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The Orlando Sentinel from Orlando, Florida • 5

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Orlando, Florida
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SECOND SECTION OREftUDO MORNING SENTINEL, ORLANDO, FLORIDA. Sunday. July 31, 1921. Fas Five. coast and to all other inhabited sections of the island.

Denmark and the Danes became the heirs to the bleak island. A Danish missionary who reached the south all "Work pertaining" to scouting can easily be done on this large camp grounds. west shores of GreenlanLia-i-was4mdHmimpo cap! "The towns of Greenland are few tal of the northern" Inspectorate, is the chief settlement and yet has only a few hundred Upernivik near latitude 73 degrees is, the northernmost ''town' in the world. Jolianehaab, near the southwest point of 1 the island, is dose to the site ol the settlement of Eric the Red, and in' the vicinity are-still to be seen ruins of the stone houses and churches built in this isolated corner of America in the days of the early vxr--------- 'At birth the pulse of a normal in dividual beats 136 times a minute; at the age of thirty, 7Q tunes. i TROOP NO.

1, B. S. A. WILL LEAVE AUGUST 5 FOR ORLANDO CAMP Key WesWIa Trwp4-Boy SucuW of America going: to camp this year? Sure we are going to camp at the prettiest inland city in Florida, which is Orlando. The camp will be named Admiral Benton C.

Decker after the boys' good friend. Seventy-five boys will take in this encampment under the command of eight officers, and fifteen patrol leaders and assistant patrol leaders with the rating of non-commissioned officers. Scoutmaster Charles Sands, will accompany the troop and will be in charge at all times. All orders issued during the camp will come from the scoutmaster's quarters, and will be dispatched to Assistant Scoutmaster Deleado. who "will be the officer in charge of head- quarters, Officers Davis, Adams and Higgs, the first to -renew Scandanivian set tlement of the country.

Other settlers followed and Denmark established a paternal government over the Eskimo of the south. "Northwest Greenland was discovered, explored and occupied as a base for Polar expeditions by Americans during the nineteenth century notably; by Peary and Greely. When the United States purchased the Danish West Indies in 1917, as part of the purchase consideration if relinquished all claim to any part of Greneland. Since then the Danish government has extended its authority to the sparsely settled northwest Ford Chevrolet Dort Overland Oakland $28.75 i will be the officer in charge of the seciais 11 camp. Assistant Scoutmaster Douglas Trevor, who is commissary officer, will be in charge of the eats, ably assisted by Quartermaster Joe Men-- ondez, these two promise to serve best of eats.

"They better." Assistant Scoutmaster John H. Sharpley and Senior Patrol Leader 'Edwin will be in charge of the hospital. The hospital this year is the largest the trooD has ever-bad and is equipped with six-cots, 1 first Buick Nash Hudson Essex Reo Paige Studebaker $32.80 aiu refutation sireicner, iirsi aia kits complete, and a library. 7 The assistant doctors will be Scouts George Brooks and Stokes Filer. Color Sergeants Albury and Thomp-son will bunk together ih camp and will be responsible for the colors.

Buglers Davies and Yates will be camp buddies, and they have already tossed the coin to see who will be 'the first one to blow on camp and as usual Davies is the lucky one. In the large headuarters -tent Sergeant Robert Givens who is company clerk, will be kept busy all day, corporal John ixwe, has been ap pointed corporal of the mail, and he will attend to all outgoing and in- coming mail. Two orderlies" will be on duty at headquarters during the day. Sergeant Pangle, the drummer, says what it takes to bring the peo- pie of Orlando out to their doors too is benefited by it, Greenland lies far from its influence and is washed only by icy Arctic currents. 'Exposed to the full effects of the frosts of the "Arctic, the great island wnicn as one time in geological History had the climate and verdue of California, has been changqd into 8' frozen desert, The once green hills and -valleys and even mountains have been literally buried under a sheet of snow and ice varying from hundreds to thousands of feet in thickness.

All but a few mountain peaks have "been and the entire vast interior of the country is nearly' level plateau of ice. Mighty Rivers With Banks of Ice "'Only a narrow fringe alongf a part of the coast is free from the ice cap, and even this ground is frozen in winter and covered with snow. It is the fiords of these narrow ice-free sections of the coast that the few thousand Eskimos and the handful of Danes that make Up the population of Greenland find a precarious liveli hood. "During the short summer the interior of Greenland presents phenomena to befound nowhere else in the world but the frozen wastes are inaccessible and only a few eyes have beheld the changes that take place there when the sun swings north. Great lakes are formed; mighty rivers flow between blue crystal banks, their waters never touching a stone ally plunge down some chasm in the ice.

