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Show THE The . AMFJMN LESION Copy for This Department Supplied by the American Legion Newe Hervice. ) O. K.'S MEASURES FOR DISABLED VETERANS Recommendations of the senate committee Investigating affairs of the veterans' bureau reflect practically every recommendation of the fifth annual convention of the American Legion In regard to care of disabled veterans. This Is shown by the announcements of the committee, which Indicate that oa the major points sought by the Legion rehabilitation committee legislative recommendations will be offered to congress for action. First of the recommendations to coincide with the Legion's views Is further decentralization of bureau affairs seen in the plan suggested for establishment of rating boards in every district and subdlstrlct for the pose of hearing claimants In person. This has long been a Legion contention. Another of the Legion's recemmen-dation- s suggested in the committee report Is that disability of service origin, short of permanent disability, be no bar to reinstatement of war risk Insurance. Legion suggestions further' included In the report are Increase of pay for disabled veteians with children, to widows of veterans with children, and double compensation for women who lost a son and a husband or two sons In service; allowance for housekeepers for totally helpless veterans ; retroactive reduction In compensation be forbidden except In case of fraud ; Increase In burial expenses for indigent veterans; opening of hospitals to veterans of all American campaigns ; suspension of compensation payments to guardians of insane veterans who fail to render proper accounting of funds; and that disputed claims on war risk Insurance may be taken to the courts for Judgment. Among the most Important of the tpjggestions made which are In line with the Legion policy or rehabilitation. Is that If tuberculosis or mental diseases developed within three yean after discharge, these shall be presumed to be of service origin, which opens the way to compensation for thousands of veterans; and the Legion further suggests that the hospitals be luivnu vj'tju iu u icicittua Bunding from mental disease or tuberculosis without demanding proof that such disease was of service origin. Directions of the Legion's fight for care of the disabled veteran Is In charge of the national rehabilitation committee, which maintains a large force In the national capital, with an active service bureau In touh with the central bureau office and liaison officials and committees In every district and subdlstrlct. e NEPHI, UTAH S, PLAN FOR AID OF WOMEN Selecting Seed for Bookkeeping Big Stand of Red Clover Help to Farmers EX-SERVI- Creation of a body to promote the aid and Interest of 52,000 women of the World war has been authorized as an organization activity of the American Legion Auxiliary. This action was taken at a meeting of the national executive committee of the organization, when Its members authorized the establishment of a "president's parley," fostered from the first department presidents of the organization, and including past presidents of the national body, departments and units. A fund for the relief of these women will become the principal objective of the parley, which has already settled on April 6 of each year as the day for such a drive. This campaign will be a separate undertaking for each past president in her own community. In case these funds womexceed the needs of en, the money will be devoted to rehabilitation and hospitalization work. Membership In the original parley, known as the "Aloha Presidents," In honor of Hawaii, the first department chartered, was limited to 53 depart mental presidents. In the new body, all past department presidents are eligible to the "national president's parley," this number being automatically increased by expiration of annual terms. In provision for departmental parleys, past department presidents and past presidents of local units will hold membership, an annual meeting at the department contention being required. The "Aloha Fund," for relief of women who served In the World war. Is to be drawn from work by departments and units, one-hagoing to the department and national parleys, the remainder to be used by the local unit. Handling of the national funds by the Aloha presidents Is provided by the constitution of that body. FjUQMlKENlfPEOPL Lowden on Differences in Production Easy Matter to Test Germination in Advance. Costa and Returns Noted and Causes Sought. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) for Farmers Co-operati- on M,u.,,,,,m..i,,,,,m.l,,im.i...m,.m,..HB.,m,.m-i,,..m.im.l'.miii...i.Ai,......H,1,- lf n,.i,i.., ., United States Department (Prepared br th of Agriculture.) New benefits from farm bookkeeping are In prospect in many states as u.,(i...imH,.,..H......i...,ii...c. Former Governor Frank O. Lowden has returned to his home in Oregon, 111., from .a speaking trip on behalf of the National Wheut Growers' association, of which he is president. It took him into Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Indiana, North and South Iakota. Immense crowds of often overflowing opera farmers, houses and large halls gathered in a dozen different cities to hear him. He told them how modern business is transacted by such great organizations as the Standard Oil company and the United States Steel corporation, and pointed out the necessity for the farmers, who represent more aggregate wealth than those great corporations, to get together and market their products In an Intelligent way. holds Mr. Lowden a result of the organization recently of accounting schools at which farmers meet to analyze and compare records, and study out sources of error and opportunities for Improvement In farm management. There are few