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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH T3fie Ideals of the Legion AMERICAN LEGION (Copy (or Lois uapartuieiit Supplied by American Lsglon New Service.) III THREE MEN LEAD IN MEMBERSHIP CONTEST During 1923 honors for securing members for the American Legion were about evenly divided between three men. These, John A. Smith of Sioux City, la., a member of the Monahan post; Hans Hunsdorf, a disabled man, now patient In a Minnesota hospital; and John Kass of Detroit, led all others In securing applications. Smith obtained his members In a rather unique manner. He worked out a scheme known as the Cudahy plan by means of which he caused the big Industrial firms of Sioux City to pay up the dues for employees, utilizing a checkoff for repayment. His record approximated nearly one member for each working day of the year. Hunsdorf obtained his members by personal contact, particularly in Veterans Bureau hospitals, and wherever veterans gathered and rolled his record up to nearly 250. Kass, a member of the Charles A. Learned post in Detroit, made an earnest campaign for his applicants, and is said to have Interviewed more men than either of the other two champs. His record approximated that of Hunsdorf. But to do this, he faced severe competition from one Theodore Kolbe, now department adjutant of the Legion in Michigan. Kolbes record was near enough to that of Kass that it took a board of judges to determine the standing of the two. Kass has already made a start toward a 1924 record. On February 29 he had collected dues and applications from 60 veterans. His method Chairman Thomas U. McGowan of the Woburn (Mass.) school board recently expressed the ideals of the American Legion during an address made at a citizens mass meeting held in that city. The American Legion offers itself as a constant reminder of for the good of all. It does not ask for hero worship nor does it ask the American public for sacrifice. It asks only for encouragement in the great work It has undertaken in the care of needy comrades, in perfecting Its organization into an entity of men, but above all to serve our country and our flag and to perpetuate the unexcelled traditions of a glorious history. The Legion strives to be unselfish in undertakings; it asks The only for American Legion will maintain its place in the sun. e WINNER OF A BOK AWARD Government Takes Up Study of Mole Demand for Animal's Fur Inspires U. S. Officials. There has grown up a Washington. demand for mole skins and as the market for them develops, interest in them and how best to raise them without suffering too greatly by their depredations has become so great that the fur experts at Washington have made a special study of the subject and have published a booklet in which is apparent a marked pessimistic note. Until recently the sole supply of mole skins has come from abroad, but as the demand for them increases attention has been called to the fact that In certain parts of the United States there are moles that are bigger than those of alien birth and with fur of a better texture. Steady efforts have always been made to protect and to propagate fur LEGION FATHERS has ever animals but no such ADDING COUNCILS been made in regard attempt to the mole. The experts say that the only effect the The American Legion Fathers, an growing demand for the fur will have auxiliary to the veterans body, has al- will be to stimulate the trapping of ready enrolled a number of councils them. as the local units are termed and apMole Is Not a Rodent. plications for Information concerning Contrary to general belief, the mole the auxiliary have been flooding naIs not a rodent, and it can be easily tional headquarters. distinguished from the shrew and the The first council to receive a charter from national headquarters was pocket gopher by its short, stout front legs. If not totally blind, the formed from fathers of men in Harcommon mole can at best merely disvey post 155 of the Legion in Harvey, tinguish between light and darkness. 111. Harvey is a suburb of Chicago. What remains of its organs of sight Others of the first five to be estab- lie beneath the skin. The mole wholly lished are in Malden, Mass., St. Paul, lives below the surface of the earth, Minn., Topeka, Kan., and Bellingham, as those know who have seen their Wash. lawns full of ridges. Whatever exThe charter fee for a council is $10, of life the mole has come to and the application must be signed by periences him through his sensitive touch, acute ten men, either fathers of active Lehearing and highly developed powers gionnaires, or of men who made the of smell. Part of the Information supreme sacrifice in the World war. which the government has placed beThe organization is not permitted to tween the covers of the pamphlet have either a state or national author- rends: ity and is governed by the Legion post Certain galleries or passages leadto which attached. The movement Is from the deeper central system ing primarily for the counseling of the Le- tend upw ard