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Show THE ACTION TO CHECK RADICAL ELEMENT The AMERKSN LEGION Supplied by tbft (Copy for Thia Department American Lee Ion News Servloe.) NAMED ADJUTANT FOR CALIFORNIA 's From keeping records for the University of California, James K. Fisk has graduated to keeping records for the California department of the American Legion. Fisk was appointed department adjutant on July 1 by Department Commander James K. Collins, upon the resignation of Morton Keaton, who had been department adjutant for three years. For 17 years Fisk was connected with the university. During ten of those years he had been assistant recorder. As assistant chairman of music and drama, he assisted In bringing to the Greek theater at the university many of the world's noted dramatic tars. From the time of Its organization Fisk has been active In the work of Berkeley post of the Legion. He Is a past commander of the post. He Is v .i Steps of national dimensions to curb the activities of radical elements who use methods In public speeches were taken by members of the American Legion at Buffalo, N. Y recently as the outcome of a cash between members of the LegOn and Proletarian party orators. As the cHmai of a series of speeches of radicals In Lafayette square, Legion men on the eve of Flag day put to rout a Proletarian speaker, wfio, standing In the shadow of a monument in memory of the dead defenders, wag hurling philippics against the nation, the flag and all "milk-fepatriots." The speaker, a Chicago man, took to hU heels and sought refuge at the Proletarian headquarters. He attempted to obtain a warrant against the Legionnaire who pushed him from his soap box, but the judge refused to Issue one, stating that the man did his duty. The Legion men then made an Insistent demand to city officials that an end be brought to all public speeches, "such as are being vomited by Reds In Lafayette square, and such as would Incite a riot by any group of patriotic men exposed to the spleen." Both Mayor Schwab and Commissioner Meahl agreed to revoke permits of all radical parties that have been allowed to speak in public places, such as Lafayette square. In commenting upon the action of the Legionnaires of Buffalo In dispersing the radical meeting. Garland W. Powell, national director, American-Iscommission of the American Legion, suld: "The action taken by patriots in Buffalo was not an official act of the American Legion. However, I am proud to state that no American will allow any man to slander those men who sacriflced their all In defense of their country." In this regard, the Americanism commission of the Legion has taken steps to preclude the unpatriotic activities of organizations advocating the repeal of all sedition and criminal laws throughout the syndicalist United States. These people are also advoentlng "free speech," speech of the kind that allows the advocacy of the overthrow of our government by force of arms, which means the overthrow of the government which guarantees free speech. Police Chief Zimmerman of Buffalo stated the case of "free speech" when, ns a reaction to the Lafayette square affair, he said: "It Is all very well to talk about free speech but when speakers overstep the bounds they have got to be muzzled, with an iron hand if necessary." JrK James K. Fisk. now, for the second year, holding the chairmanship of the department Americanization committee, where his work d Legion Comes to Aid of Buddy and Family Things looked pretty bad for Ed 'has attracted national attention. He Rowland of Okanogan, Wash., dislias taken a leading part In civic af- abled veteran of the World war, fairs. when his case came to the attention When the war came Fisk was made of the American Legion of Okanogan. a first lieutenant In the signal corps In September, 1918, Ed volunteered and was assigned to the personnel to help clear out a German machine branch of the aviation service at gun nest that was holding up the adWashington for about a year. He en- vance of his company in the Argonne tered active flying at Boiling field and forest. He eliminated the troubleat March field. He qualified as a pilot some machine gun by killing the gunand was ready to go overseas when ner in a fight. But not the armistice was signed. until a bullet from a German Luger had ploughed through his body, piercing bis liver and Intestines and leav"League" Floods Boston the walls of his abdomen so badly With Appeals for Aid ing torn that he narrowly escaped Immediate death from his wounds. The An organization known as the "National Disabled Soldiers' league," wvernment paid all his doctor's fees. which bas been flooding Boston with Hospital expenses, and furnished appeals for aid for disabled