anaheim-gazette 1912-11-14

SCOUTING UNDER THE COUNTY Y.M.C.A. MEETING HELD IN SANTA ANA LAST NIGHT TO ORGANIZE LOCAL COUNCIL SECRETLY HAMILTON READS A PAPER DEALING WITH THIS USEFUL MOVEMENT A meeting of persons interested in Boy Scout work throughout the county was held in Santa Ana last night for the purpose of organizing a local council to promote scout work in the various polls throughout this section. Several representatives were present from Anahaim and were active in boosting the boy scout work. The following paper was read by Robert J. Hamilton, county secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at the meeting: The boy scouts of America provides one of the best methods of work with boys along practical, uplifting, educational and character-building lines. It is an idea rather than an organization, as the ideas can be adopted in whole or in part by any existing agency working among boys—it can be added to the work of a boys' club or Sunday school class, by a boys' brotherhood or any kind of a boys' club without changing the name of the organization. It aims to direct the recreation hours of boys in useful and helpful ways. It gives the boy with little to do young man can organize a patrol and train the boys along character-building lines, as he sees best, or a Rabbi can introduce it as a part of his church work. A boy scout takes an oath as follows, "To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the scout law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight." The scout law as now printed in the latest handbook has 12 requirements: a scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. There are three classes of scouts, tenderfoot, second-class and first-class. After this there are all sorts of advance degrees open to first-class scouts to attain by which they can obtain badges for proficiency in agriculture, angling, archery, architecture, art, astronomy, athletics, automobiling, aviation, bee farming, blacksmithing, bugling, business, camping, carpentry, chemistry, civics, conservation, cooking, craftsmanship, cycling, dairying, electricity, firemanship, first aid, forestry, gardening, handicraft, horsemanship, invention, life saving, mining, music, ornithology, painting, pathfinding, personal health, photography, pioneering, plumbing, poultry farming, printing, public health, scholarship, sculpture, signalling, surveying, swimming, etc., etc. To become a tenderfoot, a boy must be at least 12 years of age and pass a test in the following: 1. Know the scout law, sign, salute, and significance of the badge. 2. Know the composition and history of the national flag and the customary forms of respect due to it. 3. Tie four of the following knots: square or reef, sheet-bend, bowline, fisherman's sheepshank, halter, clove hitch, timber hitch, or two half hitches. Before explaining the methods and ideas of the boy scouts it might be well to answer some of the questions most frequently asked in regard to the boy scouts. One of the first of these is the relation of this boy scout movement to the one which was managed and financed by a prominent owner of a syndicate of newspapers throughout the United States. In reply I would say that there is absolutely no connection between the two. This other movement was called the American boy scouts and was organized in this country before the boy scouts of America. The methods of work of the two are radically different, and most of the objections against the boy scouts have arisen from the criticisms of this organization, popularly known as the "Hearst Scouts." Since Mr. Hearst has dropped this work from his scheme of newspaper advertising, many of his patrols of scouts have desired to associate themselves with the boy scouts of America. One of the conditions of making this change was that all military dirills should be abandoned and no use of fire arms should be allowed. The boy scouts of America is a non-military organization and any patrol of scouts which in any way fosters military tactics may have its rights to the name forfeited. The criticisms that the United States military authorities reserve the right to supply the boy scouts with arms in case of strikes or wars, that the movement is financed by the manufacturers of gun powder and ammunition, that it aims to place the boys under leaders so that they can be used to break up strikes by acting as scabs, can all be answered by a study of the "Handbook for Boys of the Boy Scouts of America." In this will be found a list of the members of the national council which has charge of the promotion of the movement in America. Among those names are such men as To become a tenderfoot, a boy must be at least 12 years of age and pass a test in the following: 1. Know the scout law, sign, salute, and significance of the badge. 2. Know the composition and history of the national flag and the customary forms of respect due to it. 3. Tie four of the following knots: square or reef, sheet-bend, bowline, fisherman's sheepshank, halter, clove hitch, timber hitch, or two half hitches. He then takes the scout oath, is enrolled as a tenderfoot, and is entitled to wear the tenderfoot badge. To become a second-class scout a tenderfoot must pass the following tests: 1. At elast one month's service as a tenderfoot. 