The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-08-04

Says Mayor of New York.
today there are no less than 5000
hiking clubs in Greater New York.
with total membership of more than
quarter of a million men and wom-
en-, who are keeping themselves in the
pink of condition and experiencing the
real JOY of living by getting regularly
out into the open country with no 9TH
er means Of locomotion than their God
given legs.
The city of New York has taken Off
cial notice of the movement. On three
occasions recently Mayor Hylan has
congratulated the boys and girls of the
public schools upon their enthusiasm
in taking up the new sport of hiking.
In his dedication of the great new pub
lie playground In the Bronx the other
day Mayor Hylan extolled the athletic
tendencies of the boys and girls and
impressed upon them that there was
no better or more profitable way in
which they could pass their vacations
and utilize their holidays than by the
excursions into field and forest of their
walking clubs. He gave the same
message to the Amateur Athletic I'm
ion of Brooklyn few days later, ana
when a club of East Side boys and girls
visited him at city hall preparatory to
a hike to the tomb of Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay he assured them that the
best walkers among them would make
the best citizens.
Walk and Be Well
No less enthusiastic champion of |
the walking game is DR.. Royal S.
Copeland. city health commissioner. |
"The benefit TO health and the safe
guard to morals to be found in long
walks" said Dr. Copeland in an in
terview. '.are too apparent to speak
of them If one takes long walks alone
it is well, for he walks the road of
health. but If he takes long walks In
company it is better for he adds the
tonic of companionship to his exercise.
Walking is the one form of exercise in
which there is the minimum risk of
OVERRIDING 1t. In short, l consider
walking the most beneficial of all exer-
cises and 1t is never out, Of season"
Never in my lifetime, said Ed
ward r. Wilbur, manager of a nation
ally known sporting goods store, shave
known such demand as now for out
door garments and shoes and stock
ngs and appliances for the tourists
luncheon box. The rapid spread aad
popularity Of the walking
club idea has no parallel in our ex-
perience
''The hiker can make his requisite
Just what he feels like spending. Real
". there are only two or three articles
to hiking-thick walking
shoes that allow lors of room, thick
wooden socks and clothing that will
give freedom of limb. He should have
D canvas or leather musette bag, such
as the soldiers used in France
The Cow In the knapsack
ssro get the real benefit and joy ort
# hiking luncheon should be carried
md prepared and eaten in the open.
Bread and cheese. a few slices of
,acon, some coffee. a can of condensed ,
milk. and a cake of chocolate fur
fish high-powered fuel for the hiker
md are readily and happily assimi-
ated even by those who in their pre-
liking days were afflicted with d.
FESTIVE apparatus so feeble as TO balk
Il crackers and milk Fortunately for :
he hiker. he can replensh his simple :
arder at any crossroads store and
provide himself with the most nutri- :
ious and appetizing food in a form :
hat can be conveniently carried.
mo single development in the prob :
EN- of food transportation for the :
unter. fisherman. hil1er and all lovers 3
4 the out-of-doors can compare with
he gift bestowed by the man who
irst found the way to make con :
ensed milk, thereby putting dairy
n every mans knapsack- Before long
here will be a national association OF
ikers. and Gail Borden will be its pa
ron saint. Such an association could do .
iuch to encourage the spread Of the
lost beneficial and universal of all
utdoor pastimes map out interesting
outes. secure the establishment of ,
helters. REGISTRATIONS. and camp sites
t sultsble locations. and insure the :
gifts Of pedestrians on country
ads"