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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI, UTAH S, WED I dealt of the Legion AMERICAN QI.E6I0M (Copy for Ian ipnuiem, tiuupUd American Lglon New Bardic. fcy During 1923 honors for securing members for the American Legion were about evenly divided between three men. These, John A. Smith of Sioux City, la., a member of the Monahan .post; Hans Hunsdorf, a disabled man, now patient In a Minnesota hospital; and John Kass of Detroit, led all others In securing applications. Smith obtained bis members In a rather unique manner. He worked out a scheme known as the "Cudahy plan" by means of which he caused the big industrial firms of Sioux City to pay up the dues for employees, utilizing a "checkoff" for repayment. His record approximated nearly one member for each working day of the year. Hunsdorf obtained his members by personal contact, particularly in Veterans' Bureau hospitals, and wherever veterans gathered and rolled his record up to nearly 250. Kass, a member of the Charles A. Learned post in Detroit, made an earnest campaign for his applicants, and Is said to have Interviewed more men than either of the other two "champs." His record ap- proxlmated that of Hunsdorf. But to' do this, he faced severe competition from one Theodore Kolbe, now department adjutant of the Legion in Michigan. Kolbe's record was near enough to that of Kass that It took a board of Judges to determine the standing of the two. Kass has already made a start toward a 1924 record. On February 29 he had collected dues and applications from 60 veterans. His method . ; U ' n John Kass. of enrolling the veterans as Lrylon-"- I ask nalres Is simple but efficient. them," he says. Kass' accomplishment was completed within 18 days, the duration of the post membership drive. In addition he added members to other Wayne county posts. His approach Is such the Legion officials In Michigan believe that he must use more salesmanship thun do either Smith or Hunsdorf. Smith's plan for reaching the Industrial concerns Is sort of an advantage, while Hunsdorf gets men who are dally benefits of the Legion, they argue. And Kass gets out and lands the members by hard work, according to their idea. The three have on a triangular race for membership honors this yenr. The have challenged Learned posters Omaha post for the greatest metiv berslilp during 1924, a record heretofore held by the Nebrasknns. Kass Is one of the main reliances of the Detrolters in bringing this honor to his city. " Hunsdorf Is avowed to better his record by at least a hundred, and while the men of Monahan post In Sioux City are dependent on Smith to hilndle the recrulllng alone, It Is safe to say that his record will appros-Imatthat of W23. The "Man from Michigan" tins al ready been proclaimed champion of the Wnvne county council membership campaign, and his accomplishment re quiring less than three weeks would apparently put him Into the national championship class with good chances in the final outcome. Injured by Pests AB9WT JvJ (Prjar4 Claims of Increased Yields Not Substantiated. United SttM Department et Agriculture.) y th From the tune the seeds of garden crops are put Into the ground until the crops are gathered, diseases and insects that must be fought may appear. Vegetable troubles are due to numerous causes, including unfavorof the California supreme court He able soil conditions, too wet or too is also a graduate (18S8) of Annap- dry, too rich or too poor, lack of humus olis. If you doubt it, go to the gym- or of lime, whether unsulted to some nasium of the Naval academy and crops, careless use of fertilizers, or atfoWefltjrWjr , f look at the brass tablet which records tacks of or other parasites. The that Midshipman Wilbur did a record adoption fungi of the best horticultural pracof 9 feet and 1 Inch. tice crop rotation, the careful ap Judge Wilbur has four children of plication of fertilizers suited to each his own and Is a leader In the boy crop, adequate cultivation, the plantscout movement. Every summer he ing of all crops In their proper season the' to a takes group of youngsters is important for the successful grow Feather IUver country and teaches of garden crops. ing them to camp and fish. Moreover he Special Treatment Required. says: "There has always been someThe control of diseases due to fungi, to in blood that responded my thing and other enemies the calling of the sea and a love for bacteria, additional treatment, requires as does special a Is sea ; air the for ships, for suit A new insects. caused the by damage part of my makeup." And, finally!a bulletin has just been Issued by the don't forget that the appointment of Department of AgriculCalifornia man is