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Show GIRL SCOUTS GIVEN PRAISE Movement Great Aid to Development, U. S. Forester Asserts Thft both thr Boy Scout and the Girl Scout movement of which h? ha been a close obserer for a numbei "" , vears 18 one of the most wholesome movement of this day and ag and dea-tlned dea-tlned to be of tremendous value In the maklnp of koo.1 citizens was the opinion opin-ion expressed by Colonel W. B. Iree-levc Iree-levc chief forester of the United States' forest service with headquarters at. Washington. C(onel Greeley left this forenoon for Salt Laktoj where he Is to address th civic orpanlzatlons of the city at the Commercial club at noon on the police of the Cores! service Dlsru.slnp tha Girl Scout movement particular! Colonel Greelej said I "As a close observer of tn- (iiri Scout movement for a number of years and th- father of a fflrl 13 years ol age, who Is an enthusiastic scout, i am satisfied that it Is one of the most vrholeaomc ot movements and r great aid. not only to the health of the Klrls but to tho development in them of a wholesome viewpoint oti life In general . The leiir hlngs take them out ol doors and bring thorn In contact with the teeming it about them, riving to them a different point ot view than held heretofore, anu must result in tht making of better cltisens of them. 'The Girl Scout movement has undoubtedly un-doubtedly been of great aid to the conservation con-servation idea inasmuch as it has, brought glils In, direct contact with1 wild lire In the forests resulting In the development of a real Interest and! lovi for those things which undoubt-J edly will result in the maturing of a finer womanhood. "The movement has a splendid lcad-1 ershlp both nationallv and hero in l'tah and offers. In my Judgment one of the finest Influences that may be brought to a girl outside of her own home life, especially during what I am inclined to belio.ve is a transitory i stage of flapperism that is upon us"i |