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Show V tiie eeaver comnr weekly RAY, VETERAN OF TWO Commander f South DakeU Department of the Legion Has Had) Much Experience. ommo. UDopr the tot This Department marie in Let a Niw BuppUed All LOST SIGHT ' IN - h HJNpERjEDJO spiritual IN. MEXICO OFFICER m Commander of Department Also Menv ' bar of National Executive Com-- . mlttee of the Legion,. Although Leigh H. Rovxar, com-andof the department of Mexico ' of the American Legion was presl deut of a large 1 brokerage firm In Mexico City, Me er Sixty-secon- st f - Ico, at the atart tf the World war, he enlisted In the army early In the : t game.'--'"-' '' ? - I.,r- - . - 1 ? ' that state. ' v air. uovsar com manded a battery : CHOOSE AIR MAN COMMANDER of field artillery.', I lieutenant as first W'Hi..m and upon promotion to a captaincy, Former Balloon Pilot, Lawyer, Heads Nebraska Department of the . , field artillserved In the Thirty-thir- d r American Legion, ery,- remaining with that ' organisation during Its service overseas. He Nebraska members of the American was discharged from service at the have elected Robert O. Sim- Legion Walter Reed hospital In Washington, mons, a former D. C, June 10, 1019, and returned to balloon pilot, aa u Mexico In his homo City. . department comAn organizer of Alan Seeger post of mander. Mr. Simthe Legion at Mexico City,, Mr. Rov- mons Is now an sar was named aa Its first commander. attorney In Scotts-biuf-t, Be was recently elected commander Neb. of his department and a member of The former pithe national executive committee of lot entered the the Legion. air service Octo-.be- r 28, 191T.. and IS PIONEER LEGION WORKER waa licensed as a spherical balloon Washington Man,' Field Organizer, Pilot by the Aero Will Help Supervise National Club' of America In February, 1918, Movement for More Member. and commissioned as a second lieuten' Robert A. Le Roux, who was one ant In the air service In March, 191S. of the pioneer American Legion work For some time he waa an Instructor and then waa In comers In the state In courts-msrtimand of the Sixty-thirEighty-thirof Washington, and Seventy-fourtballoon companies has been appointat Fort Omaha. He was commissioned ed field organiser at national a first lieutenant In June, 1918. Mr. Simmons la a graduate of the headquarters, and law college of the University, of Neleft ,.recenttyfor. Nevada to begin braska, He served for one term as county attorney. .work there. Mr. Le Roux is a newspaper man GOOD SHOWING IN SERVICE and has had con- -TTUrt- r strferahta v Commander of NevadrDepartment'ef . the. Jeld nce,Jn, the-- Legion Re Front Private- - te He served with a of oif Qowtio First Lieutenant Canadian Infantry unit In France dur- big the war. He is one of several naT. L. Withers, commander of the tional field organisers whose duty It Nevada department f the American ,wtU be to supervise speakers and oth- - Legion rose from or organisers In the national niove-saethe rank ' of for more members for the' Amer- vate In the pri Na ican Legion, The membership cam-- , tional Guard to palga to be carried out this ' year will that of first lieu" be national In scope. tenant duAng his military career, DADDY OF LEGION 'POPPY DAY which waa spent In various organthe Buckeye Major Credited With Orlg-- , izations - of Coast Inatlng Idea of Wearing Blossom Artillery In Memory of Heroes. ; corps. me-- . , .. . - . al a d I h JU..JUrJt , ' nt . i . . Major Wade v - tha American 0, have; orljrhiat--- v V'VTT the. Legion "Poppy day" and I the Idea of sell on log popples the street to be worn In remem-- . .. branre of our dead heroes of the World war. Hie poppy was adopted at the Cleveland convention ot the Lgiou u tbo offlrlnl flower of the former serv-k- a mun's erpialzatlon. ed t Tounc- Educated . - to ' C Chrlstv of town Post, No. 13, of Legion st Youttss- Is said , at Thatcher Prepar atory school, Nurdhoff, CuU the t'ni- vemlties ot Nevada. California and Virginia, Mr. Withers acted aa In struct or ift mathematics and chemistry for aome tine and then entered the practice or law at Keno, Nev. He served as chnlrman of the Bed Cross Roll Call In 1017 and chairman of