awarded 10 tenderfoot pins,
deputy commissioners pin and
scoutmaster's pin to Genesee scouts
in an impressive church ceremony.
Genesee Troop 2, consisting of high
school boys, is taking up Pine Tree
scouting under scoutmaster Jack
Barnes and plans to compete with
Moscow Troop 1. Deputy Commits
sioner Pendleton of Genesee says that
they will soon have three troops in
GeneSee
Pullman since the formation of the
council has jumped from three small
troops to five healthy ones, ana now
stands beside Moscow in the number
of troops. :
Colfax has two we'll organized
troops now, and a third is prepared
for as soon as leaders are available
there. The executive has reorgan-
lied the scout work there SO that now
the scouts should advance In their
scout WORK y
Outlying towns are showing grow
ing interest, although little time can
be given them as yet. Tekoa has one
troop but has room for three more;
Oakesdale is forming one and later
can have two; Palouse is waiting un-
til next month for the executive to
give them time to form the two troops
they have almost ready for organi-
zation; Juliaetta has a troop well un-
der way, the executive carrying on
the there largely by correspondence:
Garfield wants a troop in the council
soon.
There are now fifteen troops organ
lied and in operation with seven more
troops in sight as soon as time can
be given for their organization. This
will bring scouting to over 400 boys.
However, there are still over $500
boys of scout age in these two coun-
ties who need this invaluable work.