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Show THE SALINA SUN, SALINA UTAH I LEGION MAN FOR GOVERNOR James Q. Scrugham, Nevada Executive Committee Member, Candidate for High Office. imm for This Department bp Supplied the American Iflnn Newa Service. ) The next governor of Nevada may be James G. Scrugham, member of the execunational tive committee of the American Legion from that state, who has tendered his resignation from that FOUR MEDALS ON HIS BREAST position to Han ford MaeNlder, LEGION (Cop? Carl M. Lange of Nebraska Is That States Most Decorated World War Veteran. Four medals on his breast and the French cord on his arm make Carl M. Lange of llart- lngton, Neb., that states most dec I orated World war veteran. C o p a r a 1 vely few m-- 1 men who fought for or with France have had the coveted Me-dalll- e 5111 bestowed them.. This It re on dec- oration goes only enlisted men and to eommnnders-ln-chle- f of artnles in the field. No officer In between Is eligible to receive the medal. Yet Lange was awardJd two. One Marshal Ietaln pinned on his O. D. Several months after the armistice Lange opened a registered package with a French stamp on it and found another 51edullle Militalre. The highest honor Nebraska could give oue of its World war heroes went to I.ai.ge also. lie was chosen by the state commander of the American Legion to officially represent Nebruska at the burial In Arlington cemetery of the Unknown Soldier. The Distinguished Service cross, bestowed personally by Generul 1ershlng, the Croix de Guerre with palms und the knowledge that he carried Merle liny from the trenches are other things that remind Lunge of his war service. Hay was the first Iowa boy killed In the war and one of the first three American boys to die in action. . to WILL CONDUCT BAND CONTEST Charles E. Boehler, Veteran Musician, Selected to. Direct National Convention Feature. Judging a baby show Is an easy task compared to the role assigned to Charles R Koehler, who will conduct a prize contest among the 100 bauds and drum corps exat the pected American Legion convennational tion In New Orleans next October. Prizes for the band contest will he: First, $l,ax); second, $500, and third, $250. The hands will he judged on the following basis: Playing, 75 points; appearance, 10 points; marching, 10 points; number of Instruments, 5 points. The winner of the drum corps contest will receive $250, with a prize of $100 for second place. Playing will count for 50 points; appearance, 20 points; marching, 20 points; number of Instruments, 10 points. Mr. Koehler Is a former president of the New Orleans branch of the American Federation of Musicians. He served as a band leader in the and World wars and on the Mexican border. During the World war he was senior band mas ter of the Thirty-firs- t division. national der. d IN THE WAR OF 1012 Graves of 218 Americans, Enemies of England, Decorated at Princeton for Firot Time. A MARY GRAHAM cclixr No; Bielaski Did Not Kidnap Himself half century after the origination of a memorial, or decoration day, on which tribute Is paid to those who have died In the nations wars, the graves of 218 Americans who fought In the War of 1812 were decorated for the first time last Memorial day. At lrinccton, Kngland, there are the graves of 218 Americans who died while held prisoners of war In Dartmoor prison. The parish church in the little village of ITlnceton was built by the labor of these and a number of French prisoners. For many years the sod which covered the remains of these sons pf America was unmarked. Finally one of the governors of the prison had a cairn and a monument erected to mark the resting place of England's worthy enemies. Their graves, however, had never been deeoruted in the manner In which the graves of other American heroes are decorated until the London post of the American Legion placed a large wreath over their resting place on last Memorial day. On the same day that the graves of X Mr. Klelaskl offered to give complete testimony concerning his kidnaping and the Judge expressed himself satisfied that Klelaskl was Innocent of the charge of At the personal request of Judge Quiros, Mr. Klelaskl promised to remain In Cuernavaca for several days more In order to clear up points in conftection with the testimony. Francisco Montes de Oca, arrested on the charge of complicity In the kidnaping, and Colonel Iadillu, who was taken hito custody for calling off the pursuit of the kidnaping party, were still under arrest. Whaddya Measi, Hard Luck? The colonel had heard of two recent disasters In the family of his colored orderly and was surprised to find him apparently as cheerful as ever when he returned to duty after a brief furlough home. Well, Sam, said