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Show SCOUTS' COUNCIL ELECTINGOFFICERS .Banquet Tonight to Close Big Week for Boyt Members of the executive com mlttee. troop leaders and field executives execu-tives of the Salt Laelc council of Hoy tScouts of America assembled at the Halt I-ake Commercial club today In their annual council meeting. The principal order of business consisted of a report on the laat year's work j an J election of officers. Richard R. ! Lyman, vice president of the council, presided, at the meeting. With several of the troops engaged in father and son banquets tonight. ! the events today mark the last big meetings of National Hoy 8cout week, which will close tomorrow night. The banquets will be held at various churches and ward meeting houses where troops are located. More than 1600 Roy Scouts took; part n the Jamboree Thursday night ; at the leeeret gymnnntum. The hall j was filled with spevtutors. among , whom were (iovemor Charles K. j Ma hey and Mayor C. Clarnc Neslen, I who occupied seats of honor in the gallery overlooking the arena, where! teams of the various troops demon-1 strated the work carried on by Roy ! Scouts. A feature of the celebration ' was a Mutt and Jeff contest, in whicli I representatives from each troop im-j lersonated the famous Rud Fisher' characters. Troop No.- 37 won the j first prize, a box of oranges, in the contest. j Oncar A. Kirkham. scout executive. acted as ma"ter of ceremonies, as- j sisted by D. K. Hammond. field-' executive. j |