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Show THE LEGION AMERICAN MAN continued disappointments Royal A. Stone, an active member of the American Legion, has been named as associate Justice of the. Minnesota Supreme court. Justice Stone's uphill fight to this position (Copy for This Department Supplied b the American Legion News Service.) marks his career as one of the most interesting in the Northwest. It seemed that every possible hinLEGION TO SEEK NEW LAWS drance was thrown in his wy in earlier years, beginning with his maNational Legislative Committee Draft triculation as a law student at the UniBroad Program for Next Ses-slo-n versity of Minnesota. Crop conditions of Congress. brought heavy financial loss to his faThe American Legion's national leg- ther so that the lad was forced to reislative committee has drafted the Le- linquish the college course to enter the gion's program of national legislation, office of an attorney to complete law work. His subsequent struggle for a to be submitted to the Sixty-eight- h living in a small town where ten other the The congress. program represents recommendations adopted at the last Attorneys were practicing made it hard going. national convention of the organizaHis first trial, in defense of an altion. It is designed to assist the interleged murderer, trough another disapmen and to express ests of the Legion's conception of national pointment. About this time the Maine progress. The schedule Includes eight was blown to atoms in Havana harbor and the country was stirred with principal proposals, as follows: appeals for men. Stone was anxious Adjusted compensation for all forto go, but be could not desert his client. mer soldiers, sailors and marines. At length, the trial was over, however, Creation of a standing committee In the house of representatives to and he was on kls way to Georgia as a private in a Minnesota Guard unit. handle only veteran legislation. Following discharge from service he Retirement privileges for disabled emergency army officers with the same made rapid strides In his profession. In status as officers of the regular army, 1904 be was named as assistant attoras provided for In the Bursum bill, ney general, continuing in this post held in committee at the last session until 1907, when he resigned to enter law practice in St. Paul. of congress. The United States then entered the Further liberalization of the war risk Insurance act to extend the period of World war. Despite his age of forty-tw- o eervlce origin of tuberculosis from years the Minnesotan made appli cation to the first officers' training three to five years. Enactment of a universal draft law camp and there received a commission by which the President, In the event of as captain. He was assigned to Camp Dodge, where he took command of war, would be empowered to draft capital, labor, Industry, and transporta- - Company A, Three Hundred and Forty- ninth infantry. Here his "Jinx"' bobbed tlon, as well as man power. up again. Captain Stone was eager to Adoption by congress of a permanent Immigration policy, based on restriction and selection, although the Legion may insist on total exclusion of immigrants for five years until thorough Americanization of those now In this country has resulted. Authorization of an archives building In which to preserve war records now housed In buildings which are not LEGWN Despite earlier life, fireproof. Distribution of captured and surrendered war trophies among the various states In proportion to their number of men In the service. "ARLINGTON OF THE "The Arlington of the West," a etery for ten thousand veterans of the World war and their families, has been formally opened by the American Legion at Glendnle, California. The American Legion plot in the memorial park la considered a great achievement for the Legion in the West, for in future years there will be concentrated the resting places of thousands of veterans of the recent war, a project second only to the governmental cemetery near Washington. At the formal ceremony which opened the park practically every person of southern California who had relatives in the World war was in attendance, and prominent citizens from all over the country Joined In the dedicatory service. One of the speakers was Governor James O. Scrug-haof Nevada, a past national vice commander of the American Legion, said to have been the first Legionnaire to have ever been elected to the governorship of a state. Governor Richardson of California and Congressman Walter Llneberger of San Francisco, together with many prominent Legionnaires, were In attendance. Full military honors were accorded the remains of seventeen World war veterans, the first to be burled In the Legion plot. These bodies were Interred with special symbolic ceremony prepared for the occasion. The memorial park Is beautifully located and Is accessible by splendid highways from all points of southern California. cem- ALASKA CEMETERY IN ORDER Legion Members ef Sitka Pott Restore Graves of Soldiers. American Long-Deserte- When a correspondence with officials In Washington brought no results. American Legion members In far-of- f Sitka, Alaska, restored a military cemetery In which were burled a number of American marines, who had died there In service during and following the gold stampede in 1S!1S. The place of burial which was designated as a natlonnl military and naval cemetery had been neglected since 1912. It was overgrown with weeds and the grave markers were blackened and obliterated. a supply of rakes Accumulating axes, saws and picks the Legion men one evening gathered at the cemetery to restore order to the chaos. The work continued several nights. Members of the American Legion auxiliary served sandwiches and coffee to the Legionnaires and to the townspeople who began to Join In the undertaking s It progressed. At length fair