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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
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AMERICAN
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lcopy for This Department Supplied By
the American Legion News Service.l
cONGRESsMEN FORM BODY
Veterans Association Is Launched by
klea Who Served in Va
rious Wars.

The old spirit OF the A. r. F. and OF
Americas wartime army. navy and
marine corps broke out In the halls
OF the nations congress in Washing
ton the other day. when veterans Of
the World war who are members Of
congress. Joined by members who
served In the Civil and Spanish-Amer-
lean wars. held a big meeting and a
regular feed at the University club
and formed "The Veterans Associa-
ton OF the Sixty-seyenth Congress-"
Two members OF the United States
senate and 81 members of the house
OF representatives attended the dinner
gathering which resulted in the organ
lzation OF the congressional veterans
into a body. Twenty-six OF the mem
bers OF the house Of representatives In
attendance were veterans Of the World
war and members of the American Le-
gion. Representative Henry z. os-
borne Of the Tenth California district,
a veteran OF the Civil war. acted as
postmaster. He felicitated the coun-
try upon the formation Of me Ameri-
can Legion, saying that the 'vets Of
'6l" were willing and proud to turn
the rein Of patriotic endeavor over to
the "boys OF IL"
In addition 10 choosing Congress
man Roy G. Fitzgerald of Ohio. pres
ldent Of the association. and Congress
man John f. Rankin of Mississippi as
secretary, and getting away with an
elaborate course dinner billed In the
stlll familiar doughboy French OF
"oyer there" the congressional vet
Grams listened 10 a careful explanation
Of the legislative program OF the Amer
lean Legion In congress made by John
Thomas Taylor. vice chairman OF the
national legislative committee OF the
Legion. who was a special guest OF
honor and the only person present not
a member OF congress. Mr.. Taylor
went into detailed advocacy OF the
consolidation, vocational training, hos
pltalization and emergency officer re-
tlrement bills proposed by the Legion
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
LEGION FLAG ADDS HISTORY
Ex-Service Mems Emblem Now Proud
Iy Floats Where Five Others
Held Sway.

The American Legion flag win fly
In a part OF New Orleans that has
been under FIVE flags for the city
administration has turned over a
building In the heart OF the old French
quarter TO posts of the Legion for
four years.
Not far from the Legion building Is
the Spanish Cabildo where the Spanish
colors flew in the breezes from the
Gulf of Mexico until they were re
placed By the French. The Louisiana
Purchase in 1904 resulted in the ap-
pearance OF the Stars and Stripes on
the ramparts. In 1912, the British
flag flew also in that vicinity for a few
days. During the Civil war the Con-
federate colors waved proudly over
the southern city. When the wounds
OF civil strife were healed the Stars
and Stripes again reappeared.
The Legion building will have an
auditorium. Offices and clubr0oms. II
viii also house Louisiana department
headquarters. the Legion employment
and service bureau. local posts. the
women's Auxiliary headquarters and
the Pelicanaire. official organ Of the
Louisiana department
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
out Of siaht

Two farmers were having an argu-
ment and a little bet as 10 which OF
them possessed the best wife-or
rather. which wife made the money 90
the farthesL
Il am surprised" said the first farm
CT. show little my wife spends
on household necessities. Yod come
and stay with Us for few weeks. and
see for yourself You win soon see
how true my statements are"
"But what would be the goOdT" said
the other man. "She would not be so
good as my wife. Why. my wife makes
money 20 so far that l never see IL
again"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
MADE LEGION DRIVE SUCCESS
Dare Devil Louisiana Man Put Real
Thrills Into Campaign for
New Members.

When Anthony Kelley was dis
charged from the navy in New Or
leans. La, he found the life of a Il nd
lubber terribly devoid OF thrill and
peril He had been going TO sea since
the age of fifteen and he missed the
excitement of stormy nights In the
dizzy heights of the crows nest and
hair-ralslng trips on the ropes far
above the deck.
With the start of a membership
campaign OF RolIin post Of the Ameri-
can Legion I'm New Orleans. Kelley
blossomed out as a professional dare
devil 10 assist his fellow LegiOnnaires
I'm attracting attention. He climbed a
flag pole atop the city hall, several
hundred feet above the pavement and
rocked back and forth trying TO break
the pole. A net stretched below was
all that was between the daring Le-
gionnalre and some exceedingly hard
terrain.
Kelley was unable TO break the flag
pole. however. So he scaled an eight
een-stOry building and hung from the
coping by his toes. Film companies
rushed camera men TO take motion
pictures of the feat and the Legion
membership drive was a success.
"None Of Ii was as thrilling as the
four years and four months l was in
the war zone" Kelley declares. he
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
MORE Than He COULD STAND
ar. citynan Changed His Mind wb.n
Business Partner Began 20
Drag About His Garden.