good Coolidge polities. So, altogether, the appointment Unitedas States Farmers' Bulletin 1371, Dis ture, would seem to be a happy selection. eases and Insects of Garden Vege Secretary Wilbur was born In 18(57 In Boonesboro, la. In 18S3 the Wilburs tables, the purpose of which .is to Secrefrom the navy moved to Jamestown, Dakota territory. After resigning briefly control measures for the tary Wilbur went to California and practiced law. He has been on the state present most Important Insects' and fungous supreme court bench since 1918 and chief Justice since 1922. A brother, Dr. and bacterial n diseases of the Ray Lyman Wilbur, Is president of Leland Stanford university. The new crops. vegetable as a is known jurist. secretary nationally seed and The use of disease-fre- e plants, says the author of the bulletin, Ig fundamental to all Insect and disease control. A modified application of the principle of crop rotation can be made even in the home garden by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson lias decid, moving the rows of each vegetable to ed to avail herself of her legal rights another place each year. Many dis to check publication of selections from eases and Insects live over winter in the her late husband's letters and manusoil and will appear on the plants scripts until she can determine In what again next season If they are in the manner the war president's papers will same soil. Furthermore, since many be given to the public as a whole and of the pests of closely related crops In an authorized way. are the same, such vegetables should It Is Mrs. Wilson's intention, as iKt be planted in succession. Vine executrix of the war president's estate, crops, such as cucumbers, melons, either to have his letters and manuetc., should not follow one another, nor scripts assembled and published by should cabbage, cauliflower, or related some one who will act on her authorcrops follow one another. ity, or to gather them into a collection Numerous important diseases are of Wilsonia and make it available to carried In or on the seed and cannot the public probably by depositing the be controlled by seed treatment, such and papers In some national Institution as bean nnthracnose, pea such as the Library of Congress. potato leaf roll and mosaic. It Is thereMrs. Wilson has been advised by fore essential to secure the most dis her family attorney that as executrix ease-fre- e seed obtainable. of Mr. Wilson's estate she has legal Methods of Control. of his letters In the ' publication rights In presenting the methods of con,V OTTO i , and manuscripts, not alone under the Insects and diseases the bultrolling an law and authorities, but under letin discusses them under two' headamendment t the copyright law, now part of the revised statutes of the Unit ings, "Treatment" and "Prevention." ed States. Under "Treatment" are discussed the Since Mr. Wilson's death some of his letters have been published ; some methods of control which may be apotnes have been offered for sale, and still others were In process of publics plied after the disease or Insects have tion nii.l widely advertised, until Mrs. Wilson determined upon her action, appeared In the garden, such as the use of poisoned bait for cutworms, the hiyid picking of Insects, and spraying for disease and Insect control. Under "Prevention" are Included all measures of control applied prior to disease or to When President Coolidge selected Insect appearance which will tend of disOwen J. Roberts of Philadelphia to net hinder or stop the development overtheir with former Senator Atlee Pomerene eases and Insects or prevent Jr. next season's of Ohio as special counsel In the Tea wintering to attack the disease-resistant, such as pot Dome oil Investigation, not one crops,disease-free- , planting and weevil-fre- e seed, member of the senate public lands and committee hud ever heurd of him-a- nd treatment of seed to kill Insects on parts of the members had no cause to fw diseases, or planting crops free from the pests. lonesome, either. It Is said he was the garden A copy of the bulletin may be sewarmly recommended by Senator cured, as long as the supply lasts, from George W. Pepper of Pennsylvania, of AgriMr. Roberts Is forty-eigyears the United States Department D. C. old. His early education was obtained culture, Washington. at Gennantown academy. After that he went to the University of Pcnnsyl Great Value of Silage vania, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Wintering Beef Cows - , degree In 1S90. In 1898 he received an y. The value of silage feeding Is shown L.L. D. from the same Institution by From 1S!8 until 1!X0 he was a fel forcefully by recent data furnished low and Instructor In the University the bureau of animal Industry, United In of Pennsylvania law school, nnd servei: States Department of Agriculture. as professor of law from 1901 until the wintering of mnture beef cows in West Virginia It has been shown that 1918. For three years. 