' r a t w THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING “ Once Deadline for Powwow registration fixed -- Speakers Planned for Council Meet Activity i w - wr ” is the name selected tor the spectacular demonstrations to be presented Saturday “Camp-O-Rama- ' f 'b May 23 from 1:30 to 3:30 p m at Liberty park as a feature of the annual council camporee May 22 f ’5' bad weather Work on the project will be resumed soon with Explorer leaders to be called jn S D Young executive of Ogden area council devised the outline which has the approval of state leaders Monthly Council 3Ieet Scheduled for Sunday LOGAN— The monthly Cache valley council meting will be held Sun-da- y April 5 at the Cache county library building according to Scout Executive Preston W Pond The opening exercises for the general council meeting at 10:45 a m will be directed by troop 59 of the Lewiston L D S Second ward who will be awarded a certificate for good appearance said Mr Pond This group has 75 per cent or more of its members and leaders in uniforms They are directed by Golden Bowman scoutmaster Reports Will Be Made On Training Meeting Reports on the national scouters' training conference held recently at French Lick Springs Ind will be presented at the monthly meeting of the Salt Lake council executive committee Tuesday at 12:15 p m la the chamber of commerce Flans also Will be discussed for presenting recommendations made at the national conference before a apedal meeting of council and distriot committees next month See First Tackle BIRMINGHAM Ala (UP)-Eli- sha and Elijah Simmons -- be lieved to be Alabama's oldest twins —spent a feverish few hours sight seeing hers recently The v: Courts of Honor Scheduled in Six Teton Districts Executive Announces Plans for Gatherings in Peaks Council " w I'- ' - VF'cff L' y Three speakers who will address Salt Lake council scouts at the annual powwow on the University of Utah campus Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday: Top Dr George Thomas president of the university who will welcome the scouts Coach Ike J Armstrong who will speak Thursday night and Sergeant A1 bort H Rogers of the city police department who will give fingerprint demonstrations Wednesday night Expedition of Explorer Officials Postponed Leaders Discuss Plans An expedition of Explorer district Commissioners to study portions of a program to qualify young men for participation in the Explorer Scout program scheduled March 28 was postponed because of Annual Powwow on 6U’ Campus to Draw Over 300 During Vacation Bronze Plaque for Cache Monument 'VAW'ulbi WAWft’tSUAWMM More than 300 Salt Lake council scouts of first class or higher rank are expected to take advantage of University of Utah specialized instruction and technical facilities next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday at the seventeenth annual powwow on the university campus The period is during the spring vacation of the city public schools Each scout will be registered for four merit badge subjects and will be entitled to participate in the assemblies special programs and moving pictures to be given each evening he also will hgve dinner each evening in the university cafeteria Many to Park and 23 at the park it was announced Saturday at council headquarters Thousands of school children and other spectators are expected to attend the event which will include demonstrations of bridge and signal tower building first aid work and other scout activities Prepara tions for the feature events now are under way Purpose Explained “Our purposes in holding the camporee and cam p o- ram a are to motivate patrol and troop camping and to bring the seOut program before the people” said D E Hammond council scout executive He pointed out that the camporee erves as an incentive for gathering together proper camping equipment which in turn should culminate in an active suihmer of camping Patrol eligible for participation In the state camporal to be held June 8 9 and 30 at the mouth of Weber cenypn will be selected by executives at the council camporee Senior scouts will aid in administration of the camporee Equipment Named Scouts participating in the state camporal must wear scout unforms be equipped with sleeping bags pack racks or haversacks and have adequate shelter tents with individual packs not heavier than 25 pounds All food must be per individual uncooked with the exception of canned milk Fires at the camporal must be kindled by flint and steel or fire friction methods Schedule for the camporal follows: Registration Monday June 8 fellowship period visits cook dinner 2 to 5 p m campfire program 7:30 p m with each patrol to present a brief introduction stunt taps 10 p m Tuesday first call 5 a m assembly 5:30 a m orange hunt 5:35 a m color ceremony 6:15 breakfast cleanup assembly of patrol leaders inspection 9 a m scavenger hunt 10 a m lunch preparations 12 noon saparovan 2:15 p m dinner preparations 5 p m campfire program on basis of assignments 7 : 30 p m Wednesday first call 6 a m assembly and colors 6:30 a m morning program Including archery and rope spinning presentation of souvenirs closing dramatization cleanup checkout o— For Ensuing Year at Pocatello Council Meet POCATELLO Idaho— Plans for the coming year were outlined at