service transportation back to the United men, was denounced recently by Gen. States; nor was that all; they saw dollars Clarence R.Edwards, state commander to it that he got twenty-fiv- e of the American Legion. Circulars ac- every thirty days, that his wife and companied by lead pencils, sent to three children should not want for various business organizations and anything. Ed did not want to presume upon firms, by the League, read as follows: the government, but recently he came ! "Here are five excellent-qualit- y We had to pay for them. Tltey down with the scarlet fever and musare useful to you. One dollar is mere tered up courage to put In a request than they nre worth, but If you will for an Increased compensation allowsend It the profit will help us In our ance. The government couldn't do fight to better the sad lot confronting anything for Ed Just then. The American Legion heard about Hie disabled soldier." Gcncrnl EdEd and believing that something could wards (Hilntcd out that this organization recently run afoul of the law, and be done for lilm, representatives of be expressed Indignation that It Is the Okunogan County post of the making such hpjwhIh. "Don't give them Legion went lie fore the board of coma nickel," was the advice given the missioners to solicit un appropriation from the county soldiers' relief fund. public by the general. It was granted, and will tide him over until the recently panned Keed John-n- o Amount Is Large n rehabilitation law comes to his Spent in Legion Relief Work permanent relief. ' John H. Qulnn, national rommsnder In pointing Will Permit Trainees of the American out to Minnesota recentto Retain Their Books ly what the Legion hss done In welfare work declared: Through the Instrumentality of the "In addition to the aid given by the American legion recently an order was Issued from the United State 1,200 pools throughout the naVeterans' bureau which permits retion, the legion national rehabilitation vocational trainers to and welfare committee atone has spent habilitated more than $07,000 In the pst 12 retain their books and supplies furnmonths In relief work. The American ished them by the government for Heretouse during their training. is a motliefc Mothers don't sak futile questions when their children fore It has been the iKillcy of the are in need of sld. They give the aid bureau to insist upon the return of all to books and mirterlals chsrged or see that It Is given." trainees upon the completion of this course. The argued that this Bureau Officials Now material when returned to the governand had little Make Final Decisions ment was second-hanIt would Rehabilitation officials In enbdlstrbt or no salvage value,towhereas asset the graduated offices of the United States veterans' be a real bureau now have authority to make trainee. final decisions on matters relating to H on Attendance Prire training and relndiiciion Into training of bureau trainees, as a result of a In a parade celebrating the ZVHh general order Issued by General I lines, anniversary of Woodhrldge township, New Jersey, the American director of the Veterans' bureau. The decentralization of the bureau's post of Highland Park won the one activities came as the result of two hundred dollar first prize offered for and a half years' agifntlon on the part the post of the Legion with the best of the American Ieglon, which pointed percentage of attendance. Every town, out that decentralization would eipe-ditborough and municipality wltMn a administration and relief for the radius of twenty miles was represented In the parade. veteiaris. hand-to-han- pen-cIIh- e d TIMES-NEW- NEPHI, UTAH S, Important to Store Improvement in Eggs in Dry Place Horse Breeding miaerrl pe Hines to Be Chief of General Staff MaJ. Gen. John L. Hines, deputy chief of staff (portrait herewith), will succeed Gen. John J. Pershing as chief of staff of the United States army upon the latter's retirement this fall. The War department general staff Is organized under the act of 1920. The chief of staff Is the immediate adviser of the secretary of war on all matters relating to the military establishment and Is charged by him with the planning, development and execution of the army program. He directs the preparations by the general staff of the plans for organizing, equipping, training and using the military forces for national defense, Including those for the mobilization of the material resources of the nation, John Leonard Hines was born in West Virginia In 18G8 and was graduated from the United States Military g.Ml academy in 1891. He saw service in tJLU,Sx..A. jia&j-Jthe Spanish-Americawar, In . the Philippines at various times and in the Mexican punitive expedition. He arrived In France in