states in which the movement Is not represented. Reports to the United States Department of Agriculture say 35 farmers' accounting schools were held In Ohio this winter. In Maine every county was covered. Illinois had such schools In 15 counties. Many were held In InNorth Iowa, diana, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota, Colorado, Oregon, California, Texas, and other states. The usual practice Is for farmers who keep accounts to meet In conference with county agents and exten- - that marketing may be said rightfully to be the present policy of the government. Congress enacted a law ex pressly to authorize the formation of these associations. President Coolldge approves the movement. Mr. Lowden has just completed the organization of all associations and so cieties engaged In the dairying industry into one great national body. It represents more than two billions of dollars in dairying property and products. Since retiring as governor of Illinois in 1021, Mr. Lowden has spoken in 41 different states on the necessity for reducing taxes, governmental reorgani zation, the budget system of which he Is the father in Illinois and a great contributor from large experience to legislation affecting the national budget marketing, and diversified farming. C. W. Eliot, SO, V -- , V 51) H . Dr. Eliot, who was born In Boston i:n 1S34, was president of Harvard forty years, from 1809 to 1900. His election us head of the university was consid ered remarkable because of his youth at the time he was only thirty-fiv- e and because he was a layman and a During his administration , under Dr. Eliot's leadership. As chairman of a committee of ten of the National Education association, in 1890, he exerted a strong Influence on secondary education throughout the country. G. Creviston. Mr. Creviston has played a prominent part In Legion affairs for the past four years, going to the national head- quarters from Minneapolis, where he had been doing work among returned soldiers with a war camp community organization. State-Wid- e Campaign to Arouse Citizens The most comprehensive experiment In education in citizenship ever undertaken In the nation la under way In California, under direction of the American Legion. Nearly 2,000 workers, enrolled by the Legion In a statewide speakers' bureau, are carrying a message of Americanism to every settlement In the state In an effort to offset the apathy of citizens toward civic affairs. Department Commander James F. Collins organized the movement and Is directing Instruction of the huge corps of workers from state headquarters. In a cause which will continue until fall. "The Legion Is aroused by the danger which confronts this country because of apathy of her citizens toward civic affairs and the increasing neglect of the privilege of voting," said Commander Collins, "a prime movement of the whole campaign will be to secure a larger registration among eligible voters In the state and to Impress upon the citizens their duty to participate In governmental affairs." The state has been divided Into forty districts, with a district commander appointed In each district who Is to supervise the work. At least once each month, every American Legion post Is to be visited by a Legionnaire, from another post, and In addition all the civic clubs as Rotary, Kiwnnls, women's clubs, church, luncheon and fraternal clubs will hear a Legion speaker, seeking to amuse the citizenry of Its obligate to community, state and notion. Took Meeting to Bedside i i ! Because two ex service men were in hospital at Anchor- plaster casts In site, Alaska, members of the American Legion took their meeting to the hed-- i side of the veterans, and there frrrmal-- I ly adopted them as members. One of the men, Chris Sladoje, was bndly In-- 1 Jo red by a fall of rock while working along the line of the Alaska railroad. Field's Granddaughter Gives Up U. S. Archibald Charles Edmon-stonwho untlb her recent marriage was Miss Gwendolyn Field, granddaughter of the late Marshal Field, has renounced her American citizenship and become a British subject. The order was Issued by Federal Judge George A. Carpenter, Chicago, at the request of her counsel, David Owen Dunbar, who said that because her legal status as the wife of a British subject made her fortune subject to taxation In both this country and i Great Britain. In an affidavit filed before the American consul in Glasgow, Scotland, Mrs. Edmonstone states that she ' was born In Chicago on May 17, 1902, the daughter of Marshal Field II, and Albertina Huck Field. She was married on April 5, 192.1. to Archibald I M Charles Edmonstone. Her address Is Duntreath castle, Blalnefleld, Scotland. Under her father's will, his $IW,- ;000,0(lO estate was to be divided Into two parts Capt. Marshall Field III was to and Henry Field of the principal when they receive three-fifth- s peached the age of fifty. In a final accounting of the will In the Probate court, Mrs. Edmonstone received .