semblance of order was established. When the Job was over the veterans did not cease activities ontll they had Induced the surgeon general of the navy to anthorts an expenditure of 11.200 for the upkeep of the cemetery. The governor of Alaska Immediately appointed the Sttka post ef tbe Leglva te administer the fund. NEPHI, UTAH poiLrar EWORLD Sixty Years Old, but Earns His Wings The army air service has added another world's record to Its long accomplishstring of aeronautical ments. Its chief, Ma J. Gen, Mason M. Patrick, has qualified as a pilot. General Patrick shattered the age record when he won title to a set of sliver wings, the official insignia of an air navigator In the United States aviation service, for he was on the He verge of his sixtieth birthday. Btands today as tbe only major general In the American service who Is a pilot. He Is regarded as the oldest active flyer In the air service of any of the nations of the world. General Patrick's feat of winning the coveted silver wings was accomplished through a keen desire he has had, since assuming command of the air service in 1021, to meet all the requirements of the service. He was officially declared an air pilot when he successfully completed a series of tests at Boiling Field In the presence of the examining board. The presentation of the set of silver wings was made to General Patrick at a luncheon given him by his associates in the air service at the Army and Navy club. He modestly declared that his rating as a pilot was not sought for any personal glory, but that his sole purpose in attempting to qualify was to gain a better conception of the skill required in actual flying and In order that he might have a greater appreciation of the dangers Incident toaer!al navigation. Meiklejohn Called a Fighting Liberal Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn, whom the trustees of Amherst college forced to resign from the presidency of that institution, has been known for years as a fighting liberal In the educational field. At Brown university, where he was dean for eleven years before going to Amherst, he was called "the dean of the philosophic view." Always he has preached the doctrine that what the world needs most is minds that can think clearly, and he has staunchly advocated. In a day of fads and electives, the 7 ' ' system of "required" studies as being ' i "St" the curriculum tending best to produce such minds. Since the war, still maintaining his Idea and strengthened In It by the catastrophe of 1914, he has declared, sometimes bitterly, thut civilization cannot last with such soft thinking as the world has done In the past, and that the salvation of the human race depends upon educa tion that really educates and that is not restricted to a favored few Dr. Meiklejohn of late has pointed out that colleges are too often clubs for the favored minority and do not serve the public. He has maintained that only trained and widespread Intelligence would save the American democratic experiment. "We are tired," he said recently, "of the world that gives good things to the few." v- WEST" Cemetery for Ten Thousand Veterans and Members of Their Families, Opened in California. S, HIGH COURT IN Royal A. Stone, Minnesota, Who Saw Long Service, Named Associate Justice of Supreme Court. In TIMES-NEW- it. if - Stone, get to France, but on the eve of sail ing an order came through making him a major and transferring him to the command of training troops. This, he says, was his last "disappointment." He remained at Camp Dodge until the armistice was signed, after which he was transferred to the Inspector gen eral's department. He left the service in July, 1919. Still a member of the reserve, Major Stone is inspector of the Eighty-eight- h "paper" division. His appointment to the highest court of the state is said by his comrades in the Legion to have been a fitting rec ognition of ability. Justice Stone has continued his work as a trial lawyer, and his choice by the governor has taken him from the of the courtroom to the judicial sedate- ness of the Supreme bench. He Is a member of St Paul post No. 8 of the American Legion, which counts on Its roster many men of Mln nesota prominent In state, county and mup'Tlpal affairs. nitffiM Royal A. rough-and-tumb- OWSLEY HONORED BY FRENCH of Order of Merit of Union Nationals dee Combattants te National Commander. Award AMn Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, bas received the award of the Order of Merit ot the Union Natlonale des Combattants of more than a million composed French veterans of the World war Only fifty other men have been awarded this decoration. Presentation was made by Charles Bertrand, secretary of the French organization, who was named president of the Interallied Veterans federation t Its lat gathering In New Orleans. The latter organization, which represents fifteen million veterans of allied forces, has begun to wield considerable power In International affairs. The American Legion Is the member body In this country. The decoration Is In the form of a handsome bronze medal, suspended from a green bar with a ribbon of the French society's colors. Accompanying the modal, as a personal memento from M. Hertrand, was a bronze plaque, indicating his unalterable af fectioo for Commander Owsley and the American Legion. Texas Post Gives Concerts. Regular weekly concerts by members of the American I eg! on have been given by the Paris (Tex.) post of the organization for a period of nearly nine months. legion artists have visited smaller nearby communities to present special musical programs, and weekly concerts hsve been given la the city. Recently the artist gave a coin plete program which was broadcast from a well known radio station. The band, an orchestra, a post maintains drum corps and a quartet. Further service Is rendered the community b.v free medical clinic