the colonel sym pathetically, I hear you have had some hard luck." Whnt, me, suh? Nossuh, Ah aU had no halrd luck. Why, wasnt that your brother who was killed In a railroad wreck recently and wasnt that your wife that was hurt in an automobile accident?" Oh, yassuh, yassuh but dats deli hahd luck not mine." American L gIon Weekly BWER 1 UwiC ' AT THE POND Louis II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco never will again, quack, said Mrs. Duck. To think that a duck could behave so absurdly." "It Is surprising, cackle, cackle," said 5Irs. White Hen. Moo, moo, said Mrs. Cow, who had slowly wandered dowm near the pond, "I wouldn't act like that. I often wade In the stream by my pasture for hours at a time. To be sure you do, quack, quack," sain Mrs. Duck. said General SparCldrp, chirp, row, who was perched on a bush near the pond, let ine hear you have a e good fighfr It would rejoice my We quack, quar-lelsom- heart. iwitiiWHrmiwiw'iiirmiwwiwniHmmiiiM'WiiiwiiwtwiMiimiiiimiwitMwiiMWWmwiwiiiiiiwwwiiwiHH'nwiwiwMWMWtiwiwwi'iWiiiMHtwwwitMiiiiwiwiiitwiiHMiiiii'itinniPWinimH.mmi'iiMmwwitini MMiiiwwirtiiwiiutiiMMMaiuiMiiiniiiiwiwiiMHiiiiMMiiMiwaiiwiiiiiuiiiiwiHMiHMiiiMiuiMWMHiMniMMntfmmiuwiiiMinumMMiMnwiiiMiiiwiiimiwHnimHiiimmHnniiUMniiHiMniiiiuiMiiwnininnwt said , Louis II, Sovereign Irince of 5Ion-acGrandpa Frog, "do not let the sparrow who has Just succeeded to the see us quarrel. And do not let us throne of that diminutive country, quarrel. I feel we should give her a through the death in Paris of his fachance. she should be ther, the late Prince Albert, bad a nara chance. given row eseape ten years ago from losing Grandpa Frog leaned back on his his Inheritance, when an attempt was favorite log and snapped at a bug. made to change the succession, to his After he had eaten the bug and detriment, as the result of an intrigue smacked his lips he said again, Give engineered by the then kaiser, in favor her a chance to speak. of the German cavalry general and So the duck, who had caused all the send-roya- l Duke of Urach. The conexcitement, 51y began to speak : spiracy failed, largely due to the she said, Is Mrs. Indian Runname, watchfulness of the French governner Duck. I am not like the other ment which made It clear that under ducks. I do not love the water as they no circumstances would It tolerate do. 1 will go into it, but only for a any German officer or prince on the moment. I dont enjoy swimming throne of Monaco, which Is on enclave ubout and calling on my friends In the of France. pond. I would rather be outside of France holds Prince Louis, now In the pond. Such are the ways of the his year. In high regard Indian Runner Ducks. fine his record of service for military Well, quack, quack, said Mrs. under her flag for the last thirty years Duck, that explains it, and as long as or more. At the time when Ills father summoned him to Paris, to be with him during the operation which was to she doesnt belong to my own family, and isnt one of my near relatives I prove fatal, he wns serving on the staff of the French commander of the do not mind. I feared she was disentente troops stationed in Silesia, for the purpose of preserving the peace the family name." gracing of with rank and the Poles between the the Germans, brigadier general. Speaking of family names," said Kut it was as a cavalry officer that he had won the warm appreciation we have a family Frog, Grandpa In various likewise and of France during the great war, military operations And not only have we In northern Africa, which were necessary to bring the sultanates of Morocco name in truth and Tunis under the domination of France and to preserve order among the a family name, but we have a family history. Come, Animals, I will give a turbulent border tribes of southern Algeria. lecture this afternoon on Frog Family History. There will be no dates to Goog-a-roo- goog-a-roo- o, Goog-a-roo- fifty-secon- ?,Wv ' ss. "v 'J' miles outside of London, where 450 American dead of the World war lie buried. Carrying On With the American Legion i After spending two years in collecting funds for a clubhouse the America i Legion post at Mangum, Okla., de etchjd the kiddles of the town needed a jlayground more than the former The service men did a clubhouse. lease to a pout acquired an eight-yea- r tract of land and will Improve It and provide the children with equipment The American Legion Auxiliary na tlonal headquarters In Indianapolis Is trying to locate the greatest war mother In America that Is, the mothei who had the largest number of sons In service. One Indiana community has a mother who had seven sons In the World war; others had as many as five hut the auxlllury wants tc know definitely where In America It the woman who has the h.'iior of having irare than seven sons m arrr h-- health." Tanlac helps the stomach digest the food properly and eliminate waste. Soon the whole system Is built up, the blood Is purified and the entire body takes on new tone, vitality and energy. 