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Show oo SCOUT OFFICERS HERE ON IE Pair Tramp From New York to Ogden En Route to San Francisco Sun tanned and travel worn De Forest For-est Jones, Brooklyn engineer and scout commissioner of the Williamsburg district dis-trict In Brooklyn in company with Joseph O' Parrel assistant scoutmaster I of Troop 94, arrived in . Ogden ye.--' i-day i-day afternoon from tho east having hiked from Now York to this city in ) eleven weeks Kn route they have received re-ceived several lifts but under no circumstances cir-cumstances do thej ask for free r. a The men are both connected with the Boy Scouts of America and have h letter from Mayor Ilylan of w Vorn city t" Bdayoi Boiph of San Francisco. In their hike they have pOS8ed through ."sew i oi k, .cw jersey, ennsv iviiiun, I Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebras-i Nebras-i ka, and Colorado At Denver tin hiked to Bstes Park and over the Flat ! Top Mountain which Is 12,500 feet I above sea level. La9t night they told of their experiences ex-periences at a meeting of local troop 21 In charge of Scoutmaster L l, Roberts They stated that In coming i over the various states the heat I In Salt Lake and Ogden was more j noticeable than at any other points en j route. Tho great west with its many features, especlaly plenty of terrltor for the scouts, was one of the phase discussed by the hikers. Tho hike Is taken for educational advantages according to the men anc; for scout Information. They expect to bo five weeks In reaching San Francisco Fran-cisco us they expect to stop at several cities In Nevada, Both are equipped with complete camping outfits. |