TROOP SEVEN TO
ORGANIZE TEAM
Doughty Scouts Will Play
Basketball; Hay Receives
Ace Medal
The first scout in Troop 7 to re
ceive an ace nieclal for selling War
Saving Scamps is James Hay. So
far, just three scouts have receiv
ed achievement buttons.
At the last meeting of the troop
a committee was appointed consist- j
ing of Paul Heming, Lloyd Gotwult ;
and Bud Kidiger to consider the
possibility of maintaining a has- ;
ketball team. ••
The troop merit System was put ;
into effect last week. It is hoped
that it will stimulate Interest of bet- I
ter attendance. A suitable reward l
will be given to the scout■ or scouts \
getting -the highest number of'
points.
Starting this evening the patrols
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LIVER ANj) BOWELS
Brew it at home yourself, save
money and better
right away.
\ if you want a splendid, economl- i
cat remedy for • constipation, sick i
eaUache. dizziness and torpid liver, 1
get a small package of Dr. Carter's
H. and B. Tea to-day and drink a cup
el your own brewing whenever you •
need it. I
This idd reliable vegetable remedy
has stood the test of time and is now .
more popular than over.
Keep a package in ilie house all
•the time and brew a cuptui when you !
eel out of sorts, feverish or bilious.
It always helps—promptly—and be
ing mild and gentle, is just as good
r chi. 'e-n as for grownups.
A Health Builder
For Weakened Lungs
Where a continued cough or cold ;
threatens the lungs, Eckman's Alter
ative will help to stop the cough, i
strengthen the lungs and restore
health. Site and $ 1.0 bottlbs at drug- I
gists, or from
EC KM A X LA BO R A TORY.
Philadelphia.
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-NMMKKIfV - The Gift of All
1 v Christmas Gifts * ,
# ' Much of the real joy of Christmas wpuld
iV' l ac^in ff vvere it not for the many wonder
u' i ewelr y particularly gifts of
Diamond Jewelry
/w.\ : f- Judging by the tremendous volume of
p#' • business we have been favored jv'ith thus far,
thiS S^a,S ° n promises to b rea k aP record| for
We show wonderful assortments of Dia
i VM-fellS * monds of all sizes—Diamond Rings—Dia-
V. ' mond I.a\ all itM es —1 )iamond Scarf Pins-
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FRIDAY EVENING^"*""''
will take turns In furnishing the
troop with some stunts or extra
program. Tl)e first aid patrol, Carl
Gingrich sonlor patrol leader, prom
ises to have a new stunt. Every
scout of the troop wants to soe It.
Troop 26 Elects Scout
Balmer as Treasurer
At our meeting Monday evening,
11. Ktnneard McCleary was sworn
' Into the tenderfoot ri\nk and ap
plications from two candidates for
1 membership were received. The
' office of treasurer has been made
i vacant through Scout Herman Jones
moving to Scrunton, and Scout Ben
Maimer was elected to fill the vn
: cancy. We elected new patrol leud
j ers and reorganized the patrols,
j Those elected were Scout Jones, Fly
; ing Eagle; Scout Mossier, Stag:
-Scout Zimmerman, Reaver; Scout
: Singleton, Eagle. . '
All the • tenderfoot scouts are
: studying signaling for a. test In the
• near future and hope io pass the
second class exuminutiau early in
the new year. An entertainment is
I being planned to be giVen in the
; church for the-benefit of the troop,
i We have some talented Soodlts and
I expect to put on a good show. TJie
Scouts are being well versed in the
i Scout laws, und are keeping mental
ily awake for opportunities to do
good turns. We \yant all Scouts to
be iyesent at our ntetding next Mon
day 'night, Which will be the last
meeting of the old vear.
PAUL WARFIELD.
Scribe.
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Troop 16 Has Interesting
and Vefy Busy Month
The month of November was a
busy one for Troop 16. Five indoor
meetings-and four outdoor meetings i
were held. The troop Is taking up '
under the leadership of Assistant
Scoutmaster George. S. Spangler, map ,
making and other detals of second
class work. Two new scouts, John
Essick and Henry Delaney, have i
been added to the troop, which now
numbers twenty-seven. Besides this
there are twelve Wolf Cubs under the
paternal care of the yoop. Troop
No. 16 has responded to every ap- :
peal for service that has been made;
thus far, and ranks onV hundred per j
cent, in civic efficiency.
