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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH T3fiQ LEGION WORKER HAS NO LEGS State Adjutant of the Department of Idaho Does Not Allow Handicap COttoUDRORj to Interfere. F. (Coj.y for This Department Supplied bv tiie American Legion News Service.) SAD WELCOME AWAITS THEM Mother, Brother, Sweetheart, En Route From Europe Will Find Young Soldier Dead. Louis Kosmen Is dead in a St. Taul Minn., hospital. From somewhere in Central an aged widowed mother, a Europe lass of nineteen and a lad of fourteen recently started on a long awaited journey to far-of- f America to rejoin the son, sweetheart und big brother, believed to lie ready to greet them after years of separation. l or eighteen long years Louis Kos-me- a had pursued the blue bird of happiness. Through prosperity and poverty, on battlefields and in hospitals he had followed, always with the dream that some day he would he able to send for the loved ones to come to him in the promised land of America. At last Kosnien believed lie could see the fulfillment of his dreams. T hrough the aid of bis American n pals with whom he had served in the World war, the red tape of government immigration regulations had been cut and he had cabled word to the waiting loved ones that they should come to him In his American home. The lines of fatigue faded from his face and the discouraged droop disappeared from his shoulders as he thought of seeing once more his mother and little brother and his promised bride. Then came Illness. The doctor told him that disease contracted while serving In the American army during the war would necessitate an operation. Recently he went onto the operating table. The next day he was dead. When but a lad of fifteen, Kosmep, heir of a once wealthy and Influential Albanian family, had been sent to Greece to escape the Turks. His father was killed by them. Before he left he was betrothed, according to the custom of his country, to baby Aspasia Gerdan. In following years he fought the Turks, served In their prisons, was wounded, escaped and finally came to the United States where he set to work to build up a comfortable home for his remaining loved ones. Ill fortune pursued him. After accumulating considerable money he lost It In a business venture. Then America, the land of his adoption, entered the war and he followed the flag to the front In spite of broken health from the military service he had set at work once more to build tip a fortune for his family and heileved his ambition was nttained when death claimed him. dark-haire- d Albert, I.ester Handicapped? State adjutant of the Department of Idaho of the American Legion, considers mi physical disability an Insurmountable obstacle. For this Intrepid veteran of the World war, who at the battle of ("antigny lost both legs and suffered other serious wounds, 1ms not faltered in performance of his work since Ids return to civilian life. Albert, who was a lieutenant with Company G. 5(th Engineers, was In action with the First French army at Cnntigny in May, 1918. Two platoons of the company were under his com nnind, as lie was In charge of tiie Their position Searchlight section. was under the direct and heavy shell fire of tiie Germans during tiie night of May 27. One of the German shells ended active service for Lieutenant Albert. TO WITH BUREAU Branch In Legion Will Assist Veterans' Aiding Former Warriors Serving Time in Institutions. K matter. not the field on which he dies, whose the dart that lays the fighter low. If on the foremost line of truth he lies Iw With hands outf luiiS and face unto the foe jk maid itation committee, has announced. V5terans bureau officials believe that there are many men now sentences who may be unaware hat the bureau Is Interested In their wellbeing, nnd possibly others whose Imprisonment may be due to conditions resulting from war service. Of the Imprisoned, only about 2,000 are receiving benefits from the bureau. Legion officials may be named by courts ns guardians for mentally disabled veterans under the proposed plan. Many mentally incompetent men are said to be suffering from lack of proper guardianship, and their condition renders them Incapable of instituting court action in their favor. It Is probable that the new plan will first he tried out in the federal prisons at Atlanta, Leavenworth and McNeil Island. Seattle. Veterans bureau physicians, mental specialists and vocational educators would be permitted to survey the institutions to determine the nature of rehabilitation measures to he taken. The plan may later include parole of prisoners under care of the American Legion or welfare organizations, while they could be sen to vocational schools elsewhere if fa ciiities for such education were not available at the penal Institutions. set-ri- 18,-00- 0 The Canada of Vimy Ridge. The Canada of Vimy Ridge, as It Is described, is soon to become a realthe ity on that historical spot where Canadians stemmed the tide of German invaders of France. Where now field, is soon Is hut tiie barren, war-torto blossom with the trees and flowers of Canaila, transplanted with loving rare from their native land to France. Tiie project Is in the hands of a France ion named from Canada. mefor land acres 250 of has granted i morial purposes. Walter Allward, was in now France, to sculptor, The monuments which mark the spot. lie was able to place the princiwhich pal memorial at a point from lands, desolated the seen he tray soldiers, Canadian over by trumped will be many to die there. The land created Into a park. It Is the great number of federal statues and structures which strike the visitor as making Washington of the Civil war, Union generals and admirals, many of them equestrian statues, on comparatively small granite buses. Some of the older of these have been criticized by artists as rather commonplace. Undoubtedly the artistic taste of the people has