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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07
IMPRESSIONS GAINED AT
e. THE 1920 CONVENTION

brigadier general" That is about cor
rect. for as general rule the pla-
toon commanders We're enlisted men.
The platoons We're made up of all
ranks and branches of the service,
marching side by side, and everybody
seemed to be satisfied.
The parade was 4 great success,
and to make the overseas man feel
natural, they exploded booms overhead
during the whole parade. All of Cleve-
land took a day off to witness the
legionnaires on parade. There was
plenty of music, furnished by fifty
bands, playing the old tunes we used
TO march to.
The convention opened at o'clock
on September 26th. and appointed
lutions which were to be brought be-
fore the convention. These committees
had To work day and night for some
of them had as many as rs resolu-
tions to take up and make report on.
On the second day the committees
began to report, only two of their
reports brought on a real fight on
the convention floor. One was the
committee on immigration, in regard
TO the Japanese question on our west
ern coast. The other was handling
the amendments TO the constitution
and when they came to that part
where they wanted TO change or clari-
fy the constitution in regard to what
extent the American Legion would
be allowed to participate in party poll
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07

Trying TO give an account of what
happened at the national convention
oethe American legion is about such
a task as to tell what you saw aod
what you did while you were in the
army.
The convention was held at Cleve-
land, Ohio, September 26. % and 2S.
AT least 10000 eX-service men attended.
Nearly all the posts in the state of
Ohio were represented by from % TO
100 members. Then there were LOO
delegates representing all the states,
also delegates from Great Britain.
France, Canada, Hawaii, Porto Rico,
Alaska. Mexico and Panama.
ARG O'Clock on the first day of the
convention you could see the soldiers
gathering for the largest parade that
was ever held in Cleveland. 1t remind
ed suae of some OF the division pa
fades that We used TO have before we
Went 10 France. The men were getting
their shoes shined, wrapping the old
puttees and asking the "sarg" where
they would assemble. A few things
We're lacking, e: The old packs that
weighed 100 pounds, the rifle on which
you had used talcum powder in the
barrel to make her shine, and the
hard boiled top kicker" yelling fall
IN" This was to be different parade
than the ones Of old. | heard one
corporal asking, where is my squad?'
Someone asked him who they were
and he replied, "Ah, six bucks and a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07

ties ii certainly brought ON real
fight.
The committee report was 80 states
in favor of changing the constitution
and 3 against. but when ii came be-
fore the house after discussing the
question for over an hour, they voted
in favor of the minority report. Let
present and had seen the way the
legion handled the question of enter
ing party politics, you would never
be afraid that it will change the con-
stitution in this regard.
Another thing that impressed me
very favorably and that is ii will
never take sides either for or against
labor. II will always be neutral on
this question.
The third day of the convention was
spent in hearing the final reports,
and the election of the national Off
GERS.
The French Generol FAyole brought
a message from Marshal F'och which
was ltN'iNtu Will tDltlstuSts
The French Legion sent as its repre-
sentative to the convention a French
captain who told the American Legion
what they were doing over there. and
that France looked on the American
Legion as an organization of great
Importance.
When the great war came on and
Uncle Sam called the young men from
all walks of life and from all the
states alike uniting them in an army
such as had never been, seen before
in this nation. the men became ac-
quainted from north, south, east and
west and found that there were
little differences between a man from
Texas and one from Maine, uniting
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07

to any un-serviceable memorial IN
the county committee was appoint
ed to cooperate with the citizen
Memorial Committee and to lend all
their influence to secure for Ardmore
building as a memorial to the ex-
service men, and a building OF such
nature as to be of real benefit TO
the whole community.
The post has also worked continu-
ously for the last year to crystalize
sentiment in Ardmore for mana
gerial form of government in the
city. Whether this is adopted or not
is not the essential element Of the
movement. If the attention of the
people can be directed to their mu-
nicipal affairs even for just a short
time, great deal of good will come
of it, and the work Of this post will
not have been lost.
Post Commander Fell had shown
his spirit and untiring energy sc
markedly in matters of the local
post that it was decided he was
qualified for state commander and
at the state convention at Tulsa. in
September, 1920, he was unanimous
ly chosen for that position. We hope
that the organization throughout the
state can profit as much by his
leadership as we did locally.
For 1921 Joel c. Crosby was elect
ed as post commander; o. w. King
vice post commander; Ben Hunter
post adjutant; and o. w. DeVeny
post finance officer. These men have
been active since the beginning In
legion affairs, and are well versed
in the aims and policies of the organi-
zation, and under their leadership
1921 should be the best year Of all
for George r. Anderson Post No. 65
EZRA DYER.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07

