The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-30
Vith The Boy Scouts Al Ouer To1U11
Boy Scouts Here Stack Up
 Mighty High, Says Official

AtA6 OA hAN AtVaAA--A4s AhN <A H. drews-is just back from California.
 And what he has to say Is thisi
 "The scouts over there are not n bit finer than our boys-and I'm afraid I'm just a little bit partial to our own.
 At least I know in one respect that we're a step or two ahead, I'll illustrate with a story;
 At Los Angeles. the boy scouts had charge of directing the Rotar- ians, and there were also scouts at the hotel. l saw scout sitting in chair. Immediately l walked up and, saluted him.
 But he didn't get up. Then I asked him a question and he didn't answer it.. Then I told him that in Birmingham, if scout did not re- turn q salute, we considered that scouting was not well represented.
 But Recruits Should Know
 "He told me then
 t"Wel1, I'm pretty newt
 But of course even recruit should learn right at first that broth erly salute-the fraternity ialute- that all scouts and workers give as the sign of their spiritual bond. Ii is also the salute of po1iteness. l believe our Birmingham scouts prae- tice this very strictly"
 MT. Andrews then told the scout what to do, and the chap was all set for the next conner.
 Mr Andrews, who Is one of the di- reetors of the Birmingham Rotary club, and who went to Los Angeles as delegate from the local club to the Rotary convention, is Birming- hams scout commissioner.
 'All during the convention" he said. "the Los Angeles scouts di- rected strangers how to get about the city. At Colorado Springs. where the Rotarians entertained the delegates passing through at 8 brook trout fry. the Boy Scouts were working the same as they do here" "
 The scout commissioner mentioned aj one of the striking features of the convention a motion picture show displaying the work done in Kansas City during Boys week. This depicted service done under the leadership of the Rotarians.
 Wonderful Parade
 That parade showed thousands and thousands of children in line, and->>was magnificent sight"
 While the Rotarians here have chosen the Boy Scouts as their little buddies,9 almost every Rotarian club helps boys work In some way. Many of them choose the scouts; Jome of them help the boys clubs; others back a boys band or other boy ae- tivities.
 The big chief expressed himself as being mighty sorry he couldn't have been in town so as to be at Camp Andrews during the week of general camp. However" he said, T felt like I had a share in 1t any how. A thing that naturally pleased me very greatly was a splendid message l re- ceived from the fellows in camp wishing me a pleasant journey"
 You can imagine how devoted Mir. Andrews Is to scout work, since he has given energy, time, thought and personal,- unse1fish service to it for eight long years. For, you know. Boy Scout work Is a labor of love, He is bound to be repaid in a finer young manhood for Birmingham.
 The Rotary convention itself was an awfully big affair. with 6.ooo, counting Rotarians and ladies also. present.
 "There were so many of us." set forth Mr. Andrews. that the hall wouldn't hold us. There must have been at least 2000 ladies on the trip.
 Great State
 "California is wonderful state, ard Los Angeles with its 100000 population, is crowded. Traffic is heavy and everything is hustling. There are 15O,O00 automobiles in that city, which has grown to it's present size very rapidly Only 1e years ago 1t l.ad but 100000 people. Of course the motion picture industry has helped, but the country's agriculture. factories, oil wells, cattle ranches and other such things are the main reasons for growth"
 "The building records last year were ss1. .00O, ,000. and I was told that something like 40 years ago Spanish was the principal language spoken on the .treets The community com sisted of only a few thousand per sons.
 While there is big factory dis trict, the average traveller doesn't See that I was informed that seven times out of the last 10 years the county in which Los Angeles is To- come from agricultural commodities over any other county in the United States.
 These commodities include citrus fruits, vegetables. garden truck, let tuce and such things.
 Y 1t is expected that building this year will reach slo0,o00,0 ,00o. Two years ago s6.0o0000 was voted in school bonds. and while l was there an election for 100000 for schools was carried 16 to l. In addition to these things. >the Californians have bought a right-of-way a mile wide from Los Angeles to San Pedro, on the coast, and have voted s23,000, 900 in bonds to build 8 harbor. This puts Los Angeles on the ocean.
 "The tax rate is high. but Califor- mia figures that such things will help to attract people to her borders, and that such improvement will help the homefolks to make more monex with