a of meeting of Boy Scout-leadethe Pocatello district Tendoy council in the Congregational church Friday evening Clarence Stephenson district chairman was in charge General discussion included membership of the organization uniforms for troop leaders and a survey to determine the number of boys in Pocatello available for scouting The group was then separated into departments A department on organization directed by Mr Stephenson a court of honor directed by Ben McLaughlin a department on camping and activities directed by Ed McGarvcy and a department for scoutmasters and assistants directed by S A Glen scout commissioner was included m the program developed for the coming year In the court of honor department plans are under way to recruit and train enough men to give leadership in 102 merit badge subjects A board of review will be held the first Wednesday of each month at the Pocatello high school On the second Wednesday the court of honor will convene The third Wednesday will be the regular monthly meeting for all troop and district scouters in Pocatello To have every troop in the district attend summer camp for at least one week is the plan for the camping and activities department They also are urging troop leaders to take their troops on regulait industrial hikes IDAHO FALLS Idaho-Cou- rts of honor will b held in si of the eight districts of Teton Peaks-coun-c- il Sunday according to Vernon L Districts Strong scout executive for which courts of honor are scheduled are Shelley Jefferson Jackson Hole Madison North Idaho Falls and Idaho Falls Shelley district has 16 scouts prepared to receive awards Nine of these will advance one rank Commissioner Clifton Edwards has charge of the program Slated for Ririe Jefferson district awards will be made at Ririe where 42 scouts are expected to appear coming from Garfield Lewisville Rexburg Menan and Ririe These scouts will receive 31 merit badges 21 pins for second class rank four badges of first class rank one star award and one bronze eagle palm Members of the court of honor committee conducting the program are Lem Hall Willard Adams and R C Chandler all of Rigby The court of honor at Jackson Hole will be arranged by J B Richardson district commissioner with 21 boys ready for awards A total of 37 merit badges will be presented along with one badge each for star and life rank Madison district which includes troops from Rexburg Burton Plano and Teton has 40 boys coming up for awards Merit badge awards total 72 with eight seaond class five first class three star and two life badges Chairman of Court of Honor H W Eddington of Sugar City has prepared the program where the largest number of awards of the six districts will be presented Districts to Combine Idaho Falla and North Idaho Falls districts will combine in holding their court of honor at the Third L D S church with E Milton Christensen court of honor chairman for the Idaho Falls district in charge Scouts from Coltman Ammon Terreton and Ucon will participate in the program together with scouts from the Idaho Falls Deadline Fixed The deadline for registration for the powwow has been fixed at Monday noon in scout headquarters chamber of commerce building Fee for all powwow privileges including dinner is $125 The powwow is arranged annually by the university extension division with the assistance of council scout executives Members Of the Trl S club university scouting fraternity will assist this year to infuse school spirit into the function The club members headed by Scott Hamm ill president Nelson Colligan powwow committee chairman O S Walsh and Watson Williams committee members will be expected to meet the powwow scouts Tuesday at 1:30 p nr in the Stewart school auditorium where initial Instructions will be given and the scouts will be welcomed to the campus Class Times Set Each Trl S club member also will wear an arm band and will be available to direct scouts to classrooms and other places of interest Class periods will be held daily from 2 to 2:45 p m 2:50 to 3:35 p m 3:40 to 4:25 p m and 4:30 to 5:20 p m This will be followed by a general assembly In the Stewart auditorium dinner at 6:45 p m and special programs and movies at 6:45 p m in the auditorium A feature of the final night's program will be an address by Coach Ike J Armstrong dealing with football tactics selections by the ’university "pep” band songs and yells led by university yellmasters and an address by the university student body president H T Plumb will give electrical demonstrations Tuesday night and Sergeant Albert H Rogers of the city police department will give a lecture and demonstrations of fingerprint methods of detecting criminals Wednesday night Subjects Covered Subject matter of the 33 courses offered the scouts covers the most difficult merit badges Zoology sur veying aviation printing chemistry mining photography seamanship horsemanship reptiles electricity and bird study are only a few of the valuable courses offered Mrs Emma N Flandro acting director of the extension division has been instrumental in arranging the courses through the courtesy of Dr George Thomas president of the university Monument Near Noted to Be Dedicated 48L5S5 I- HYRUM— Dedication of a monument near the celebrated fur cache from which Cache