WORK I'OH Bl'1) .CROSS
Saturday morning wil be a busy
time for the scouts of the city. Each I
troop will distribute to every house
in its district a pamphlet in the in
terest of the Chrismas membership j
drive for the Red Cross. It is a big I
"good turn," and one worth while.
*NEWS RNP NOTES OFTHE BOY STOUTS j
TROOP STUDIES
IN FIRST AID
Scouts of City Invited to Par
ticipate in Ctiurse With
Troop Twenty-six
Troop 21 lias started a winter
course In first aid cohering a month
or six weeks under the direction of
their new assistant scoutmaster,
Paul Kohlhaas, who Is captain of
the Bethlehem Steel Company's first
aid team.
Mr. Kohlhaas is considered one
of the best first aid men in this ter
ritory and will tuko the scouts
through first aid up to the most ad
vanced work. After .the course is
finished Mr. Kohlhaas will select a
first aid team from among the scouts
of the troop and will train them
to compete with any first aid team
in Harrisburg.
An invitation is extended to the
Pcouts of other troops In Harris
burg to attend this course, which
will be held each Monday evening
at the Stevens Memorial Methodist
Church, Thirteenth and Vernon
streets, at 7.30. Scouts wishing in
formation on any points of advanced
first aid for their first class test will
be given any assistance they desire
by applying to Mr. Kohlhaas after
the close of the regular Monday
night troop meeting.
L. E. VAN A NAN, S. M.
Troop Twenty's Business
Meeting to Be Tonight
The business meeting of Troop
20 for December will be held- to
night. The Red Cross Christmas
honor roll will be explained. A teach
er has been secured to teach the
bugle corps. All buglers are requested
to bring 'their instruments to take
their first lesson. After the meeting,
tenderfoot examinations wilt be held.
A number of members of the troop
will soon be ready to take examina
tions at headquarters.
HEXRY A. BAER, Scribe.
KJttUUSBURG TELEGRAM
THE WOLF
By Scout Robert Keller
Our friends the dogs should lead
the list by right of their advance
ment, but It will be better first to
examine some of their wild proto
types, especially the wolves, the most
typical and powerful of the cin'ne
The great gray wolf, still more or
less prevalent throughout almost the
whole of northern hemisphere, meas
ures in its largest subarttc form
about three and a half feet long, ex
clusive of the somcwhut bushy tail.
Which hangs to the hooks, and weighs
one hundred and fifty pounds o,
thereabout. . This northern wolf has
an under fur of slategra.v not found
in southcrnly examples, and is vpi
cally of a rufous or yellowish gray
above, more or less grizzled, while
the under parts are whitish, and the
tail Is often tipped with black. These
hues are paler in northern than in
southern specimen*, and the latter
are also Inclined to Ixy 4 smaller; in
many warm regions /totally black
races are known, and the black wolf
of Florida Is considered by Merriam
a distinct species; as also are the
great pure white wolf of our Arctic
coast and the wolf of Japan. In gen
eral the animal Is a creature of wood
ed mountains, —a "timber" wolf.
In summer a pair will retlte to
some cavern or convenient shelter,
often dug by the mother herself,
and there six to ten whelps are coin,
but usually only two or three sur
vive to full age. At this season
small games is numerous everywhere,
and the animals, Wandering about
alone by day as well as by right,
pick up a good living with little
trouble, and grow fat. Indolent, and
cowardly, or at any rate peaceful. As
the summer closes and as the whelps
glow the parents take them 'out with
them and show them what Is good
to eat and how to hunt for it. with
the onset of winter, times become
harder, the small creatures disap
pear, and then the wolves must
arouse their strength and intelligence
to .outwit and overcome the larger
unlnials—the wild cattle, deer, an-
i telopes, and the like upon which
they prey. *
The peaceful disposition of sum
mer change* as the snow fills the
forests, the cold Rales moan through
the trees, and the long, dark nights
enshroud an almost dead world, Into
I hungry foroctty and u force of craft
| and caution born of the direst need,
| breeding a daring which at list
j makes the animal formidable to man
| himself. Much exaggeration ni*
I crept Into the popular history of
j wolves, from the superstitutlous tales
| of ol(,l: but basis enough remains .o
! make it certain that travelers through
I the wintry wilderness of Canada or
[ Itusata have more then otice been at
| tacked, pulled down, and killed i>>"
j these beasts, whose boldness, ens
i durance, and persistence In pursuit
j when crazed by famine, are almost
boundless. Nevertheless more po -
sons have been scared than hunt: ml
that mainly by the terrific howling
which multiplies itself by Its rapid,
echoing volume, until it seems as
though a dozen wolves were clamor
ing in concert."
