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(Conducted by. NjiUonal Council of tJ/e^Ccy^ Scouts of Auierio;t.). __CO-OPERATE WITH- SCGUiS 1In connection with the hoy remit. co-operation in the national observance oC Forest Protection week last May, the state forester of Minnesota wrote as follows to the national council:■ *«l have always been very much. interested' in the work of the boy scouts aiul will -gladly avsiU myself of ,.any ojiportunity to co-operate v/tth’ . this organization. While in the past there 1ms been a certain amount ..of co-operation between the .scouts and the forest service, 1 think it is possible to greatly increase this. In my opinion, this is one of the best means of educating tlie public in regard to the conservation of our natural resources. The boy scout of today is the voter and business man of tomorrow, and his actions in the future will he determined largely by the training and education he receives now.“The forest officers in the state service are all very much interested in boy scouts. In fact, some of our men are scoutmasters and others act ip an advisory capacity on matters' pertaining to woodsVral't and forestry. We frequently give talks to scout troops and meetings of • scoutmasters. At our recent rangers’ meeting we asked some of the scoutmasters to take an active part in the discussion. This they did, and some very valuable ideas were worked out.‘ We are furnishing some 1,500 small trees iVhicli are to be planted and 1 ’taken care of by the boys at their summer camps. These plantations will be in the nature of boy scouts forests.”SCOUTS THERE WITH FIRST AID..When One of Their Troop Meets With an Accident, the Others Knew What to Do. , ,SCOUT PREPAREDNESS.It ‘certainly pays to be prepared. A sqout.may work his lingers nearly off oh.first aid practice and never lujve a chance to put bis skill to real, sure-enough rescue work, but then again*— when he least expects it the opportunity may be his to do a real job of life.-saving. Here is a case in point. A boy and his little sister were alone in . a house. • The little girl, running across the room, slipped and falling forward ran her arm through the window pane, severing an artery. What would the average boy do? Hun for help? Telephone for the doctor? Well and good. But, in the meantime, a severed artery means terrific loss of blood, mitt even death unless it Is j checked instantly. There isn’t time j for ordinary precautions. It is a case | of instant action. Luckily in the instance here cited, the boy was a boy plus, that is.-a boy scout and he took charge of the- situation .'himself, improvised a tourniquet to stop the flow of ldood and then sent for the doctor. Wien • the latter arrived he declared that the boy’s prompt action undoubt-eadly saved the child’s life. ' . ,■scout Training;, saves .life;Little Mildred Cannon, a five-year-'-.: old jmungster, started a ’little camp-• fire of-her own in her back yard. Tier ! tithing caught .flyp and tliej child rn ■ ^scrming towaVd the bouse. . Her lirqther; Eugene, a fqurteen-yeaivbid SCout beard the little one’s outcry and:rushing to the rescue rolled her j in.the sand, extinguishing the flames,'| undoubtedly saving the child from be- J ing* Bunted to death. Another incident wjtnch goes to. prove that a scout , really - fa pl-epared and doesift lose his : head lifetime of emergency. ' , I‘:).ASK THE SCOUTS. ITwo hundred Brooklyn scouts- are acting as volunteer police in Prospect .park,- aiding iu the 'park -department’s “Save 'the Parks” driv'e. jEvery- year our forests are illegally j robbed to obtain ChfistrhfiS' trees, half of which are, never sold or used. Deputy * Forest r Supervisor Kirby# of „Ari-; zona'enlisted a„scout troop’s^-services: last winter inj preventing the unlawful’’ /and,,vapdalistic cutting octrees liLthe idroakiiNational forest. - mm.-
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Newburgh Register
Newburgh, Indiana, US
Fri, Sep 16, 1921
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