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Maj. Gen. Davis was born October 12, 1S7C, In Pennsylvania. He Is said to be the youngest general In the army. General Davis has had a quire varied army experience. He was graduated from the U. S. Military academy In 1898. He took part in the Spanlsh-Amerienwar, the close of which found him a brigadier general, N. A. He was In the Philippines, 1899-190; Instructor in U. S. Military with the Army of academy, 1901-5- ; aide de Cuban Pacification, 1900-9- ; 1909-1- 1 ; adGen. to Karrv, 5Iaj. camp jutant U. S. Military academy, 1911-1- 2 ; inspector and instructor, Philipduty office of pine scouts, 1914-13- ; the adjutant General, U. S. A., 1917. lie arrived in France July 28, 1917, and was made assistant to adjutant general, A. E. F. After serving ns assistant and ns acting adjutant general he was made adjutant general, A. E. F., May 1. 1918. He married Ruby Caroline Hale of Lancaster, Ia., November 12, 1902. To Memory of 1812 Warriors. the heroes of 1812 were decorated the Legions London post held dedication ceremonies at Krookwood cemetery, 30 Victims of stomach trouble, Indigestion, dyspepsia and their allied complaints find Tanlac an ever-read- y source of relief and comfort. Thousands of people have refound the Joys of health by Its use after everything else they tried had failed. Tanlac helped me wonderfully," said Mrs. W. II. Hocker, 84 Rose Ave., Clifton Forge, Va. "For over a year I suffered tortures from Indigestion, and had to live on the simplest foods. I became almost a nervous wreck. Tanlac restored me to the best of d gloom descends, The extra pay comes handy and the chevron makes one proud. But it's tough to be a noncom when your heart is with the crowd. To persecute your buddies with commands the captain sends. Yes. I'd like to be a corpril but I'd rather have my friends! -- Gleason Pease, in American Legion Weekly. NtVVitft Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for Infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletchers Castoria Not Now. I was young, girls were taught to darn their own stockings. Yes, Grandma, but in those days It was possible to place a dam where It Life. wouldnt show. When Do Not Let Us Quarrel. 1 I'd like to be a corpril but I'd rather have my friends. cor-prll- VtVUtM n vt The Private's Dilemma. I'd like to be a corpril and with the cor prlls stand, A chevron on my coat sleeve and a warrant In my hand. But when I think it over all my hope to The private marches dumbly this way, that way, what's the oddsT While the corpril joins the shouting when the orders Kight by squads!" 's But when the drill is over then the glory ends. Oh. I'd like to be a corpril but I'd rather have my friends. fir Overcome "Well, I never heard of anything so It looks very much as If A. Rruce In all my life, said Mrs. Kielaskls place on the first page Is a ridiculous Duck. thing of the past unless something If I had come out of the water like new bobs up in the famojs case In said Brother Bacon, "they, that, which the former American Department of Justice official was accused would have said It was because I was hut a pig who didn't care to by Mexico of kidnaping himself. Any- nothing be clean. Mexfrom advices Cuernavaca, way, And if I had come out of the water ico, are to the effect that he was forrelike in all absolved that, said Billy Goat, they the of guilt mally cent kidnaping episode in which he would have said It was because I was was the central figure, when Judge a goat. Of course I am a goat, but Quiros, who has been conducting the sometimes they speak of being a goat examination into the incident, issued in such a rude fashion. They call me a silly goat and an old goat, and treat full clearunee papers this afternoon. The case was formally closed after me quite disrespectfully at times. comman- Mr. Scrugham, who has for some time been state engineer of Neva da and Nevadas representative on the National Boulder canyon project, has been made a nominee for governor of the state. Under the national constitution of the American Legion, candidates for paid, elective public office cannot he officers of the Legion. Mr. Scrugham was formerly national vice commander of the Leg.on. He was commander of the service mens organization In Nevada from May, 1919, until August, 1920. He was chairman of a special committee that drew up the Legion four-folplan for adjusted compensation, which was later embodied In the Fordney hill. He was txrn in