2. Elementary first aid and bandaging. 3. Elementary signalling. 4. Tracking. 5. Scout's pace. 6. Use properly a knife or hatchet. 7. Fire building in the open. 8. Camp cooking. 9. Earn and deposit at least one dollar in the bank. 10. Know the 16 principal points of the compass. The requirements to become a first-class scout contain many things of great value in the practical education of a boy, and much that would add to the pleasure of any one to know. Whether a boy ever gets into a patrol or not, the handbook would be a splendid book for him to have in his library. Chapter one takes up scoutcraft explaining all that a boy wants to know about the movement. Chapter two is on woodcraft and takes up woodlore, bird study, shells, reptiles, insects, fish, rocks, flowers, trees and wild animals. Chapter three is entitled campcraft and includes articles on camps, tent making, canoeing, and camp cooking. Chapter four is by Ernest Thompson Seton and is on tracks, trailing, and signalling. Chapter five is by Dr. George J. Fisher, secretary of the physical department of the international committee of the Y. M. C. A. and is about health and endurance. Chapter six is on chivalry. Chapter seven is on first aid and life saving, and is worth many times the price of the whole book for the information it contains. Any adult can well afford time to study this chapter. Chapter eight is on games and athletic standards and contains much that could be used by a teacher in the school yard or by boys in their games together. Chapter nine is on patriotism and citizenship. It is certainly a book that would prove valuable to any one who takes time to read it. The secret of making the boy scouts a success is getting the right leaders for the individual patrols. A patrol consists of eight boys and three pa- right to supply the boy scouts with arms in case of strikes or wars, that the movement is financed by the manufacturers of gun powder and ammunition, that it aims to place the boys under leaders so that they can be used to break up strikes by acting as scabs, can all be answered by a study of the "Handbook for Boys of the Boy Scouts of America." In this will be found a list of the members of the national council which has charge of the promotion of the movement in America. Among those names are such men as Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, David Starr Jordan, Ernest Thompson Seton, Dan Beard, Luther Burbank, James R. Garfield, Gifford Pinchot, John Wanamaker and scores of others of our best citizens. Among these happen to be the names of men who are in business of various kinds, and Mr. U Pont's name is one of these. All appointments to this council are made because the men are interested in reaching the boys of our country for their highest good. A study of the handbook for boys of the boy scouts shows much that is very interesting for boys to know and do and we challenge anyone to find anything in it that they would not like to have their boys know and be able to do. The first handbook issued very hastily at the inception of this work in America contains many mistakes which have not been incorporated in the later editions of the work. Another mistake often made about the scouts is that it is a Y. M. C. A. organization or that it belongs only to the Protestant denominations. This is not the case, as the handbook clearly shows, religious teachings are excluded entirely from its work, leaving it to the leader of the individual group or patrol what shall be done along this line. A Sunday school teacher can use it as a means of getting closer to the members of his class so as to help him in molding their characters, a Catholic time to study this chapter. Chapter eight is on games and athletic standards and contains much that could be used by a teacher in the school yard or by boys in their games together. Chapter nine is on patriotism and citizenship. It is certainly a book that would prove valuable to any one who takes time to read it. The secret of making the boy scouts a success is getting the right leaders for the individual patrols. A patrol consists of eight boys and three patrols constitute a troop. A troop is under the leadership of a scoutmaster, who must be at least 21 years of age. These must be satisfactory to the local council in order to receive a certificate to take charge of a patrol or troop. The great work of this council which is to be organized tonight is to see that sufficient scoutmasters of the right kind are provided and that they keep their work up to the high standard set for it in the handbook. It will mean much for the characters of the boys of the community to get this work going soon and get it going right. DUCKS IN CHINA There are more ducks in China than in all the world outside it. They are kept on every farm, on the private roads and on all the lakes, rivers and smaller streams. There are many boats in which as many as 2,000 are kept. Their eggs constitute one of the most important articles of food. They are hatched in establishments fitted up for the purpose. Some of these establishments turn out as many as 50,000 young ducks