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Show LIFE SAVED BY SCOUT FIRST AID Theodore E. Curtis, member of troop 22, Boy Scouts, is credited with probably prob-ably saving the life of Henry C. Krentz in Cottonwood canyon, when the latter had all the fingers on his left hand and the thumb on the right blown off by the explosion of. a giant dynamite cap which he found lying in the weeds near where miners had been blasting. The boys in troop 22 were camped id the canyon, where they had gone for a ten-day stay. After the accident the Krentz lad was taken into the camp of the scouts by several of his companions, com-panions, W. D. Wood, scoutmaster of troop 22, said yesterday. Both hands were bleeding profusely. Young Curtis applied first aid and bandaged the two torn hands so skilfully that the physician phy-sician at the L. D. S. hospital, where Krentz was taken, sent back a: note .congratulating the boy on the thoroughness thor-oughness of his timely treatment, which, the physician deelared, perhaps saved Krentz 's life. Troop 22 returned Labor day from its hike. The boys were gone ten days, during which time they, went through some actual experiences of soldiers on the march. Pitching tents at Mill D flat, the boys spent the night in real army fashion. Next night, however, they reached a farmhouse in time to get accommodations in the barn. After Af-ter having a cool swim in Lake Desolation, Desola-tion, they started on their return trip. As there were no paths, the scoutmaster scout-master said the boys went; through some severe, experiences. They . visited Majestic peak, Twin lakes and were conducted through the Cardiff mine by the superintendent, who explained the operation in mining ore and getting it to the surface. Mr. Wood said the bovs came back sunburned and in excellent physical condition. |