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Show THE TtlE AMEMN COMPILING WORLD WAR DATA Achievement of Men and Women Dur ing Great Conflict to Be Recorded in General History. Compilation of the achievements of men and women of the World war, and the establishment of a national historical archives for the preservation of documents and Important data concerning the campaigns of the war, is tOopy for This Department Supplied by the principal work which has fallen to the office of the national historian of the American Legion News Service.) the American Legion. recent advances of ILLINOIS MEN WIN BONUS thisOne of the most important cog in the Legion machine at headquarters In Indianapolis, Supreme Court Uphold Act Providing is the completion of the biographical for the Allowance of Fifty data of the men whose World war Cents Per Day, careers and prominence In Legion his tory will be of Interest to Legion men The close relation existing between In future years. the services of the Individual soldier Eben E. Putnam, of Wellesley Farms, f the World war and the general wel- Mass., national historian of the or fare of the state gives rise to a claim ganization, whose entire time Is de appealing to a universal sense of fair- manded In the obtaining of data and ness and justice, declared the opinion records for the continuance of the of the Supreme court of Illinois in up- archives section of the Legion, has holding the bonus act of that state. delegated much of this work for The court was unanimous on the con- biographical reference to Harvey G. stitutionality of the act and by this Thomas, assistant national historian decision paves the way for 300,000 formerly of Monticello, Ind. men and women to obtain a Under Mr. Thomas' direction, acatate bonus. cumulation of this data concerning The Illinois act provides for the nearly 3,000 Legion members throughpayment of 60 cents per day for each out the 11,000 posts of the organization day of service in the army, navy or marine corps. The maximum payment which any veteran may draw Is $300. To pay the veterans a bond Issue of 155,000,000 has been made and will be old Immediately. Palmer D. Edmunds, chief clerk of the board which passes on the bonus applications, has estimated that payment will begin mm about July 1, and that the former soldiers will be paid at the rate of approximately 24,000 a month. Applications to the number of 220,000 are already on file with the board. ' The case In Supreme court, a friendly suit" brought by the father of a Legion man of Springfield, 111., attracted much attention. It was the contention of the attorneys for the appellants that the law violated the constitution by granting extra compensation after public service had been rendered. The opinion of the court, written by Chief Justice Thompson,, and without a dissenting vote, held that the recipients of compensation in the case did Harvey C. Thomas. not come within this specification of the constitution. They, the opinion In the world Is progressing rapidly. said, do not stand In the relation of a Comprehensive questionnaires have public officer, agent, servant or con- been sent out and there is already a tractor of, or with the state, and "that mass of this matter In his office, awaitthe section has no application here." ing classification. The activity of the American Legion In preparation of this general history In assisting the securing of the passage of the Legion, the history of each post known. act well The Illinois is the of Is necessary. Through the state organorganization was called on to write ization, requests are made to the the act and was at all times active In individual posts for names of organmoving toward Its passage. On the izers, dates, the officers since the chareve of the election by which the voters tering of the unit, the progress In memof the state approved the bond Issue bers annually, all of which points out to pay compensation, the organization definitely the leaders In that post. This taged a demonstration throughout the Information Is in turn garnered by the ctate that won thousands of votes. department historian, executive comUnder advice of the Legion, the ruling mittee meetings and conferences. This was jnade by the bonus board that all combined with the post history will give ervlce should be compensated at the the entire department history. The specified rate until 1920. The previous history of posts and departments will acceptance had been for service ac be added to the biographical data obtained by Mr. Thomas, making comtually rendered before the armistice. plete records for a Legion history, pubUSED FLOUR TO 'RAISE DOUGH' lication of which Is now contemplated. Thomas entered the service early in May, 1917. lie received a commission Plan Successful Unique Money-Raisinof lieutenancy In Infantry shortly afterly Carried Out by Waukegan wards and was assigned to the Fifty-eight- h (III.) Legion Auxiliary. Infantry, which later became a of unit the Fourth division. He went By use of a unique funding plan, the and was American Legion Auxiliary at Wauke- - overseas with this organization Alsne-Mam- e during the ean. 111., has succeeded in providing with the regiment Wounded at Flsmes, campaign. club-roofurniture