them in purpose and thoughts. eras-
ing any prejudice that one might
have for another, and when this army
was disbanded the men saw that there
should be an organization formed
which could lay aside their party
ties. forget their religious differences
and all work for the things that
would make this better country in
which to live.
After attending the convention |
will never doubt but that the legion
as body will always hold the respect
of all true Americans. and as long
as there are enough of them living
to have a quorum there will always
be an organization known as the
American Legion.
And lives there man, with soul so
dead,
Who never to himself hath said
This is my own. my native land!
Sir Walter Scott.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07
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THIS WEEK ONLY

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FREE this week only.
The fool-killer., 1920-01-01
SHOP TALK

Well, honey, The Fool Killer
has happened to an awful acct
dent since it saw you last. 1t cot
its feet tangled in the whiskers
of October, and ia trying to get
loose it fell plum kerslap- dab
ever into the lap of January.
In plain English, there were
good and sufficient reasons why
/ had to omit the November and
December issues and date this
ere for January. Each subscrib
er's time will be advanced &C
eordingly, so that all will get the
proper number of papers.
It might be more correct to say
that no issues have really been
missed, but merely the date set
ahead two months. This is the
identical same paper it would
have been if it had been dated
November, but it looks better to
be up with the time instead of
always dragging behind.
am'getting out issues Of The
Fool-Killsr one right after an.
ether just as fast asI can. But
l ann working under such terribly
unf&&lsable condition IN that ]
sometimes get behind inspite OF
all I can do. And then it is sim.
ply impossible to catch up with
cut skipping. But if l give you
the number of papers you pay
for. and you get them in regular
order as fast a. issued, it shoule
not make auy difference to yot
about the dates.
The fool-killer., 1920-01-01

One more thought before we
leave Sodom and Gomorrah.
According to the best authori-
ties, the Dead Sea now occupies
the place where Sodon and Co
morrah formerly stood. Not
only has the eternal fire" which
destroyed them long ago ceased
to burn, but God has covered
the place with a sea Of water to
make the proof still more clear
and convincing that there GER
tainly cannot be any fire there
now. So you see that the ex-
preston eternal fire. does not
mean that the fire burns on
eternally and never goes out.
The true meaning is that the
thing it feeds on is ETERNAL
LY DESTROYED andeqleRer can
exist any more. Look hK nice
~ the Dead Sea takes Care of
that in the case of Sodom and
Gomorrah. If the places where
they stood had remained high
and dry they might have beer
rebuilt some time, but the
ground sank and became covered
with water. It even sank so low
that the surface of the Dead Sea
is now 1900 feet below the gen.
eral sea level. Even if the water
should ever dry up (Which is moi
likely nobody would ever thinl
of building a city IN that hole
Therefore we seefthat they were
ETERNAL DESTROYED.
The fool-killer., 1920-01-01

They made the Peace Treaty
in the form Of a capsule and put
the League OF Nations in it, so
that we couldn't get peace with
Germany without getting the
League, too. They may think it
is a slick scheme, but about the
time their heels fly up and their
heads hit the ground they will
wish it wasn't quite so slick.
The fool-killer., 1920-01-01

If a gang Of sheep we're given
their choice of voting for fodder
or saw-briars, which do you sup
pose they would vote for? The
fodder, of course. Which proves
that the average sheep has got
more sense than some men.
The fool-killer., 1920-01-01

