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Show I Tornado Kills Score in Arkansas ! Bedroom f t Kitchen X'DiningRoornf 'LivingRoorr,f Halit Do Any of Your Rooms Need Decorating? (Copy for This Department Supplied by lha American Legion Newt Service.) . MEMBERSHIP RECORD SURE TO SET PACE There were 70,000 more members paid up in the American Legion for 1927 on February 1 than the total number on the same date last year, the books of the national treasurer at Indianapolis, tornado which swept through the Ozark region of Missouri and Arkansas caused heavy damage to property. More than twenty were killed and scores injured. The photograph shows the extent of the damage at Eton A ! ' dyke, Ark. i Marines on Guard at Shanghai Ind., show, according to James F. Barton, the national adjutant There were 50,000 more on the same date last year than on February 1, 1925, the first year in Legion history that such an Increase was shown. "This healthy membership condition Indicates the Legion will go into the next convention In Paris in September with another record similar to the one last year, when, for the first time, an Increase in total membership for the year was shown over the preced- In other ing year, Barton said. words, the Legion, which started to grow In size last year, is continuing that growth. Campaigns for renewals and new memberships started throughout the country Immediately after the national convention in Philadelphia last October decreed that it should be R major objective this year. Numerous contests have been held, and other will continue until the Paris convention. Many of the states have made rapid advancement in this work. Flop Ida, particularly, hung up an early record, having 88.88 per cent of Its quota, as set by national headquarof ters, on January 31. Thirty-fiv- e Floridas 86 posts had a 100 per cent or better membership, as compared with 1926, before the first month of the new year ended. The picture shows United Slates marines on duty at Shanghai. barrier line which they are defending. They have an important post on the AS FROM THE DEAD indicted for Murder Like a ghost from the grave Mary Dickery, sixteen, reappeared at her home near Harlan, ICy., after an absence of nineteen months, to free Condy Dabney who is serving a life term in the penitentiary for her ai XING WALL FINISH for a Room for Less Than a Dollar Experienced decorator who know King Wall Fimth always uie to. If your decorator i net acquainted rich tbit wonderful new nitcrirl, tell him about it. If you do tout own work you can get wonderful result too. t't cety to 0rcpr simply mi it with hot water. Its - easy to apply arm Ups. streak or pos. Surprisingly beautiful result coo ba produced even by the inexpert enced. Think of k you can buy enough to decorate sn average room for ku than a dollar. Try King WsllFmUh on one room. A single teat will prove it all we claim. Your money back if you dont End it so. Write today lor the nemt of the dealer nearest you and frea color card showing 19 beautiful colors you can choose from. THB CHICAGO WHITE LEAD &. OIL CO. ISth St. and S. Western Ave, Chicago, 111 Wall Finish DISTRIBUTOR SALT LAKE GLASS 8i PAINT CO. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Seek New Methods to Conserve Coal Experts in all parts of the world are tackling the problem of how to use coal to the best advantage. Professor Berglus of Heidelberg has reduced coal to a paste and combined It with hydrogen at a very high temperature and pressure. The resulting fluid has all the properties of crude petroleum and cau be treated In the snme way to produce petrol and other oils. Another scientist reduces coal to a gaseous form and then liquefies the lie has produced methanol, gases. which seems to have all the properties of wood alcohol ; synthol, .equivalent to a high-grad- e petrol ; and a substitute for benzine. General Tatart, a Frenchman, has been experimenting with synthetic alcohol, which, shows a savOther departments that had exceeding of 15 per cent In calories over of cent ed, or were close to 50 per of the radiThe petrol. their quotas on January 31 were: ator In whichtemperature is used was considit and Arizona, Canada, Idaho, Illinois erably lower than In cars using petrol. Minnesota. One of the spectacular events in A Fable membership work was the holding of Peter Rabbit had slept a long time. radio initiation ceremony a state-wid-e Now his hair had grown so long that by the California department, Februnew nobody knew him. He saw passing by several thousand which at 22, ary an old, old mnn, weak and tottery, u into inducted members were legion g one with rheumy eyes younger-Iooklnstations Three broadcasting service, and and another wn one legs, shaking were used, one in San Francisco, In Los Angeles and one on Catalina looked a trifle less ancient. . ! I am Farmer Brown, Island. said the first old mnn. This Is my Son, Farmer Brown's boy, John, whom Death Takes Prominent you may have seen, and here is his Browns grandson, DemiLegion Committeeman son, Farmer whom of you have never heard outjohn, an The American Legion lost before." Leo J. of In death the standing figure And they went tottering down the Collins, an attorney of Pittsburgh, Pa., who died February 11 of meningitis. hill, leaving Ieter Ituhblt considerably Interested. Kansas City Star. He was national executive committeeat of man of the Legion Pennsylvania Detroit s Buried Treasure the time of his death, and attended the recent meeting of the committee Speaking of burled treasure," reat national headquarters In Indianap- marked a bank official, there Is sevolis, Ind. He was of forceful person- eral hundred thousand dollars' worth ality and took a leading, constructive of it right here in Detroit. It consists part in many questions of national Im- of bank deposits that have been overCollins looked or forgotten by depositors, and portance to the organization. was Pennsylvania state commander of valuables left in safety deposit vaults the Legion id 1923 and 1924 at tho by persons who Lave since died. It time he was elected national executive would surprise the average person to He also was a mem- learn how many people forget bank committeeman. ber of the national legislative com- accounts ranging from $10 to $100, mittee in 1926 and a member of the and sometimes more. One of .the committee on national convention strange tilings about tills treasure Is that with tlie help of bank officers, it work for the same year. Is always seeking its owners, instead of being sought" Detroit News. Off Iowa Post Pulling Elimination T ournament leged murder. SHE RISES HIGH Bnough For Indigestion, Dyspepsia, etc. Relieves Distress after Hurried Meets or Overeating. Being a gentle laxative, it keeps the digestive tract working normally. 