the home service section, American ped Cross,. Ktna, Nev, and waa active la organising the NevaJi department of the American Legion. To Finish the Job. Tsroear Pretty good, dont you thlnkT I made It for a cover design,' Krltlx Now, If you could only de sign a cover for th picture. . - 'f i VT Br IKVING Condensation by . Mabel Herbert Urner vrashiaataa wa New aad Yrk Alea er hmtm tm la IT8S v at kla .;' 'Saaay-mlie,krai, mm the Hala 18SS. ' , - j, s rW - " - ft Iatcadcd th law, a watch be ku4 aa bttrat. kr tmpavraba the f allara at baatacaa ycatarca, Irrlmg taraed t Ilteratara aa a mui aral caalaa, S $ I waick ate a waa tor aaaltlaa a kaaia aa4 aaraai aa the ataat faaaor- - "- i FOU SYAIIP-ROO-T J. - jrOO LATE -- KIDIIEY. AILIIEiTS tv, I. m! ana medicine that really a a medicine for stands our curable ailments of the kidneys, Uvsr and ' tf short fcV Don't wait until pains and a stands the t Dr. KEsier'e incorabla diaewea, Afr that U has proven becoa aighett for the reason needed thousands in cooseqaeacet vj peinfai to be jurt the remedy ' bladder. Gunpowder, the bony old plow bone. pon thousands M borrowed from the fanner wjta whom mikea friends quickly Ds-Ichabod was domiciled, was a suitable eauas Hs mild and immediate elect it soon, a genua, steed for hli long, gaunt frame.- - - - - realized is moatass -compound. Jocging slowly along. It waa after healing vegetable Rtart treatment at once. Sold at au sundown wlfan 'he reachedv.Van (Tas-sel'i tore in bottles of iwo sixes, mediwhere wtre gathered the farmer drug and large. an! . . j, a 77 , folk of the surrounding country. However, U you wun urn w w ' to Dr. cents send ten However, it wss not the buxom great preparation N. Y, for a Kilmer Einghamlon, Ichabod Co, enthralled, held which Inrses aamole bottle. When writing be sure and It was the sumptuous abundance of mention this , paper. Arv the supper table. Such luscious ban and chicken, and heaped platters of Enjoya It doughnuts, crullers snd ginger cakes! "Made any New Year's resolutlonsr IchabddV rapacious appetite am "Sure. It's so much fun breaking em mnle Justice to this repast, while he afterwards.' rioated lorn, tha ropnleiic of whtefc some day he might be master;" Soon the sound of fiddling bade an to dance. With Katrlna as ws partner, smiling graciously at tola amorous clings, the lank, but agile, Ichabod clattered triumphantly about While Brom Bones, sourly smitten with-Jea- l ousy, kept broodlngiy aloof. Later, Ichabod Joined tho eager folk. who sat smoking and spinning tales of ehogts and apparitions, and of the headless horseman, that nightly tethchurchyard ered his steed amons;-thgraves. Most terrifying were the adventures of those who, on dark nights, had met Even Brom the gruesome specter. testified that once, overtaken by the midnight trooper, he had raced with him to the church bridge, where th horseman had vanished in a flash of taat - Aaterieaa ataa af fottara af hla'tiaM. Salau Dle4rieh Kalekarhaekcr'a Smadl" aa Hlaterr t Raw Terk ..frass e Bcsla-- , alaat af tha Warla ta tka Bad af tht Oatch DTmBtTm arala hlat m Mata-tts- a hr their aatire aa caaUa aawer. ESi lata THn tr4ae4 his 11 tm af Galaaailth, Mahaaiat aa Waahtastaa. Tha Sara af aalaahlar taTaattcatlaa at aaarcaa ha4 aat yet arrival H wa aa a bm af lattara rather taaa aa a aehalav that Irrlas wrata hia hlatarieal hia aaraaaaUtr aaakai. tha eharaa-- at aS tha aawer ta Ttaaaliaa paasla aaS ' elreaaMtaaeca helae hlat erreatlr. Bat fire. hia really creative, aad ertalaal werk. When at a late hour the revel broke aaeh aa tha Sketrh-Beeaa4 "Kalck. custom-sr- y er keeker," will always SaS tha Meat up, Ichabod lingered for the lovers' talk. What passed at that derated reaflera af the earliest Aaaeri-ea- a Interview with the heiress was- - never af lettera. " known, but when ha finally sallied ERE In a sequestered cove of forth it was with a .dejected, chopair. fallen the Hudson lies "the drowsy Had Katrina's encouragement been valley of Sleepy Hollow once a coquettish trick to secure her only a remote, enchanted region, abounding In haunted spots and twilight supersti- conquest of hia rival? : It was near the witching midnight tions. The dreamy, visionary