for the Legion post CnKed States, to returned the was he was In of that city. Little expense on Armistice day, and was recurred In the campaign and the ladles landing tired from the service in July, 1020, were able to deliver a sufficient fund to the members of the Legion to complete with the rank of captain. ly equip the clubrooms. canvass was made FLOWERS ON NURSES' GRAVES A toy the auxiliary unraon In the Interest of a certain brand of flour. When a MaJ. Julia C. Stimson Makes Trip to "Waukegan woman was Impressed by Paris to Decorate Last Restthe "canvass" and they usually were ing Place. the Dlaced an order for bag of date. future a at flour, to be delivered Honoring the last resting places of On every barrel of flour sold the eleven American nurses who sleep In workers received $1, the goal being set Suresnes cemetery m France, an Imat $1,000, which It Is said was realized - pressive ceremony conducted by within a short time. Incldentnlly, Wau- United States representatives, and atIn fcegan grocers were forced to lay In a tended by American residents large stock of the flour to care for the France, recently marked the decoralerfjnde from the result of the solid tion of the graves of these brave women. Their bodies lie In the Amertaton of the workers. ican cemetery, where sleep nearly 1,500 TO THOSE IN OCEAN GRAVES other American World war dead. The cemetery, now a shrine of American patriotism, was chosen for Memorial Conducted Services Special the services presided over by MaJ. by Legion hi Honor of Victims Julia C. Stimson, former chief of the of Sea Warfare. memAmericas nursing service and A. Delano post of the of ber Jane the Those Americans who perished at American Ijpglon of Washington, D. ea during the World war were paid C. Major Stimson made the trip to th on Memorial by tribute day fitting France for the purpose of decorating American Legion. Hsndreds of Ameri graves. as sea of victims the theCol. cans went down Francis A. Drake A Paris repsubmarine and their unmarked graves resented the American Legion of Conwere remembered. tinental Europe at the services. ElOn the Tlconderoga alone 213 brave liott Wadsworth, assistant secretary of wn, and scores of Americans went the treasury of the United States, was manner. In similar other perished present, ns was Col. T. Ttentley Mott Recognition of the sailor's part In the of the American embssny, end other war was paid by numerous posts of the prominent members of the American 1pglon when the members set adrift colony In Tnrls. Prayers were incited arks of flowers In memory of those by Dr. Frederick Beokman of the who perished at sea, now resting In American church of the Holy Trinity. wave-swegraves. Additional Wards Ordered. Heavy Lead for Legion. An additional ward building baa Mountain Lnndi. supreme rnpgw by the Oklahoma legla arbitrator of organized bawtall re- been authorised Soldiers' Tubercular the for lajure five "within years cently predicted that veterans hrne at Sulphur, due to the efforts of .many supposedly of that state. The will heln to falter because of shock the American Legion Irglslnture also authorized the conand eiposure Buffered In the trenches." struction of an additional ward to care And he added : "The American Legion for Incompetent and mentally an Is which takinc Is the only body at tha Norman veterana to disnbled active stand for Justice of another men, and on the Legion will fall the (Ok la.) hospital, The suggestion la expenditures the Legionnaires, cwnre that of seeing responsibility cases will reach 1200,000. the Jes Its duty." the LEGION 'C3t ' ' To Retain Fertilizing Value to Greatest-ExtenIt Js Best to Exclude Air. tu DAIRY POINTS of Baby Chicks Cannot Be Cared. Ailment Manure pits or boxes are desirable for the temporary storage of munure, especially In towns and cities. These have been widely advocated, but the difficulty has been that manure often becomes infested before it Is put Into them, and flies frequently breed out before the boxes are emptied and. often escape through the cracks. To obviate these difficulties a manure box or pit, with a cone trap, attached, is desirable. In order to retain the fertilizing value of manure to the greatest extent It is advisable to exclude the air from It as much as possible and to protect It from the leaching action of rains. It is not necessary, therefore, to cover a large part of the top of the box with a trap, but merely to have holes large enough to attract Hies to the light, and to cover these holes with ordinary conical traps, with the legs cut off, so the bottom of the. trap will fit closely to the box. Th same arrangement can be made wierc manure Is kept In a pit. In ltrg bins two or more holes covered Wit traps should be provided for the es cape of the flies. Make Bin of Concrete. Manure boxes should be used by all stock owners in towns and cities ; they are also adapted to farms. The size of the manure bin should be governed by individual needs, but for use on the farm it Is desirable to make it large enough to hold all the manure produced during the busiest season of the year. A box 14 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 4 feet deep will hold the manure produced by two horses during about five months. About 