June of 1917 as assistant adjutant general, A. E. F. He was successively colonel Sixteenth Infantry; commander First brigade, in' funtry, First division; commander Third Army corps and commander Fourth, Fifth and Second divisons. In 1921 he was made commander of the Eighth Corps area. He was awarded D. S. M. in 1919 "for services as regimental, brigade, division and eorps commander" and D. S. C. "for service In Solssons drive." He has various decorations from the French, British, Belgian and Italian governments. n Van Sweringens Big Railroad Operators In Five States All Stallions Used for Public Service of Pure Breeding. (Prepared by the United State Department of Agriculture.) An improvement in the quality of stallions and jacks licensed to stand for public service, but a decline In their numbers compared with previous years, are shown in a report on g the situation, just Issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. The Information, compiled by J. 0. Williams and S. R. Speelman of the bureau of animal Industry, is based on the latest records obtained from the secretaries of stallion enrollment boards of the various states. The report shows that more than 79 per cent of the stallions standing for public service during the breeding season of 1923, were pure breds. In five states Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia all the stallions kept for public service were of pure breeding. A summary of Jack registration shows that nearly 65 per cent of jacks that were registered for public service were pure bred. The figures for both stallions and Jacks show approximately a one per cent increase in pure breds over the previous year. Decline in Numbers. In numbers, however, stallions registered In 20 states from which comparable figures were available, totaled 17,330 for 1923, as against 18,400 for 1922, a decline of 1,070 or 5.8 per cent. During the same time Jacks declined from 4,888 to 4,344 a loss of 544 In sixteen comparable states. The figures given show the same general trend as the department's estimates-othe total number of horses and mules on farms in the United States at the beginning of 1923 and 1924. Both of these classes of animals show a decline In numbers. Production Behind Death Rate. "Production of horses and mules Is still behind the death rate," the .department specialists assert, "although there is no doubt a surplus of horses which cannot be marketed profitably, there Is an actual shortage of animals of the heavy draft type, high-clas- s wagon horses, and good saddle horses. Reports indicate a brisk market demand for animals of these classes, and ready sale at good prices." It is noteworthy from the report that the decline In the number of public-servic- e stallions and Jacks was greatest In the scrub, grade, and cross-breclasses, this condition being a favorable Indication of a better class of foals In the future. Four states Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and West Virginia licensed only pure bred stallions and Jacks during 1922. Iowa Joined the ranks of states licensing only pure bred stallions and Jacks by a law becoming effective horse-breedin- f The Cleveland News-Leadsaid the other day : "The Van Swerlngen railroad merger is next door to an accomplished fact. It is. In fact, accomplished. What remains to be done Is detail. Four systems, Nickel Plate, Chesapeake & Ohio, including the Hocking Valley; Erie & Pere Marquette, operating over 11,000 miles of line and with total balance sheet footings of upwards of $1,000,000,000 and $1,500,000,000, will, within a few weeks, be brought under a unified control with Cleveland headquarters. Put into the picture also Cleveland's new Union station and terminal, for O. P. Van Sweringen says he expects Ur jrL to see the steel going up on the central section of Its depot on the public square within a few weeks." There are two Van Sweringen brothers. Orris P. (portrait herewith) and Mantis J. Orris Is forty-si- x and Mantis forty-fouThey were born I wooster, Ohio. The first an purchase was the Nickel Plate In 1916, then doing the unprofitable freight hauls of the New York Cen tral to leave the main four to six track system clear for the big money. The next Van Sweringen purchase was two more similar links strung out in the territory around Lake Erie the Clover Leaf & Lake Erie & Western. These were welded into the Nickel Plate system. The next was a real railroad the Chesapeake & Ohio, carrying control of the Hocking Valley, both notable among the coal carrying systems of central territory east of the Mississippi. Clevelaud professes to believe that In less than five years O. P. Van Sweringen will be the country's leading railroad operator. Gather and Market Often to