Dutch folk, hour that the crestfallen Ichabod pur descendants of the early settlers, were sued his solitary travel homeward. All the stories of ghosts and goblins told given to marvelous beliefs. f that evening crowded hauntlngly upon beawesome of most wraith this The ' witched neighborhood was A headless him. a&& darker The grew deeeper night figure on a powerful black charge which at midnight rode forth from the as he approached the lonely church yard sombrous scene of many of tha church graveyard. At every country fireside were told tales. Suddenly through the leafof came tha clatter stillness stirred g stories of the weird and 1 ghool'sn pranks of the Headless Horse-M- a hoofs Something huge and misshapen loomed crouching shadows. of Sleepy Hollow. jv , In above the Ichabod dashed terror quaking soul most the superstitious Perhaps ' followed unknown tha but ahead, throughout the valley, In the days Just the Then close. moonlight through following the Revolution, was the coun revealed the headless a cloud, rifting Crane. Tall, try schoolmaster, Ichabod be was a grotesque horseman I Mora ghastly still, bislank, head rested on the pommel of his sadfigure, yet not lacking in conceit As was the custom, he led an Itiner Away . they, flew, Ichabod .madly ant life, boarding with the farmers whose children he taught SIncfljhe spurring Gunpowder, while the sinis brought the .local gossip and helped ter horseman came galloping after. As they reached tho haunted road, with the chores, his periodical visits tlons were welcomed by the house turning off to Sleepy Hollow, the girth of Ichsbod's saddle broke. Gripping " wives. He also enlivened the long wintry his steed around tha neck, aa the sad evenings with direful stories of wltch-car-ft dle slipped beneath him, be still In a snug chimney corner be- plunged on, with tha ghostly rider pur ' fore a crackling wood lire, there was suing. The church bridge, where in Brom fearsome pleasure In these blood-chil- l' Bones' tale .the specter had vanished, Ing tales. But for this gruesome enjoyment, was Just ahead. Another moment and how dearly he paid when out alone at old Gunpowder was thundering over night What menacing shadows beset the resounding planks. . Here Ichabod, casting a backward d bush Jus pathL Every glance, saw the goblin rising in his stood a sheeted specter In his way. '" HoweVer.lt was not only these phan stirrups and In tha very act of hurt- toms of the night that disturbed his mg his head. horrible The missile crashed peace, for his dsys were haunted by the most bewitching of all witches a against Ichsbod's cranium and ha plunged headlong Into tha road while woman. In his weekly singing; class was Eat- - Gunpowder and the ghostly horseman rlna Tan Tassel, only child of a sub- swept on. stantial farmer. Famed for her beauty The next morning the old horse was and vast expectations, the enraptured Ichabod became her ardent suitor. found saddleless, grating at bis mas- Gloatingly he surveyed her fatherla tera gate. But no Ichabod I rich meadow lands, the overflowing in the road by tne church waa found the saddle.' Farther on was the barns, and the great sloping-roofefarmhouse filled with treasures of.fod trampled hat of the unfortunate ped- mahogany, pewter and stiver; All" these agogwand ' dose beside It a shat rich possessions made Ichabod covet tered pumpkin! , the peerless Katrlna. The whole neighborhood was aroused. The most formidable of his many Brom Bones' story and all tha othei rivals wss the roysterlng Brown Van weird tales were called to mind, anj Brunt, nicknamed, from his herculean the good folk sagely concluded that Ichabod had been 'carried oflTly thi frame, Brom Bones. - He wet he hero-o- f all the eountry headless horsemanv.----.