SNEWS RNP NOTES OF THE BOY SCOUTSS TROOP FOURTEEN STARTS AGAIN Intensive Campaign of Activ ities Is Planned For the Coming Year Owing to a series of changes in of <leials, Troop 14 lias been handicapped to a great extent. Our new Scoutmaster, Mr. Burgeon was recently discharged from the army. He is planning an in tensive campaign of scouting for the troop, to be carried out this season. He will be assisted by Mr. Fred Haehn len and Mr. Gotschall, who will be as sistant scoutmasters. Mr. Haehnlen was recently discharged from service. Monday evening we were agreeably surprised to have Mr. Huntsberger, field scout executive, visit us. He ex plained the value of signaling and gave instructions on how to study signaling. He then gave a demonstration of buz zer and flashlight signaling with the Morse code. After demonstrating sem aphore signaling. Mr. Huntsberger spent some time in telling stories of the value of signaling to the A. K. F. in DO AWAY WITH INDIGESTION How to Purify n Sour. 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A New Coal We are featuring a NEW COAL that is unquestionably The Eest Coal On the Market This claim is borne out by the statements of those who have . used it. Why not use the best? It costs no more. Before placing your order for coal it will be well worth your while to give our NEW COAL a trial. We are in a position to give prompt and efficient deliveries. Order Now Before Prices Advance McCreath Bros. 567 Race Street Both Phones _ ' —— * " F jj || . Special ValuesSl3s.oo to $200.00 Three || piece Cane and Tapestry Suites. Large P assortment at generous reductions due to ong experience and in-expensive location. |s! | |SELLERS Cabinet | If "THE BEST SERVANT IN THE HOME" M Saves Work and BBfy 11 ' I BUTTORFF < CO. S&Bl I I NEW CUMBERLAND FRIDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH APRIL 4, 1919. the past war. He concluded his visit with instructions in knot typing, show ing several methods of tying the same knot and giving several points on the use of the various knots. We will cer tainly appreciate another visit from i him, and will look forward to it with I pleasure. The troop gave Mr. Hunts- J berger a rising vote of thanks. There is a campaign on foot for boosting the quality of scouting of Troop 14. The officials desire to an nounce that the troop will be re-regis tered as soon as the necessary data is compiled. HOWARD SXTPER. Assistant Scribe. Pack Two Braves the Strong Winds of March ! Well, we didn't have quite eighteen I subs on the hike, but ten fellows had nerve enough to buck the strong March ; winds. At the Square we met Mr. \ Swope and some Scouts of Troop 19, 1 who kindly consented to join lis. We ! left at 1.30, and rode to Oyster's Toint. I Then, according to Mr. Swope's com- I pass we went due north until we reached J tlie Conodoguinet creek. The road was exposed to the wind to such an extent that the pressure on one of the Scouts canteens was so great that it started j to leak, and a cub was blown off his feet. If it hadn't been for a kindly j telephone pole, he'd be sailing yet. Some wind. I'll say! i We followed the creek to Orr's bridge, j studying birds and wild flowers on the I way.' We saw lots of blue birds and ! warblers and found anemone, spring i beauties, and dutchman's brooches in bloom. At Orr's bridge we tried to finti ; a spot sheltered from the wind but it | couldn't be done, so we ate our lunch behind the stone wall of the approach. At 4.13 we started home byway of the Carlisle pike, reaching the Square on the 3-o'clock car. Another new member last week, George W. Naylor. introduced by Rich ard Adams. The stars are ready for I distribution and additional caps have i been ordered. I expect to see every cub in his place at 6.30 to-night. Sorry Baker was sick last week. Hope he'll |be there to-night. CUB HUSTON*. Scribe. —.— lUNDKIiTAKBIi 1743 Chas.H.Mauk *• £"■ , 1 Private Ainbulanc* Phones The Wigwam A SCOUTS DAY By Scout Ha gar. Troop 13 Why do all the Scouts look to the I woods and the country? Why do they | always to their brother Scouts I about the fun they will have in tho j woods this summer while on hikes and camping trips? i I know what it is. It is his Ameri ; can blood. His nature, in other words. 1 doubt if there is a Scout that would [ not have gone out in the woods this j morning and have a breath of tho i tino morning air, that does him a lot lof good. A little later in the morning. Ihe will try and find some of Mother | Karth's secrets by prowling around in the woods and hunting specimens. About the middle of the day he will un dine his knapsack, nnd get a bite to eat from his own master hand. A Scout | does not need a cook to go with him lon these hikes and camping trips. What j are the Scout tests for anyway? N'ot for fun. In the afternoon after he eats his I dinner, lie will sit around in the sun. I studying the birds that hop around. ! A rabbit jumps in front of him and the ; Scout's ready to find out more about , the rabbit than just what is in a book, i Later in the evening he will cook his I supper and then sit around the fire listening to the mysterious sounds of the woods. When the stars come out. he will try to find the constellations that must l>e found ftfr the first class test. At last lie will grab his blanket and make a dive for some pile of leaves on which to sleep. How he snores; He j does not wake up until morning, but I Oh. boy! Oh. joy! How great lie feels. Sagamakon Camp. April 4. 