valley received its name will be a feature of the fourth annual camporee of Cache valley council May 22 and 23 according to Preston W Pond scout executive The monument is a project of Explorer Scouts of the council in cooperation with the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks association The main plaque to be placed on the monument is 24 by 30 inches in size and shows Jim Bridger celebrated trapper with his pack horse near the cottonwoods lining the banks of the Little Bear river which runs Into the recently completed Hyrum dam mi 4 -: -- -- Cache Saved in the winter of that a group of trappers including Jim Bridger Jedediah S Smith It was S3 Bronze plaque to be placed on the Trapper monument an Explorer Scout project of Cache The monument commemvalley area scouts orating the site where Jim Bridgcr and four Tritelevance Club Members Plan to Form a Glee Club - Albert Payson Terhune her to find it At first he hid the things in the nearest and easiest places where Lady could hardly fail to locate them Bit by bit he hid them in spots farther away and more difficult to find So gradually did he do this that the collie was able to keep pace with Mis instructions The next step was to teach her to carry messages and to bring articles from other parts of the buildings An Achievement The climax of that branch of her education was reached when Freeman could send her to the prison censor's office daily for the mail that was to be distributed To Freeman and to the other convicts it seemed a grand achievement Laugh if you like at the thought of a grown man finding great happiness and life interest in such simple pursuits as the training of a dog to do all these petty things To me there is more than a touch of pathos in it —I can see readily how it must have thrilled Freeman every time Lady mastered some new accomplishment and how delighted tbff 'other prisoners must have been 'in watching her performances When the daily routine of men’s lives Is hemmed in by close guarded stone walls— where the word "please” never is spoken to them— when they are shut away from all the happy outer world— then the cart and the training of a loved dog does not seem to me to be a childish or an unworthy occupation There is something rather fine about It X think I may be mistaken Thert was a genuine thrill for Freeman and the others when Lady broke down the grouchy prison cook's dislike The tale was told and retold She trotted over one day to a porch where the cook was cutting up some mpat for a stew As she looked pleadingly at the 0! Pioneer Fur Cache LADY: The Prison Collie oOIississippi Milton Freeman has a mightily strong incentive nowadays to the good behavior record which may shorten his term in the state penitentiary at Parchman Miss And thereby hangs a true dog story: When Freeman shall be released from Camp 5 of the penitentiary he will receive as a present the white collie Lady which has shared and lightened his loneliness for the past few years That is a promise made to him by Sergeant Cox an official of the place And Freeman is looking forward eagerly to starting life afresh with such a comrade as the collie has proven herself to be You may remember the story of the white collie presented to the prisoners at Thomaston Me by Governor Percival Baxter and the splendid influence the dog's pres ence had on the convicts Also I told you of Governor Gifford Pinchot giving a friendly big retriever to the inmates of the Pennsylvania stats penitentiary In like manner whits Lady was taken to the prison at Parchman three years ago She belonged to Sergeant Cox And Cox detailed Freeman to look after her and feed her and see she got plentyof exercise in the prison grounds Something to Love This task was a godsend to the man Even under present mild regulations the life of a convict in the best appointed prison is bitterly hard And now Freeman had something to love something that would love him something he could train and could romp with It meant Road Work Expected everything to him Eagerly be set to work at Lady's To Improve Camping education Soon he had taught her such tricks as sitting up to beg New road work in Mill Creek can- standing and walking on her hind yon and forest service improve- feel lying dov-rolling over at ment! of camping finlities are ex- command shaking hands and the pected to foster increased over- like The collie enjoyed the learning night camping there this sumfher Scouts will enjoy even greater of these stunts every bit as much recreation facilities and privacy as Freeman enjoyed teaching them however since the new road is to her Then he went a step fur 1 fer li- Marker Rites tWillBe Held At Gamporee fi g Plans for organizing a glee club among Tritelevance club members were laid at the Friday night meeting on the sixth floor of the Tribune building A leatherwork course directed by John T Sundloff was completed at the meeting period with most of the boys having completed key cases and fancy purses Scouts interested in the work particularly writing up troop and district scout news are invited to the next meeting Friday at 7:30 p m troops- making a total of 35 Seven applications for advance- in the clubrooms sixth floor of the ment to star rank and two for life Tribune 'building rank have been