Obtain Top Prices. Other things being equal, is one of the most perfect foods in the world. From the moment it Is laid by a healthy hen in a clean and sanitary environment It is subject to deleterious Influences. The hen is In no way responsible for these, but her owner Is. Dirt, heat, excessive dryness or a damp environ-meare all Inimical to quality in fresh eggs. Dtrt disfigures the shell and so lessens its value to buyers; it also contracts mold, germs and injurious bacteria which break down quality and nutritive value and vitiate flavor. Hence the Importance of placing eggs in a cool, dry, pure atmosphere, and of gathering and marketing them often, or of them, which is only another way of maintaining their quality. To eat hen-fruat Its best Is to do so when It Is yet very young from the nest. When eggs are subjected to damp and moisture, the albuminous protective covering dissolves, admitting decomposing bacteria into the shell through the pores, which causes rapid spoilage. Heat tends to break down the "whites," rendering the egg "weak" and watery; on the yolks the effect is to make them dark and "heavy." Eggs of this character are graded as "bakers," which command reduced An excessively dry atmosprices. phere causes rapid evaporation, or "shrunken" eggs. A careful consideration of these premises will suggest their own remedies. Clean nests protected from the sun and wind, healthy laying hens and wholesome feeding are the fundamental things to provide for good performance flocks. When the Industrious ben has functioned and delivered her product, It is "up to" her owners to take the necessary measures that will Insure a good price to the poultryman and fine eating quality to the ultimata consumer. newly-harvest- ed hen-fru- nt cold-storagl- it Manure Is Too Valuable to Be Wasted in Yards No matter how rich a soil may be, years of constant cropping with no return of organic matter will eventually wear it out. A crop rotation which includes a legume at least once In every four years must be followed In If fertility is to be maintained. addition, all crop refuse available, such as stubble, straw and manure. Is necessary. The average Increase In crop yields for each ton of manure applied per acre has been found to be worth $3.31 In an Ohio experiment extending over a period of 14 years. Manure is too valuable to be wasted around the barnyards. When It is thrown from the stable Into the barnyard, it contains, on the average, SO per cent water if from cattle, and. 70 per cent if from January 1, 1924. The complete report on stallion en- horses. This water contains the major g siturollment and the portion of the salts which give manure ation contains comments by secre- its fertilizing value. Expose such mataries of stallion enrollment boards In terial to the rain and the liquid mavarious states, statistical summaries nure will soon be replaced by rainon the number and breeding of Jacks water If the manure pile Is where It and stallions in states keeping suit- will drain easily. Manure exposed from April 1 to able records, names and addresses of Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton of state and national officials in charge September 30 at the New York experiNew York Is back from a trip to India of horse and mule breeding work, and ment station lost 43 per cent of its which had many Interesting features. a list of pedigree registry associations. value. Wherever practicable, then, a She was the guest of Lord and Lady Copies of the report may be procured tight manure pit Is a good Investment on application to the United States The one shown here Is on the farm Reading and of 11 different raahara-Jahs- . She Interviewed Ghandi twice. Department of Agriculture, Washing- of Emll Anderson, Branch county, Mich. Besides conserving the manure, She went on 11 separate organized ton, D. C. it keeps the barnyard in a much tiger bunts In central and southern cleaner condition and in case contagiIndia and didn't get a single shot at Most Practical Way to ous diseases develop, proper sanitary a tiger. She was the guest of the exin the Soil methods are not so expensive. Save Water iled emperor and empress of China. She got inside the Zenanas and ' How to save water in the Boll Is a 1 brought back material for a book on very important matter. We know that women in India. She founded womsoil is moist in the spring when the en's organizations and gave lectures seeds are planted, and that this moiswhich were translated Into four lanture dries up arvl goes off In the air. She had various adventures Covering up the soil prevents this guages. The best time to fix the farm mawith dangerous wild animals and bad moisture from drying up, and the U before it needs repairs. several narrow