Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-27 | Page 63 | Goodyear Company Entertains Scouts

GOODYEAR COMPANY raw scouts Fifty Boys of Akron, O., 1 Organization on Long Motor Hike. Traveling by day and camping by night, like the pioneers who crossed the western plains with their "prairie schooners," fifty boy scouts left Akron, Ohio, Tuesday, June 25,' on a motor hike through New York and the New England states, in a 1'leet of motor trucks deflected de-flected for that purpose from the Akron-Boston Akron-Boston express line of tho Goodyear Tire & Rubber company. The fifty lucky scouts were selected from the 2000 scouts of the city for their general proficiency in scout craft. Each is an honor scout the representative of his particular troop. The tour will take about eighteen days and will carry the boys through many of the interesting historical sections of tho east. Tho first stop on the "hike" is Niagara Kails. From this point the route runs through Syracuse and Utica to Albany, Al-bany, whre it bears north, passing Lake George and Lake Cham plain to Platts-burg, Platts-burg, then through northern Vermont, the White mountains of New Hampifre and the pine forests of Maine to Portland. Port-land. The return leads through Boston, Providence. New Haven. West Point, Bingharnlon, Elmira, Ithaca and Youngs-town. Youngs-town. Teaches Americanism. Opportunity for practical demonstrations demonstra-tions of scoutcraft knowledge are offered of-fered in the pitching of camp each evening. eve-ning. A scenario has been written outlining out-lining the outstanding features of the Americanization of our youth. Comprehensive Compre-hensive moving pictures of the expedition expedi-tion will be available after its completion comple-tion for distribution among the various boy scout troops of the country, so that all may have a glimpse of this most extraordinary ex-traordinary boy scout hike. Tho longest stop is scheduled for Bret-ton Bret-ton Woods, N. H., whore tho snouts will climb Mount Washington. At Boston they will visit the navy yard and many points of Kevolut innary interest. At i West Point thr-y will he seen in parade. The big trucks in which the scouts are ' making their hike are fitted with com- , 1 fortable s;its and arn mounted on Good-' Good-' year pneumatic cord truck tirep, 3x7 ! front and 44x10, so that traveling condi- tions ar as pleasant as they can be made. The big tires . cushion the tru-'ks .and render travel almost s comfortable as if touring cars were utd. j Demonstrates Possibilities. I The expedition, in addition to const i- ! I luting an outing for the Akron scouts. ! ha.s for its object the Htlmulatinn of in- 1 I t crest in f-cout work, and the demonsra-j demonsra-j tion to thf government, of the j m.--si hi 1 1 - ties of transporting troops from the in- t.erior of the. country to tho yv:t c'ast, i by motor trunk, in times of envirt-'enry. ; Three of the trucks are ;. rryintr t he ' s.'outs a nd their officers, and a fnu i : 1 trurk is hauling the ti;ii;:a ire. ernp equipment and military f ; -i i kiiche;i. ; The en t ire pi-eject is b' i r.tr earner .ot j through the -.-ourfsy of the GoorJvear ! j Tire 6c KubW-r cwnpany. as an evidence l rf its interest in the work of tho h-y Scouts nf AiiuTica. I