2 cubic feet of box space should be allowed for each horse per day. The bin should be made of concrete. The bin may have a floor or It may be set In the ground several Inches, and the dirt closely banked around the outside. For the admission of the manure a good-size- d door should be provided in either end of a large bin. A part of thv top should be easily removable for emptying the box, or one entire end may be hinged. On account of the .danger of the door being left open through carelessness, it is advisable to arrange a lift door which can be opened by placing the foot on a treadle as the manure is shoveled In. The door should be heavy enough to close itself when the treadle Is released. Maggot Trap Described. Attention is directed to a maggot trap as described In Farmers' Bulletin 851 of the Department of Agriculture. Where large quantities of manure are produced on a farm this method of storing the manure on a platform and trapping the maggots which breed out may be more convenient than the manure bin. i Install Farm Drainage System in Dry Season II. B. Koe, associate professor of drainage of the University of Minnesota, contends that a dry season is the best time to install farm drainage systems. "Farm drainage," he says, "is a preventive of drought because by owning up and keeping clear the soil pores it Increases the storage room for reserve moisture, gives more uniform distribution of soil moisture and improves the tilth of the soil." Professor Koe gives three reasons why a dry season Is the best time to Install drainage: First, the work can be done with greater ease and more cheaply at such times; second, better work can be done In dry weather because the tiler can see what he Is doing and Is not hampered by bad weather conditions; third, most important of all Is the preparation In advance for the removal of excess moisture In the wet seasons sure to follow. In summing up Professor Roe says: "Farm drainage prevents drouth and Is a means of resisting Its effects. Careful design and a complete plan are essential to good results in drnlnnge which, If Installed under these conditions. Is an Inexpensive and permanent Insurance of crops against drouth as well as against excessive rainfall." by the United States Department of Agriculture-According to the United States De- partment of Agriculture, the disease of baby chicks known as .baelllary white diarrhea cannot be cured by any known method of medical treatment, but it can be stamped out of ' key-not- g To Prevent Flies From Annoying Farm Animals To prevent flies annoying fnttle spray the animals with a solutym of laundry soap one pound, warm Water four gallons, crude petroleum onto gal-lipowdered naphthalln four ounces. Shave soap Into wster and stlrJ until dissolved. Stir naphthalln Into crude petroleum likewise. Mis the tVvo so lution thoroughly and apply as a spray before milking time. other Why cows under test conditions pro duce on Hie average 60 per cent more milk and butterfat than those kept under ordinary herd conditions is a problem the dairy division, United State means. This disease is the most serious confronting most poultrymeu during the spring months because most deaths caused by it occur within two weeks after the Infected brood has been hatched. Usually only a few of an Infected brood are left alive, and these are unfit for future breeding purposes, as they serve as carriers and sources of future outbreaks. The malady Is so prevalent and destructive In many sections of the country that various states are taking active measures for Its control. Incubators and brooders which have held an Infected brood should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected with 5 Tier cent solution of fnrhnlir flpld before they are again used. If a flock of hens is found to carry the disease, the entire flock should be disposed of so that it will not again be used for breeding purposes, and replaced with birds from a. healthy, flock. Several state agricultural experiment stations are conducting an ag- glutination test for the detection of chickens which carry the germ of bacillnry white diarrhea. Because of the expense this method of eradication Is warranted only In case of very valuable stock. raisers who maintain Poultry flocks free from disease carriers, or who obtain eggs for hatching, or day-ol- d chicks, derived from such flocks, are practically assured of freedom from the scourge of the disease. Poultry With Dairying Is Profitable Practice Where farm dairying is practiced and butter supplied to the local market, the raising of poultry combines nicely with the dairy industry and the two go hand in hand In obtaining profit from the farm. The Income from the poultry and dairy each month in most cases keeps the farmer supplied with spare change and affords ready money for the running expenses of the house, The poultry business requires no large amount of capital and labor. Land that would otherwise be idle can very largely be utilized In caring for It. Buttermilk or skim milk, fed to hens. will pay a good profit. There are wastes about the dairy stables that cannot be utilized as effectively in any way as through poultry. Much of the food for dairying Is ad mirably adapted to feeding poultry, No