advanced during the last generation, resulting about twelve years ago In the creation by congress of a fine arts commission Lester F. Albert. charged with the duty of passing upon all statues, structures and public off a It shattered both his legs, tore works of art and their erection. This finger of his right hand, and Inflicted has brought about a marked Improveimmany severe body wounds. Only ment In both the selection of design mediate surgical aid, followed by blood and subjects, and their appropriate transfusion, was responsible for savplacement with reference to the future ing Albert's life. development of Washington, which it a After a long period in government is the hope of every one will eventualhospital at Fort Snelllng, Minn., he ly become the most beautiful city In and to returned his home In Idaho, world The Improvement is seen In the took up his chosen work ns an electhe removal last year from Dupont cirtrical engineer. cle of a stnndlng bronze statue of AdHis activity In the organization of miral Dupont, of Civil war fame, and in Idaho the American Legion the erection in Its place of an exquisite brought him recognition from hunmemorial fountain with a bronze men of state the dreds of of the admiral. Early In April and at the first nnnunl convention he a memorinl was dedicated to General was named to the post of department commander of the Army of the Meade, adjutant. lie has held this position Iotomnc nnd the hero of Gettysburg, since that time, and at the last conthe turning point In the Civil war. The vention was elected for a three-yea- r group of which the great warrior In period. full military uniform is the central figMr. Alberts determination for reure includes also figures representing habilitation In spite of the Injury he Military Courage, Energy. Fame, Loysuffered has won the admiration of The Chivalry and Progress. alty, In over the country. Legionnaires all Meade memorial Is the gift of the state noting the enthusiasm with which he of Pennsylvania. carries on his work, the extent of the General Grant Statue. injury is never thought of. He conAnother great memorial Is the heroic siders that physical handicap will not statue of Grant which was dedicated thwart progress If determination Is a with military and civic honors and a factor In the fight against it. great procession of 10,000 soldiers and members of organizations marching In line. This memorinl had been building DISABLED FELLOWS SHOW PEP since 1902 at a cost of more than $240,-00nnd It ranks as one of the greatest Officials Find Legion Rehabilitation war of memorials of the world. The Afflicted Men Make Good if Given of the Union commander-in-chie- f grim figure Fair Chance. sits his horse In characteristic on a pedestal, 40 feet in It has always been the contention of attitude flankedlofty Hons, and further to height, by offAmerican Legion rehabilitation two heroic groups and left the right by icials that If the disabled man Is given of subordinate statuary, the fighting an equal start with those about him, arms of the great army, the cavalry the vet will come through with flying and the artillery. The height of the incolors. Tills Is borne out in many bronze horse and the flguure of Grant stances, hut in perhaps none more Is 17 feet, and Its weight is 10,500 clearly than at the North Dakota AgriWith one exception, It Is the pounds. cultural college, where 10(5 Veterans largest equestrian statue In the world, Bureau trainees are In attendance. so perfect are the proportions of yet Names of five of these entire group that it appears entirethe were on the honor roll of the school ly natural. One can study for hours when It was announced, a proportion the grim grandeur of the Grant statue 20 per cent of the of approximately and the spirit of war as portrayed In total number of trainees enrolled as the plunging horses of the cavalry against 1 per cent of the other students group and the tremendous action dewho succeeded In making the honor picted in the artillery charge, and margrades. The average grade of these vel at the achievement. was 92.6 per cent five veteran-student- s Sculptor's Great Work. for the quarter. The Grant memorial has been the The veterans are also active in camllfework of the sculptor, Henry Mer-wl- n pus affairs. Every officer elected at a Shrady. His father, Dr. George F. meeting of the Draftsmen and BuildShrady, had been the attending physiers club at the college was a trainee. cian upon Genernl Grant during his Burton Odekirk, a trainee, won outlast Illness, and out of this personal ac standing honors as a judge of live stock when he was a member of the college team at the National Live Stock show at Chicago in competition with teams representing the other bas-reli- ef n emu-rnis- To-ro- -. stu-- d Ilarry Eckman, an rt at the School of Agriculture of Minnesota, has won a medal for cattle judging in competition with a large cliss of other live stock students. CARTERS R1TTLE i JiPILlS There Is In sorrow a sacred loneliness that resents Intrusion, and yet in every human heart there is bowed down, for a sense of the sympathy of others. Memorial day Is the tendering to those who mourn, the token of a nations compassion. It was a noble prompting that set the day aside. It Is not a mere formality, the occasion for a show of grief. Those gone before will be remembered heart daily and every will have Its private sanctuaries. But this day the burden of sorrow is shared, the loss of all is commemorated ; the hope of all Is reaffirmed. The new graves shall have their heaps of bloom and let there be at least a blossom for those that are sunken and sodded. The lowly and the unmarked must have the common care. And with the reawakened memories of the dead, let there come a quickening of the sense of responsibility to the To those to whom a nation's living. gratitude Is due as defenders let there be lacking no just recognition of the indebtedness, lest the