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Show PERMANENT PEACE IS URGED Is to IRRIGATE Presented to Congress by Brig. Gen. Roy Hoffman. Resolution President JCopy for This Department Supplied by the American Lesion News Service.) APPROVES ACTION BY FRANCE and give your stomach a Legion National Executive Committee O. K.s Occupation of Territories in Ruhr Valley. lilt Provides the bit ol sweet" In beneficial The action of France In occupying form. certain territories In the Ruhr valley was given a stamp of approval by the Delps to cleanse national executive committee of the the teeth and keep Americnn Legion at a recent meeting them healthy. in Indianapolis attended by represenW tatives from every state. A resolution charged that the Germans had attempted to wreck the financial system of their country for Patience No Word for It. It takes patience," says the Detroit the purpose of avoiding paymentto and deby evasion and trickery sought Tree Press, to bring a boy safely made by the of France awards prive through the smart age. The committhe peace conference. And longevity. The smart age usuof the resotee send voted to copies ally begins at about five, and lusts until lution to President ibe conIlarding, the boy finally leaves home to earn to ambassador French and the gress own his living. With a large number of the United States. boys it lasts much longer than that, Brig. Gen. John R. McQulgg of but this fact is concealed from the chairman of the commitCleveland, by the absence of the sufferer. tee formulated the resolution, which Marriage cures a respectable percenhas issued a statement giving the reatage; but many are Immune even to sons for the Legions support of this drastic treatment, and bear their as follows: France, chronic ailment until death. First: Because the award was a righteous one rendered by a compeGot the Habit. Ethel The bride nearly fainted dur- tent court and accepted by Germany. Second: Because Germany has voling the ceremony and had to be supdefaulted and refused to pay untarily ported by her father until it was over. and has wrecked her whole financial Edith Yes, and now I hear her system to avoid payment. father is supporting both of them. Third: Because the course taken by Sheffield Telegraph. France is the only effective course left to her In dealing with an obstinate Germany has refused to levy taxes and take other steps necessary to enable her to pay the debt. We In the United States are paying three times as much national tax as Germany, and France Is paying more than four times as much in Guthrie, during the operation of per capita as Germany. Fifth: Because if Germany Is not which he was preparing for admission made to pay the damage caused by to the bar, which he accomplished in her, some one else will have to pay it. 1S9L As United States attorney in Sixth: Because, If Germany is not 1897, he resigned to enlist as a private for service In the Spanish-Amerl-ca- n made to pay, the slaughter and expenwar, and served throughout the of and effort material diture necessary to win on the battlefield will have war, attaining the rank of captain. In on the death of the colonel of been, to a large extent, In vain, and 1900, there will be little to deter nations the Oklahoma Guard regiment, Mr. to the com- from running amuck In the future and Hoffman succeeded of mand the regiment, serving through mnklng an assault on civilization domestic and Indian troubles. He was whenever they think they are sufficalled for border service in 1918 and ciently strong to win. was mustered out in March, 1917, only to be called to the colors 30 days later LEGION BUSINESS BY RADIO for World war service. Promoted to brigadier general on Commander Doyle of Massachusetts 6, Hoffman 1917, General August State Department Is Arranging for commanded a brigade at Camp Bowie Important Innovation. and assisted in organizing the Thirty-sixt- h division. He later organized the A personal address to the 50,000 Ninety-thirdivision and commanded members of the American Legion In It in action. During the battle of Massachusetts every month, Is the plan was with the First dihe Cantlgny of William II. Doyle, commander of the also saw' service In the Toul Massachusetts department of the Le- vision, at St. sector, Mihiel, and In the degion, who Is arranging for the installafensive Picardy sector. He received tion of a radio in every post headthe decoration of commander of the quarters. Broadcasting of all legislaof Honor, conferred in person tion and business of interest to World Legion Marshal Foch. by war veterans Is being contemplated by A charter member of the American as commander a means of reaching the Legion, General Hoffman has been acdirectly the thousands of Legion members in their homes and at their post tive in promoting the Interests of the organization. He has attended all nameetings. tional conventions as a delegate and According to plans now being formuhas served as national executive comlated. Legion officials of the state will mitteeman from Oklahoma. He was provide an evenings entertainment at named a member of the committee to the broadcasting station on the evemeet the F. I. D. A. C., and was a ning their fellow Legion members are to the allied convention. delegate In. comwill to aim They listening bine an hours pleasure with the busi ness of the posts, it is said. The OWSLEY HAS GOOD MEMORY scheme also would aid the sponsors of legislation in putting their ideas before Commander Recognizes Member of His thousands of radio enthusiasts in each Camp When They Meet In an community, in addition to the Legion Illinois City. members. The innovation proposed by