| Show ft A w d. d t r 1 fA 1 r t. t f the smooth valley roads their improvised automobile carries them them to within hiking distance of the in wilderness I n i. i t By CURTIS CURTIS DUNHAM I i HIS country is thickly 1 sprinkled ed with Bills and Hobs Bobs There are thousands and thou- thou I binds of f them then They personify the irit that created and animates that e and manly army of boys enrolled fender er the banner of Boy Scouts They ey are the boys who grow up thy strong of bo body y and mind grgetic persevering courageous aid d patriotic on whose sturdy and the work filling cling shoulders will fall ind nd responsibility of their country's d progress and increasing in the great world of nas na- na ions s s. s and Bob symbols So Bill arc are well as real flesh and blood boys pith th a definite home address and a standing in their class classes s st It t the public public- school in common with and thousands of other rican boys bov The fact that these i fO o 0 particular representatives of ly Ameri American an boyhood have been Singled ogled out to become national char- char peters eters is pure accident First there fas the accident of a favorable home with woods and mountains mountains moun noun ins and wild animals easily lible ible second the accident of their discovery by by an an unusually intelligent picture producer These two in combination have in less th than n three months made them fa- fa inous ous even beyond the confines of their own country Few arc are the Communities in the United States and nd Canada which through the the-mc- th medium medium me me- i Blum of the movies have not shared In n The Adventures of Bill and 1 Bob ob Wit Wil- Yet these year old boys l Jiam m and Robert Bradbury of a Los a Angeles California suburb have in that time done nothing more than r repeat peat before the motion picture camera camera the same sort of exploits in the wildwoods and gorges a score of miles mites distant from their home which r had formed th their ir favorite recreation for many months past Their trap trap- ping and camping adventures intact in intact intact tact amounted to much more than mere recreation They were encouraged encouraged encouraged en en- by their public schoolteachers school schoolteachers schoolteachers teachers of natural history as a practical working out of the lessons lesson they received from books From each camping and trapping interlude in their regular course they returned with fresh acquirements which only original research amid scenes of N Nature Nature Na Na- a- a ture and her living creatures can supply Y Woodcraft t familiarity with the habits of wild and savage animals animals animals ani ani- mals knowledge at first hand of plants and the habits of unfamiliar insects and the smaller birds and animals were the practical reward that accompanied the joyous excitement excitement excitement excite excite- ment of their adventures They learned how to use their hands how hands how with the aid of the simplest simplest simplest sim sim- tools to build and furnish their own rude cabin and to fashion the snares and pitfalls whereby to outwit and subdue the most cunning and ferocious of wild beasts At their camp they were independent of the outside world yet in a few hours could be back in their entirely civilized suburban home Their mechanical mechanical mechanical me me- ingenuity was accountable for this convenience They improvised improvised improvised a miniature automobile which carried them swiftly over the paved mountain roads to within a or two of the camp Probably never before before- had a pair of schoolboys enjoyed enjoyed en en- joyed advantages so superior and varied Before Bill and Bob had ever been heard of outside of their California California California Cali Cali- fornia village the they had captured alive and uninjured raccoons badgers badgers badgers bad bad- gers coyotes bobcats even bears and the dangerous timber wolf They always carried ried h limiting knives and rifles but only for self-defense self in incase incase incase case of urgent need need for for it was contrary contrary contrary con con- to their humane creed to put putto putto putto to death these wild creatures merely for the pleasure of the the- sport JI D an dB Ou J How Intelligent Love Loe o of Nature and anA Manly an Outdoor or Adventures Adventures Ad Ad- ventures with Wild Animals o of Forest crest and Mountains Have Ha Made National Characters o of T Two Tivo vo v s 11 Year old ear ear- California a a ornia Boys I r fI C 1 r C L Ji 1 i t vt A f f foe ti i s 4 The prime test of their courage and skill was in snaring ng and subduing unhurt a savage grown full-grown mountain lion hon They rightly regarded it as a triumph tri tri- triumph triumph tri tri- of knowledge skill and courage courage cour cour- age to outwit a beast capable of killing them and rendering it helpless helpless helpless help help- less without injury to the animal and no pain to speak of When the motion picture screens everywhere through everywhere through the activities activities activities ties of Producer Cyrus J. J Williams W and the great Pathe distributing