here and there to Join the gionnaires, and assistance in carrying shallow runs that stretch out the principles of the veterans or- out over the mole's hunting grounds. ganization. Through these runs the little animal hurries along at irregular intervals in search of food and, when occasion deWealth and Industry mands, extends the limits of its opera- The System Needs Spring Cleaning," Just as the carnivorous animal, though vegetable matter is found in its stomach. "On account of Its secluded life the mole is little subject to attacks by the many foes of other small mammals. Its burrow is so small that no formidable enemy, except, perhaps, the weasel or the snake, can follow It underground, and as It seldom leaves Its passageways there Is little chance of Its being seen by predatory animals. However, the movement of the soil when a mole is working near the surface may readily be detected by a watchful foe, and it Is probable that hungry denizens of the wild secure a morsel of food now and then by springing suddenly upon a disturbed spot of earth and hurriedly digging out the furry little miner. Among birds of prey the hawks and owls take only a small toll from the mole tribe. The solution of the problem of getting rid of the mole as a pest has been found in the value of the pelts to the fur trade. Until recently the little animal had been captured more with the aim of exterminating a nuisance than of utilizing its skin. It Is significant of our lack of attention to small business matters that American moleskins were not sooner quoted or offered on the markets. Moleskin garments have been fashionable In this country, particularly In the large eastern cities, for many years, and fur dealers consider It probable that undressed mole pelts will continue Indefinitely to have a marketable value, this value fluctuating, of course, with the demands of fashion and the visible supply. SPRING TIME IS TONIC TIME Home Does. TANLAC ifeen Called the Worlds Greatest Tonic by Over 100,000 Persons, Who Have Testified That Tanlac Has Helped Them Has Regain Their and Health. - Strength DONT GAMBLE WITH YOUR HEALTH; DEMAND THE BEST Samuel B. Flelsher was named the winner of the Philadelphia award, founded und endowed by Edward W. Bok in 1921 and awarded annually to the person who shall have performed an act or brought to culmination a service calculated to advance the best and largest interests of Philadelphia. Mr. Flelsher is shown here with the chest containing $10,000, the sum of , the annual award. J Tanlac Has Benefited Thousands of Persons Suffering From Stomach Trouble, Indigestion, Rheumatism, Nervousness and Kindred Ailments Tanlac Is for Sale by All Good Druggists Accept No Substitute Over Forty Million Bottles Sold. Breaks His Toes in Dream New Castle, Pa. Drenming that a bull dog was trying its best to nip his ankles. Will Coleman aimed a hard kick at the animal's ribs. He awoke his toes cracked against Three of the wall of his bedroom. the toes were broken. t Keeping Air Moist In homes heated by hot air furnaces, with registers in the floor, it is a good plan to keep cans of water hung in the register. Any handy person can make holes In a tin can in which to fasten a wire bale, and this can be hung on a narrow strip of wood laid across the furnace pipe, just below the floor level. A two-quacan will require filling twice a week. This will not only prevent the furniture from drying out, but Is an aid to the health of the family, as it keeps the air moist. rt Finds Old Records of Jews in China sub-surfa- as Well as Man Power John Kass. of enrolling the veterans as LegionI ask naires is simple but efficient. them, he says. Kass accomplishment was completed within 18 days, the duration of the post membership drive. In addition he added members to other Wayne county posts. His approach is such the Legion officials in Michigan believe that he must use more salesmanship than do either Smith or Hunsdorf. Smiths Conscription of wealth and industry as well as of man power, as enunciated in the universal draft act, has received unanimous support from 4,000 Boston citizens. Tills bill, now in congress, provides that every national tesource be turned to government control in case of wrar in order to provide the utmost for protection of the nation. Gen. Charles It. Edwards, commander of the American Legion in Massachusetts, who spoke at a great mass meeting held in Boston, said that the greatest tragedy of the World war was the failure to conscript other resources as well as those of manhood. Another Legion speaker who was acclaimed for his stand in this direction, was Maj. George L. Berry, international president of the Printing Pressmens union, who spoke before a gathering of Legion men in the Hub city. Berry, a past national vice commander of the Legion and high in circles of labor organizations, declared that the passage of such an act was the best means to forestall war. The bill was first passed as a resolution at the New Orleans convention of the Legion, and subsequently introduced in congress. It has received support of