The M. I. A. Scouts of Vernal, Utah

Tht\M. I. A. Scouts of Vernal, Utah Under direction of Stake Deputy Scont Commissioner J. Ver- non Smith, and Scout Masters Lyman Thompson and Zelph Calder, twenty-four registered scouts participated in a week's en- campment in Brush Creek canyon, in August. Teams carried the equipment, but the boys "hiked'' all the way. Every moment of the six days was occupied by scout activities — trailing, signaling, exploring, cliff scaling, swimming, stalking wild animals, athletic contests, etc. The boys responded readily to all regulations of camp discipline — reveille at 6 a. m., and taps at 9 p. m. Ten Tenderfoot scouts passed the required examination admitting them to Second Class standing, during the encampment. The daily good turn was not forgotten, and one of these included the re- pair of a bad wash-out of the county road. By means of staves and ropes, the boys climbed to a cave, fifty feet up the face of a cliff, and had their pictures taken. At sunrise, each day, the flag was raised and saluted. In the evening the boys gathered around the big campfire where stories and songs were enjoyed for an hour, and just before "turning in," they circled around the dying embers with bowed heads and joined in evening prayer. FIRST TROOP SMITHFIELD, UTAH, M. I. A. SCOUTS — SIGNALING