additional help is required. The capital invested In poultry can be with drawn In a few days by the sale of the poultry ; and the waste products of the dairy are converted Into profit and the combination of poultry with dairying Is the most naturally attractive that can be thought of. The time of year when the returns come In from poultry Is when dairymen are generally anxioua to have the deficiencies of the dairy made good and there Is never a time In the year when poultry products cannot find a fair market. Western Farmer. Angora Goats Efficient for Killing Out Brush Angora goats are the most efficient means for clearing land that can be found. They not only keep down ull undergrowth but kill out brier patches and peel large brush. Goats can be fenced with wire with stays stretched tight. They get their horns caught In 6 Inch netting. I have fenced the in with rails built so they cannot Jump on the lower rails and was not bothered with them getting out, writes O. II. Foster of Indicut-ov- h h ana, In Farmers' Guide. Any good sheep fence will turn goats If they have salt, water, weeds, briers and brush in their Held. Spring and summer Is the best time for them in the brush. The more goats the quicker the field will le or thirty will be cleared. Twenty-fivenough for ten acres and will do a An Job in one seuson. Gouts need very little feed In winter, if you have shele Most Michigan Soils to Be Tested for Acidity ter for In accordance with the plans of the soils department of the Michigan Agricultural college, most of the soils In the state will be tested for acidity dur-In- g the next few years. Prof. C. II. Bpurwny, of the department, has developed a process of testing by which a few drops of a special solution on a small quantity of soil placed on a piece of waxed paper will reveal effectively the acidity of the soli and Its lime requirements. As the proper e amount of lime In the soli la the of profitable farming this simplified test Will have effect. Animal Produces Sixty Per Cent More Milk and Butterfat Than When With Herd. (Prepared a flock by them. UNDER TEST CONDITION COW t house-to-hou- ahell-shock- NEPHI, UTAH S, Call White Diarrhea Manure Pits Are Most Serious Disease Most Desirable g able-bodie- d TIMES-NEW- They should be sheared, though their wool brings 2 or 3 cents less than sheep wool per pound. There are several breeds of Angora goats In Indiana, but the supply Is not as great as the demand, as there are hundreds of acres of land In southern Indiana that need them. Fat goats bring about the same price on the market as fut sheep. Department of Agriculture, is still unable to solve. In the recent annual re port of the bureau of animal Industry, It Is stated that only 20 per cent of the increase has been satisfactorily ac counted for. Five per cent was due to keeping cows In box stalls compared with stanchions. Other experiments conducted on the government farm at Beltsville, Md., show that with cows of average production IrregoTar milking was not detrimental to aillk and butterfat production and that the cost of production Is increased when cows are exercised to the extent of being driven three miles a day. However, exercise was found to increase slightly tbft fat consent A considerable number t calves were fed with a uif.ple ait compared Results with drinking from a pall. showed no advantage In using nipples. in the Pectin pulp, a manufacture of pectin from apple pomace, was found to be less palatable, and less valuable as a dairy feed than beet pulp. The use of molasses In the dairy n is not Justifiable, the government report shows, for a group of cows that were given molasses In addition to the regular ration produced slightly less than the group that received the regular ration only. A experiment, now In progress, at Manhattan, Kan., will determine to what extent milk production can be developed without sacrificing desirable beef type. The work was started in 1915 and Shorthorn cattle are being used. ra-tlo- 20-ye- PASTURED Necessities Profitable A plan that is suitable to many farmers who succeed Is to raise as ninny of the food and feed necessities as may be profitable, estimating cost of production, and then grow a crop or two, or a few animals for csh. Such a plan will enable the farm mnn-agto meet his obligations for both present and future, better than diversifying merely to live or for money without considering cash as well as food and feel. The money crop Is very Important and care should be taken to plan wise-lfor the cash. Farmers must have cash as welt as food for thlr families and feed for alock. er SWEET CLOVER Good Results Obtained In Test Mads at Michigan Station No Trouble From Bloating. Four cows, receiving approximately one pound of grain for four pounds of milk, produced and pastured on 1.46 acres of sweet clover for 177 cow days, maintained their weicht and produced 8,088.6 pounds of milk and 201 pounds of fat, according to O. E. Reed and J. E. Burnett of the Michigan experiment station. At the start of the test the clover was 87 to 42 Inches high, and another" portion yielded 2.75 tons of hay to the acre. Over 40 per cent of the plnnts were In bud and nearly 15 per cent were In bloom at that time. When first turned on the pasture