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Show SOY SCOUT INJURED DURING HUNTING TRIP The value of a knowledge of first aid principles was impressed upon Boy Scouts of troop 18 at their camp in Mill Creek canyon Sunday morning, when Vernal Walton, son of J. H. Walton, of 273 West Thirty-third South street, was taken to th-'r camp suffering from shotgun wounds aeei.l.-nt!y inflicted by a hunter. Valton and several companions were hunting wild chickens when h- was injured. in-jured. A bird rose between Valton and another sportsman, obscured by a MM, and the latter, in firing at the fowl, ncci-rl.-nt'.y slmt Walton. David W. Evans, scoutmaster of troop H, said that shot had struek the boy in the left forearm, br.-ast and left eye. .fter hi- veiinds had Ve-.-n d'-e.-sed hy Mr l-lvans. Walton was la!:e:i to tie. connlv hospital. Ills injuries are not serious, with the exception of Ins n-It n-It is not yet known whether the' bight had been d.-srre .!. |