Secretary of War John W. Weeks, and other statesmen. plan for reaching the Industrial concerns is sort of an advantage, while Hunsdorf gets men who are daily enjoying benefits of the Legion, they argue. And Kass gets out and lands the members by hard work, according to their Idea. of New The three have on a triangular race Interpretation York Insurance Laws for membership honors this year. The Learned posters have challenged insurance rates for Compensation Omaha post for the greatest memfirms employing disabled slightly bership during 1924, a record here- World wrar verans should not be tofore held by the Nebraskans. Kass higher, according to the interpretation Is one of the main reliances of the of state Insurance laws made by Gov. Detroiters in bringing this honor to A. II. Smith of New York. his city. The executives ruling came in reHunsdorf is avowed to better his sponse to a protest from Department record by at least a hundred, and Commander E. E. Spafford of the while the men of Monahan post in American Legion in New York, who Sioux City are dependent on Smith said that certain veterans found it to handle the recruiting alone, it is difficult to obtain employment because safe to say that his record will approxtheir physical condition increased imate that of 1923. rates for workmens insurance offered The Man from Michigan has al- by private concerns. ready been proclaimed champion of the According to Commander Spafford, Wayne county council membership the veterans had been accepted only campaign, and his accomplishment re- as extra hazardous risks, and the Lequiring less than three weeks would gion sought clarification of the state's apparently put him into the national attitude by word from the governor. championship class with good chances I can state to you, wrote Governor In the final outcome. Smith to Commander Spafford, that the state insurance fund does not consider veterans suffering from a partial Left Part of Estate to American Legion disability as extra hazardous risks, and takes no action, directly or indiof the estate of a disrectly, whether in premium rates or abled World war veteran who died in merit rating, which would in any way Kansas City, Mo., was inherited by employment of partially discourage the American Legion. The reteran, disabled veterans. Each accident is Earl Mason of Indianapolis, provided considered on the merits of the accifor the bequest In his will, which dent alone." named the head of the Legion district hospitalization committee as exeWins Essay Contest cutor. The estate amounted to apThe privileges and obligations of ax proximately $350. The will recites that every con- American citizen was the subject sideration and kindness had been chosen by the American Legion in shown to Mason by the Legion, and Lowell, Mass., for the annual essay that he made the gift ns a token of contest. Komnenus Soukaras, a high gratitude, and to a.xi'-- i in providing school student, was awarded first prize erans. Mason for his essay, which was selected from aid for other disabled went to Kansas City several months nearly 200. Soukaras was also winner of an essay contest inaugurated by the ago broken In health and without emhim in assisted The National Guard unit in Lowell; the Legion ployment. securing comnensation and hospital subject was Armistice Day and Its One-fourt- h Service Meaning tions by pushing out Into untouched soil. As It extends the runways, the movement of the mole is almost literally one of swimming. As to seasonal activity, it may be said that moles are probably never dormant, that they never hibernate. They may be trapped at any time of the year when the ground is not frozen too hard to permit the working of the trap. Three to Four in Litter. The general belief that moles are rapid breeders is declared to be wrong sub-surfa- , because: Their life of seclusion shelters them from many of the dangers that constantly threaten the existence of the small mammals living above To maintain their normal ground. numbers from generation to generation a rapid rate of increase, therefore. Is not necessary. The young are brought forth early In spring In rudely constructed nests of half-gree- n grass stubble and rootlets. The number in a litter is commonly three or four. Moles grow end develop with astonishing rapidity. In the Puget Sound country most of the young are born in the latter half of March and spend the month of April in the nests. By the last of May they are so well grown that the ordinary observer would not be likely to distinguish them from the parent moles. A mole's appetite seems to be almost insatiable. When held in captivity ,and given food to its liking It will sometimes eat more than its own weight in a day. The character of the food has been the subject of much discussion, but the multiplied evidence of digestive tract, dentition, stomach content and choice of food when In captivity leaves no doubt that the mole is a Librarian of College Brings Back Hebraic Papers. New York. Adolph S. Oko, librarian of the Hebrew Union college, Cincincomnati, has brought to