Commander Doyle has been approved Distance means little to the Ameriby the Legion national headquarters, can Legion or its officers. Weekly concerts for the disabled war National Commander Alvin Owsley veterans in the Bay State hospitals are recently surprised Legionnaires in an Included In the plans of the Legion of- Illinois town, and caused a post comficer, and are now being arranged by mander a mild embarrassment by his the department officers. immediate recognition of a former buddy in service at an Oklahoma CHICAGO'S ZERO HOUR CLUB camp, hundreds of miles away from that town. Roosevelt Legion Post Has Subsidiary Commander Owsley was being entertained at a meeting of the Jefferson Organization to Aid Beneficiary at Death of Member. post 141, Mt. Vernon, 111., and the post commander was introducing the variA new angle on the American Leous members of his organization to the guest of honor. gions policy of service to Us membership has been developed by the TheoMomentarily forgetting a members dore Roosevelt post of Chicago in its name, the local man said, The next Zero Hour club. This subsidiary oris er ganization within the post proposes to Hello. Baird, said Commander Owspay a benefit of $100 to the beneficiary ley, what in the world are you doing of any of its members who die, Imhere? mediately upon receipt of the notice Baird was a soldier who Had been of his death. The plan, post officials stationed at the camp when the leader assert, will work for the relief of a of the Legion was a captain at the veterans beneficiary by tiding him post, hut he recognized the man over the period which elapses between the post commander could think the death and the time when the in- of the member's name. surance companies begin payment of the life insurance. Ingenious. Officers of the Zero Hour club also private Blimp was a modest and are officers of the Legion post, and sensitive man who dreaded a rebuff only accredited Legion members in He had fallen in love with the pret good standing are eligible to become tiest girl within a mile of tin camp participants in the dub. Annual dues but hesitating proposing for (ear thai are $2.50, with a further assessment she would turn him down. At last of $1 upon the death of any of the when he could stand the suspense in clubs members. Membership in the longer, he was stnek by an inspirn Zero Hour club, the president states, tion. Hastily seizing a pen, he wrap is not insurance, but it is protection her an anonymous letter asking lie; for a limited amount, better, cheaper American Legiur to marry him. and quicker than insurance. Weekly. Fourth: Because aid the pita of that com what Dr. Scholl1 Zino-pt-d They remove the ana heal the irritation. Thu One minute etxUl cuuinc do saftb. you avoid infection iron cutting your corn or uing oorrotive acid. Thu ; an tieeptic: waterproof. Size for corn, Union. Get box today at your druggist or boe dealer'. Dr Scholls s 'Lino-pad- Scholl Foot Arok Comfort Appliances, Supports, etc. Uadi in Uu laboratories of The M ft. 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Co., Deflector FSMF.X Jas-Win- Sister Safe. A clerk in an East Broad 4 street of. fice startled his employer the other ills private sancday by rushing into tum and declaring, We had a fire at our house last night and ail of my sisters hair was burned. Good heavens, exclaime-- ' the boss was she badly hurt? No, not a bit. Site wasnt there, so stie doesnt know about it jeL Columbus Dispatch. You cant He down on make a higli mark if the Job. you CASTOR !A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of By George Stewart, Utah Experiment Station It Is frequently profitable to irr much eudier than la gate usually done. It i3 often necessary to irrigate them while the land is still rather moist underneath. This is because or the grounds drying out at the surface for two or three inches in depth before the beets have grown to sufficient size to penetrate into the deep soil. When tills takes place there is a layer on top that 13 completely devoid of soil moisture and irhich would not he troublesome if the beets reached well below it. Unfortunately, it happens too often that this drying takes place before the beets have grown beyond the dried area. When this condition does arise it Is necessary to irrigate the surface in order to wet it sufficiently to permit the beets to continue growing. Usually only one such irrigation is necessary because before the time for a second application has come around the beet roots have gone down some distance into the damp soil. This first irrigation should not be a heavy application. Only enough water is necessary to thoroughly moisten the dry surface. It is sometimes advocated that only each alternate space have a furrow in it. It has been found better at the Experiment Station, however, to make rather small furrows and place these close to the sugar-beet- s on one side of the space rather than trying to irrigate in the middle. When the furrow is made in the middle of the space between two rows y rather heavy applications aren in order to cause the water to soak over to the beets. There Is an old idea prevalent in much of the State which says that crops should not be irrigated until it is absolutely necessary. Tills, how. ever, is not true on account of the fact that the plants wilt very easily and begin to suffer at once for water. There has been nothing by way of irrigation that has been so harmful as delaying the first application until the crops suffer seriously. Many of the beets die from lack of moisture and many others are so weakened that disease are able to take hold of them. One of the most