every year. Salted and smoked ducks are sold in all the towns and many of them are exported to countries where Chinamen reside. The Preacher—We never realize the full value of anything until we lose it. The Bereaved Widow—That's so; especially if the lost thing is insured. Everything possible—the commission to boil ifornia and for this supply of printed materials sections of this port has been obtained and distributed. That previous exhibit and brought settlers into the state, the commissive proof. Last year were in daily attendance cage land show. At Kansas City show, two settled in Orange county did not take flight counties, but it had that there were equal each of the other counties pated in the exhibitions. Among the producers 200 large jars of fruit served in liquid; pumpkins, ranging from pounds each, grown Downey, also grain kinds of deciduous arts. In addition, there apples from Oak Glenco county, Julian, San Elizabeth Lake, Los Olives, olive oil, corn will be on exhibition county. Alligator peebets, and tropical fish from Orange county will have a cotton side county an exhilarous lemons and pomelos. Ostrich plumes with exhibition by the Cawley and, in addition, there ed a fine collection Diego county. The area a space of 55x25 feet be handsomely decorated. In addition, there with moving picture Southern California ANAHEIM GAZETTE Royal Baking Powder Absolutely Pure The Woman Makes the Home She makes it best who, looking after the culinary department, turns her back resolutely upon unhealthful, or even suspicious, food accessories. She is economical; she knows that true economy does not consist in the use of inferior meat, flour, or baking powder. She is an earnest advocate of home made, home baked food, and has proved the truth of the statements of the experts that the best cooking in the world today is done with Royal Baking Powder. GOLD DEPOSITS DESCRIBED Trinity County, California, Described by Government Geologist The "Gold Lodes of the Carrville district, Trinity county, California," is the subject of a brief report by D. F. MacDonald, of the United States Geological Survey, just issued as Bulletin 530-D. In 1909 Mr. MacDonald visited the Carrville district and gathered some data on its mining geology, and a report on the gold gravels of the region was published by the Survey in Bulletin 530; but the author's baggage and notes were burned before anything on the geology of the gold lodes was written. Another visit to the region was therefore made and the results are now published. The growing economic importance of this mining district, Mr. MacDonald states, merits notice and he expresses the hope that his report will attract attention to the end that mining in general may be benefited. The total gold output of the district from 1890 to 1910 is stated to be $7,747,906. The future prospects of the district are believed to be very good and it is thought that before long several small to moderate-sized gold properties will be put on a paying basis. Of course a branch railroad connecting with the Southern Pacific railroad would greatly benefit the district. Such a railroad would derive income, not only from the quartz and placer mining interests but from the rich agricultural lands in the valley bottoms and from the lumber business. It is true that much of the timber is within the Trinity National Forest, but the ripe product is sold off at intervals and this together with the timber from private holdings makes the lumbering industry important. A copy of the report may be obtained free upon application to the Director of the Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. LOCAL PRODUCTS FOR EASTERN EXHIBITS ORANGE COUNTY TO FORWARD FINE DISPLAY FOR CHICAGO LAND SHOW MANY PEOPLE ATTRACTED HERE BY PREVIOUS EXHIBITS AT EASTERN CENTERS Three carloads of the agricultural and mineral products of Southern California were shipped from Los Angeles on Monday to the Chicago land show by the Southern California Panama exposition commission. These products will be put in the California booth at the Chicago exhibition, which will be held from November 23 to December 9. Charles L. Wilson, general manager of the commission, will take charge of the California exhibition. Southern California heretofore has been represented at the various land shows of the eastern and middle western cities by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. But a year ago the commission was formed. The commission is composed of seven counties. They are Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, Imperial and San Diego. Each county is entitled to one member, chosen from the board of supervisors of that county. Last year, the initial year of the commission, exhibitions were given at Omaha, Chicago and Kansas City. The exhibition this year will be a repetition of the previous ones. Everything possible will be done by the commission to boost Southern California and for this purpose a large supply of printed matter, describing all sections of this portion of the state, has been obtained and will be widely distributed. That previous exhibitions have paid, and brought settlers to this section of the state, the commission has conclusive proof. Last year, 