What He Said 90 Ills wlfe-If you
want a garden this year you had better
klrt somebody 90 make "a. I'm not go
ms 90 try IL again. I've figured Il out :
an II would spend on my business
the time I put Ca on that garden
w0uld inake enough mosrT % keep Us
IN vegetables Tor nifty years. am OF
e for Tie.
What tie said % Ills Nclghbor-l
Gcu't think Tu bother with a garden
Tits year. Il doesn't pay; ! may do a
little: but the digging and the labor
Tn OF that for life.
What tie said % Ills Partner-Weil.
hgw's the garden coming al0ng1 I'm
not doing much with mine this year.
WhalE How high did you sayf Al
readyF What seed did you use?
What lie said 60 Ills Wife when He
Get Home An Hour Early That Day
Cali me when dinners ready. I've got
% set the garden started today or III
never raise a thinE-Life.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15


messy was induced by Postmaster Gen
eral viii Hays TO sacrifice his posi-
ton as assistant director Of the Amer
lean Petroleum Institute, New York
city. 10 become second assistant post
master general.
Il understand you've taken a 5000
year job" said a correspondent who
interviewed him.
Does IL pay that?" he asked. "rd
forgotten 20 ask about the salary"
The salary is a minor consideration
now, but IL would have been different
In the days when Colonel Shaughnessy
worked as a messenger boy in Chi
cago When he was - years old he
became ticket agent and a year later
telegraph operator for the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad. Successfully
he was chief operator. assistant train
dispatcher. assistant trainmaster and
trainmaster. When the superlntend-
ent Of the road was III he took charge.
Colonel ShaughnesSy Joined the
Thirteenth engineers as first lieutenant
when the war broke out. He studied
French until he spoke il fluently. and
worked up q book of rules adapting
American methods 10 French practice.
He was promoted fast. Praise came
10 him from Brig. Gen. George Van
Horn Moseley, assistant chief of stan,
for his work as superintendent OF the
transportation corps IN the Chateau
Thierry region. and as general super
intendent at Is-sur-Tille during the st.
Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives.
and as general manager in the zone
of advance.
General Pershing gave him the Dis
tinguished Service medal ''for excep-
tiOnally meritorlOus and distinguished
services"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
Do Not Have to Pay Poll Tax.

Backed by the American Legion, a
law providing for the registration OF
all ex-service men OF all wars in the
state OF Montana was passed by the
legislature. The new act exempts all
ex-service men from payment Of the
poll tax and requires each county as
SCISSOR 10 keep q record OF the uames
and organizations OF all veterans with
in his county. IL IL expected that 9TH
or states will take similar action soon,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15

4 recommend yuur medicine 20 anyone
who Is ailfnv. You may publish my testi-
urnizI II yo1 think twill help others. -
Hrs. CARRIE WILLIAMS. Overpeck, Ohio.
Fer more than forty years Lydia z.
Pirkham's Vegetable Compound has
been restoring women e. health who
suffered from irregularities, cisplace-
rents. hzckzches. headaches. bearing
d1wn pains. nervousness or the blues.
Today there Is hardly q town or hamlet
- the United States wherein some
woman does not reside who has been
MADE wen BY i. That Is why Lydia z.
Pirkham's Vegetable Compound IS now
recognized as the standard remedy for
such ailments.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15

on the upgrade.
Now that he has
returned TO civil
life and Joined
Fidelity post OF
the A IN erica
Legion In New
York city. he has
voluntarily de-
NOTED him s e I
from a $4,000
job TO one which
pays 5000 a
year.
Colonel ChunzN
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
n We ONLY Had Thelr Manner.

A coin which had lodged in a Penn
sylvanla girls throat for two years
WIS removed BY surgeons without the
aid % Instruments. Somehow or other
we can't help wishing these seif-same
surgeons could be hired TO make some
folks we know cough up some Of our
coin which has been lodging with them
FOR more than two years.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
YOU CAN WALK m COMFORT

~ vou shase Into Your shoes some ALIENS
FOOT@EASE. the Auttseptlc. Healing pow
der for shoes that pinch feet that ache
n takes the friction from the shoe ana
gives relief 10 corns and hurious. hot tired,
smaafinw swollen feet. Ladies can wear
shoes one Elae smaller BY ahAking Aliens
rent EaKn ln zach nhoA-AdN.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15

state contend
that unattached
men can't get
along without
them.
In furtherance
OF the fight, Miss
Mccoy Of Topeka
Department sec
rotary OF the
Women's Auxil-
larry OF tn e
American Legion
Is sprea d In Z
broadcast tn q
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15

~ ANAE anu 81 ct -
baby was born /
suffered with back
ache, headache, was
generally run down
and weak. / saw
lydia T. Pinkhan ;
Vegetable Com
pound advertised in
the newspapers and
a. -iiei % Try IT,
NowI feel fine, take
care Of my two boys
and do nv own work.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15

when a man gets chance 20 dis
Pose 0f his trUubles he always heaps
% the measure.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
RAPID RISE FOR LEGION MAN
Colonel shaughnessy's Career Has
Been on the Upgrade Since He
Was a Boy.

