Douglas Daily Dispatch

Boy Scouts Enlist
In Conservation Of
The Wild Game Life

Boy scouts throughout the United States are enlisting in wild life conservation and restoration movements; a merit badge is awarded by the national organization for scouts passing certain examinations and accomplishing satisfactorily specified field work. Six hundred boy scouts in Ohio enrolled recently as nature guardians. Each scout pledged himself to the following obligations:

"Upon my honor as a nature guardian, I promise to take care of natural friends, the birds, fish and all useful dumb animals, the flowers, the trees and the forest. I will do my best to protect them from abuse and hard usage.

"I promise not to rob a bird's nest, nor to wilfully kill a bird, an animal or a fish in violation of the law, nor to abuse or bully a dumb animal; and I will strive to keep others from doing these things to the best of my ability. It will endeavor to prove myself a friend to all living things that are harmless.

"I will put out camp fires started by myself or others, and I will do my utmost to protect forests from destruction, because forest fires not only destroy the trees and underbrush, but also burn birds and animals or their nests and dens.

"I wil familiarize myself with the game and fish laws of my state so as to be able to govern my conduct and to advise others, and in every way possible I will do my level best to protect the inhabitants of the great outdoors."-American Game Protective association.