38,000 people were in daily attendance at the Chi- mission has more than 1500. The lectures will be delivered by J. A. Jasper of San Diego county, D. W. McDannald of Orange county, Mrs. Rose Gifford of Los Angeles county and by General Manager Wilson. ELECTION OFFICERS PAID Road Bond and General Election Officials Awarded Compensation The board of supervisors have fixed the compensation of election officers for the bond election November 4, at $5.00 per officer. The compensation of election officers for the general election November 5, was fixed at $5.00 and one cent per vote per officer. A fund was established to be known as the Bridge Fund. The application of the Southern Counties’ Gas Company to lay a gas main on certain streets near Fullerton, was granted. O. M. Robbins & Son were directed to write a policy of insurance on the steam boiler at the court house for three years. Demands on the County of Orange were allowed as read. Upon motion, the following prisoners confined in the county jail were allowed credits for good behavior, to wit: Frank Wright, John Mansir, M. Martin, F. Espacacio, Benito Magaria, William E. Wilson and C. S. Hemstreet. The clerk was directed to notify D. W. McDannald of his appointment to advertise Orange county at the Chicago land show. FIRE AT BALBOA ISLAND Apartment House Destroyed at Early Hour Sunday Morning The Island apartment house, on Balboa Island, was totally destroyed by fire early Sunday morning, involving a loss estimated at $6000, with $5000 insurance. The fire was discovered at 5 o'clock in the morning, and an effort was made to secure help from the Newport fire department, but it was impossible to get the fire apparatus across the bay, and the building burned like tinder. The house was a two-story frame structure, built about a year ago, and was the property of Mrs. Ida M. Benson of Los Angeles. It was furnished throughout, and practically all the furniture was destroyed. The apartment would derive income, not only from the quartz and placer mining interests but from the rich agricultural lands in the valley bottoms and from the lumber business. It is true that much of the timber is within the Trinity National Forest, but the ripe product is sold off at intervals and this together with the timber from private holdings makes the lumbering industry important. A copy of the report may be obtained free upon application to the Director of the Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. HOW SHE WON Bacon—My wife wanted to bet me she'd vote before her next birthday. Egbert—and did you bet with her? Certainly not. She'd win. She's stopped having birthdays. The Short Days and Long Nights are here. But if you use one of our Lanterns it turns Night to Day More than 12 kinds; also a full line of Lamps, Chimneys,&c Everything possible will be done by the commission to boost Southern California and for this purpose a large supply of printed matter, describing all sections of this portion of the state, has been obtained and will be widely distributed. That previous exhibitions have paid, and brought settlers to this section of the state, the commission has conclusive proof. Last year, 38,000 people were in daily attendance at the Chicago land show. As a result of the Kansas City show, twenty already have settled in Orange county. The commission did not take figures from the other counties, but it has been presumed that there were equally that number in each of the other counties who participated in the exhibitions. Among the products shipped were 200 large jars of fruit of all kinds, preserved in liquid; one ton of large pumpkins, ranging from 150 to 250 pounds each, grown at El Monte and Downey, also grain in the sheaf. All kinds of deciduous and citrus fruits. In addition, there will be exhibited apples from Oak Glen, San Bernardino county, Julian, San Diego county, and Elizabeth Lake, Los Angeles county. Olives, olive oil, corn and lima beans will be on exhibition from Ventura county. Alligator pears, walnuts, sugar beets, and tropical fruits will be shown from Orange county. Imperial county will have a cotton exhibit and River-side county an exhibition of oranges, lemons and pomelos. Ostrich plumes will be placed on exhibition by the Cawston Ostrich Farm, and, in addition, there will be displayed a fine collection of gems from San Diego county. The exhibit will require a space of 55x25 feet and the booth will be handsomely decorated. In addition, there will be lectures, with moving pictures and views of Southern California, of which the com- More than 12 kinds; also a full line of Lamps, Chimneys,&c M. W. MARTENET "The Stove House" Anaheim Lodge No. 432, Woodmen of the World, elected the following officers at its meeting Thursday evening: U. S. Amack, counsel commander; Frank Borth, advisory lieutenant; L. W. Raines, banker; Elmer Imus, past counsel commander; Jos. M. Backs, Jr., clerk; J. F. Till, escort; C. L. Glass, watchman; J. H. Clabaugh, sentry; Geo. L. Raines, manager, 18-months' term; W. W. Goble, captain of the team. MEN WHO KNOW will tell you that the flavor and bouquet of the liquor are assured if the bottle bears our label. 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