When ne was In the army. Colonel
Edward II. Shaughnessy's career was
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
WAR ON LEGION BACHELORS
wou>n's Auxiliary Of sunflower State
Issues ultimatum 10 Unmarried
Ex-Serviee Fellows.

War on bachelors has been declared
m Kansas. Women of the Sunflower
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15
IntolerahIe Shortage.

hNA0A@f aus 9NSA NaAes
"why Is she suing him FOR divorce,
lncompatibilityT
"Income-patibility, I should say"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-06-15

lie who thinks no evil can do no
wrong.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
Productive Guam.

Incident to his 1920 census, Uncle
Sam has found that our island pos
session, Guam, produces from it's 225
square miles, with it's population of
1925 native, 1,14O,924 pounds of
copra for export to the United States
and S51 $50 pounds to Japan.
The live stock on the island in
cludes 6,149 water buffalo, 4,357
horses, 1,160 goats, 543 hogs and 70
cattle. Corn, sweet potatoes, taro,
yams, tobacco, cassava, rice, arrOwroOt
and sugar, are included among the
field crops. CocOnuts, bananas, pine
apples, papaya5cacao, lines, mangoes,
grapefruit and even alligator pears
constitute the fOod-producing trees
and plants.
Whereas, there are 1862 males to
100 females in the United States, there
are 95.7 males to 100 females in
Guam. Some All per cent of the men
are single.
The climate is said to be tropical,
but healthful and pleasant, remarks
the Portland Journal. The island of
Guam is almost neighbOr, being only
about $500 miles from our coast.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
Water as a Diuretic.

A powerful diuretic is water-its
action in this respect, drank by a
healthy man. being very marked, and
it appears impossible to explain it's
limitation by a mere increase in blood
pressure, whether local or general !;
it has the power of increasing tissue
change, and thus multiplying the prod
ucts as fast as they are fOrmed-and
thus, by giving rise to increased APP
petite, provides fresh nutriment for
the tissues, and acts as a true tonic.
In persons who are accustomed to
take too little water the products of
tissue waste may be formed faster
than they are removed, and, thus ac-
cumulating, may give rise to disease.
Many equity people are accustomed to
take too little water, except in the
form of a small cup of tea or coffee
daily; large tumbler of water drank
every morning, and especially with
the addition of some nitrate or car
Donate of potassium, will prevent a
equity parOXySm.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
TAUGHT USE OF PLOWSHARE
How Legendary Chinese Emperor Is
Said to Have Encouraged Agri-
culture i'm That Country.

In Europe the most significant of
the gifts of the soil are wheat and
flax; in China they are silk and rice.
Old Chinese myths name Shen-nung
or Siennung the "divine labOrer," a
legendary emperor who is said to have
reigned in the first half of the third
millennium before Christ, as the ia
Their of agriculture. 1t was he who
first made a wooden plOwShare and
taught the people how to use it. Shen-
nung was one of the three enperors
whom legend reveres as founders of
the Chinese social system. 1t was
Shen-tSan, or Sien-tSan, the wife of
Huang-ti, another of the three, who
taught the people the rearing of silk
worms and the treatment of cocOons
and threads and the weaving of silken
garments, SO that her subjects might
no longer suffer. from "chapped and
frOst-bitten skim
The sanctuary of Shen-nung is still
standing, south of Pekin, K. Meyer
RiefStahl writes in Asia Magazine.
Here the last emperor of China used
to come every year to bring sacrifice
to the presiding divinity and to open
a furrOW in the soil with his own
hands. The ceremony is very ancient.
Even in the sixth century there was
an imperial field that formed sane
tuary fourteen Ii south of the capital.
There, in the first months of spring,
on day of good augury, sacrifices of
steer, sheep and a pig were made
to Shen-nung and to HOu-tSi. The en-
perOr, clad in his state robes and the
ritual bonnet entered the golden char
lot of state and performed thrice the
ritual of sacrifice After this the cere-
mony of blowing took place.
To the north of the city, in olden
times, Shen-tsan had an altar. Later
the shrine. was transferred to the pre-
cinct of the palace, where the en-
press presided over the rearing of
SflkWOrmS and the production of silk
Old records mention the mulberry
grove of the empress and her pavilion
for the rearing of silkwOrms. Toward
the middle of spring, in ancient times
| the chief of the court would sum
mon the empress to the grounds north
of the city to begin the Gearing OF
SilkwOrms. The ladies of the palace
and the wives of high Gignitaries aid
| ed her in the task After fasting an(
| sacrificing to Shen-tsan, the empress
and the cOncubines of the emperor
| themselves gathered the mulberry
leaves. The silk obtained was useC
for the sacriicial robe of the emperor
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
CRUSHED BY TURKS
Invaders Heel Trod Heavily on
Town of Aintab.
Americans Are Busily at Work Help
ing to Rebuild Once Prosperous
Little City in Eastern Syria.