-It. is In winter, mainly, when the
larger animals must be depended
upon, that the wolves form them
selves into packs and assist one an
other. To this class of animals hunt
ing is truly "the Chase," for their
method Is, having found their quarry
In which the good nose {or a trail
and the keen hearing assist them),,
to keep, it in sight and fun It down.
The endurance of their, gallop is aa-
I tonlshing, yet rrioat deer, antelopes,
j and horses can outspeed and outswiip
| thetn, and would usually escape a
j single wolf. Therefore two, pr some-.
| times many, unite, and by relieving
one another, cutting across corners,
I surrounding a pond In which some
j rteelng victim has sought safety, or
I otherwise acting in concert, will ex-
I haust and pull down an animal
i enough to furnish a meal for all—
| if the later ones are not to slow !h
I arriving. A band of Artie wolves
; will depopulate a district of reindeer
j In one winter: only the polar bear
i and the niusk ox can hold their own
| against them. Very pretty tactics
are often employed, especially by co
yotes, whose work must be doubly
strategic because done In the opeii.
Plainsmen still call a particularly
big old gray wolf a "buffalo run
ner," recalling the time when tltf
principal prey of those of the West,
was the bison. "The wolves seldom
molested the buffaloes unless they i
were disabled by wounds or sickness.
The young calves were what they
were after when they skulkd through j
the herd, dodging the old bulls and j
angry cow buffaloes In the tall bunch j
grass of the plains."
Dwellers on tho frontier, or in
thinly settled and mountainous dis
tricts. suffer from the depredations
pf the bigger wolves, which maim
more than they kill and eat, when
famine, or the lesson from some prev
ious success, leads them to attack ,
domestic aulntals. This destructive- I
i,ess, and the value of their pelts, j
have led to their extermination
throughout .the more thickly settled
parts of both the United States and
Canada, and even. In the far West
they become scaroe 'since the dis
appearance of bison. elk, .and hluck
tall. A black variety still, haunts
the recesses of the Florida ever- I
glades. In the ranching districts, :
however, cattle and sheep keep many
bands alive wherever there are rocky !
fastnesses to which they may retire. !
in. spite of the .traps, poisons, and J
guns which they understand so much 1
better than their forefathers: but
they are not as adaptable, clever, and
safe as the coyotes. In Eurppe. they
still persist on the continent even
in France and Bpuin, wherever a
rough country gives them parbor,
whence they may race forth on win
ter nights to ravage the farms and
pasture#; And official returns show
that more than hnjf a million head
of.- cattle and sqigller {i vest pelf ftre
annually destroyed by wolves In
Europenh Russia alone,
- In Saxon times wolves .were very
abundant. Acllan added to his mar
vels and asserted that the wplt can
not bend its neck; if It should happen
to tread on the flower of tho squill It
at once becomes torpid, So the wily
fox, fearing his more powerful en
emy, takes care to strew his path i
with squills. The conversion of men
Into wolves was a well-known sup
erstition. dated from Grecian and
Roman times; It formed the basis of
much of the witchcraft persecutions
of. the middle ages and onward, and
has left Its mark in folklore.
After other business the. troop ad
journed by holding the regular ex
ercises which was formed by repeat
ing the Scout Law, singing the "Star
Spangled Banner" nnd saying the
Lord's Prayer, After these exercises,
the ,two troops adjourned to the
gymnasium where games were com
peted by running them off by pa
trols. Troop Thirteen won half of
the games played while Troop Eleven
showed up fine also In the games
played. No one had gym. shoes on
and the games were run under diffi
culty because of the slippery floors.
After a successful good time, both,
organizations suspended to the flrßt
where both troops enjoyed the
tr.dvles. After Ave redls of good pic
tures. the two troops beat It fpr
home. This was the first time this
part of the year that any troop vis
ited Troup Thirteen and as this union
meeting between the troops can be
called a success, many more troops
who are situated close to Troop
Thirteen'* place of meeting are ex
pected to come and have a good
time. Last year the troop enjoyed
the fellowship of other troops who
visited them "and held a union meet
ing together.