three of the cows did not eat the clovr readily but they soon relished It. No signs of bloating were noted throughout the experiment. (Conducted by National Council fccuuta of America.) of th Boy BOY SCOUTS AID POLICE What has been termed "One of the most dramatic phases of between the scout and the public In the whole history of scouting," has become an everyday reality, and more than 20,000 boy scouts of Greater New York now have opportunity to become official guardians of public safety. The new plan of is called "Boy Scout Safety Service" and has been Inaugurated by the safety commission of the New York police department and the Boy Scouts of America. The duty of the scouts will be to lend direct aid to the police officers In the protection of life and In carrying out the city's safety program. Before being enrolled a scout must pledge himself to work faithfully In promoting the objects of the service. He will then be officially designated as a boy scout safety aide and will be entitled to wear a button bearing the words to that effect. At the public schools the scout troops will form special safety patrols nnd will have definite beats in all streets In the neighborhood of the, sclrool. Tha s5"ts will sec that the children are safely escorted across the street at dismissal time and started on their way home. The scouts will also supervise playground ftctlvJUeS 3urIS recesses. They will act as aides to the school nurse when need arises, and be prepared to render first aid In emergencies. Another duty will be to correct, wherever possible, all unsafe conditions ; removing dangerous broken glass, boards with nails protruding, banana skins, etc., will come under this work. All accidents, hazards, such as dangling wires, unguarded manholes, bad holes in the pavement, open and loose overhanging objects are to be reported to the property owners or police. The boy scout safety service baa the firm backing of the deputy commissioner of safety, the police commissioner, the superintendent of education and the boy scout organization. SCOUTS HONOR 80LDIER DEAD A 3 3 MM i ir A.,4r- - Tfc NSv SKIM MILK RATION FOR CALF Substitution Can Be Made In Wee or Ten Days After Animal Is rwo Weeks Old. When ttie calf Is two weeks old. It can be gradually changed from a ration of whole milk to one of skim milk by substituting an equal amount' of skim milk for each portion of whole milk removed. The plan of substitution Is based on the supposition that the farmer can secure A a limited amount of skim milk. complete substitution can be secured In a week or ten days. When this substitution has been completed, a medium-sizecalf ought to be receiving about twelve pounds of milk dally. d HINTS DAIRY Everything about the calf should be scrupulously clean. Quarters must be clean and dry, with plenty of bedding. e e A scrub bull Is worth something to the butcher, nothing to you. e Oood cows may be obtained by purchase and by breeding and testlngi e e Marks for Identification should be plain, without disfiguring the animal. tWT: Scouts of Orange county, Cat., on aide of memorial drive which they are planting with trees and shrubs Jn memory of the men who gave their lives In tha World war. Thousands of popplea planted last winter are now making their appearance. Each week a group of boya work on the site un. der the direction of the county forester. Already more than 300 scouts have participated. So that the memorial may still be beautiful in centuries to come, many small oaks have been planted. BOY SCOUTS' TREE CENSUS CsliKvervIlle, K. Y.. boy scouts gave a demonstration of the way boy scouts can combine fun and thought for others, when on a recent tour of the rlty they noted all trees with dangerous limbs and reported their findings to the highway department officials. Stanchions save milk and prevent the calves from sucking one another, e e Oood ventilation Is absolutely neces-- SCOUTS' POLICY! "GOOD TURN" e ssry to the health and comfort of the COWS. Many of Food and Feed ON scours e e e Are yon feeding yotr dntry cows for production or for Just keeping them alive? e man should not be sntlsfled with cows that produce only 200 pounds of The scout policy of doing a good turn dally and an Insurance A butterfat. e e e Calf diseases are l.irgely the result of tilth and carelessness. Prevention Is cheapest and best, e e e Cows are grentlv creatures flf Knblt. and rei1rr'ty of feeding at all times Is essential for best results. e It costs abont as mnch to raise a ealf of Inferior breeding, as one wlta tenulne dairy characteristics. policy were appropriately linked together when Troop 25, Tampa, Fla, discovered a valuable Insurance record which' bad been dropped from a passing auto and promptly returned the document to the owner. "PARLOR SCOUT" NOT IN IT Boy scouts and "the parlor pioneer" don't pair oft at all. You can see that by the following: On Mother's mne I lonrn1 to cook; J hate to breath the outmue air-- It makre my tnnelle enre, I paawd my 8out-pac- round e a Three hundred times or more. 1 am a. buay feller! I tut my iwimmlni from a book-- Mr In the cellar) tracking 1 am a hunky parlor Scout. A r lar fur, you bet But when It reins, I don't o eut I teu eee I mlht lYeoUer aceuC set wet. cha.tr |