30c & 90c. At all Druggists. 6. C. GREEN, Inc. WOODBURY, N. J. FOCI OVElf 200 YEARS haarlcm oil has been a world wide remedy for kidney, liver and bladder disorders, rheumatism, lumbago and uric acid conditions. HAARLEM OIL osuuasi correct internal troubles, stimulate vital organs. Three sixes. All druggists. Insist on the original genuine Gold Medal. qnt Negu Inflamed eyelids or other eye irritations. You will nnd safe fiml a aooihin remedy in MITCHELL EYE SALVE. HALT. A RUCKEL Hew Yonk City HINDERCORNS Santa had left, among other things, American Legion began In February an slate, and Charles q staging an elimination tournament of resident of Rural street, late boxers to last several months. The in February, wus leurnlng to spell, winner will ' gain the right to face having already mustered the Young Strlnllng In a big outdoor boxOne evening mother was having her ing show In- July, according to Mau- turn at helping him spell. rice Cohn, matchmaker for the post. Oh, mother, Im tired of old The elimination bouts will be held and ! Cohn at Intervals of three weeks, All right, sonny, here a new one, said In announcing the tournament, said mother, guess Its, well, and will bring together a number of wlmt gives us our milk? Including leading The milkman, promptly and seriGeorge Bourland, Chicago; Mike ously replied Charles. Indianapolis Minneapolis; Joe T.ohtnan, To- News. RAAIC DUUllj Workers and Machinery riukor-savln- Photograph shows Miss Mlina Sll lanpaa, chief of the sot'al ministry of Finland. She Is the daughter of a humble farmer end was at one time a servant girl. And He Shut tip Newlywed Hood heavens, Rthel You surely don't expect a bras hand everywhere we go on our honeymoon, do you? His Bride Oh, not I have that oa my finger! Mr. 1 Members of the Fairmont (Minn.) American Legion post, discussing Fnther plans for the posts annual and Son banquet, could not decide whether the Legionnaires should be the fathers or the sons. Some wanted each member to bring bis own son or a boy borrowed for the occasion. Others wanted each member to bring bis father, or an older man. The matter was settled by deciding to have two banquets, one to carry out each Idea. $12,000 A railroad thriller of real life more stirring than many episodes melodrama was revealed when two Los Angeles railroad men. Thninus S. Early and Fireman James 3. McGrow, were officially cited George E. Gaylord of the Southern Pacific for saving the life of Terry, aged two, at Yuma. The picture shows the two railroad men child and it mother. of movie Engineer by Supt Hotel Clerk This suite costs yon 530 a day. .Now, hew long ore you Dorothy going to stay? Guest Er Jos ji long as Ive been with the here. average investment." Might Come Handy I hear the new burial vault wa I wonder wlmt for? condemned. I hear it was becuuse It didnt have any fire escapes. Children insulin Treatments World war veterans afflicted with diabetes now can obtain Insulin treatments at liospltnls of the United States Veterans bureau. Practically all of the general medical and surgical hospitals of the bureau and some of the tuberculosis and mental hospitals are equipped to give the treatments . Gone g made to aid hliu," C. D. Morris of the Western railways committee on public relations told members of the BeWlnnetka (111.) Rotary club. hind every Industrial worker In the United States there Is an average Investment of $4, (WO, und behind every rail worker lu the country there is " I thought you hud a home In her I hud. But she started heart? spring cleaning. 15-1- 927 The renmrkuble efficiency of the American Industrial worker Is due largely to the heavy Investment In machinery that hus been ledo, and Mike Wallace, Cleveland." Two Father and Son Banquets in Minnesota rrr W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. l, Out -- bfMiuUfnl oompieiton man. "Kit EM OLA" and lb admiration of will produce It furonly II 25 an thousand of womei will ratify. Lit EE BOOKLET Ask yonrdalw or write Dr. 0. U. Berry Go., LepW W, A76 Micbigtt Ave., Chicago. ld Man-del- Buy Mans on for Home Gillette Place, The at Honeoye Falls, N. Y., where the elite of upper New Tork gathered i century ago. has been purchased ns home for the local post and auxiliary of the American Legion. The manslor wus built in 1832. old mansion. MOTHER- :- Fletchers is a pleasant, harmless Cas-tor- ia Sub- stitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, especially prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages. look for the signature of proven directions on each package, Physicians everywhere recommend it. To avoid imitations, always Oat- - ocaSKlNiBLEACHM tbe desire of erarr wooio A H-g- Enginemen Save Childs Life Corns. Any book you want by mail, G O. IX Deseret Book Co. 44 East So. Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah -t Mrs. Albert Snyder, with daughter Lorraine, hiding from photographers. Mrs. Snyder has leen Indicted with Henry Judd Grhy at New York for Die murder of Albert Snyder, art editor. Kamov ensures comfort to tb louse, at, stop all pain, 15o by uusil or at I)nif feat, uiftkp walking gtU. Ulscox Chemical Worxs, Fatcbogua. W. X. Of Course! The Waterloo (Iowa) post of the druggists. |