Boy oy Scout Wigwam m Is Finished o 0 o Gift of Russel L. L Tracy Accepted o ft Scouts' Scouts Faces Wr Wreathed in Smiles Smil s. s THE HE Wig sam am is d done 1 I This is the tile word that tila Boy Scout councilmen's councilman's faces s chamber cham ocr of commerce commerce a and d ca cat ment mention mention- ou name name flame of Russel Tl e luncheon was the occasion of the presentation of the Wigwam boy scout home in Mill Creek canon canyon canon can can- yon on on by Mr 11 Tracy who built it for them to the boy scout council of or orthe the city and its enthusiastic acceptance accept accept- ance S Wesley Vesley E. E King ICing president of the council read 2 Mr 11 Tracys Tracy's lett letter r presenting presenting pre pre- seating the beautiful lodge to Salt Lake Boy Scouts It was unanimously accepted and resolutions resolutions resolutions I of ot gratefulness passed On the acre 1100 tract In Mill 1111 MillCreek MillCreek Creek canyon known as Taylor I flat presented to the Boy Scouts of Salt Lake by Alvin V V. Taylor th I local benefactor of the city's youth had the Wigwam constructed at atan an expense of A building 35 I by 70 feet and two stories storie high with shingled exterior the Wigwam Wig Wig- warn is now now ready read to give gl Joyous VIg 1 vacations to local youths who are unable to take an extended trip away from the city One hundred boys s 's can find accommodations at atthe atthe atthe the Wigwam at once which will at atall atall atall all times be In the care of a competent competent com corn caretaker In addition to a great sitting room five fifty feet square in which is a aI abig abig big fireplace In front of which boys I will loll after exploration of the nearby hills there are q quarters for forthe forthe the tho caretaker several rooms large enough for whole troops to meet In Inand Inand inand and sleeping quarters quarter's for boys There will be a p. small kitchen where the boys may prepare their own food what they want and as they wan want t it BASED ON ON INDIAN LORE IThe i iThe The home was named Wigwam for tor in Indian lore the wigwam was the tIre meeting place of the Indian council and not essentially a place in which to live and as boy scouts model their activities to a great ex extent extent ox- ox tent on the redman and as the place is 15 to be one of wow pow-wow maInly mainly main maIn- mainly ly they decided on that name The resolutions of the boy scout council as adopted provides that an engraved copy of the resolution of acc acceptance be framed and presented presented pre pre- seated to Mr Tracy and that copies with elaborate description of ot the Wigwam be sent to regional and national national na na- na- na boy scout headquarters Extracts from Mr Tracys Tracy's letter of presentation of his gift follow MR TRACYS TRACY'S LETTER One of ot the principal motives which prompted me m meto to build this lodge was to provide a home in the mountains especially for those boys who cannot well afford to spend the money necessary to enable them to take the trl trips s to the Yellowstone national national na na- national na- na park the Grand canyon Granddaddy lakes and other expensIve expensive expensive sive trips This Wigwam is 13 located upon a tract consisting of 1100 acres acres- of mountain land belonging to the Boy BoyScout Scouts Scout only four miles from the streetcar and so a boy can an anany any day of the year strap his blankets blankets blankets blan blan- I upon his b back cle and after two hours' hours hike up the canyon find a mo mountain home belonging to him I and other boys in which there will constantly be a caretaker This lodge has a number of troop roOms c containing cook stoves where the boys independent of father and mother may prepare their pork porle and I beans griddle cakes crackers and Jam or whatever their fancy and hunger dictate Then in company with other boys he can in the most healthful and beneficial manner possible possible pos pos- sible wear off orf his surplus strength and energy by tramps and hikes through the canyons and over mountains a as wild primitive interesting interesting inter inter- esting and romantic as when the In Indians Indians In- In by command of the great spirit under the leadership of Red I I Jacket and Tecumseh seh trailed with I uplifted tomahawk and flourishing scalping knife the pale faces who I year by year were vere encroaching upon their hunting ground and driving the red men farther Into the wIldern wilder wIlder- n ness ss When tired and weary the boys bors boysan can an return to their Wigwam where around a large open fireplace the they will relate their experiences and tell stories until In Imitation of the first Inhabitants of the mountains they roll 1011 themselves up in th their lr blankets to o rest their bodies In slumber while their minds active with the ImagInation imagination nation ration of ot youth dream of Indians trappers wild wild- animals camp life lire and nd thoughts so dear to the heart of every American bo boit boyAt boyAt boy At t the same time their mothers mother may re rest t assured that their boys bos absent from home possibly for tor the first time and regardless of ot the tho weather are Just as safe sate able and happy as when asleep un under der ler her eye in a well guarded home i of ot f the city I wreathed smiles smiles' on Salt Lake today at the luncheon at the a demonstration upon the L. 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