SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR .
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING OCTbBER 25, 1925
SCOUTING-IS NON-SEGMRIAN. BUT TRULY. REUIOUS;;N0N-MiMTRY;
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RECORD EXTRAORDINARY
Smaller Cities Are Doing Far
More Than Salem in Fin
ancing Boy Scouts, Exe
cutives Declare
Smaller Cities Are Doinir Var
Mote Than Salom in Fi
nanring Hoy Scout
Movement.
COOPERATION OP PRESIDE.! COOLIDGE
The Hoy Scouts' of America liavc been exceedingly fortunate In
me. sympAUietlc cooperation of their Honorary President, Calvin Cool
idge, president of the United tatca.
M A n 1 H M t Al V 1 A 1 -a
mw Eicauiijf wwre uio amuwrr iroop saura, a u inner was
held In their honor on board the Leviathan. 'President Coolidge.de
uverea a Mlrrtng address In which he said in part, as follows:
"The approach of the 15th anniversary of the founding of the
Boy Scout organization 1$. a reminder of the rapid growth and splendid
serrice of the Scout body. 1 If there ever was Justification for oncer
Ulnty as to the usefulness of this organization, it has long since been
removed, in view of tne great work of the character development that
has been accomplished. The liov Scout have contributed sreatlv.
nnder their splendid leadership, to the best training for useful citizen
ship.,. It Is a satisfaction, in contemplating at this time the achieve
tnents of the organization, to express the hope and confidence that it
Will nuitln'iut.A In- 1aKm - --J- - l "1 -1"
; me youui 01 mo nation."
SALEM SCOUTS ENDORSED BY ROTARY,
T KIWANTS AND LIONS k "
There neTer was a time when the youth of the lan'd needed
more careful supervision and guidance than at present and for
that reason. I believe that the Boy Scout. movement, is entitled
to most favorable consideration from the citizens of Salem. Let
us help the boys.
; . A i (Signed) FRED M. TH1ELSEN,
, f ' President Salem Rotary Club.
, The Boy Scout organization of today is helping to build the
future leaders of tomorrow". It develops the body and character.
It needs the fall support of every loyal citizen, man and woman,
of Salem. S. C. McCULLOUGH, .;
President Salem Kiwanis Club.
Any work which helps boys find their purpose in life, needs
the support of forward looking people.
? v t ; - i, ROSS C. MILES,
' . ; President Salem Lions Club.
Sale H BOY For Salem's I
SCOUTSLSJ
grown boys in Ro
tary believe the "Motto"
' a good turn daily is
' beneficial and neces
. sary in the small boys of
1 today.
- Boy', Work Committee
Salem Rotary Club
, Carl Webb, f Chairman
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H m BUDGET
hree Thousand Dollars Are
Needed for Coming Year's
Work, Report Says
Mayor's Proclamation
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JOHN U. GIKSY, Mayor
The Boy Scouts of America
, aim to build character, high
Ideals and develop the leaders
of tomorrow. Their good works
are landed throughout our city,
'state and nation. I
? They deserve the praise and
active support of every citizen
in Salem.
They are asking a small
amount from citizens to carry
on In Salem. We fire the most
prosperous nation on the globe
today. Times are! good in Sa
lem. While millions of dollars'
are being spent today to sup
press crime and lawlessness let
us remember that a little money
spent on building boyhood char
acter will return to us a hun
dred fold in good citizenship to
morrow. Therefore, I, as mayor of Sa
' I em, take the pleasure of nam
ing Thursday, October 38th, as
Boy Scout Day.
An Opportunity, to Contribute
October 29th to 3 1st, inclusive
Summary of Salem Scouting
At the present time there are
138 scouts in Saiem.
Since March 1923 six meetings
of the court of honor have been
held at which meetings registered
bcouts have appeared and been
advance as follows:
Four boys to the. rank of Life
Scout.
Twenty-three boys to the rank
of Star Scout.
One hundred and six Merit
Badges were awarded to forty five
different First Class Scouts.
Thirty-eight Tenderfoot Scouts
were advanced to the rank of Sec
ond Class Scouts.
Twenty-two Second Class Scouts
were advanced to the rank of
First Class Scouts.
Summer Came
The summer Scout camp of the
Cascade council was conducted at
Cascadia, Ore- The camp has an
ideal location In the heart of the
Cascade Mountains on the South
Fork fit, thfl Saatla ntiaceiu One
of the attractive features of the
camp is the splendid, swimming
hole, four hundred yards long and
from seventy-five to one hundred
and fifty-yards wide. Here the
older and more experienced swim
mers were given instruction In
life saving methods and nine
scouts were given membership in
the Junior life saving corps of the
American Red Cross. In the sec
tion set aside for non-swimmers
twelve scouts overcame their fear
of the water and were taught to
swim.