1903 to 1WK1, he corn fed as silage is worth 00 per cent In growing shock corn. served as tlrtst assistant district attorney of Philadelphia county. It was there more than In acre an of corn niinols calves beef con has been he got his first training In criminal cases. Since then his work silage was found to be worth 30 per fined mostly to civil trial nnd court work. During the World war, however, a corn. the request of the attorney general he represented the government In the prose cent more than an acre of shock This Increased utility Is attributed cutlon of cases arising under the Espionage act In the eastern district of Penn advantages of silage. sylvunin, and was made special deputy attorney neneral for that purpose. Dur- to the many occurs In the feedno wasta Practically ing the war, also, at the request of the United States Housing corporation creates an appeIt and of silage ing Mr. Roberts represented this body In Philadelphia. tite for cheaper roughages. Then, too, the same crops fed dry are not nearly so palatable and succulent as they are In the form of silage. The first cabinet member appointed by President Coolidge is Curtis Dwlght Wilbur of Los Angeles, who will succeed Edwin Denby as secretary of the navy. He Is chief justice S bltch-and-kic- k v, LEGION FATHERS ADDING COUNCILS The American Legion Fathers, an auxiliary to the veterans' body, has already enrolled a number of councils as the local units are termed and applications for information concerning the auxiliary have been flooding na tional headquarters. The first council to receive a charter from national headquarters was formed from fathers of men In Har vey post 155 of the Legion In Harvey, III. Harvey Is a suburb of Chicago. Others of the first five to be established are In Malden Mass., St. Paul, Minn., Topeka, Kan., and Belllngham, Wash. The charter fee for a council Is $10, and the application must be signed by ten men, either fathers of active Legionnaires, or of men who made the supreme sacrifice In the World war. The organization Is not permitted to have either a state or national author ity and Is governed by the Legion post to which attached. The movement Is primarily for the counseling of the Legionnaires, and assistance in carrying out the principles of the veterans' or ganization. Conscription of wealth and Industry as well us of man power, as enunciated In the universal draft act, has received unanimous support from, 4,000 Boston citizens. This bill, now In congress, provides that every national tesource be turned to government control In case of war la order to provide the utmost for protection of the nation. Gen. Charles R. Edwards, commander of the American Legion In Massachusetts, who spoke at a great muss meeting held in Boston, said that the greatest tragedy of the World war was the failure to conscript other resources as well as those of manhood. Another Legion speaker who was acclaimed for his stand In this direction, was MaJ. George L. Berry, International president of the Printing Pressmen's union, who spoke before a gathering of Legion men in ihe Hub city. Berry, a past national vice commander of the Legion and high In circles of labor organizations, declared that the passage of such an act was the best means to forestall war. The bill was first passed as a resolution at the New Orleans convention of the Legion, and subsequently Introduced In congress. It has received support of Secretary of War John W. Weeks, and other statesmen. Interpretation of New ' York Insurance Laws Compensation Insurance rates for employing slightly disabled war veterans should not be higher, according to the interpretation of state Insurance laws made by Gov. A. II. Smith of New York. The executive's ruling came in response to a protest from Department Commander E. B. Spafford of the American Legion In New York, who said that certain veterans found It difficult to obtain employment because their physical condition Increased rates for workmen's insurance offered by private concerns. According to Commander Spafford, the veterans had been accepted, ouly as extra hazardous risks, and the Legion sought clarification of the state's attitude by word from the governor. "I can state to you," wrote Governor Smith to Commander Spafford. "that the state Insurance fund does not consider veterans suffering from a partial disability as extra hazardous risks, or Indinnd takes no action, diroj-tlrectly, whether In premium rates or merit rating, which would In any way