Boys' Life, January 1934

# Boys' Life, January 1934

This issue of Boys' Life, the Boy Scouts of America's monthly magazine, contains serialized fiction alongside informational articles and scouting features. "Oregon or Bust" by F. Douglas Hawley (Part 1 of 2) centers on William Blake, a frontier scout nicknamed "White Wolf," who encounters an emigrant wagon train headed to Oregon. Blake, dressed distinctly in buckskin, earns the wagon boss's suspicion but wins support from other settlers. The narrative follows Blake as he scouts ahead of the train along the Sweetwater, encounters a bear and her cubs, and meets a Native American hunter with whom he shares the kill, all while protecting the vulnerable wagon train from potential hostile encounters. Other fiction includes Harold Sherman's hockey story "Defend the Goal!" and M.M. Atwater's animal tale "Of Crook-Foot's Sentence." Additional features include science articles on volcanic steam, scouting instruction from Dan Beard, and athletic guidance.