1919. Fellow Scouts: Have you noticed that eacii week finds a new face in the Wigwam ; that each week brings a new story teller to our council fire? Last week Scout Keller, of Troop 13, made his first appearance with us and this week I wish to introduce a gentleman, whom for the time being, we shall call the Bird Man. The Bird Man knows nature —and especially birds —not only from "book-learning," but .also from personal observation. That is the way the Scout should know nature. The Bird Man will give us some real stories from bird life, and incidentally touch on their color, habits and other charac teristics—tilings that the First Class Scout must know. Look for the first article next week. Speaking of our council circle, fel lows. let us make a scroll from birch bark and place upon it the names of those who from time to time have been story tellers in the Wigwam. It would he a list of live wires; for the fellows j who come to the Wigwam are Scouts who know what is going on—Scouts who have opinions, ideas and stories and who are willing to go to the trouble of expressing them for the benefit of others. Scout Spotz came once to the Wig- ; wain, many moons ago. but lie lias lost > the trial and Troop S has not been rep- I resented since. I .one Feather, formerly I of Philadelphia, and now connected with I Troop 38. Harrisburg; Rudolph Miller. I of Troop 7: Scoutmaster German and ; Scout Keller, of Troop 13, are among those whose names appear on the bircli j bark. Then there are two Scouts from ! "13" who are known to all readers of j the Wigwam Fenstemacher and \ Hagar. If either one or both of these j Scouts evei* make their mark in the | world of literature. Red Cloud will claim part of the honor for having given them the start. They are regular contribu tors and their stories seem to improve with each effort. Fenstemacher writes of the ideals of scouting. His articles on "The Art of- Hope" and "Nature" were real winners. Hagar has devel oped into a painter of word pictures with the glowing camp fire and the great out-doors for his subjects. There is another name without which are scroll "would not be complete. It |is that of the Office Scout. When we send our stories to headquarters In I ! writing; so miserable that we can j j scarcely read it ourselves; when the ! paper is all cut up with scratches and | corrections; when we have butchered | the good old English language almost 1 beyond recognition, it is the Office i Scout who patiently figures it out, adds I the proper finishing touches, and sends iit neatly typewritten to the printer, i Some day we are going to have a real scout story in the Wigwam signed by the Office Scout. There is still room at the fireside for 1 more story tellers and space on the birch I bark for more names. Come to the j Wigwam Scouts! You will receive a j hearty welcome. To all Scouts, Red Cloud sends a word of greeting. To ad ! vance, through the stories in the 1\ ig i warn, information and ideals from which you may draw knowledge and inspira tion, is the sincere wish of Your Brother Scout, RED CLOUD. SERVING (By Scribe Fenstemacher) It is just about two weeks since the I first of- spring. Huh! You don't say [so? Well, isn't this just awful? Now I stop John, you're too . Aw, for some pep fellows, how about it? Let's jgo . The topic is "serving." Tho word may have several meanings but i lite one we want to follow out is that ! one which the boys of over there can give explanation of. The war is over and the foe is done for but do you think that the brave lads who fought for us enjoyed the mud, rain, lice, shells, dirt and danger in their never-to-be-for gotten effort and fight to down and pun ish the Oermans? All praise and grati tude is due to the men who served over there in the noble cause of the Allies. That is the service our boys gave in spite of the great numbers who remain ed at home, facing no dangers, braving no guns and enduring no hardships. Now gang, let's get out and serve in the Victory or the Fifth Ll'oertjr Loan. The most of the people have very little money and therefore, it will be of greater effort In our service to put the thing over the top. Of course, it's necessary to put it over the top because don't we do things right and a little bit better than is required? So let's go over the top just the same way we have in the preceding drives and in our work, let us always remember to serve, serve, serve. Troop 7 Scouts Hike to Fort Washington With the cold blasts at their worst last Saturday, the scoutmaster and a patrol of Scouts hiked to Fort Wash ington and ran over it thoroughly from a historical standpoint. The descrip tion and points of history concerning this spot were very well given last week by Red Cloud in the Wigwam. Lots of Scouts did not know that wc have such a historical place so near. The highest number of merits for the month of March was won by Kermlt Smith, whose total was 74. William Steckley was second and William Bod mer came in next. Earl Chandler became a recruit mem ber of the troop last Friday evening. All tenderfoot examinations will be given before the troop so Earl