noticeable things bout our experimental work on beets has been that beets properly manured and properly irrigated are injured by disease to only a very slight extent whereas beets that lack both fertility and moisture are sometimes attacked to an extent of practically 100 per cent. In 1919 when there was such a it general attack of Ihoma root-rwas oiieerved that, on poor land and on late irirgated beets, the Injury wras about twice as great and In some cases five times as great as on land that had been properly cared for in these two respects. People who visited the Experiment Farm in Logan were without exception struck by the great restistance to disease of beets that had been manured and irrigated. In this connection it Is also wisdom to see that seedbeds are properly packed of the fact that a loose surface permits lack of soil moisture This crentes the by evaporation. same condition that delayed irrigation would bring about. Very loose seed beds and rather steep slopes are much more likely to suffer from diseases of any sort than where the proper conditions are provided. Here is one of the opportunities for a grower of sugar beets to stop a large leak in his income. On the average the sugar-beyields are only about of what they should be and here is one of the easy things to do to increase his yield. sugar-beet- s Jor Economical Transportation OF Farm Products Modern, progreisive farmers, being also business men, now depend on fast cheap motor transportation to save time, save products and get the money. Chevrolet Superior Light Delivery, with four post body was built espe daily for farm needs. It has the space and power for a big load, which it moves fast at a very low cost per mile. For heavy work, Chevrolet Utility Express Truck at only $575, chassis only, offers remarkable value. Fits any standard truck body. Chevrolet Motor Company Division Central of Motors Corporation Dttroitf Michigan eces-,ar- debtor. CORNS EARLY n par-en- ts Safe instant relief from fv S Be and Brig. Gen. Roy Hoffman of Oklahoma selected by the City, Okla., legislature of the state to present a resolution memorializing the President and congress for the promotion of permanent peace among nations as outlined by the Interallied Veterans federation, representing 15,000,000 World war veterans. The resolution primarily calls for the establishment of a world court, the reduction of armament, except for the upholding of court decrees ; opposition to territorial aggrandizement, and full publicity for International agreements between governments. The declaration of principles, which formed the basis of the resolution sent by the Oklahoma lawmakers to congress, is that adopted by the federation at its world convention held in New Orleans during the recent American Legion convention. The Legion is a member body of the federation which is alsa known us "Fidac." General Hoffman was given credit for the writing of many of the principles for the Fidac convention. A native of the Southwest, General Hoffman became a resident of Indian territory, now Oklahoma, as soon as that country was thrown open for white settlement. Early in life, he established the first dally newspaper Las-Leo- SUGAR-BEET- lie-for- e Iron From Cuba. Along the north shore of Cuba, near the sea at its eastern end, in three arena which formerly appeared to be simply expunses of barren ferruginous soil, recent exploration and test have shown that there exist deposits of a 0 very pure iron ore, amounting to or 3,000,000,000 tons. When deprived of the large percentage of water which it contains, this ore will yield from 40 to 45 per cent of Iron. Ore from this source has already been exported to the United States. 2,000,-000,00- not come to." 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Although their country presents a great variety of climate, nature, and ger jal conditions of life, according to its different degrees of latitude, the liwedes are a singularly homogeneous With the sole exception of people. the Lapps, the nomadic reindeer herdsmen of the extreme North, they are all descended from the same old Scandinavian stock, unmixed with any forThanks to their Isolaeign element. tion, both geographical and linguistic, they have not been subjected to any foreign domination and have been but little influenced by foreign culture. They have possessed and inhabited their country in the Scandinavian peninsula for more than 5,000 years. Their language, with its sister tongues, Norwegian and Danish, is an outcome of the old Norse, which a thousand years ago was common to the whole Scandinavian world. Hypnotizing Animals. In India it is known that a cobra caught by the neck and gently pressed will soon become stiff and remain so for a considerable time, either coiled up or out straight. A frog fastened to a hoard and turned suddenly upside down, goes Into a trance. Other animals are susceptible to this treatment, some more quickly than others. If you pick up a crab and wave it in the air it becomes Immobile, a female bending her legs over her abdomen, a male them out almost sticking straight. The same Is true of tha fresh-wate- r crayfish, only tills resists for a much longer time than the crab. A srvsrftawr et lf The Specialist. But, man, hes insulted you? Prize Fighter He cant Insult me. When I fight I gets paid for It good. Life. Has Made Up His Mind. Shirtwaists for tnen are coming She back, but we know one hack they will moss. ot one-ha- For Judge Why did you Jump Into tiro fight. It was none of your affair. Prisoner Thats true, your honor, but I had to take sides one way or the other. 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