discourage employment of partially disabled veterans. l'.arh accident considered on the merits of the accl dent alone." firms World 3 home-garde- Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Checks Publishers Fnirl ff' Roberts, Special Counsel in Oil Cases - Edward B. McLean Md-ean- New Legume Is Fine for Pastures in Middle West , j i 1 "hundred-million-dolla- ' tc at Agriculture.) electro-chemlcal- ly Importance of Oats in One Rotation of Crops Being engaged as we are in general farming, we find oats play a very Important part in our rotation of corn, oats and grass, or clover, because they ( act' as a nurse crop to the hay. Oats form the main grain ration of most farm animals, being more of a muscle-buildinthan a fattening food, writes Blrney Marble in the Michigan Farmer. For years we have fed them ground to the work horses, mixed with corn to the dairy cattle, and with bran and milk to the poultry. During the winter we feed oat straw with a little timothy to the work horses to "winter them over" when not at work of any kind. The straw that remains uneaten is used for bedding, being unexcelled for this purpose as It absorbs liquids easily, readily rots in the manure and has a high fertilizing value. To put it all in a nutshell, we grow oats because they are a square peg in a square hole, being well adopted to both the Michigan climate and our needs, as we can use both the grain and straw to a better advantage than that of any other grain. g See Increased Interest in Use of Fertilizer? Among the concrete results of ex tension work along agricultural lines which may be cited is increased interest on the part of farmers in the work with soils and in the use of commercial fertilizers. During the year 1922, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, 213,000 farmers consulted their county agricultural agents In regard to the use of commercial fertilizers. In addition, farmers conducted 15,235 fertilizer and 4,035 lime demonstrations. As a result of the activities in connection "with lime, 48,000 fanners used 630,000 tons according, to the methods advocated by the agents. In addition to the above, 105,000 farmers modified their methods of soil management. In order to maintain and Improve soil conditions, 3,750 drnlnage systems, involving 575,000 acres, and 29,000 pieces of terracing, Involving acres, were carried out according to the methods outlined by the extension forces. and the Oil Scandal who has figured prominently in the oil InvestigaUdvvard B. by the United Statee Department Claims made by some investigators that treating the seed of small grains with electricity increases the yield have not been substantiated by results of experiments by the United States Department of Agriculture. A process patented and brought Into use in Eng land in 1917 under the trade name Wolfryn Electrochemical Process" has been well advertised in that country, Canada, the United States, and Australia. The process consists In subjecting the seed grain to an electrlo current (DO) passing through a conducting solution in which the seed i Immersed. Some reports indicated that this electrochemical treatment Increased the yield 20 to 30 per cent and reduced the losses from bunt, rust and wireworms. The experimental methods adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture to determine the value of such treatment and the results obtained have Just been published In Department Circular 305 which is now ready for distribution. The Investigators conclude with the statement: Data obtained from replicated plats of winter wheat harvested at the Arlington Experiment farm in 1921 and 1922 showed no benefit or profit result ing from treating the seed 'Wolfryn' by the process. Grain yields from all plats sown with electrochemlcally treated seed averaged 1.1 bushels per acre less than yields from plats sown with untreated seed. No effect of the treat--men- t on plant growth or disease infec tlon could be observed." A copy of the circular may be secured, as long as the supply lasts, from the United States Department Of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. pod-spo- t, tion, wpiim to be guiltless of everything except being cuugba in telling an untruth at the request of Albert B. t nil to help the former cTctary out os x tilit place. He !s a rich man who en.toys playing the host to notables and Is famous for his hospitality. He Inherited a larce fortune from his faLeft Part of Estate ther, John It, Mc1enn, which Included to American Legion the Wiisiiiiiirtoii Post nnd the Cincini f h nati Enquirer. He married Miss Evof the estate of a disof In elyn Wni h, daughter and hcliVs abled World war velerun who died t , Thomas Walsh of Denver, a very rich Kansas City, Mo., was