Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-25
los BOY SCOUTS
ATTEND ROTARY
SUMMER CAMP
Boys Gain Practical Experience
i'm WOodcraft Under
Older Leaders.

There were 1O5 boys at the four
periods of the Boy Scout camps at
Camp Rotary, according to a count
recently made by Scout Executive +.
L. Graybill. Of this number many
stayed longer than the regular 10 days
which were prescribed as one camp
period and the least number of days
that anyone scout was in camp. was
five days, while some remained for
as many as 20 days.
After the financial figures on the
camp had been checked up it was
found that the fees paid by the boys
for their camp privileges fully paid
all grocery accounts. The council Will
take care of all other expenses as 1t
did last year and a drive is at present
being started in which all those who
made pledges to pay amounts by In
stallments for the benefit OF Boy
| Scout work will be called on as well
as others.
Gave Practical Training
The purpose of the scout camp was
to execute the things learned during
the winter by actual practice. The
June enrolment of scouts in Great
Falls amounted to about $50 in II diff
ferent troops. During the summer
about half of these were out OF town,
either on ranches or in other camps.
Rotary was the only officially recog-
nized camp for scouts and all others
which may have gone under the name
of scout camps had no connection with
the organization. Scoutmaster j. Van
Teylingen was the resident camp
! director all summer while Scout Exc
cutive Graybill was on the grounds a
good part of the time. Other scout
masters who visited the camp at inter
walls were Paul Hagen. troop 10; p.
Bailey. troop IT; Earl Muhlig. troop 8;
Frank Noble, troop 8; and Santino
Tambelline. troop IL.
President Edgar G. Maclay OF the
local council, Scout Commissioner
Joseph B. Fligman and other officials
also visited Rotary during the seasons
of the four periods. Fred Whitmore OF
Neihart was camp cook and made sew
eral of the hikes with the boys.
Had Camp Court
Permanent cabin leaders we're II
charge of the different groups during
each period of camp. Before the first
10 days. seven selected first class
| scouts spent 10 days in the camp pre-
pairing the grounds for the season, ex'
ploring the mountain nearby and re
ceiving instructions in woodcraft
campcraft ad scoutcraft in general
They also laid pipes for water ant
rebuilt q washed out bridge across
Belt creek. This group was under the
leadership of Scout Executive Graybil
and Scoutmaster Van Teylingen.
The director arranged hikes. camp.
fire programs and organized the
knights of the Whistle" Table
Rock" the haunted cabin. the game
of camp count and overnight trips. The
knights of the Whistle" is a secret
camp order which will hold a meeting
soon and initiate campers who failed
Ito reach the inner" circle while ii
camp at Rotary. The camp court con
| sisted of a number of hooded judge:
who pronounced sentences of fines
~deprivations or extra labor TO those
who pleaded guilty or who were found
guilty of any offenses committed
against the peace or dignity of the
camp.
Take IS Mile Hike
The longest hike of the summer
was taken by IL scouts and 45 miles
were covered on the trip. The route
was past the James ranch in Bel
park. over Iron mountain and alons
the ridge trail past "lnjun Joe's' Il
Monument peak, and down to Tender.
foot creek below the Tenderfoot falls
The party returned by the way Of
Logging creek to a point IA miles from
the camp on the railroad. From there
they took the train home. Six days
were spent on the trip and n day
was spent fishing in the Tenderfoot
country.
This trip is similar to one which
might have been taken by prospectors
early day miners and pioneers of tina
part of the country. At present the ole
dilapitated shacks and log cabins once
inhabited by these men may be seer
along the trail '%Injun joe" an ole
time placer miner. was panning fol-
gold dust in a creek when the lads
passed him. He showed them a $;
nugget which he had found in the bot.
tom of the stream the day before.