Glaciers push out of the countless fiords, some discharging ice into the sea at the rate of 50 to 100 feet a day. "Mosses and lichens and a few flowers and shrubs spring to sudden life in the summer, along the ice-free fringes of the coast, but few vegetables except radishes, turnipa and lettuce can be grown. The people of Greenland are, almost entirely dependent for food on the sea and on supplies brought from outside. U. S.

Had Claim to Greenland "Greenland was discovered and settled by Eric the Red from Iceland nearly 1000 years ago the same Eric who soon after discovered America. The settlement throve for 400 years but mysteriously disappeared before Columbus' discovery. The early 'settlers were Norwegians. Later Norway was combined for a time with In Circuit Court, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Orantre County, State of Florida. Jeff McMillan, Complainant, vs.

Cornelia McMillan, Respondent Divorce. ORDER OF PUBLICATION. It appearing from the affidavit of the complainant herein, that the defendant' address is unknown, that she is over 21 years of are and that there is no one in the State of Florida the service of a subpoena upon whom would bind her: are therefore ordered to appear to this bill on Monday the Sth day of Sertember, the same being a rule day of this court. is further ordered that this notice be "published for eight consecutive weeks in the Sentinel, a newspaper published in Orange witness a. la.

Robinson, Clerk of said Circuit Court and the seal thereof the 2nd uy oi juiy, a. un lzi. (SEAL) B. M. ROBINSON, Clerk of the Circuit Court.

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ant. Well we have the same three The officers of the troop have al ways been proud of the; discipline and courtesy1 they get from the boys, and the officers appreciate this and will do all in their power to help the boys, out at all times. The officer will receive their final instructions from Scoutmaster Sands the evening tof the departure of the troop. Scoutmaster Sands is ready "to help he boys his command at all times, he is the last to bed at night and the first up in the morning. But parents, remember he is, not able tc prevent scikness, but he will do all In his power.

He. has a great responsibility on his shoulders and all boys are treated the same by him. So you neea not worry about your boy while he is gone, he will be away making a reputation for himself and Key West, which will always remain fresh in the memories of the people of Orlando. Troop Committeemen Charles Ketchum and Allan B. Cleare wil) accompany the boys on the trip.

The good work of Messrs. Bronson and Ladd will never be forgotten by the scouts of Troop 1, and their only regret is that these two good friends will not be able to accompany them on their trip. The following will be the address of the boys while on camp, Scout John Doe, Troop. 1, B. S.

A. Benton C. Decker, Orlando, Fla. Post Office Bo The number will be announced later. General inspection of the troop will be held Thursday night at Scout headquarters and everyone is welcome.

Assistant Scoutmaster Earl Adams, Reporter. GREENLAND THE THE GREAT ICE GRIP AGE OF "The largest island in the world (if Australia be classed as a continent), the land reaching closest to the North Pole, the country harboring the northernmost civilized community, and the one land mass where conditions of the great ice age are now dominant such is says a bulletin issued by the National Geographic Society in connection with a visit now being made by the King of Denmark to his bleak American colony. Aiercaior oi map lame has unwittingly confused the mind of the world to Greenland," continues the bulletin. "Because the sphere is flat tened out on many maps as though its surface were Greenland, vast as it is, is made to appear many times larger. Jt is as though the country were reflected in one of the mirrors set up at country fairs to make the thm appear fat.

Population That of Manhattan Office Building "But viewed the great northern island bulks large enough to command respect. If its northern most point were placed at the Can aoian border North its southernmost point would reach to the mouth of the Rio Grande, the south ern extremity of Texas. Its en Lwidth is approximately emial to the distance from New York to Chicago. "But though the island is almost continental in size, having an area of about 800,000 square miles, it has only 15,000 inhabitants, the daily population of a single huge office building in lower New York City. The reason for this sparse population is not alone the far northern position of the country, for the lower half of the island is in approximately the same latitude as the Scandinavian peninsula with its 8,000,000 souls.