inherited by mining mail. lie bought the famou the American Legion. The veteran, Ilonc diamond, one of the world's most r.nrl Mason of Indianapolis, provided magnificent genis. for Ms wife. His for the bequest In his will, which first born son, Vinson Wa'Mi Mt,ean, named the head of the Legion disr was known s the trict hospitalization committee as exeI'm by" and no child was ever Wint Eftay Content cutor. The rotate amounted to apThe privileges and obligations of as so Wtched over and protected. Anil proximately f'XM. The will recites tlmt "every con- Amerlrnn citizen was the subject then, one rnortilng In Washington, the federation and kindness" bad been rh(wen by the Amerlrnn IBlon in boy broke away from his governess. r street md was run over snd fatally injured by a slow-goishown to Mai-by the Lcgloci. and Lowell, Mass., for the annual essay ran Into a perfectly respectable old ward scbool tearhcr from Vermont. driven a Komnenu of by Koiikarns, n contest. high as token mnde he the. gift that So Ned McLean has long bffn In the public eye. Daring the last few frrntltude. and to assist In providing school student, was swarded firt prize President Harding aid for other disabled t'wersfn. Mnson for his essay, which was selected from years he was prominent s the Intimate friend and host ofcame to he senate went to Knnsn City several months nearly 200. Souknras was also winner with whom his friendship began when the late president On In. from emtb contest an of by without Inaugurated In and essay health broken ago Mr. frLesB asserts that he never had any finnnclal Interest, in er any Guard nnlt in Lowell; tbt ployment. The Legion assisted him in National was whaforer with the oil tenses, and he owns up t telling an untruti Ita connection and "Armistice Day sod hospital subject upciirlnjf cnmw"Ti8tlim bout tho JlOO.OTiO Till chects. Meaning " One-fourt- Electric Current Is Not Helpful to Seed Diseases and Insects Must Be Fought Until Crops Are Harvested. Wilbur of California Succeeds Denby Wealth and Industry as Well as Man Power if LVI 1 self-sacrifi- THREE MEN LEAD IN MEMBERSHIP CONTEST 4 Chairman Thomas H. Mo Cowan of the Woburn (Mass.) school board recently expressed the Ideals of the American Legion during an address made at a citizens' mass meeting held In that city. "The American Legion offers itself as a constant reminder of for the good of all. It does not ask for hero worship nor does It ask the American public for sacrifice. It asks only for encouragement In the great work it has undertaken In the care of needy comrades, in perfecting Its organization Into an entity of men, but above all to serve our country and our flag and to perpetuate the unexcelled traditions of a" glorious history. "The Legion strives to be unselfish in undertakings; it asks The only for American Legion will maintain Its place in the sun." Many Vegetables n ,llv-Ve- A iipw variety of lespedeza Imported recently from Korea by the bureau of plant industry. United States Depart ment of Agriculture, was tried out at PunMe university Inst year. This variety hns a great deal of promise for use In seeding with pasture crops, or cording to Purdue crop specialists. It grows large nnd matures seed two weeks earlier than other varieties so can b sed In every part of the state. It tiys green during dry weather find produces a lot of feed when other crops are dried up. This characteristic together with the fact that It has a tough fibrous root system and the ability to rcsoed Itself nnd spread It f. eT thin pasture lands make valuable legume for the Middle West. Good Frotein Supplement L'need oil meal Is slightly more valuable than cottonseed meal as a protein supplement and should be used In place of It If the price are A combination of about the same. the two feeds Is desirable In any proportions and not more than 24 pounds er l.rmo pounds live weight per day i ncecsftary to balance suet a ratios. To hfciHTnrTTiinmninTiunnril Never lc&!n a gardnu. Keep It lug all the time. go- - Order plenty of seed, get lettuce and radishes by the ounce. The field Is an expensive germination tester for corn seed. As never before "The reading Is furm-e- r the successful farmer." e If you never grew any of the big winter radishes, try a packet of std this year. Plant It In June. a And while you are planting don't get to plant some new thoughts mind about better farming, jur e for- In a Karly spring Is the best time to stop "pulling fodder" by preparing for ample summer and fall hay crops. , The farm bulletin board is good method of advert's'ng farm products, but the local newspaper is better still. a Even if frost kills your fruit afterwards, tie better to have sprayed and kst than Mvtr to bava sprayed at all. |