New York community Hebraic a of records plete life and culture which existed1368-164-In China during the Ming dynasty, of which all trace had been lost to civilization. Mr. Oko returned here recently from an extended book scouting expedition in Europe, in which he succeeded In manufinding 59 Chinese Hebrew silk, Chinese in bound original scripts which, with the exception of four, which were stolen several years ago from an exhibition in London, constitute ail the manuscripts known to have been written by Jews living In China. The manuscripts consist of hymnals and prayer books and were brought from China to London by the London Christianity Society for Promoting among the Jews in China, an organization which sent missionaries to that country for the first time In 1849. They were purchased by the missionaries of that society in the village of 4, Kas-fung-fo- The manuscripts are curious in that Instead of being in the form of scrolls they qre in the shape of fans. The oblong pages are folded one upon the other, and the reader pulls the pages Several books, consistout of hymnals and prayer books, coning tain translations of hymns into the Jewish-rersiadialect, thereby indicating a relationship between the rituals. Chinese and Persian-IIebreExperience of Missionaries. The money for the purchase of these books, said Mr. Oko recently. wras made available by a group of Jews in the west, headed by Ben Selling of Portland, Ore., and Rabbi Jonah, son of Isaac M. Wise, late founder of the Hebrew Union college, fan-wis- n Drop a Nickel and Get Radio Message Ilere Is the radio receiver, the first of its kind. It Is the invention of D. J. Richardson of Washington, D. C. You insert a coin and grab the entertainment or information you want out of ttie ether. nlckel-in-the-sl- also of that city. With the new acquisitions the Hebrew Union college library will now house 70,000 books, among which are the largest Spinoza and Hebrew musical collections in the world. Accompanying the manuscripts Is a history of the experience of the missionaries of the village of The introduction shows how In the middle of the Nineteenth century, once powerful Jewish groups had sunk Into poverty and whole communities were in danger of disintegration. Persecution and starvation was the familiar lot of the remains of the Ming dynasty Jews at that period. The writer of the history appends Interesting notes on how the manuscripts were acquired. The- - introduction to the history reads, In pnrt, as follows: Since the British treaty of Nanking in 1842 many Christians in' Europe have directed their attention toward the Jews In China. It was at their request that the writer of these Introductory remarks undertook to direct the general plan and management of the undertaking. A friendly feeling was generally evinced towafd our visitors, which Is in no small measure attributable to the Hebrew letter of Introduction from Shanghai, of which although the Jews understood not the purport, they readily perceived Its Identity with their own snered writings. Without such an introduction, they would probably have been received with suspicion and distrusted ns spies. Our visitors learned that during the year 1849 the whole of the little at Jewish community were thrown into great alarm and exposed to danger of persecution, on account of suspected connection with foreigners, by a letter written in Chinese and dispatched some time before by the late Temple Layton, Esq., n. B. M consul at Amoy, for the purpose of procuring some Hebrew MSS. . . . Here, in the midst of a surrounds of whom ing population, were professors of Mahommedanism. and close adjoining to a heathen temple dedicated to the god of fire, a few Jewish families, sunk In the Iow- est poverty and destitution, their religion scarcely more than a name, and yet sufficient to separate them from the multitude around, exposed to trial, reproach and the pain of hope, remn'ned the unconscious depositaries of the crackle of God nnd survived as the solitary witnesses of departed glory. Not a single Individual could read the Hebrew hooks: they had been without a rabbi for 50 years. The expectation of n Messiah seems to have been entirely lost. The rite of circumcision, which appears to have been observed at the period of their dlscot cry by the Jesuits two centuries ago, bad been totally discontinued. The synagogue itself was tottering In ruins; some of the ground had been alienated to pagan rites, and a portion of the fallen materials sold to the Some time preneighboring heathen. viously they had petitioned the Chinese emperor to have pity on their poverty and to rebuild their temple. No reply had been received front Peking, but to this feeble hope they still clung. Out of 70 family names or clans only seven now remained, numbering about 200 individuals in all, dispersed over the According to present neighborhood. appearances, In the Judgment of our native messengers, after a few years ail traces of Judaism will probably have disappeared. Beware of Imitations! 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