Show district scout camp wins great acclaim national and district officials praise iron springs encampment one hundred and fifty eight uintah basin scouts and teis enjoyed to their fullest capacity the five day summer council camp held last week at the iron springs 30 miles north of vernal which was declared by national and district officials to be one of the finest summer camps ever held in the county one scout troop from provo and one from the carbon district also participated in the weeks activities oscar H kirkham of salt lake city popular national scout representative who was in attendance declared the camp to be among the best lie he had atten attended jed in his visits throughout the entire country other scout executives present included chief A A anderson of provo merrell chris to pherson of provo who was in charge of the camp B glea smith president of snow college who directed camp fire singing and cooked for the executives present roy of provo prove naturalist who was master of ceremonies dean holden spring villo ville in charge of handicraft instruction st floyd neol of vernal district chairman anc paul murphy of upalco chairman of tile th moon lake stake fa fi the upalco troop attended one hundred percent and was the only troop with all scouts and leaders present the moon lake stake came first in the number attending twenty scouts from roosevelt participated in the camp under the direction of james jame lewis days program each lay began with the bugle call at 6 a in and breakfast w was ab the order until 9 a m after which a general assembly followed by camp inspection was held during the assembly songs were sung and the days program outlined at 5 p in the flag was lowered and supper was in progress until 8 p in when everyone participated in camp fire pro grams the bugle was sounder and all turned in at 10 p in m on wednesday july a fifteen mile hike was organized and scouts participated floyt noel led the boys and roy hoy explained the plant and bird life as they went along the ne hike included clouded J a visit to the old dyer copper mine mine down the face of the mountain for a view of the entire basin to a saw mill a ghost city the ice cave and back to camp |