The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-10
BOY SCOUTS
"JAMB0REE''
Ely District Scouts Will Hold
"Jamboree" at Sandy Point
Next Friday.

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Next Friday.
Ben 8. Richards, ThOs. j. Carey and
William Mitchell, Scout Commissioners
for the Ely district of the Headwaters
Area Council of Boy Scouts, have sent
out rules and regulations for the jam
boree" to be held at Sandy Point on
Friday, June II beginning at 1890 and
ending at 400 o'clock.
Judges for the several events have
been named as follows: John E. Thomp-
son, Elias LaBeau, Edward Buckley
Frank DiNino, George Robertson,
Waino Thompson and Dan Turula.
The scoutmasters, judges and commits
sioners will meet tonight for the pur-
pose of going over the entries and other
details. ScoutmaSters are supposed to
have their entries ready for listing at
The meeting tonight.
The events have been arranged with
the intention of testing the fairness,
craftsmanship and spirit of the con-
testant as well as skill in scout craft.
The events to be staged at this jam
boree are as follows with the hours of
their staging:
10:30-Knot-tying Relay. Contestants,
one regular patrol. Contestants
will line up single file twenty yards
from log. Each contestant will draw
for the knot he is to tie. When there
a.. inl,f in,
more scouts may tie two knots. No. l
will tie a timber hitch around the log.
he returns and No. 2 ties square
Knot to the free end of the rope. He
returns and touches No. 3, who runs
and ties fishermans knot to the free
end of the rope. No returns and
touches No. who ties a carrick bend
to the free end and returns and touches
No. 5. No. runs and ties sheet bend
70 the free end of the rope and returns
and touches No. 6. No. ties bowline
to the free end and leaves loop. He
returns and touches No. and who
run, grab the loop of the bowline and
pull the log back to the starting point
Every patrol is to provide its own ropes
which are not to exceed three feet in
length
11:00-Pancake Baking Contestants
two boys from the same patrol to a
team, two teams from troop. Ma
terial, wood and two matches furnished
ingredients and utensils to be fur
nished by the scouts. Rules-One scout
builds the fire while the other mixes
the ingredients. Time limit of the con-
test to be set by the judge-possibly
twenty minutes. Judge should be given
the pancakes according to number, so
as to be entirely impartial. No mixed
batter or prepared flour is to be used.
Scouts should follow the recipe found
In the Boys Handbook.
11:45-Cook MONDAY meal. Bring
plenty to cook.
1:30-Scout pace contest. Contestants,
one from each regular patrol Rules
starter gives signal and scout making
che mile in twelve of the closest time
20 twelve minutes, wins the contest.
If the time takes more or less than
within fifteen seconds from twelve
minutes from all contestants, none wins.
NO watches allowed to the scouts.
2:00-Bugling contest Contestants,
one entry from a troop. Rules-Judge
gives to contestants, the calls he wishes
70 have bugled. Musician or bugler to
oe judge.
2:15-Wau scaling contest. Confess
tants, eight scouts from troop. Rules
NO restrictions are made as to how
the boys are to get over the wall. A
regulation wall is nine feet, six inches
high.
String burning contest. Confess
tants, one regular patrol Material
string, stakes driven two feet, six inches
apart, two matches, piece of wood, /"
by 8" by L." Rules Stakes to be
driven into the ground and 80 inches
apart and one string tied IL inches
above the ground and another Is inches
above the ground. This one piece of
wood is to be the only one used until
the first string is burned. After the
first string is burned, any amount of
wood may be added. The patrol burn
ing both of the strings first is the
winner.
Signalling contest. Contest
ants, four from troop. Rules Morse
Code to be used One scout reads the
message, the second sends the message.
the third receives it and the fourth
writes it down. Distance from the
slgnaller to the receiver should be at
least yards. Ten minutes is allowed
for the message to be sent and the
starter starts and stops the contest.
Accuracy should then Judge the con-
test.
5000 yard Swimming Contest.
Contestants, one scout from a patrol.
Rules-Scouts line up behind line in
dicated by starter. Any stroke may be
used. First man wins. Contestants
should follow same course across the
swimming area
3:45-Fire by Friction Contest-Con-
testants. one scout from each troop.
Rules-At the word Go" contestants
begin to work spindle. First one OBJ
tanning fire in finder wins. Use ma
tural and native material.
4:oOEF1rst Aid Contest. Contestants.
open to one regular patrol. Material
First Aid Kit and any bandages and
spilnts which the patrol sees fit to
bring Be prepared" Rules-One
boy Is TO be the patient. Written In
structions in sealed envelope are given
to the patrol. First aid instructor to
give instructions and to be the judge.