organization or or- had had be begun un to celebrate these achievements of Bill and Bob the veteran artist Dan Beard who is called Chief by half a million Boy Scouts gave g ve his emphatic tic ic approval of the humane spirit of the young trappers making the following statement for publication It is all good red-blood red stuff stuff stuff- and mighty interesting A few sensitive sensitive sensitive sen sen- souls who have no personal acquaintance with outdoor tures of this sort may may pity the poor innocent thirsty blood-thirsty bobcat when it gets its toes pinched in a trap But it should be remembered that the bobcat the coyote and the timber wolf are not exactly what you might call playthings for little girls The two boys are arc all right Iwas I Iwas Iwas was glad to see that they did not kill the animals caught in their traps so skillfully They showed the right r 1 r 9 r ts f A X 7 M st ri t m 9 art 3 tiM tiMe to find a sniffing honey returned to camp More lore than one once e the they have housekeeping bear making havoc of their spirit by handling them gently preying and These arc are dangerous fighting animals dangerous danger danger- ous when brought to bay The boy merely protected themselves trappers their expert methods from injury by of subduing their fierce captives But in spite of their consideration show show-be- be become show the boys boys boys-as as the pictures come victims of There is the incident for example ex- ex example example ex ex- destructive invasion of ample of a their cabin during their absence by bya a bear and her hr cubs The cabin is is well stocked with toothsome including some jars of honey flour butter and milk sugar preserves There is a small cooking stove pots and comfortable bed in and pans a one corner Imagine the havoc a atrio atrio atrio trio of bears with the scent of honey in their nostrils can make of such an interior and imagine the boys boys' feelings feelings feelings feel feel- ings when the scene of of devastation meets their eyes Also rich humor enters into the adventures to watch the dog Rags contributes not a little You see the boys bos awakened in th the middle middle middle mid mid- dle of the night sally forth the boys in their nightgowns to investigate the source of strange noises noises and and you see them all put to flight by an odorous polecat The antics of Rags when inquiring into the habits and manners of a horned homed toad make natural and delicious comedy In the of these Adventures Ad Adventures Adventures Ad Ad- ventures of Bill and Bob nothing is is left to your imagination Every detail de- de detail detail de de- tail for the outwitting of the cautious cautious cautious cau cau- quarry is before your eyes from the discovery of the tracks and the trap trap-s trap setting to the exciting encounter encounter encounter en en- counter with and harmless hogtying hogtying hog ty ing of the animal brought to bay A forked stick pins the snarling muzzle mu- mu muzzle to the ground In a jiffy the beast is muzzled trussed up with knotted cords and carried off in tri tri- When they learned with amazement amazement amazement amaze amaze- ment that they and their achieve- achieve entitled to fame i moots ments were a- a tion pictures Bill and Bob det dett d t mined to do something really ally wort of the occasion They deci decided I Ithe th the capture and subjugation of t tl most ferocious and dangerous rous of t wild beasts inhabiting those namely the American cougar 1 cally tally known and dreaded as as' Jt JM t mountain lion Veteran hunters a an trappers att attempted to dissuade th the the pointing out the dangers they w wot 1 encounter But the boys would i ibe be warned Their confidence in th own courage and skill at le leng gl were justified justified justified-as as is shown in eve eye detail in one of the late issues The Adventures of Bill and EoOn Eo Bo Bob BobOn On the screen you see the m maid mala kit and setting of the trap trap trap-a a lw wic wi noose of rawhide lariat concealed 1 shrubbery and the earth concealeD of the theja ar armal's mals mal's well marked runway and su st from a stout over bent-over saling sa ling held down by an improvise tri trigger ger arrangement to which t bait is attached a piece of fresh de meat The boys depart but you yow main eager for the outcome Pi senti you are amply rewarded T T great savage beast comes out thicket sniffing down the The deer meat bait is his und When he i If listens his white hite teeth it you realize that he is concealed rawhide noose Sudden the animal seems to leap high colt inT air but air but he hangs there clawing and snarling at the tauten taut lariat by which he is suspended Thus the boys find their cove covet I biggest catch and proceed swift to subdue him The picture sh sho soo every stage of this risky operatic There is no getting away from it fact that it is all real No on c sibly can doubt that Bill and B Bc Bo i have justly earned the fame wh hi has so quickly come to them Bc B Bof of all nobody can accuse them Ie cruelty in subjugating even this this this-Jin mo dangerous wild beast of the Ame Any can forests II y r 1 |