escapes. most practical way of covering It Is chinery Mrs. Seton is equally as famous with a thin layer of loose, dry earth summer the gardener needs as her husband. By the way, the and make this covering by raking the to During cultivate his pep along with his bed every few days, once a week anyapparently are no longer Canadians but Americans. Incidentally, their way, and oftener If the top of the soil pepper. name, "Seton' recoils a romance. becomes hard and crusty, as It does The average duckling Is ready for When the head of the Seton family, several generations ago, fled to England after a rain, therefore. Instead of from Scotland, he assumed the name of Thompson. Ernest Seton Thompson pouring moisture. In the shape of market between ten and twelve weeks was the name used by the naturalist in his early publications. Now he has water, on the bed, keep the moisture of age at which time Individuals of the Pekin variety should weigh beresumed his ancestral name. In the soil with this covering of dirt. tween five and six pounds. if soli the In becomes However, e dry so the plants do not spite of you is absolutely no danger sprayThere thrive, then water the bed, do not ing boars or brood sows while they are sprinkle It, but water It by wetting pregnant. Spray brood sows with Then In crude oil after clear through at evening. they have been put In the morning when the surface begins a Senator James E. Watson (Rep.) clean farrowing pen. This thoroughly to get dry, begin raking again to keep of Indiana (portrait herewith), chairthe pigs from getting lice' the water from getting away In the prevents man of the senate committee to Investifrom their mother. the air. plants every Sprinkling day Income tax unit and the progate the or two Is one of the surest ways of - The time to set trees and shrubs hibition unit of the' Internal revenue spoiling them. bureau, has resigned from the chairla In early spring, as early as the manship and intends to take no part ground Is fit to work. They may be I Senator James Coula the Inquiry. set up to the first of June If kept Sand Is Favored Clean I zens (Rep.) of Michigan, has been 1 dormant, but It Is Just as well to refor Vegetable Storing member elected chairman In his place. The that the later the planting other members of the committee. SenSand makes a very good medium the less likely the success, within cerator William II. King (Iem.) of Utah for the storing of potatoes, rarrots, tain limits. and Senator A. A. Jones (Iem.) of beets and parsnips. These vegetables New Mexico, have decided to go ahead should be kept cool, fairly moist, and Boys and girls have often got with the Investigation. September 2 free from contact with circulating air, started with good flocks of sheep by has been fixed as the date of the beIn order to lie stored without wilting raising such orphan lambs on cow's or starting growth. In the absence of milk. As ewe's milk Is richer than ginning of open heatings in Washington. suitable stornge house, the use of even Jersey milk, there is no need to The Harelip dates back to the last and Is most effective. dilute cow's milk for feeding, though session of congress when the commitThe sSnd for storing purposes should a little lime water Is sometimes added tee, then investigating the Internal be free from organic matter. It should to prevent Indigestion. revenue department, employed Franalso be renewed earn year, as the cis Heney of California as prosecutor ssnd In which vegetables hsve been The old wood may be cut from and announced Its plans of Investigat stored may contain rot spore from the raspberries and blackberries, and Income the tax and In Mellon s activities ing prohibition units and Secretary If new canes are making a very strong the previous winter. them. Watson, In the senate denounced the plan. Illness of Senator Couzens The common method of storing Is to growth, they may be cut back, ssy to prevented further investigation then. place alternate rows of roots and sand three feet. In the case of red rasp"It la the committee's Intention," said Senator Couzens, "to investigate for la a bo on the basement floor. Or berries. It Is unnecessary to cut them the purpose of seeing whsther the laws are being properly rsrrled oat sn1 If the roots may be placed In ronlcsl back, atid experience ha proved that any amendments would Improve the functioning of the internal revenua bureau. pile covered with a layer of tend about It ! a better practice to keep back, Into Is the matter with The cornnlttea going entirely pen mind." eight laches deep. only black ctpt aM bteefcbetTtea. OS r. d horse-breedin- Mrs. Seton Back From India Tigerless 'if. IV 3V; tr;: J arm Iactscp Se-to- Watson and Couzens Agree to Disagree i -.-- -x |