received Eight secScouts also are invited to make ond class and four first class use of the scout library of handawards will be made in addition to books and pamphlets daily from 2 to 49 merit badge awards 6 p m at the club quarters Tales of Real Dogs club brary of scout handbooks and pamphlets open for your use daily from 2 to 6 p m on sixth floor of Trihune building' D a Demonstration Expected to Draw Tritelevance SCOUTS’ and SCOOTERS’ PAGE — r “Once a Scoutet Altvays a Scouter” sessions Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday “ H o a Scout Always a Scout” for Monday noon at council headquarters Powwow Camp-O-Ram- APRIL 5 1938 whine made the cook turn around There on the top step sat Lady her forepaws waving in the air and her open mouth grinning from ear to ear Thus had Freeman taught her to sit up and beg The cook could not help laughing at the queer sight He gave her a big slice of meat and he bade her come back for more next time she was hungry Not much of a story eh? Probably not But it was told over and over again by prisoners for days thereafter And it was written by some at much length in their next letters home (Freeman wrote to me for instance To me who at that time never had heard of the man He told me in his letter that he had read my dog stories and' that was why he knew I would be interested in hearing about Lady I was) Then came trouble for the dog and her human chum Freeman was a "trusty” and 'thus he had many more privileges than has the average- prisoner— Among his new duties was ths job of “trusty guard” at night in one of ths buildings And on an unlucky night after a hard day be fell asleep at his post For this misdeed he was demoted He was sent out with the farm labor gangs watched over and herded by guards with rifles He took his medicine quietly But he grieved for Lady The collie grieved still more for him She hunted every nook and corner of the prison buildings for him hour after hour She would not eat Howls Below Window At last she found tha dormitory where be was sleeping She located the barred window alongside his cot Vainly she tried to wriggle in through the bars Failing to do this she sat below the window and howled heartbrokcnly Night after night she would come to the window Night after night luscious slices and began edging she would howl in misery Perhaps closer to them the cook yelled: it was because of Lady's utter un“Get out dog! Get out of here!” happiness that ths prison officials dJFf qpman'semotlon time ball and would tell of-the- -- associates cached $150000 worth of furs in the 6 will be dedicated as a feature winter of of the council’s annual camporee May 22 and 23 The plaque shows Jim Bridger with his pack horse and furs near the site of the celebrated cache 1825-182- SCOUTATORIAL Behind By the Scenes BILL TURNER This week several hundred Salt Lake Council Boy Scouts will attend the seventeenth annual scout powwow to be held on the University of Utah campus Let us look behind the scenes and see who is responsible for the good time that many of us have enjoyed The extension division of the university for the past 16 years has arranged for instructors and class rooms We can look back on no powwow where the extension division has not made a good job of the powwow plans The Jate Fred W Reynolds director of the extension division and Oscar A Kirk-hanow associate regional scout executive originated the powwow In 1919 when tho first powwow was held nearly 500 scouts of all ranks from “tenderfoot up” attended the session Last year 235 m star life and eagle scouts finished the courses Through the years the minimum rank requirement has been raised to second class then to first class the requirement now The powwow is a merit badge school Some scouts have an idea that it is merely a place “to pass merit badges” In the majority of the courses the scout will not be able to take the examination during the powwow week but will make personal appointments with an examiner In most cases the course will only touch the important points of the subject and the scout will need further outside study before receiving the award Scouts show your appreciation to the extension division for their wonderful work spent in planning this powwow for us by cooperating with them in every way during our three days on the university campus First Annual Banquet Rural District Boys From S L Coundl Conducted in Magna Plan New Activities Proves to Be Success MAGNA— The first annual ban-quof troop 101 held Saturday March 28 in the Cyprus high school gymnasium proved to be the most elaborate 'and successful of its kind in this district The scouters’ wives prepared the dinner which was served by Jhe et troop committee and officers to 116 parents sons and visitorsrat five tables decorated with novelty place cards and rustic decorations The evening’s entertainment began with a flag ceremony conducted by Senior Patrol Leader Lloyd Jensen Invocation was by R J Reid Dean Bullock master of ceremonies conducted the program in interesting fashion calling on prominent scouters for short talks Del-wi- n Metcalf gave a reading and vocal solos were given by Clyde Taylor C J Hutchings Danzel Wright and Arvil Taylo Patrol stunts were well prepared and honors were given the Flaming Arrow patrol