Lexington, K.v., January 19, 18S0. He was graduated from the State university of Kentucky In 1900 and received a degree In mechanical engineering In 1900. Mr. Scrug-har- a was professor of mechanical engineering from 1903 to 1914 and dean since 1914 of the engineering college of the University of Nevada. He was made state engineer In 1917. He was commissioned a major of artillery In December, 1917, and assigned ns production engineer In the ordnance department at Washington. He served on various special assignments connected with artillery production until after the signing of the armistice. FOUGHT PromiKenjPpli Indigestion and Dyspepsia Daddys H Eveiii Fairy Tale The gentlemen with perpendicular faces, long frock coats, elasticsided boots, stovepipe hats, black string cravats and an expression like the frozen essence of concentrated gloom who appear In the cartoons ns typifying the spirit of censorship had best he on their guard. They are about to be bunted to their lairs, the whole tribe of em. They are to be trapped, cornered nnd Impaled upon the stout, shining lance of the Joint Committee for the Promotion nnd Protection of Art nnd Literature. Wielding the lance, the literary St. George to puncture the prohibitive dragon will be George Creel, the chairman of the Joint Committee for the Promotion, etc. Mr. Creel, ills friends urge, knows more about how utterly absurd a censorship enn be than any other human being. According to the Imposing literary effort which was Issued as the initial clarion rail to action by the Joint committee, nine sturdy organizations are wrapped up In the projected assault through the medium of the Joint committee. Equity Is there, and so are the American dramatists, the American Federation of Musicians, the Authors' league, the Motion Picture Directors association, the printing trades unions and the Screen Writers guild. Among them the nine propose to smash the censorship Idea so completely that it will need a vacuum cleaner to remove the remains. Mr. Creel says In Ills initial communique: "It Is only a ouestlon of tlrop when every product of the creative instinct will be called upon to run a gantlet of beadles." "Take away those beadles, Is Mr. Creel's motto. learn and no lists of kings to remember so It will be pleasant history indeed, And all the animals went to tbeir different parts of the barnyard to smooth their feathers and get ready for the big afternoon event down by the pond. Grandpa Frog sat on a log and all of the animals who had come for the event that afternoon sat about. Grandpa Frog told of the different changes one had to make before one became a frog that was, of course, provided one was going to become a frog. "Ah, yes, a frog has accomplished something In life," said Grandpa Frog. "He has been a tadpole. Now he is a frog. That alone is something." Well," said one of the animals, "a man has accomplished something In life too. First he was u boy and then he became a man. goog-a-roo- Goog-a-roo- Dont expect to grow heavenly wings by your name on the fly leaf of the Bible. goog-a-roo- goog-a-room- , you think youre smart, said Grandpa But when a toy becomes a Frog. man it Is not like a tadpole becoming a frog. We lose our tals we change our whole appearance Were different creatures actually though weve changed ourselves. We have not Weve changed Into another's skin. done the changing. But a boy simply grows bigger and then he becomes a man. Ah no, thnt Is very different. Still, If every one e uld become a frog ns I have It would not be such an honor to he one. And l ow let us have a drink of pond water,' said Grandpa Frog, "and some deliclcus bugs, or at sny rate Ill have a little refreshment. Im hungry after my lecture and talk." And then a fine banquet took place. A Wonder. Crabshnw So your fr.end the artist displays great originality? Grubshuw Wonderful. Hes been known to suddenly come across an old red mill on a farm and not make a sketch of It. None of the lamentations for corn bread ever brings it back. Even when a man knows exactly In what defect fuilure lies, he cant belp it. Dont think for a minute that there nothing In spiritualism. diums are wealthy. Is Some me- The difference between a compliment and flattery Is whether you get it or somebody else. Being diplomatic may seem expensive at thitlnie, but in the long run It pnys. always haunts the guilty Suspicion mind. Superstition is the religion of iguo-ranc- e. Liberality Is not giving largely but wisely. It Is well. A a cunning art to play the fool soft speech may have a suhtle poison. Music that moves you Is not neces- sarily divine. Foresee trouble and then you can be calm about It Morning ). , KeepYbur Eyes Cleon far fraafeClear Cara aah HatfnaHealthy Uinta CaCMaaja-lt- |