- -goon tne scnooi was removed to a round, which rang with his feats of strength and hardihood. A reckless less haunted sector. Another ped a horseman and foremost In all rural gogue reigned, and Ichabod became sports, he waa always rer.dy for pnly a legend. - It is true that several years later fight or a frolic , Yet even the old dames, stsrtled. out an old farmer, returning from New of their sleep as he clattered byiat Tork, brought news fhat Ichabod waa midnight, looked upon his wild pranks still alive; that fear of tha goblin, and with mora good-wi- ll than disfavor. chagrin at his dismissal by the heirThis rantlpole hero had chosen to ess, had caused his flight; thst In an lay alttge to the blooming Katripa, And other part of the country be had When on a Sunday nlcht his horse taught school, studied law, and be d wss tied to Van Tassel's palings, all come Justice of the court other suitors passed on In deopalr. But Brom Bones, who shortly-aft"Ichsbod. however, In his mle of his rival's disappearance had led the sinking master, made frequent visits at blooming Katrlna to the altar, was obthe form. Neither old Vsn, an easy, In served, to look exceedingly knowing dulgent soul, nor his buy housewife, whenever the story of Ichabod was reInterfered with the pedagogues iult lated.. At the mention 'of the pump-kl- n yet Ma wooing was beset with diffi he' never failed to laugh heartily, culties. ' which led some to suspect that he Brom Bones had declared a deadly knew more about the matter than he feud, and as Ichabod shrewdly avoid- choe to disclose. ed a physical combat, h,e became the The old country wives, however, object of whimsical persecutions by mattntn to this dsy that Ichnbod wss Broro and lila boon companions. spirited away by the headless horse They smoked out his singing school ; man. And many gruesome tales of the bnifc Into and turneri topsy-turv- y his pofIngopues fate- - are still told round srhoolhouse; and syir worse, taught the wintry firesides ot Sleepy Hollow. a scoundrel dog to wnine as a rival Copyright, 1911, fcr tha Post Publishing, Instructor In psalmody to the fair KatCo. (The BoKton rot). Copyright in the United Kingdom, the Dominion. Its rlna. and depandenclea, under the copyOne fine autumnal afternoon Ichaact, by the Poet PubtUhtna Co, right In a pensive mood, sat enthroned bod, Poeton, Man., U. S. A. All rights ren the lofty stool from which he ruled , . served. Dstth ocljr a rcatter - Swamp-Roo- oudil c.Pnot WASHINGTON - - I: G0LDI3JAL The world's standard remedy forkidan liver, bladder and arte add troablee--W11MW Oaaimnteed. ,wug eucs it; 7 v Three aisaa, alt dragsC ; ,eS A conceited man will not tulk bs' you behind your back, lie will tibont himself. j a Rev. William 8. Gilbert commander of the Oregon department of the American Legion, a, is fighting chaplain who has administered to the wants of Oregon In the troops Ameri Spanish can war, the Phil insurrec ippine tion, during their service on the Mexican border, XVn and for 17 months In France with the A. E. F. ' His military career sUrted 26 years ago, when he became chaplain In the Oregon National Guard. During the World war he was chaplain of the One Hundred and d infantry. Forty-firdivision and First army corps. He receTVed the Croix da . Guerre, a has held The'ghtlng parson", number of pastorates In the state of Oregon, and waa for three years president of Philomath college. He was recently appointed regent of Orexon State university by the governor of v- . OD SERVICE Commander of Oregon Department of Legion, Has Oeeerved Title of "Fighting Parson . LEGION SLEEPY HOLLOW w being mustered out of the seaVice, Mn Ray' enlisted th the South Dako ta Xutlonal Guard and was a memwhen the ber of United States entered the World war. puring the latter war he served as commanding officer of the One Hun and later H the dred and Thirty-fiftThree Hiifi'dred end Fiftieth infantry. He Is now cashier of a bank at Yankton, S. D. Mr. Ray Is a charter member of Boy Anderson post, No. 12. of the Legion, and served as its commander. He was elected commander of the South. Dakota department In 1919. J ' fair? After The spirit of the American Legion doe rot la r In the members of ICv? ergreen pos, "fo. 5, in splta f the fact that all of ita members are 'men '""who "lost fcelr" night during I the World war. Whea F. W. Galbraltb, Jr., national , or,.. heard of the formation of the post recently, he Immediately wrote a tetter to Charlea Frear. post com- niander. Mr. Galbralth Intends to visit the post In the near future. The national commander's letter, In sart, follows: "I am 