lead by Alton Ottly Scoutmaster Lester A Sabin conducted games This to him a trusty once more Lady’s wild delight and to his A few months later Lady fell des' perately ill with distemper There was a gloom over all the cell blocks Freeman nursed the sick dog as if she had been a human friend Thanks to his tireless care she recovered It was than I am told that Sergeant Cox promised to give her to Freeman for his own at the end of term Man the prisoner’s five-yeand dog can walk out free and together A sentence In a letter to me has perhaps a wistful tinge to it Freeman wrote: “When a trusty prevents an esar cape he is freed" Here is hoping Freeman may “prevent an escape” long before his r term shall have dragged itself to an end! five-yea- More than 60 scouts in rural districts of Salt Lake council are participating in experimental work In club leadwhich both scout and to utilized are qualify for ership merit badges by actual professional 4-- H 1825-18- Thomas Fitzpatrick Etienne Provot and Louis Vasquez secreted their winter’s catch of some 16000 pelts largely beaver furs in the clay banks adjoining the river Their cache had to be Impervious both to water and to air to prevent vermin and moisture from ruining the valuable furs So cleverly was the work done that Indians did not discover the cache and the $150000 worth of pelts were taken unharmed from their hiding place to markets both east and west during the succeeding two years Jedediah S Smith left the valley August 11 1826 with a pack train and part of the furs and blazed the first overland trait by the southern route to Los Angeles Other of the furs were taken by pack train east to the Missouri river and then by raft to St Louis where they were marketed Assistance Given John D Giles executive secretary of the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks association is assisting in arrangements for the monument and its dedication The camporee proper will be held on the grounds of the South Cache high school at Hyrum Separate camping grounds will be arranged for scouts and Explorers Patrols completing necessary requirements will win the right to attend the state carnival June 8 9 and 10 at the mouth of Weber canyon No coaching from troop committeemen scoutmasters or friends will be permitted during the encampment said Mr Pond In addition to participating in the dedication ceremonies special activities will be carried out by the patrols he said red out by the patroW he said White Eagle Patrol' Awarded Prize Knives hers of the White Eagle patrol winners of a patrol contest were presented with scout knives following the annual fathers’ and sons’ banquet of troop 34 held March 27 in the First Presbyterian church 4 Carl Woolsey was toastmaster for the banquet which was preceded Moby a colorful flag ceremony tion pictures taken during the troop’s trip to Yellowstone National park last summer were shown and a history of the trip was related by Robert Buzza troop historian A court of honor followed at which most scouts of the troop received some award Bob Grimmer was givsn his life scout award practice and at the same time qualclub awards ify for Thirty scouts of the troop at the Granger L D S ward led by Scoutmaster Stanley Bawden now are engaged in the cooperative —ROBERT BUZZA work Henry Bawden Woodrow Smith William Whitaker and William Gedge are taking care of club work In connection with the troop activities and have organized clubs in the following fields: Ban tarns turkeys capons sheep and gardens Other troops participating are located at Riverton and West- - Jor- Monday: 12 noon— All registrations must be — - —-- dan at scout headquarters completed “This is the first work of this chamber of commerce building nature done in the west If it proves successful further extensions are for powwow Tuesday: contemplated for next year’’ said 1:30 p m— Stewart school audi-exB field Stone council Royal torium University of Utah cam— ecutive pus Initial assembly of annual Sessions scout powwow will continue Wednesday and Thurs- -' Tourists in Africa day afternoons and evenings 12:15 p m — Regular monthly Witness Lions Pose meeting of Salt Lake council executive committee in chamber of commerce n’t TANGANYIKA Africa Friday: shoot our lions please— un m— Tritelevance club 7:30 p less It’s with a camera” meeting on sixth floor of TribNotices to this effect are being une building 7:30 p nu—Tooele district courses posted near the highways in Tanganyika by the Society for the in elements of soostmaeterahip Preservation of the Fauna of the by Royal B Stone and leathers craft by P B Stone Empire If they spare the gun tourists 7:30 p m — Olympus district 'V are welcome to take all the pictures course In "New Trends in Camping” at 7:30 p m in chamber of they like The lions it Is explained don't mind posing for the camera commerce All scoutmasters andl at a distance of five yards In fact commissioners expected to attend they rather like it Saturday: So travelers are warned that if 3:30 p m— Fourth session of spea maned lion with lioness and cubs cialization course In troop pro-- 1 approach their automobiles not to gram planning in Parkjlity high sijoot They just want jto' be photoschpoV’JRoyai B$tonejiIinitruo4 ‘ k ' "“ graphed’’ tor’ 4-- H 4-- (UP)-“Do-