The camp was under direct sup
ervision of the Scout executive
who had with him a staff of as
sistants well Versed in the ways
or scouting who gave instruction
In all of the required Scouts tests,
such as pioneering, forestry, camp
ing, etc.
The camp enrollment for 1925
exceeded that of 1924 by twenty-
five scouts there being enrolled
and in attendance at the camp for
the four 'weeks eighty-seven
scouts.
Training Courses to be Conducted
Training courses win be con
ducted for the patrol leadera of
all troops and upon satisfactory
completion' of the course certific
ates or warrants will be issued to
the patrol leaders and assistant
patrol leaders. Courses will also
be conducted for scoutmasters and
troop committeemen. These
courses will probably be run, in
connection with regular meetings
of the scoutmasters. -Educational
or Industrial Trips
A series of industrial trips. or
hikes have been arranged for the
Salem Scouts. These trips will be
highly interesting as well as edu
cational. Arrangements have been
made with Postmaster John Far
rar to permit the the Scouts to
visit the postoffice at which time
they will be shown through and
the system of transferlng mail
from one section of the country
to the other explained.
Through the courtesy of Robert
Warwick, superintendent of the
seventeenth Light house district
and Captain John Kelly, superin
tendent of the thirteenth United
States Coast Guard district, visits
will be made to the Tillamook
Light House and Tillamook Bay
Coast Guard station, here valuable
information will be given the
scouts on life saving methods and
the operations of apparatus and
equipment explained. '
Other industrial trips are to be
arranged through some of Salem's
industrial plants.
Oregon Patrol Leaders to Meet
The Oregon patrol leaders con
ference is. set for. November 27- to
29. The conference this year will
be held at Portland. Patrol lead
ers from all councils in the state
will be present and Salem will be
well represented.
All patrol leaders, senior patrol
leaders and troop scribes are
eligible to attend this conference.
The registration fee will be $1.50.
which will pay for part, of the
conference expenses, including a
banquet Friday night and a lunch
eon Saturday noon. The Scouts
will be given freedom for sight
seeing on Saturday evening- The
conference will close Sunday
morning with a church service.
The homes of Scouts Tn Portland
will provide lodging Friday and
Saturday nights, breakfast and
dinner Saturday and breakfast
Sunday morning. The entire con
ference will be highly educational
as well as interesting and no pat
rol leader should miss it.
' During, the conference Governor
Pierce will present several badges
to Scouts whom have just ad
vanced to the rank of Eagle Scout.
Winter Camp
Due to the ever increasing de
mand for camping and out door
activities, by the Scouts, plans are
being made for a winter camp of
about one weeks duration. The
exact spot for the camp has not
yet been selected, but this will be
done in the near i future. The
cost of the! camp will be low so
that all may have a chance to at
tend, and from all-Indications
many will want to come so appli
cations had better be made well
in advance at the Headquarters.
SUiCIH
ESGOUIB
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Professional Leaders Say
Benefits Are Vital and Re
sults Are Lasting
ARGUMENTS ARE VOJCED
Scouting as a Man Builder
.Cannot Be Excelled; Real
Citizens and Community
Builders1 Made
Scouting as a Man Builder Can
not lie Excelled And ;
Makes Real Citizens
of Them. .
I am proud to say that my boy
is a Scout. The Scouts teach boys
high ideals and high aims. Let us
remember that what we do for the
boys of t oday will return to us
tomorrow a hundred fold in good
citizenship and clean living.
Signed:
TOM LIVESLEY,
Leading. Business Man, Salem
I have more faith in the Boy
Scout program to instill honor and
honesty In the boys between the
ages of 12 and 18 than any other
plan.
E. E. FISHER, M. D
SCOUTING IS NOTi A REFORMATORY-
IT IS A FORMATORY
The Scout law: ' A Scout is
trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friend
ly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, rev
erent. Character? development is the
real objective of the Boy Scout
movement. Every step in the
Scouting program is but a means
to this end. The character devel
opment manifests itself in health,
efficiency, chivalry, patriotism and
good citizenship.
The Scout Motto: Be prepared
This means a Scout is always
In a state of readiness in mind
and body to do his duty.
Mr. W. L. Hayward,
Regional Scout Executive
Boy Scouts of America,
712 Peyton Building,
Spokane, Washington.
