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
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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.
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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
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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."
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TRAINING IN SCHOOLS
Pliiladcpliiii, April 4.—The yearly
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would help to save about one-third of what I ordinarily pay for !
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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.
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