outward show of sorrow fall of that which proves expression of sympathy genuine. Exchange. grief-stricke- n Day of Deep Significance. than double significance which attaches to Memorial day In 1923 grows out of the memories and experiences of the past. It long ago was realized that we do the dead but a small service if we but place flowers on their graves and are content with that. The living comrades of those who fought and died were stirred by the memories of the occasion to new resolutions to make these sacrifices worth while, and the extent to which their example has been followed by all citizens has been the measure of the profit that has been derived from observance of the day. More In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amidst the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. A Market Overlooked. Excitedly the manufacturer of the Wprld's (ireatest Insect Exterminating Pdwder burst Into the export manaj office. Hey! ft'i .'Yj' Take Z, JaI T by tf w S? -- -- egion Band and Drum Corps. erican Legion bands and drum are getting to be tl. ; common in Minnesota cities. Recently ifiebl. Hutchinson nnd Red Wing nnaires formed the corps, and re-- 7 the Rine City post took over the town hand. Legion musical orations already existed at Duluth, ester, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Shake and a number of other place Slffi lEMMOTli Jor Economical Transportation OF Farm Products Modem, progressive 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 especially 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 of General Motors Corporation Detroit, Michigan Prices f. o. b. Flint, Mich . Roadster $510 Superior 525 Superior 5 Pan. Touring Superior Utility 680 Coupe Sedanette 850 Superior Sedan . . 860 Superior Superior Light Delivery ' . 510 Superior Commercial ChusU 425 Utility Express Truck Chassis 575 ....... ....... Dealers and Service Stations Everywhere iSii schools. Wliy-er-n- Wind Colic To Sweeter Stomach Regulate Bowels quaintance young Shrady had listened Aids in the assimilation of Food, promoting Cheerfulness, Rest, and to vivid accounts of the achievements of the great general. For some time tiie form which his design should take Natural Sleep without Opiates greatly perplexed Shrady, and well It To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of (dutjfyzckJcJ&U might, for here was to be erected a Proven directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it. great memorial by the congress of the United States to cost a quarter of a million dollars, nnd In the capital of the United States, to commemorate the victor of ninny battles In the conflict for the preservation of the Union, and who had won the battle that ended the Take a good dose of Carter's Little Liver Pills war. But, inspired by the thought, then take 2 or 3 for a few nights after. They restore Shrady conceived the Idea of a monuthe organs to their proper functions and Headache 300 mental marble platform nearly and the causes of it pass away. feet In length, with Ulysses S. Grant THEY REGULATE THE BOWELS and on horseback at a height of some forty PREVENT CONSTIPATION feet In the center, two great bronze Snail PiD ; Snail Dot ; Snail Price on lions either side guarding the flag, and a group of cavalrymen In action It is not so difficult to be a good on the right and a dashing artillery Theres no hope for an old bachelor group on the left. With this concep- fellow to someone worth having us a who cant Induce even a widow to tion he went to work nearly twelve friend. marry him. years ago. Shrady died, after a physical breakdown from the many years of Cuticura for Sore Hands. CATARRH Soak hands on retlrlngIn the hot suds effort In completing the great memoCatarrh la a Local disease greatly Influenced by Constitutional conditions. rial. It was his llfework. of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in CuHALLS CATARRH MEDICINE consists of an Ointment which gives Quick ticura Ointment. Remove surplus Relief by local application, and the Ointment with tissue paper. This Is Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts only one of the things Cuticura will do through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces and assists In ridding your System If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used of Catarrh. for all toilet purposes. Advertisement. Sold by druggists for over 40 Tears. F. J. Cheney 4b Co., Toledo, O. DAY OF NATIONAL SYMPATHY It Is better to be disappointed In The emptier the bead the less it love than It is to be disappointed In Significance of Memorial Time le That takes to fill It. alimony. Sorrow la Shared by Every Patriotic Spirit. I differ- ent from any other city. Many of these bronze statues are of the heroic figures he bellowed. Have we got an agency in Egypt? sir. Well, why aint we? I see a movie of (them pyramids last night and it says they were covered with millions of American hieroglyphics. Legion Weekly. Fletcher's Castoria is a harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups, especially prepared to relieve Infants one month old to Children all ages of Diarrhoea Worthily Honored The Nations Great ger's MOTHER! Constipation Flatulency 0, The American Legion will with the United States veterans bureau in the extension of vocational training and medical rehabilitation to the 18,000 veterans of the World war serving sentences In federal and state penal institutions, Joe Sparks, chairman of the Legion's natlonnl rehabil- J Dourqsit, ss Capital City Has Le-N;- toil-wor- n I M4 IIOr up our quarrel with the foe! To you from falling hands we throw The torch. Be yours to hold it high! If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. John D. McCrea. hT iC- -, rrrl.r t No Talent. Approved. John You say Bert doesnt have Soph. Is Ibis nip sanitary? Fresh. Must be; everybody uses it. much of a line. Don No, he cant I even string a banjo." Detroit Free Press. |