My Dear Friend:
I take great pleasure in endorsing the work you arz
doing to ncourage scouting among our boys.
It is the most important work being done today to
bring the boys of America in touch with nature, develop
them in a manly way and make the proper background
to give them the proper impression of the wonderful
opportunity that America affords to the youth of this
favored land. I
Yours sincerely, '
Signed: WALTER M. PIERCE,
Governor
on
Scouting as a man builder can
rot be excelled.
Scouting puts old heads
young shoulders.
Scouting makes community
builders.
Scouting makes real American
citizens in every sense of the word
Scouts are law abiding citizens
you do not find, a young man fho
has been a Scout In our penal in
stitations or Scouts In our reform
atones or police courts. Scouting
is not duplicating nor is it a com
retltor of the Y. M. C. A. in doing
of good work. Either one rounds
out the work of the other and
their work should go hand In hand
in building better citizens. My
eon is a member of both and I am
proud of the fact.
DR. HKXRY E. MORRIS,
President Federated Club.
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SCOUTS FILL NEED
Many of our foremost educators
have said "Scouting is America's
accepted program for the develop
ment of her boys.
If we work on marble, it will
perish.
It we work on brass ( time will
efface it.
If we rear temples, they will
crumble into dust.
' But, If we work upon Immortal
souls," if we imbue them with
principles, with the just fear of
God, and the love of fellow man;
we engrave on those tablets some
thing which "will brighten all eter
nity.
You will be asked to contribute.
EDUCATORS PRAISE SCOCTIXa
Why the community needs-
Scouting.
The average boy has 3000
hours of leisure time annually to
spend away from the leadership
of home, church and school- These
leisure time hours Scouting seeks
to fill with useful I activities;
Scoutimg turns the boys of a com
munity from an - tmorgjuifeed
group to an organized fore. fof
community service and good;
Scouting will make . better citizen
through having Berred as citizens
while boys. :.. "
Scouting builds citizenship and.
individual responsibility. Frank
Neer, Lions district governor. .
Anything that will build the
body, mind and character of the
boy is well worth while. The Boy
Scout program lays such a foun
dation for the boys of today. Every
r an should give support to that
which will make manhood equal
to future tasks.
Signed:
J. J. EVANS, Pastor,
First Church, Salem.
BOYSVACTS ,
, Wht are the significant facts
concerning our 25,000,000 under
21 years of age? Each year a
million of them graduate into citi
zenship. What do wa know of
them?
Scouting turns the activities of
the gang into safe and useful
channels; It provides adult com
radeship in the! plastic years
whence crime and religion alike
recruit largest numbers; It prov
ides attractive Interest gripping
activity of the right kind; " in
satisfies the boys normal craving
for adventure;' it gives the boys, a
concrete code of Ideals to re-in-fore-
the teachings of home,
church and sehool.
SCOUTING TRAINS FUTURE CITIZENS
The Boy Scout Council of Salem is asking the "citizens for;
a 'budget to administer the work for the coming year. Three '
thousand dollars Is needed. This will take care of the work and
outstanding debts for the coming year. The boys of today are
our citizens of tomorrow. The Salem Council has a good execu-.
tive. His work is all ready being felt in the community. It ts
a small amount to ask. Enough money has already been speat
. in Marion county at a recent murder trial to run the Scout work;
la the entire county for years to come. What we spendtoday ;
in making better boyhood will come back to us tomorrow a hun
dred fold in good citizenship and better manhood. -
Let the citizens of Salem both men and women make a
contribution to carry on this good cause.
YOU WTL BE ASKED. Be ready to respond to the solicit-'
ors who are giving so generously of their time and money that
the work may be carried on for BETTER BOYHOOD in our city.
' I THE SCOUT OATH V
On My Honor I Will Do My Best " '
1.' To do my duty to God and ray country to obey the -Scout
.law. ' ,
i "2. To help other people at all times.
3. To keep myself physically strong, mental'y awake and
' T ' and morally straight. . h , ....
The Scot Motto Is, BE PREPARED. r -' !
The Scout Slogan Is, ONCE A SCOUT ALWAYS A SCOUT.
.SCOUTS-
The Salem Kiwanis
Club believes in. the
Scout organization; Its :
ideals j like Kiwanis, are
high. It develops char
acter, honesty,, good
citizens and service to.
others.
It has the full cooperation-of the Ki
.wanis Club. Salem can and will do
its part in the drive. .;:
KiwauiS'. :fiM
SALEM,' ORE : .