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Show LEGION LAWMAKER ALL THERE Youngest Member of North Dakota Legislature Produces Results for His Fellow Buddies. To Robert J. Boyd, a member of Gilbert C. Grafton I'ost So. 2 of the 3$ fiV rvn iff American Legion at Fargo, N. D., goes the honor of being the youngest young-est member of the house of representatives repre-sentatives of the North Dakota legislature, leg-islature, lie Is twenty-five years old. A former president presi-dent of tiie Fargo Trade and Labor assembly and an active member of the Pressmen's union at Fargo, Mr. Boyd was active in support of several sev-eral bills advantageous to organized labor. He was also a strong advocate of legislation backed by the North Dakota Da-kota department of the Legion. Among the results of his work are: the passage of bills making Armistice day a legal holiday, protecting the Legion emblem and increasing tax for bonus fund from three-fourths to one mill on taxable property. De also led the fight which resulted in the passage pass-age of a resolution urging congress to pass the Fordney five-fold compensation compen-sation bill, a measure backed by lh Legion. |