Most of our long-coated, high
sollared Doctors of Divinity
spend their time doctoring divin-
ity so that the rich devils in the
church will swallow it and pay
for it.
The fool-killer., 1920-01-01
THE THIEF ON THE CROSS,

privilege O1 nearing a prominent
preacher toot his horn on the
immortal soul question, and one
of his main arguments was the
Thief on the Cross. He took
that as conclusive evidence that
souls are immortal and that they
go straight to heaven as soon as
the body dies.
wanted to ask the big preach
er a few questions after he got
through, but he didn't give me
any chance. AS soon as he found
out that I was in the audience
he ran and hid.
I wanted to ask him what it
was that the thief requested. You
know how the request reads:
Lord, remember me when thou
contest into thy kingdom"
When?
when thou contest into thy
kingdom"
The thief didn't have any
thought of being remember
ed previous to the time that
Christ would come into his king
dom.
And so | wanted to ask the
big preacher if he believed Jesus
had yet come into his kingdom,
and if so, when? Most of the
ignorant orthodox people have
MT got sense enough to distin-
guish between the heavenly
kingdom of the Father and the
earthly kingdom of Christ. They
think that Jesus went right
straight on to heaven that same
day that he died, and that he had
then come into his kingdom. And
they think he took the thief with
him to heaven that day. But
Jesus knocks that all in the head
by telling the women at the
tomb three days later that he
had not YET assembled to the
Father.
No, Jesus did not come into
his kingdom that day; and, more
than that, he has not yet come
into it. He is now making the
preparations and will soon set
up his kingdom here on earth,
and then will come the time that
the penitent thief had in mind
when he asked to be remember
ed.
We have the words of Jesus
himself to prove that he has not
yet come into his own kingdom,
and that he does not now occu-
py his own throne:
To him that overcometh will l grant
to sit with me in my throne, ever az
| also overcame, and am set down with
my Father in His ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1921.
Do you get the idea? How
could it be made any palmer:
You see Jesus admits that he is
not on his own throne at pres.
ent. He has merely set down
with his Father on his throne
|, while waiting for the time tt
come when he will occupy his
own throne. And of course il
, he is not on his throne, it natur,
ally follows that he has not ye'
come into his own kingdom. Ant
! if he has not yet come into his
own kingdom, then he certainly
has not yet rewarded the peni
tent thief, for that was not to b.
done until the time when h,
, should come into his kingdom.
And what did Jesus reply t.
, thief?
! Why, Orthodoxy will tell yo'
!, that he promised to take hin
-. right straight on to heaven will
y him that very day,
No, he didn't.
, Nothing of the sort.
He simply said this:
. Il say unto thee to-day, tho
shalt be with me in Paradise"
He merely SAID it that day
= he did not say and did not meal
. that the promise would be ful
v filled that day.
On the other hand, it wa
clearly NOT to be fulfilled unit;
q he should come into his Paradis
g Kingdom at the end of the Cos
pei Age.
What is Paradise, anyhow?
And where is it?
The only Paradise that we hav
The fool-killer., 1920-01-01
A SERMON ON u