established for U poor by U Leglo men. -- j r Pioneer Social Worker Fitly Honored Philanthropist and pioneer among social workers, Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler has been properly honored it the age of eighty-siyears by being awarded the Roosevelt Medal by the Roosevelt Memorial association. She Is a of Gen. Philip Schuyler of the Revolutionary war and of Alexander Hamilton, and was born In New York city In 1837. When the Civil war broke out she joined the Sanitary commission and was one of the chief volunteer workers of its New York branch. In 1872, as result of her visits to the Inmates of poorhouses and hospitals supported by the state, she founded the State Charities Aid association. The first training school for nurses In this country, that of Bellevue hospital, was Initiated by Miss Schuyler. She organized In 190(1 the first committee In the United States for "after care of the Insane." In 1907 she was ap pointed one of the original trustees of the Russell Sage foundation. In 1908 she organized the first committee In this country, composed both of physicians and laymen, for the "prevention of blindness." In 1915 Columbia university bestowed on Miss Schuyler the first degree It had ever conferred on a woman, that of Doctor of Laws. x C. P. Anderson Knows International Law Having devoted many years to the study of law and International diplomacy, and having acted as counselor of the State department, as an arbitrator of questions with Canada and ns counsel for the United States before The Hague tribunal, there seems no doubt that Chandler Parsons Anderson Is competent to fill the position to which he has been appointedthat of American member of the United claims commission. He succeeds Judge Parker, who was made umpire of the negotiations. He was born In 1800 at Lakevllle, Conn. Ills early education was received at St. Paul's school and Inter at Tale university, from which he was W V graduated In 1887. The following year I he entered Harvard law school and was admitted to the bar In 1850. Mr. Anderson's record In the service of the government dates back to the middle nlnetle. He was secretary of the Retiring Sea claims commission from 1810 to 18W7. The following year n he represented the United States as secretary of tbe Jojnt high commission for the settlement of Canadian questions. When Kllhu Root became secretary of state In 1905 Mr. Anderson was retained by him at special counsel for the Department of State In relation to all British North American questions. He was appointed by President Roosevelt agent of tbe United States In the North Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration wblch met at Tbe Hague la June, 1910. States-Germa- n Lk Anglo-America- Real Meaning of Term Good Progress on Roads "Sports" Not Understood Seen During 1923 Season The real of the term meantug "sports," as applied to fowls. Is not quite understood by a good many poultry keepers. Now, In breeding many varieties there will often come a chicken that is contrary to the parent birds, and the reason for this sometimes seems very strange. For example, those who have bred Sliver Laced Wyandottes know that frequently a white one, and occasion ally a black one, will be produced. and It was the breeding together of these sports that gave us the two di8tlnot colors, the White Wyandotte and the Black Wyandotte, as we know them today. Where very lightly laced birds are used there Is a greater tendency to white, and Just the opposite when a very heavily laced bird is used, the sport here coming black. Partridge Wyandottes will also throw a few white ones, and those who breed them In big quantities will produce perhaps four or five white ones during the year. Another common example of "sports" is found in the fact that oftentimes a rose comb breed will throw a single comb fowl. There Is always an occasional tendency In this direction, and It does not prove that the parent stock is bad, nor that it does not measure up to the required purebred standard. Many of our present-da- y breeds are the results of working from sports. The black Plymouth came first from the barred, and for years no one ever heard of a male chicken coming black, these being all females. Today we have a distinct breed known as the Black Rock. It is probable that all of our more than a hundred modern varieties of poultry descended from the one kind of original Jungle fowl. In fact, most of our now numerous varieties have been created during the past 40 or The old breeds, like the 60 years. Black Langshans, do not often produce sports, for the reason that they have been bred pure for many hundreds of years, perhaps for thousands of years. But modern breeds, such as the Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, etc., are given to producing sports. Prpard by th United Statu Department of Agriculture-- season The opens with the prospect that there will be about the same amount of road construction as last year, which was a very satisfactory one, according to the bureau f public roads. United States Department of Agriculture. Returns from 21 scattered states show that in these states there will be available $283,000,000 for road work as compared with $273,0000,000 spent in the same states last year. On federal-aid work, which constitutes something like half of the total construction, there was under construction on March 31 work estimated to cost $258,- 000,000 as compared with $233,000,000 12 months previous. Wages of labor are generally slight ly higher than a year ago, with the exception of the Pacific coast, where the same rate prevails. The greatest Increase is In New England, where the present level is approximately 30 per cent higher than the level of a year 1923 ago. The general outlook Is considerably better than one year ago, when the railroad and coal strike loomed as disturbing factors. Added to this Is