The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-02-09
DEVELOPMEN OF
BOY SCOUT WORK
REPORT OF PALOUSE COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE SHOWS ENTHUSI-
ASM In EVERY COMMUNITY.


the PalOuse Council of Boy Scouts
which includes the counties of Latah
and Whitman, has issued a cOmpre-
hensive report Of his work for the
month of January and also for the
year which closed with December 81
The report contains many interesting
facts regarding the Scout work. Many
civic good turns were performed by
the Scouts, as an organization, IN
Guiding the gathering of used cloth
ing for relief organizations. Indivi-
dual Boy Scouts did hundreds of good
turns, among which were the saving,
on two occasions, of boys from
drowning, giving first aid to an in
jured person, assisting the police In
capturing forger, splitting wood
for an aged widow, feeding snow
bound birds, and numerous other
acts.
The Scout work is growing rapidly
In the two counties and Scout Execu-
tive Hawley is a mighty busy man.
keeping in touch with the organiza-
ton work in the various communities
The Council now has Is organized
troops, of which are duly registered
The other troops will complete their
registrations shortly. There are 173
registered scouts and over 125 whose
registration is pending, making a
total of about 800 boys in Scouting in
the Council.
During the year SO Scout hikes
were participated in, with from 8 to
25 Scouts in each party Grizzly
camp, on the Palouse river, east of
Harvard, was selected by the Scout
leaders convention as the most ideal
location to serve the two counties.
This camp has been offered by the
POtlatch Lumber company, for the
coming year, with permission to con-
struct dam to afford larger swim
ming and canoeing facilities
The Council Survey
In the two counties there is a popu
lation of 49,415, of whom 25,717 live
in towns of over 100 inhabitants, al
though only 9,423 may be called ur-
ban population (cities of over 2500).
Therefore but 19 per cent is urban
population, 33 per cent village and 48
per cent farm population.
There are 1869 boys of Scout age
(from IL to II inclusive) in the two
counties Of these, 537, or 18 per
cent, live in cities; 1183 or 40 per
cent, live in villages; while 1899, or
AZ per cent, live on farms.
The farm percentages are in reality
larger as in arriving at village fig
ures, precinct and school census fig
ures have had to be utilized In many
instances from 80 per cent to go per
cent of the village population are in
reality farm population. However,
for the purpose of ascertaining where
and how large are the centers in
which troops may be established, the
above form of census is desirable.
Our city and village figures indi-
cate the possible, expansion of our
Scout work during the first years of
our Council organization, including
as they do all communities having
from Is boys upward
What the Troops Are Doing
Pullman is making big plans for
Anniversary week a court of honor,
banquet, movie lecture, special
Sunday services. Moscow, Genesee
and Colfax are all preparing pro-
grams as are other towns.
Fifteen business men of COlfax are
now half through the eight weeks
training course in Scouting.
Colfax Troop 1 has started on it's
fifth year of Scouting with 16 scouts
from 16 to 10 years of age. J. w.
Lieuallen, the new scoutmaster, has
organized a wireless patrol in the
troop.
Bovill has IS per cent of all boys of
scout age, in Bovill Troop 1, under
scoutmaster B. w. LIGHT. Mr.. LIGHT
deserves credit for this fine showing.
Rosalia is after Bovill's record. A
grade school troop under scoutmaster
A. B. Cromwell, and a high school
troop under School Supt. E. M. Bile
vans were both formed in one day,
taking in over 80 per cent of all boys .
of scout age in Rosalia.
G. B. Banks of Garfield has inter
ested the Commercial club in sponsor
ing troop, and will have the troop
registered within two weeks after or
ganization.
Oakesdale has a new troop through
the efforts of the Oakesdale Civic
Club. Meet Rev. Howard Mort. scout
master
Colfax is organizing Troop 8 to care
for the increasing number of scouts
a scOutmaster will be selected from
the training school. !
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