preachers talk about the immor-
tai souls that go to heaven Or
hell when the body dies, and |
have heard them try to tell how
big aAAaapul is. l am quite sure
that have heard at least hall
a dozen different preachers say
that a million disembodied hui
man souls could find standing
room on the point of the finest
sewing needle" That seems to
be a sort of stock phrase that
they use when they want to get
right down to the fine mathe-
mates of the soul business.
They say that nobody has ever
seen one of these disembodied
souls, but they seem to have
some way of knowing just how
big they are and just how many
can stand on the point of a nee
ole.
They say that a disembodied
soul is an immaterial substance
and has no dimensions. That is,
it has no length nor breadth nor
height nor depth nor width nor
thickness. Begin to measure it
in. any direction and you find
that it stops right ker-dab where
it starts at.
Now you take a 'saw-log, for
instance, and it has dimensions.
You can begin at one end and
measure SO many. feet to the
other end. Then you can begin
at one side and measure so many
inches through to the other side.
And so on.
Now if you undertook to meas
ure a log, and if you found that
it stopped right identically
where it started-that it didn't
have any length at all nor any
width or thickness at all-you
would probably come to the con-
clusion right away that you did
MT have any log at all.
/ don't know how you look at
it, but it seems reasonable to
me that if a log without dimen-
sions is no log at all, then a soul
without dimensions is no soul at
all. It seems to me about the
best way of describing MOTH
ING that I have ever heard tel
of.
But just for arguments sake
suppose we admit that these lit.
tie wee-bitsey, unseen and I'm.
seeable dots of immortal souls dc
exist, as the preachers say. Take
the case of the rich man in hel
that they love to harp on sc
much. Bear in mind that il
wasn't the rich mans body il
hell, because the scripture &C
count says that he was buried
And orthodoxy says it was JUS
:. his body that was buried. So i
must have been just his soul tina.
was in hell. And that soul, you
t will please remember, was s,
1 small that a million like it coult
| stand on a point of a needle nt
that poor little runt of a sou
, had a mouth with a tongue in it
Considering the extreme small
ness Of the entire soul, tina
tongue would have been rattle
t hard for Lazarus to find if h,
I had got there with the water
Think of putting a whole dro]
of water on such a soul as that
r Why, man alive, don't you know
4 one drop of water would hav
drowned the miserable little ras
l cal?
d And then the preachers take
! fresh chaw of terbacker an
- start in to tell us about what
great big terrible red-hot roa1
ing hell of fire and brimston
God has made to punish los
a souls in for all eternity. l hav
+ never heard them just exactl
+ tell how big hell is, as I renien
It Der, but the fuss they make on
x er it indicates that it must b
;. a very large place-at least a
{ large as the Atlantic Ocean,
should think.
l. But why do they have sue
a big hell for such little souls
TIC
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-01-02
INTERURBAN COACH
RUNS DOWN WAGON
Horse Killed and Delivery Cart De
molished in Accident on
Sugar Avenue.

Nampa-Onc of the horses was in
stantly killed and the wagon dcmoi
ished when the interurban car due in
Nampa at o'clock struck a delivery
cart belonging to the Union delivery
Tuesday evening Of last week. The
accident occurred on Sugar avenue,
the team becoming frightened ana
running away while the driver was
taking an order Of groceries into a
house on Sugar Heights.
The crash smashed in the front OF
the car and knocked motorman. r.
Bullock, through the door leading in
70 the vestihule. but he escaped with
a few injuries The body of the deao
horse was hurled through the front
of the car and had to be removed
from the motorman's stand BY the pas
sengers before the car could proceed.
The other horse was scarcely in,
iured, receiving only few minor
scratches, Several orders Of groc-
cries in the cart were scattered ahou.
and sack Of flour showered over the
passengers in the car.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-01-02
FAIL TO IDENTIFY
ACCIDENT VICTIM
No Additional Facts Obtained to Shed
Light on Mystery.

No additional facts relatives to the
identity of the man who was killed
last Monday morning by passenger
train about two miles east of Caldwell
have been uncovered The BODY was
buried Friday because it was impos-
sible to hold it longer. 1t was so bad
ly mangled that long preservation
was almost impossible,
w. H. Rosenberg Thursday iden-
titled the articles contained in the
carpenters kit as some of his tools.
Mr.. Rosenberg lives on Logan anu
Tenth streets and described accur-
ately the various tools before he saw
them. Those things that were found
with the body had been taken from
Mr.. Rosenberry's home some time
Monday.
This evidence has led to the for
mutation of the theory that the dead
man was some tramp passing through
the country. II will never be known
whether he attempted to board the
train or was merely on the track and
was struck by the train. The fact that
the accident occurred some distance
away from town lends color to the
superstition that ne had started east
along the track and was struck by
the west bound train without making
any effort to board it. The speed
of a passenger train that far from
town would prohibit successful nego.
tiation of the problem of gettire
aboard, 1t is further argued. especial,
when the man was laden with tool.
and extra clothing.
Many people visited the body in ar
effort to identify it but not one wa.
able to offer a clue. While the heat
was severed from the body. the face
was not particularly married and i,
could have easily been identified b,
anyone acquainted with the features
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-01-02
DISTRICT
BACKS H. E. McELROY
Directors of Nampa and Meridian En-
dorse Stand Taken by
the Counsel

