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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1923
Page
12
A national Legion survey across 22 states from 640 posts shows steady membership growth tied to community relations. From 1919 to 1922 posts expanded in parks, playgrounds, memorials, and youth programs while promoting employment, citizenship education, veteran welfare, and local civic events.
The annual report of the national treasurer shows the American Legion chartering posts in seventeen foreign countries and five U S territorial possessions besides the 48 states and DC. Mexico leads foreign membership with New York the largest home department at 57 417 members and 63 delegates at the national convention. Illinois Pennsylvania Iowa and Ohio follow in order.
The American Legion auxiliary of South Dakota starts ground for a soldiers wing to the tuberculosis sanitarium at Sanitarium in the Black Hills. The $50,000 addition will be built in a 150 acre forested park and aims to house 48 veterans next summer.
John Kass of the Charles A. Learned post enrolled 85 new members at the American Legion in Detroit earning a trip to the national convention in San Francisco. His rival Pete Kolbe added 65, with Kass finishing strong by recruiting 36 in the final stretch. The contest showed many veterans had not joined because they had not been asked.
Alvin Owsley national commander of the American Legion urged admitting German Austrian and Russian World War veterans to the Interallied Veterans Federation. He urged peace over hatred arguing a moral duty to engage rivals. Charles Bertrand of France and Belgium supported admittance once reparations are offered.
A unit of the American Legion Auxiliary plans a memorial home in Alma Kansas. The facility will include an auditorium a gymnasium and a service kitchen with Legion and Auxiliary quarters on the second floor. The 25 member group in a town of 789 owns the site bought for 900 dollars and aims for early construction.
A quarrel at dinner ends with the narrator tossing the check at his partner and walking out. The woman’s line that “the woman does the paying” is cited, followed by the narrator’s snarled remark about this being the one time she pays. The item mirrors a social joke from American Legion Weekly.
Massed bands from eight Ohio elites performed at a special concert during the American Legion annual convention in Springfield. More than 350 musicians participated.
A motivational essay argues that busy and successful people should aid others along the ascent. It stresses offering encouragement to the young and the weak, warning that climbing over others yields a hollow prize. Kindness should be voluntary, not profit driven, for lasting happiness.
A cautionary poem urging a young boy not to seek the distant Man-land where material wonders replace real joys. It contrasts simple childhood treasures with imagined luxuries and warns of lost manners prayers and warmth in a place of cold laughter and false tales.
A McClure syndicated column urges readers to observe religious festivals and the Sabbath despite laughter from others. It argues such reflection yields personal gain, compares it to a respite from marital tensions, and advises stopping to contemplate for self improvement.
A 1923 McClure Syndicate essay argues self control transforms mood and perception. It describes gaining mastery over emotions and impulse, leading to brighter surroundings, kinder attitudes, and a confident outlook.
A home cookbook style recipe outlines codfish balls made from salt codfish and potatoes with butter and egg, fried until brown. It also describes a cranberry trapple dish with cranberry, water, sugar, chopped peanuts and vanilla baked into bite sized treats.
A U S Department of Agriculture bulletin outlines a simple complete accounting system for livestock shipping associations. It notes growth and cost disparities and offers adaptable methods for farmer elevators and stock warehouses. Free copies available from Washington.
In Hingis experiment station trials, Prof. R J Laible measured stomach and intestine capacities in 15 pigs per type. Sizes ranged widely with stomachs from one pint to three quarts and total digestive capacity from ten to twenty six quarts. Despite variation, growth and feed consumption did not correlate with organ size.
A USDA study shows flushing ewes with extra feed for two weeks before breeding raises twin lambs. Per 100 flushed ewes 148 lambs were born versus 128 from normal feeding, with best gains around seven pounds. Fresh pastures soybeans and cowpeas proved effective flushers.
Fall pig care emphasizes feeding for milk production. Feed dams well during suckling with milk producing feeds such as wheat shorts and corn plus skim milk or buttermilk. Include tankage and allow a pasture crop. set up a pig creep for extra handouts.
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