'touched beyond expression that these comrades of ours hare seen at to associate themsleves together In affiliation with the great American Legion for the purpose of realising tore fully those Ideals for which they fought It Is an Inspiration to tnow that, scarred and maimed to an extent which would lead many to, feel 'that to them there would be no further obligation to give to the world, but rather to live and receive, they till feel a desire to give something further of service to their country and ' community. This Is Indeed true no-- 'biiny." THE LEGEND OF s. i ' CLASSICS S, " his laggard pupOs with slothful tnle atlllnMS nf Ah arhnok frv. IHff KnKtnr r, room was broken by a galloping who brought aa Invitation tc "quilting frolic" that eveninj at van i Tassel's. v Promptly dismissing school, Ichabod furbished up his only suit "of rusty black, and soon rode forth a gallant cavalier to this bidding of his .lady mes-senge- I CONDENSED ana days of Mr, TO, Ray served In 16 battles and scrim-maze- 1 Members of Evergreen Pot No. American Uglon, Eufoglxed-- by National Commsndar, U' y THE WAR ' . by "I F. B. Ray, commander of the Sooth of the American Pakotn department ' Legion, Is a yet- . eran or notn tne Spanish - Araert- -' can and World fcervk'e-- ) A I WARsfc - PRUSS. BSAVEg,' UTAH k" You must say VBayer" H ' the name "Bayer' on tablet Warningl Unless you you, are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by, physicians for 21 years and proved safe by millions. Accept only tn "unbroken package" of "Bayer Tablets ol Aspirin,'whlcli contains proper directions for Colds, Headache, Rheumatism, Neuritis, Lumbago. tablets cost but a lew'eenta-Larg- er pedLages. Pain, Toothache, Neuralgia, Eaady tia boxes of 12 ' iaatela la Ue trade m&k at Bayer Meaataetare at MeaaaeeUeaaidaater a Sallcrlliaei4 SPECIAL MEDAL FOR THIS DOQ ROPE SUPERIOR TO LEATHL blood-curdlin- long-limbe- d, snow-covere- , St Bernard Forgot Eternal Feud With Fibrous Material Rapidly Supplant; Cat Family and Braved Ftamea J Betting In American and Eur, pean Milts Snd Factories. : yl"Puasy;. ;'t '..i' :The supply of Carnegie hero medals would" soon five out, If all the brave and thoughtful dogs were remembered. A St Bernard In the town of Everett, " Mas, mlnaful of ' the traditions of snowbound travelers and his Alpine monastery, has Just effected a triple rescue that entitles him to whatever dojfJom caa offer in the way of canon ization, to match the name of the saint that his devoted breed already bears. First ha woke up the families in two apartments If his loud barking when a ; fire ' broke out and then, having started the human beings on their hurried exodus to safety, be darted back through the smoke, got the family cat which had been forgotten In the ex citement' and reappeared with his tribal enemy n his mouth. Would all huma beings have been so magnani " " mous Philadelphia Ledger. " - . For 20 years there has been creasing use In this country of an I man rope for" power transmission In m! and factories In place of leather bY ingrin Ehgllsh factories ropes sm! seded belting long ago, and their t Is nearly universal. In the Ual: States the change that has taken pU began with the acquisition of the Ft lppine Islands, where, as .' everjb' knows, the manllat hemp flourlii The fiber of this hemp varies tn le&f from ,6 to 12 feet and occaslonallv t tains a length of IS feet It is a to possess greater tensile strer.; than any other fiber known, ei Ing 50,000 pounds per square k! Bope drives, as transmission ropei called, possess the advantage of a lessness, owing to their flexibility the existence of an Air paag( the grooves between the rope so4 1 sheath. , Head on Hia Shoulders. Edwin If I. do ;say It myself. I Delicate Discretion. fancy I've a pretty good head on my ! "Youdld pot uW the form Vr shoulders. f Angellna-I- t's nqt really beautiful. Xmas' this year." There is "I avorded the Edwin. .It's the way I do my hair. for everything, and I thought It It Is doubtful whether original sub be as well not to do anything v' stitutes for "Good morning" are worth might get article X mixed tats?" while. 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