Nampa-The course Of Fl. F.. Noel
roy in handling the case of the Ma.
mpa- Meridian Irrigation district in
suit of the Payette- Boise water us
ers association against the reclama-
ton service in which the Nampa- Mcri
dian is included, was endorsed and
approved by the directors here Tues
dav of last week.
McElroy's actions in filing motion
in the courts recently was attacked
vigorously by representatives of the
Payette- Boise water users as being
against the interests of both parties
but after hearing both sides of the
case the directors decided that Nc
Elroy had at all times acted for tbs
best interests of the Nampa- Meridian
which he represents as counsel
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-01-02
CONCRETE EASEMENTS
BEST FOR CALDWELL
BUT DAMAGE I SSADLY NEG
LECTED IS Specialists
Report.

Concrete Easements are the best
Easements adaptable to proper ventil- |
alton and drainage according to A. a.
Marden of the engineering college OF
the University Of Idaho.
very few people are aware that at
least seventy-five percent Of the base }
ments, in their districts, which are
useless almost six months of the year
owe their uselessness to improper ven
tilation and a poor drainage system"
says Mr.. Marden. "At least fifty per
cent of the Easements in this state
have no drainage system whatever.
Can Be Cheaply Installed.
An adequate drainage system can
readily be installed very cheaply, the
only cost being for the few lengths
OF pipe necessary to reach from the
drain in the floor to the filteringstank
or cess pool or, if in the city, to the
main sewer line, according to S: w.
Robinson of the University of Idaho,
university student who is spending
his vacation at his home here.
Ascertain the shortest distance from
the basement floor and at that point
put the drain. If the floor is being
put in, slope it so that all parts will
drain to that one point. A fall of
one and one-half inches to every ten
feet is not too much slone and # can
not be noticed with the eve or DIV
walking over it. With this slope Of
one and one-half inches to ten feet
hose can be used TO wash the floor
and all the water will readily drain
off. This makes it much easier to
keep the basement clean and does not
allow water to stand in small pools to
become stagnant.
Ventilation of the basement of a
house rarely receives H. are and
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-01-02
.BAPTISTS OBSERVE
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
SANTA FEATURES FINE PRO
GRAM GIVEN BY THE
SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Old Santa was happy visitor at the
Baptist church Christmas eve when
a full house had gathered for the pro
gram by the Sunday school Santa
enjoyed the messages by the boys ana
girls and especially the remembrance
of the starving Armenian children to
whom more than $50 was sent Also
the thoughtfu.ness of the B. Y. P. L,
in their gifts to several needy famn,
les, whittier they went the following
morning with supplies for the Christ
mas dinner.
Santa himself did not come empty
From his conveyance and
sack he handed out to the boys and
girls candies, nuts, books and toys.
Much merriment was elected when
Santa called Little Bonnie Dix" to
he front and awarded him . special
present for faithfulness as a Sunday
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-01-02

A COB was instructed Nv his c. p.
o, to keen the shin headed toward =
certain bright star. Becoming tired.
he lashed the wheel and took a nap
While he slept the ship worked
around and steamed in the opposite
direction. When he woke. he dis
covered the star with great difficulty,
over the stern rail"
Say, chief" he called. "come up
here and pick out another star. viii
you! We passed the other one and
It's way astern now"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-01-02

school scholar covering a period of
over 60 years.
With becoming grace the superin-
tendent, Mrs. Mayme Bitney, received
a beautiful bouquet of flowers. The
pastor and his wife also came in for
their full share of remembrance for to
them a very appropriate token of the
love which binds pastor and people to-
gether was presented by F. l.. Evans
on behalf of the congregation, in the
form of bank check to the amount of
$1,000.