is going to make 100 per cent. The first of the first class Scouts made their appearance before the Honorary Board at Scout Headquarters last eve ning to try for n.erits. We hope they made good. " , Twenty-two Scouts are interested in the future memorial of the Betsy Ross fiaghouse in Philadelphia and have con tributed to the Betsy Ross Association with this end in view. RUDOLPH MILLER, Scribe. Troop 4 Holds Business Meeting; Discuss New Home Troop 4 held a business meeting on Monday night. A very interesting de bate was held on the subject of whether the Pine Tree patrol should retain its name or be called by the name of one of the old patrols which was in the troop. The vote was taken twice, with an even score each time, and now it's up to the scoutmaster to decide and we won't know until next week. We also decided that we wanted our troop to have felt numerals. The Stand ard Baking Company explained their offer to us, and when one of the fel lows was asked if they took Standard bread at his home he replied, "No, but we're going to to-morrow." Say. fellows don't forget the dues are due this Monday, and don't forget about those numerals. ALEX WIELAND. Scout Scribe. Beaver Patrol Is Started By Members of Troop 28 At the regular meeting of Troop 28 a new patrol was started which has been called the Beaver Patrol. Wilson Ruder was elected patrol leader, and John Blottenberger was chosen his assistant. A new assistant scribe, Leon Reisch, was elected to take tho place of the former assistant who moved away. The business session was closed with a read ing of the number of points each Scout lias scored for the month. Jacob Mat ter took honors with one hundred and ninety-one points to his credit. After business was disposed of, the troop was drilled in first aid by as sistant Scoutmaster Amos Nye. During; the drill period the Scouts responded to a fire call from 2130 Greenwood street, but it did not prove to be serious. LEON REISCH. Assistant Scribe. APPEAL FOR CLOTHING Well, fellows, don't forget the cloth ing for the Europeans, and be sure that you bring it to-night to Scout meeting. You know Harrisburg didn't go the limit in this drive, and the Scouts are making some of this dona tion. A]so don't forget to bring one dime to join the Betsy Ross Association. We get a large picture of Betsy Ross mak ing the first American flag if we get twenty members, and the money goes towards keeping all the old houses around the little upholstry shop where this flag was made. In good condition. Don't forget that on Saturday wc are going to hike over to the Hut and fix up the cistern and the fence. Come around to the meeting to-night and remember to bring the clothing and your dime. CLEON CRISWELL, • Scribe. TROOP 8 HIKES Last Saturday afternoon a few Scouts of Troop 8 hiked up through Wlldwood Park and crossed the first mountain. Various out-door tests were passed. We cooked for our first class examination and it tasted fine (even if Christian Brandt did have to drink his pancakes). We then came down the road between the mountains and then down the pike, where several of our number passed their pace tests. At Lewis atn/st we boarded the car and rode home after an afternoon's good time. ' PRE-WAR PRICES ARE IMPOSSIBLE Country on New Wage Level and People Must Meet the Conditions Reductions in steel prices, as an nounced by the Industrial Board of the Department of Commerce, are held to be no more important to the general business situation, especially in the building and construction in dustries, than are the board's state ments that present wage levels should not be disturbed and pre-war prices are out of the question. Since January there have been re ceived in the Department of Labor thousands of letters from architects, building contractors, prospective in vestors in buildings, and from State anil munieipul authorities in which it was represented that uncertainty us to prices and wages, rather llinn' the present high level of prices and wages, were the stubborn obstacles to be eliminated before a general revival of building and construction work would be had. Recently the Information and Ed ucation Service, in the Department of Labor, has been putting out tlie results of investigations by trained economists, in the price and wages fields. The conclusion has been, and I in this conclusion so eminent an au thority as Prof. Irving Fisher, of tale University has concurred, that the popular expectation of a re-es tablishment of pre-war prices is not justified. It was asserted that wages had not advanced in proportion to living costs, and that while minor price changes might be expected in some fields, to use the language of I ror. Fisher, "we are on a perman ently higher price level and the sooner business men of the country take this view and adjust themselves to it, the sooner will they save them selves and the Nation from the mis fortune which will come, if we per sist in our present false hope." Since the steel industry is one which most profited from the de mands of the war, it probably can afford to make a greater reduction in present prices than may be ex pected in other industries." Build ing and construction authorities are not, therefore, disposed to believe that subsequent price negotiations b> the Industrial Board of the De