$.150,000 under the terms of a codicil. Mrs. ):. k V e, a- - H V two-fifth- s C. H. Levermore Wins Bok Peace Prize Dr. Charles Herbert Levermore of New York city, former college proJ1' fessor and student of International afwinfairs, has been announced as the ner of the $100,000 prize offered by Edward W. Bok, publisher of Philadelphia, for the best plan to Insure Inn end of war In the world. Dr. was born at Mansfield, Conn., Oct. 15, 1850. He was granted an A. B. degree at Yale university In 1879 and the Ph. D. degree at Johns Hopkins In 1880. . Ills work as en educator Include the following: Professor of history, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to 180.1. president Adelphl college, lXm to 1912; director of the college and university bureau of the World Peace foundation. Boston, 1913 to 1917. Dr. Levermore Is secretary of the New York Peace association, which ptmltlon he has occupied since 1917. He also Is secretary of the World Court league and the League of Nations union, a position lie has occupied since 1919. John W. Davis of the policy committee of the American peace award hn presented him with S.'iO.noo, hnlf of Mr. ISok's prize and the remainder will he given only If the plan Is accepted by congress. Ievermore's plan was No, ,4GH In a total of 22,105 received. ' , Lev-rrmo- The United States Department of has recently investigated Agriculture i the relative advantages of horse power and motor power for farm operations Records Gle Production Costs and and reports numerous reasons for the Returns. continued use of good draft horses. Horse power Is characterized by Its slon workers of state agricultural colto perform leges and the United States Depart- versatility and adaptability ment of Agriculture. They produce various farm operations. The horse their records of crops sown and har- Is not limited either by the topography . vested, labor used, feed consumed, and of the ground or a specialized ability so forth, and the reports are analyzed to perform only a few farm tasks and compared. Wide differences In economically. earns Its The horse Is production costs and returns are noted and their causes sought, so that keep, and increases in value up to Inefficient mathods can be corrected ttie marketable age. Mares enough and better organization and operation may be bred yearly to replace the mature stock which Is marketed. The plans adopted for the future. young horses raised under this plan Books of Approved Type. continually Increase In value and at Officials of the Department of Agriculture say the plan. Is largely an out- the same time they are paying their growth of the Increasing use of uniform way by doing the farm work. Keeping horses also helps to conaccounting methods by farmers. When efforts were started by the department serve the fertility of the soil and proabout ten years ago to promote better vides an element of Interest which farm accounting, an obstacle was the helps to keep the youngsters on the lack of a simple farm accounting farm. Then, too, there Is less direct book. This want was supplied, and cash outlay for horse power, as horses feed chiefly. now practically all state extension consume home-grow- n Motor power, however, has addivisions sell account books of an vantages under certain conditions, approved type to farmers at cost. As a result many farmers all over and in many cases the two forms of the country are keeping their accounts power horses and tractors are both In about the same way. This has been used. a big factor In crystallizing farmers' Ideas on the analysis of their business Silage Is Shown to Be along uniform lines, and It has greatSuperior as Stock Feed ly lessened the difficulty of getting value of silage feeding Is shown The from different comparable figures farms. Usually the book produced at forcefully by recent data furnished by ths farm accounting schools are all of the bureau of animal Industry, United the same type. They tell the amount States Department of Agriculture. In of the labor Income from the farm, the wintering of mature beef cows In the size of the farm business, the West Virginia. It has been shown that crop yields, and the return from live corn fed as silage Is worth 60 per cent stock, as well as the amount of ex- more than shock corn. In growing pense for different Items. From this beef calves in Illinois an acre of corn data farmers can discover their weak silage was found to be worth 30 per and their strong points, and the cent more than an acre of shock corn. This Increased utility Is attributed standards necessary for profitable to the many advantages of silage. farm operation. Farmers are also meeting more Practically no waste occurs In the feedthan In previous years to compare ing of silage and It creates an appetite their results from single crop or live for cheaper roughages. Then, too, the stock enterprises, as well ss the re- same crops fed dry are not nearly so sults from their total farm operations. palatable and succulent as they are In County agents In 1923 assisted 20,000 the form of silage. Information as to what crops make farmers In single enterprise analyses. A typical exnrnple Is a study made of good silnge and on preparing end using costs In Cuyahoga them as feed Is contained la bulletins county, (rhlo, which showed that the which may be had free from the Defarmer with the lowest cost was pro- partment of Agriculture, Washington, ducing potatoes at 42 cents a bushel, V. C. compared with a maximum on another farm of $1.53 a bushel. Proper Methods Prevent Clubs for Boys. Loss From Tuberculosis A valuable supplement to the movement toward Of the 48.000,01)0 hogs slaughtered conferences among farmers Is the develop- under federal Inspection last fiscal ment of accounting clubs for boys. year about 15 per cent showed tuberThe boys In these clubs keep the culosis Infection to some extent. This home farm records and at the end of entails a large food and monetary lost the year with their fathers assemble which can be prevented by using In groups to study the results. The proper methods of tuberculosis eradiclubs are Intended to train the new cation and manseement. Tuberculosis among other farm anigeneration of farmers In sound business methods, to demonstrate to them mals Is as a dangerous the value of bookkeeping before they source of Infection for hogs; lending reach maturity. pnrkers are now paying 10 cents per Farm accounting Is also being hundredweight additional for hogs taught In many of the district school originating In counties free or nearly In a number of states. This Is with free from bovine tuberculosis. the same objective In mind and the The United States Department of