the fact that the designation of the system of federal-aihighways is now completed In 33 states and practically complete In most of the others. With a definite program for accomplishment laid out road work can proceed mucb more smoothly. From latest reports it appears that 30 states now tax gasoline as compared with four states at the beginning of 1921. Most of the revenue derived goes for road purposes, and bureau officials regard this as a step in the right direction. With road users paying a more equitable share of the cost, highway finance is placed upon a firmer foundation. d Maintaining Good Roads Is Most Important Task 'it with householders house is the so most of us watch for signs of decay about our. premises, and we putty and paint and Movable Roosting Coops repnir, to guard against the heavy exthat would be the certain penGood for Young Fowl3 penses alty of serious neglect. to are old enough When the chicks But when it comes to municipal leave the brood coops and when they Is our practice? are weaned from broody hens or Drooa-er- housekeeping what long periods of positively Usually so that they rapidly they grow wanton neglect. This is especially need more room. To meet this re true of our roads, which are an imare what use quirement, poultrymen part of our municipal premknown as roosting coops. These are portant utmrt nrps about six feet long, three ises. We build our macadam streets, feet wide, three feet high In front and two feet high at the rear. They have bolster them up with a good foundawith the best ma waterproof roofs, but the front side tion, gurface them and one end, or the front side and two terial at hand, roll them, view tin finished Job with satisfaction and then ends, are covered with wire so that the air can circulate through freely in like a slovenly home owner, pay n warm, weather, but hostile animals further attention to them until the have fallen into such a disreputable cannot get In. To keep out driving rains or for use state that tbe steam roller must conn In cooler weather, particularly when with its plows, tear them to pieces an' the chicks are first put In and the begin a work of complete reconstruc tlon. nights are chilly, curtains of cloth or Practically all of the nations of Eu burlap are attached to the tops of the open sides so that they can be rolled rope have long ago learned the econ As yot down and fastened to protect the omy of road maintenance. chicks when necessary. The curtain traveled over the beautiful, hard covering each side is made separate macadam roads of France you obfrom the others so that much or little serve, at Intervals, small piles of space may be left open according to broken stone and gravel. And for requirements and according to which every dozen miles of road there Is a cart, way the wind blows or the storm road patrol with his who labors Incessantly at filling up drives. hes little buildings should be mov- little depressions, ruts and holes, with y able and It Is a good plan to place them his supply of good material. on skids with rounded ends so that Once filled, tbe damaged spot Is wet lown thoroughly and tamped, and the they can be drawn from place to place, oad becomes again an Integral whole. thus affording a fresh, new location evThe thrifty householders of Frunce ery day or two. Many poultry keepers block up these little bouses so that lave thus carried Into the housekeepthere Is a apace between the floor and ing of their municipalities and prov the ground which affords a cool, shady inres the economics which they prae own heurtlisiom-place for the chicks during hot days. tlce about their Tlmes-JournuDubuque (la.) is axiomatic that "keeping up the truest economy." And s, one-hors- e te f ever-read- s l. Poultry Notes Don't crowd ; better sell aome of the birds and make room. When lice come into the ben bouse, profit usually goes out. Lively chicks come from the eggs laid by hens of good breeding and vitality. A hen that will lay during the fall shows her persistence and value as a good producer. Ducklings need plenty of fresh water In dishes deep enough for thera to wash their eyes and nostrils. e either Oatmeal and buttermilk, fresh or In tbe dried form, are two of the best developers for growing chicks. chick Is not of a rule, as the early onw, the parent stock often, being run down and less vigorous. The warm-weathe- so robust Little System Is Used in Dragging High way c The trouble with most drag, lug l It is done with so little synie-and with so little perseverance. i:;i'" ni n which are dragged after ever ran be distinguished readily f. om thoxe which receive attention on'. now and then through the Still, the poorest Job of drains IM Improve any road In which Hnv present in any large amount. In hv 'ornlitles where the roads are eled It is customary to run a over them when wet. This, of com-I- s not because of reasons slmilnr ' those which gotem the use of ti i Implement In the case of dirt ruMd hut because the gravel rescinds mr readily to treatment when It is sofi than It does when It Is dry. A snioo'h er and more uniform effect Is produf under such conditions. that r a type, a Vigorous breeding stock Is the first essential for healthy chicks, but sometimes when a good start Is made, neglect and Improper rare work havoc. e Duck eggs and ducklings are more readily available, and about 20 cents piece Is a fair price for fresh eggs. Ducklings can be snipped fairly sac eesi fully. Interesting Changes in New Type of Hard Road Several Interesting changes are up In a new type of concrete routl form, described In Popular Mei bnnlc Magazine. The new form Is of steel three sixteenths of an Inch thick, and onie in twelve f'ot sections inMead t f the usual lengths, and It p erie has been made rounded, so hut It Is Impossible for small stone r concrete to lodge there aud cauft .be finishing machine t ride high :nrent ten-foo- |