, 1923-01-03
Of
CASPER SCOUTS

Scouts OF Troop Two had he cabin
at Camp Rotary over the weekend
and Troop -Four will have the cabin
next Friday and Saturday. The pres
ant season of winter seems to be the
most appreciated by the Boy Scouts
and the mountains act as a great
magnet for the lads now when in the
summer months, there seems to be
only a medium mount OF Scout ac'
tlvity apparent there.
The acting Scout Executive is pre-
pairing plans for a semaphore post to
be set on the rocky point back Of the
cabin at Camp Rotary and another
semaphore post on the high butte at
the top of Montgomery hill. w tn
these two semaphore posts It VIII be
an easy matter for the Scouts at
Camp Rotary to communicate with
the city and at the same time to on
tain much instruction in signaling
vvAh the semaphore code.
Arrangements are also under way
for the furnishing OF two u. 8. army
signaling lights by a local business
house and with these lights it will be
possible to communicate between Cas-
per ana Lle ChulA 1t my N
The Scouts considered placing n
radio set at Camp Rotary for signal
ing but the cost of such IA
set would he considerable and as the
camp has been entered and vandals
have destroyed property in the past
Il was not thought advisable to build
a RADIO set there Mt present.
Acting Scout Executive Taylor will
speak on Scouts and Scout Activit es
from the Tribune b~roadcasting station
some evening In the near future and
the Scout Of this region who AVE
radio sets will rear the Scout Execu'
tlve's talk. Many Of the Scouts of
Troop One have built sets hat are
able to receive radio from long dis
tances and Scout Phillip Edwards OF
Troop Two has a very good receiving
and broadcast'ng set.
It a not taken active Boy Scouts
of. the country long to take advantage
OF the modern radio craze and to har-
ness his great force and to make Il
Nyork for them. The National coun.
q office OF the Boy Scouts of Inner
fca have been sending programs every
week over some of h largest broad
casting stations in New York city,
Chief Scout Executive James Il. West
cast the opening bomb in the Ami
versary Roundup. which is the ma
tonal movement to obtain halt n mn'
lion Scouts by February, and reports
have come back OF his actual voice
being picked up in 10 states. One
report was from Chicago n one
from Pasadena. Besides this, his
message was relayed from 40 of the
largest broadcasting stations Of the
country. Other programs are going
out, which consist OF camp fire songs
and stories and entertainment stunts,
n powerful talks by prominent bus
mess and professional men. on the
value of Scouting. National Commits.
sIoner Daniel Carter Beard, the great
old Scout of America, has delivered
stories from his fascinating book on
animals, and also speeches on the
5ubIects of Scouting. Deputy Chief
Icout Executive Or, Geo. j Fisher
He'tvered from woR, Newark, N. j.,
, the Scout Christmas message on De
cember rs.
Many other Scout communities arc
making regular use of their nearest
radio b~roadcasting stations. Every
week the Scouts Of Buffalo Shoot
over tho air" their off cial radlograms
weekly messages 20 u from a Phil
adelphia station by n Scoutmaster
who calls himself o.I.DAR t~reverse
this). and who is scoutmaster Of the
radio troop, the troop consisting Of all
of the Scouts who regularly hston IN.
Schenectady, N. =, is to givo n fIlI
two-hour evening Scout program. Tho
Boy Scout bnnd Of Davenport If
J~roadcasuug over their station, as d.t