partment of Commerce will develop reductions proportionately as mark ed as those announced for steel They assert that the Board s state ment, "in view of the higher costs developed throughout the world as a result of the war, a return to any thing like pre-war prices is regarded as out of the question." is a sound no J u sion and timely corroboration of the statements made bv the De partment of Labor in its campaign lion work buildinp a nd construe- Two departments of the Govern ment—the Department of Labor and How Twenty-One Million Citizens Would Vote On A League of Nations A Poll of Forty-Eight States \\ hat is undoubtedly the most complete reflection of public opinion on the League of Nations which it is possible to make, is shown in THE LITERARY DIGEST for April sth. Assuming that newspaper editors all over the country watch the drift of public opinion in their districts, "The Digest" wrote to the editor of every daily newspaper in the United States asking his attitude toward "joining the proposed League of Nations." He was also asked to tell, if possible, the attitude of his community toward it. The response to this letter broke all records, 1,377 editors having replied, losing no time about it —even tele graphing. Many took the trouble to hunt up their editorials on the subject, clip them out. and send them along. The leading* article in "The Digest" this week analyzes the result of the pool from different angles, by geographical divisions, by the number of people, represented by the circulations of the newspapers (more than 21,000.000) etc. Many of the replies arc picturesque, running the gamut of human emotion from "I don't think Mr. Wilson the last word in wisdom or the only American to he trusted," to the other extreme "we are with old Woodrow all the time—no deserters in this section." Don't miss reading and studying this highly interesting feature of "The Digest" this week. Other important subjects covered are: How Hungary Went Bolshevik A Summary of the Events Leading Up to the' Over throw of the Karolyi Government—How It H, pened and the Probable Outcome, As Reported in the Press of Europe and America The Rivalry for Fiume How Religious London Views the Germany's Duty to Her Conquerors League of Nations Japan Alarms Our Pacific Coast Germany Courting France Jugo-Slavia's Land Problem Another Creditable War Chapter— Wilson vs. Clemenceau a ®. Defense How Do Volcanoes Kill? Candy .n the Army The Wonderful "Valley of 10,000 Lowell . _ , How "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Circulates Bolshevistic School-Teachers The Texas Mammon of Righteousness Honoring Foch in Scholarships The First Labor Union Chaplain A Breeder of Slums Bohemians in the U. S. Best of the Current Poetry (Especially Prepared for The Literary Digest) Personal Glimpses of Men and Events Live News of Business and Finance Many Interesting Illustrations, Including Cartoons April sth Nunmber on Sale To-day—All News-dealers—lo Cents (rfe Jiteraiy Digest FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publishers of the Famous NEW Standard Dictionary), NEW YORK the Department of Commerce working independently, have arrived at the same conviction, namely, that the country is on a new price level and to delay business projects in the hope that pre-war prices again are to prevail is to jeopardize the business structure of tho country, de lay the return of prosperity, and, in the end discover, as Prof. Fisher put it. "to talk reverently of 1913-14 prices is to speak a dead language to-day." OPPOSE ANY MILITARY TRAINING IN SCHOOLS Pliiladcpliiii, April 4.—The yearly j <■■■!■■■■■■ i - ■^^ Real Household Economy O AY to yourself just this:—"l've been reading a lot about k-J 4 Purity Margarine and I'm going to try a pound just to ! see what it's like, anyway. Tbev say it is so much like butter that you can't tell the difference, and if it is, I surely want to know it. Everything else is so high these days that it certainly | would help to save about one-third of what I ordinarily pay for ! butter. Especially since 4 Purity ' tastes so much like butter that hardly one person in a hundred can tell the difference." . > Capital City Dairy Company, branch 40 S. Delaware Ave., Philadelphia, Pa, i Phones: Bell, Ijombanl 1473: Keystone 288 ft. i THE PUREST SPREAD FOR BREAD meeting of the Society of Friend: here adopted a resolution stating that It would "view with great regret the introduction of military training in to the public schools of tlio city of Philadelphia or of the State at large." "It would be a profund tragedy," the resolution stated, "to implant the spirit of militarism in the youth of the community at a time like the present when the masses of the peo ple throughout the whole world are longing, as perhaps never before, to establish international good will and to obtain permanent peac*." The adoption of a State law fo* adequate physical training for boyi and girls, in place of military traiiw ing for boys, was urged by the reso lutions. f ' •* II Pour libraries purchased this ■ week furnish our customers a I great variety of new books at I I bargains. lAI'ItAND'S, 02T. N. 3rd St. Bell Tel. 1 20,000 new. old. rare books, all sub- I jects; open evenings; books bought I 19
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