Show scouting on new basis in millard county recently a delegation ot of cithens in to rested in scouting attended the annual annl R regional 91 I 1 scout convention held at provo the following towns sent representatives kanosh meadow fillmore holden olden II alpio and mccornick McCorn lck there wei niso representatives from the wat side aldo of the county there were a number ot of national scout leaders and nearly all of at the loading leading scout warnera at 0 the state present considerable inspiration was given all workers left the can convention with renewed determination to see to it that the boys in their corn com were given the benefits ot at tills this greatest at 0 all movement tor for the uplift of deputy chief executive george J fisher ot at new york reported that utah was the leading state in america and that means that it loads leads the world in the number of registered scouts per capita and also in the number of eagle scouts in addition to tho the general meetings there were special meetings hold held of members at 0 the zion national park council to discuss their problems which are very difficult on account of the long distance covered anti and the few people to pay day tho the bills while scouting la Is primarily a voluntary service there must bo be some over over head expense and some highly trained leadership that must be paid it was proposed by our natives that millard county be ba joined with the provo prove or Timpa council because they are closer to us and because we are going to or through provo much more often than to cedar city and our scout business could be attended to at head quarters much more conveniently and too the council Is a going concern andge should be able to get better service immediately than tit in a new council where there are so ao da many problems to bo be solved at once the deseret stake representatives were not prepared to say whether or not their people would prefer that arrangement and executive kirkham was not sure that it could be arranged however he immediately got busy on the matter and arrangements were made whereby millard district may join the Timpa Coun cilby ellby paying into the council on the basis of 7 cents per capita this is to take care of our portion of general eral office overhead and to give us scout executive services about once a month with longer times occasionally tor for scout master training cour ses fathers and sons outing etc in connection with this it la Is proposed to ralso raise an equal amount in each stake for or local purposes which will be used principally to pay the expenses of 0 a deputy scout executive who will be the best beat local scout mail available and whose duty it shall be to keep in close touch with the scout masters and in each town thereby seeing that completo complete organization and activity la 14 1 4 kept up it la is proposed to raise an allotment of 15 cents per capita by the of march three wards have hate already reported per cent and others are working hard and have the assurance that the full allotment will be raised by the the work la Is being taken up under church supervision because the national organization ol of the doy boy scouts ot of america prefer the church to any other organization to sponsor the work hut but it Is entirely none sectarian arid and all the ro religion ligion that Is put into the program Is that A scout Is 13 reverent and should be active in whatever church to which he may belong and it he be does not have any church affiliation his views are respected just juat the same |