posting and summarizing of an actual Agriculture- has bulletins for free disfarm business record In the simple tribution which give detailed Informafarm account book constitutes the tion on the prevention and control of main text book matrs-lal- . Many boys tuberculosis. are keeping home farm records as result of this school training. Sweet Clover Needs Care The vigor with which sweet clover Dairy Calf Club Work grows and persists ss a weed has led The pure bred llnlxtein cattle many to believe that little rare Is a good stand of the whl''h farm boys and girls of Dela- necnesnry to ware have fed find cared for as a pHrt crop. However, the opposite Is true, of their dairy calf club work Co- this being due partly to the large nstitute 19 per cent of the pure bred numbers of turd see-lpresent In Ilolstclns In that sln'e, according to most lots of seed, but more often to t s report received by the United poirr preparation of the seedbed and carelessness In Seeding. States tH'pnrtment of Agriculture. f U he led In the development of graduate schools and the elective system In undergraduate work. The raising of the entrance requirements of universities, which has led to a corresponding raising of the standards of graduate schools, and the intro Influence duction of choice of entrance requirements, have had a nation-wid- e Russell red-clov- g Relative Advantages of Horse Power in Farming Izen." pcientisl fresh-lookin- sist that you do not want Italian seed. s, Vt Department 'of Agriculture. A bright lot of seed will usually germinate pretty well, but It is so easy to test the germination In advance that there is little excuse for sowing poor seed. If 100 or 200 average seeds are counted out and laid on a plate between pieces of moist cloth or blotting paper and the plute set away In a room where temperature Is 65 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the seeds will begin to sprout In three or four days, and In a week the value of the seed so fur as germination is concerned can be definitely determined. The germination of clover seed, even when the sample Is good, will depend somewhat on the number of hard seeds present. A sample of good seed should test something like 90 per cent, with at least several of the remaining seeds test hard at the close of the ten-day to Be Publicly Honored Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard university, will elebrate his ninetieth birthday anni March 20. . That should be versary Russell G. Creviston of Marion, Ind., k'asy, for Harvard plans a public trib who for some time has been assistant ute to the distinguished educator. Annational adjutant to Col. Lemuel Bol-Ienouncement of the event has been recently retired, has been named nade by J. W. Seymour, secretary of to succeed Colonel Bolles. the Harvard Alumni association. It will be attended not only by representatives of the 45,000 Harvard alumni, 'mt also by leading citizens from all parts of the country, who have ex pressed a desire to honor Dr. Eliot in recognition of his services as "a citl- - Much of the present difficulty experienced In getting a good stand of red clover may be overcome simply by the use of seed of good quality and germination, says the United States period. However, even If the germination of seed Is good great care should be taken to find out If possible where the seed was grown, since the work of the de partment has also shown that red clover grown In Italy Is not adapted to most of the United States and Bhould not be used In the eastern United States. The only way to prevent getting Italian seed is to buy from a reliable firm or organization and to In Creviston Is Chosen New National Ad jutant Much Discussion Over National Prize Essay The essay of Lambert Slomlnskl of Grecnbush, Minn., submitted as state winner in the national, essay contest of the American Legion, caused a controversy to arise between II. J. Steel, chairman of the department American-Iscommission of the American Legion and several critics of the lad's composition. Slomlnskl, a schoolboy of sixteen, wrote on the Legion's announced subject, "Why America Should Prohibit Immigration for Five Tears." Ills essay was adjudged best In his state and as consequence was given wide publicity. One of the points made by the boy was that ability of Slavic and Mediterranean subrares to maintain free Institutions and democratic government Is questionable. This called forth much criticism, particularly from representatives of those races. One letter from Rev. V. T. Mtkolasok of I.nriln, N. D., declared that the Czechoslovak race, of which tie Is a member, maintained free Institutions long before America was discovered. This Is, of course, very true, according to history. Hut Chairman Steel cited the fact that these people have for several generations been under the dominations of despotic monarch and peoples. They have not been able to continue their Institutions of learning, their forms of free government. Steel maintained that the boy's points were well taken In this respect, as admission of such people was not a reflection on the race Itself, but on the lords and masters of the citizenry. In nn open letter to Reverend Miko-laseSteel said: "Anyone who pauses to reflect a moment will agree that the Slav of today or of any period, is and was different In many respects from the New Englanders of Colonial time. Put the Slav is not therefore Inferior. Moreover It Is not yet determined that America will be molded along the lines set forth by our Tori-ta- n ancestors. That is one of the things the Legion hopes to have considered and If possible settled In the presets) discussion." The fact that snch sn essay brought forth dlscueslon was the point aimed contest In whlcft t In the natlnn-wldearly 800,000 children eumjeted. TIMES-NEW- . potato-growin- g ft s rei-en- |