But while Scandinavia is bathed by the warm Gulf Stream, and Iceland Announcement for REO OWNERS We have a new fitting with which a Bosch Magneto can be installed on your engine, making it more power ful, economical and dependable. A Bosch Magneto furnishes intense penetrating ignition sparks that permit a lean gas mixture to be used and develop maximum power in the engine. Ask about our SO Day Free Tria MOTOR PARTS SERVICE CO. it On Corner Opposite Post Office BILL DENNIS YOU EAT- assays Feeling Diamond Grid A Quality Battery At A Low Price Auto Electric-Gompanjr scout cooks who handed out excellent cooking last year, and this year they say that it will be better. Stand by, young ladies, and get introduced to some -goodwould-be Irasbands, for they can sure cook.

Scouts Higgs, Menendez and Albury, the chefs of Troop 1. Fifty-six tents wille used by the f. tj-oop this year, two boys each will be assigned in one tent, while each officer will have a tent of his own, the others will be usedarbospital, i bathing and last of all the kitchen tent, which is 8 by 8 by 10. The money which has made this camp possible was accumulated in this manned. A check for $200 was given Troop 1 by Anchor Lodge 182 of Masons, a ministrel given by the Rotary Club, participated in by Ro-tarians and Scouts; a play given by C.

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DAETWYLER, Owner Trees J. N. imnJ celebration, held by this troop, and donations from some good citizens of Key West. Many thanks to you all and we gc forth this year determined to make our initial appearance at Orlando a tremendous success, and we wilL The troop will leave Key West on the evening of August the fifth by way of the P. 0.

S. S. Co. Through the courtesy of Mr. Spencer, the local agent, and Mr.

Saunders, the general passenger agent, reduced rates were secured and a fine trip promised th boys. These two gentlemen deserve much credit for the way that they have helped the boys of 'Key West The traurleaving Port Tampa will not leave until 4 o'clock, and as we arrive at Port Tampa at 1 o'clock, Scoutmaster Sands is now making negotiations to take the troop to Tampa City for a couple of hours and meet- the train there. The train will arrive at Orlando at 9 o'clock schedule time and the boy? have already been informed that they will have the experience of pitching camp "in the dark this year. That's what we want. Scoutmaster Sands, plenty of experiences.

Arrangements have already been made with the ice company and a bakery at Orlando to have a supply at our camp grounds Sunday morning. The camp grounds Will be on, the large fair grounds of Orlando, and LAXINE WILL ilAKE emails mea" ir-nn Kcflinisss I I fill h7J W-VZ' Jiff if lr "When youxeat meat you do npt need, slotvTpoisonrmriBfS RaKlsKo5II3 not eat meat more thaiivtha M0RE7SLEEP 'BCTTERIND MKEUPri ii ins. beyond thatpoinoaris tFnpun EAGER TO BEGIN THE DAYS WORK So utys an eminent food authority, II H.II.I A RmnH Dose Night aOIoriiiitgjin be Alive" is keep-young and keep-well because it contains no poisonous Over ninety per cent of it At- once- to healthtmd he i3 right. as the chief American age. energy.

food- waste. is.converted ii cause Don't allow your system to become clogged by an accumulation of II V.I I I ii Health statistics show -Over-Eating" is given of thousands -Eat Bread more freely of on your table, an you will prolong your years of youth. 7 Ask your grncfr -for OrKTBmiCRtJSTl which the flesh, heir. Joata Tongue, uad ureatn, sallow sicra, -mat tired frequent headaches are the danger signal- that tell you to take warning. A bottle of LAXINE now to stimulate your "Liver Cells" and reirulate yourhoweUmayaawyou-inany dollars to Doctor Bills later -cm You will he surprised and delighted? with the Ireslinentr It works geDtly without griping and has a pleasant taste which biakes it the ideal Laxative Tonic for women and Thousands of people in all parts of the eouth will tesitify that LAXINE has given them a Lease on Life" by cleansing their system of waste matter.

'It has cured many cases of Constipation, Gastritis, Indigestion and i. .4 A A- POINSETTLA BUTTER SPLIT, the loaf higLsst ia food-rake O.K. BAKERY 27 57. keep tfOUngj PHONE 2G i emer jiver ana stomacn irouoies. in our nfC0B system are me mosi Important organs of the body.

(Keep them functioning properly and it will cot be reccssary to take EO-cu'Icd Tonics and Elood Purifiers. mil) AND KFCOM.ntNDKD BY CO. CIXANLO AND YriSTHl PARK.

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