Among the thliygs of interest dur
.lng the scout meeting was when
Bcout Karl Mocsleln was given his
achievement button which he won.
Although the troop has,not yet cap
tured any Aye Medals, she has to her
credit at least seven buttons.
To Scouts!
All the older Scouts of the city
aro Invited to attend a meeting
at the Y. M. C. A. on Sunday
afternoon at *.BO to hear Cap
tain W. A. Dtetrlck, a former
Scoutmaster of Troop No. 2,
Great Falle, Mont.
Captain Dletrlek was one of
the first Scoutmasters in the
country to enter" an officers
training camp and recently has
been commanding officer of the
I. A. T, C. at Temple University,
Philadelphia.
All Scouts aro urged to come
In uniform and est In Fahne
stook Hall In a body.
SCOUT HAMER IS
TEAM MANAGER
Troop Nineteen Calls For
Games and Challenges
All Teams of Cily
I Scout J lamer was elected manager
Jof Troop 19's basketball team and
1 he culled for candidates on Decern
i her 17 at. St. Paul's floor. Second
[and Emerald streets. Scout Fallen
| was elected assistant manager.
The following are requested to re
! port: Hauler, Hummel, Hoffman,
I Elssner, Taylor, Duly McCafvel)
■ Paul. Tetter, Welsh Fan nee K. Mov
er, C. Moyer, Townsend und Weills.
Troop 19 issues challenges to any
•'scout team In the city or out of the
I city. Please notify for game. Rob
i ert Hamer, 1100 North Second street,
| Harrlsbutgv Fa.
Troops Eleven and Thirteen
Hold a Union Meeting
Troop No. 13 has an advantage
over other troops by having use of
. the gymnasium and other parts of
If he Boyd Memorial building. In ac
cordance of this advantage, Troop
13 has arranged to have various
troops of the city enjoy the use of
the building by holding union meet
ings together and then play games
|on the Gym floor. The meeting
I started off with the reguar exercises
j which was the repeating the Scout
loath, singing a verse of "America"
j and saying sentence prayers. In this
way the meeting was began. The
meeting was shorf and after the re
port on good turns were given by
I patrols the trdop arranged itself for
j a talk which was given by the As
| sistant Scout Master Hassun of Troop
I 13. The talk itself was of vast- im
. portance to the boy and was enjoyed j
; by all thoso present.
At every meeting the troop holds, j
some scout helps to make it interest
! ing by giving a talk of something 1
I that is sure to hold the scouts in- '
ferested and that is beneficial at the I
j same time. Scout Robert Keller vol- i
vjnteered this week to give a talk;
Atid his subject was on that of the.
"Wolf." The talk was interesting |
from the start to the finish and told !
of the haunts of this animal.
Troop 2l> held it's regular weekly
meeting Monday night and welcomed
Its new assistant scoutmaster. Paul
Kohlhaas. He will take over the in-,
struction of first aid, etc., and hopes
to get up a first aid team from
among the troop that will beat any
Scout first aid team in Hnrrisburg
Mr. Kohlhaas instructed llie troop
in the proper tying of the kno{ to he
used in applying a bandage and
how to bandage an injured or in
fected eye, the proper way to handle
the dresslhg-to apply to the wound
and the proper method of applying a
head bandage. "Andy" was used as
the patient und made quite a "vic
tim" in his long pants.
We are getting considerable equip
ment on hand and when the merit
system goes into effect we hope to
nave a pretty good average.
QiHljW
If. T. COLLICOTT.
Scout.
Approved, L. E. Vananan. S. M.
The New Officers
By Scout Executive \ train
Some of the busiest and best men '
of the city are back of tho scout j
movement. That was clearly shown '
at the annual meeting of the local j
council last Tuesday night. The I
members of the council expressed '
their pride in the scouts of the city, j
and in more than one way showed i
that they were glad to give of their i
experience and time to direction I
of the boys. J. William Bowman, the !
new president, will carry on the high
standard set by George S. Reinoehl.
the retiring president, and the scouts '
will build up on the basis already
laid.
The scouts of the city should feel I
proud to he led by such a body of j
men as we have behind us.
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HOLIDAY NOVELTIES
/. The unusual of tfifts of good tjuali
try imported from Erance, Italy, Swit
zerland and Holland before the war.
; , ( Special low prices. *
TOYS IN ABUNDANCE , \
A groat deal of this large store room *
' ' • . is tilled with toys of every rtaseriptic.u. '
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