Clustering red-tiled roofs. white stuc-
full poplars. and minarets rising here
and there in slender beauty-this is
the picture greeting the visitor APP
preaching through, the mountains rim
ming it about. the once important town
Of Aintab, which nestles at the foot.
Of Mount Taurus on the eastern coast
Of Syria, says the Christian Science
Monitor.
Aintab was not only beautiful, but
prosperous in those days Before the
Turk invaded the land, swept It bare
of its industry, scattered its people to
the four corners of the earth, and de-
ported them inland TO the desert or
outward to the fringe of SeacOaSt.
Today, however, as one approaches
more closely TO the town, one sees that
there are gaps in the rows of white
succeed houses, that many of those
picturesque red-tiled roofs are falling
in, that many of the houses are empty
and decaying, and that tie town which
looked so beautiful from afar is really
SHE'LL an echo of that once busy,
fiourishing Aintab which with its 49,
OOO inhabitants, formed an important
link in the caravan route from Con-
stantinopIe, and was known far ane
wide for its trade in fooled lea Their
and its great cattle market.
When the first party of Americans
from the Near East relief reached Ain
tab after the Turkish military had
swept on its devastating course, the
wanderers hearing that help was to
be had, began to come struggling back.
They must be fed and housed, their
homes remade, schools rebuilt for their
children, and places must be provided
for the little ones left homeless.
Promptly the work was begun and
took on at once a twofOld significance
not only did it furnish employment
| for the wOrkmen, but also shelter for
| their families. The women found en-
| ployment in weaving, and turned the
wool, which is plentiful in Syria, into
| fabrics much needed by those whe
| had lost all their possessions includ-
| ing clothing. Some of them wove rugs
| and ready market was found for
| them, often among the American relief
| workers.
Slowly but surely Aintab is coming
into her own once more. New Armen
| ian houses are beginning to rise from
/ the ashes of the old; refugees are
pouring back from desert and noun
tainS and the shore of the sea. And
| once more the cries of merchants re-
| sound as they call their wares, their
| rags and scraps of household com
| modities, in the bazaar in the center
| of the town.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
Pointer for the Housewife

The woman who reduces herself TO
fragile and her family to nervous
wrecks does it by trying to do each
separate piece of work to- perfection.
We all like perfectly appointed
household, but it is vastly more impor-
tant that a home should be comfort
able, where the family likes to gather,
than that no grain of dust should ever
be seen. HOuseWOrk, done right. is
more healthful than almost any other
work. Making beds is an excellent ex-
ercise for a sluggish liver, but don't
forget that a tired housewife may be
rested and refreshed by brisk walk
in the fresh air. Fatigue is often
caused from bad air, and with the
lungs filed with pure air the body is
able to throw off the pOisOnS.
Pick out the important things to be
done daily and do them, reserving
time and strength for these things
The important thing is meals. They
mean more to the family than any
thing else, as they are the fuel which
keeps you going.-EXchange
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
BELLS OF. BUDDHA
Their Tones Vary With the
Tastes of the People.
Continuous Symphony of linking in
Rangoon and Neutrality-suspicious.
csc More Stern i'm Tone.

The bell is almost as characteristic
4 symbol of Buddhism as is the seated
igure of Buddha himself. 1t varies,
n the different Buddhist countries,
With the temperament and tastes of
the people. In Burma, where even
Buddhism turns to. sunshine and to
orettiness and the towers of the tenn
pies evaporate in lace work and jewel
" the bells, glittering with precious
stones, hang in clusters from the um-
0rellalike top of the pagoda spire and
ring at their own sweet will. In the
temple courts Of Rangoon and Manda-
Iay there is a continuous symphony
Of tinkling and Ginning things
1ainty, casual, hayward.
But the bells of China and Korea
and those of Japan are more gran
dose and sober. Like the stained
glass windows of European cathedrals,
Japanese bells are stored records of
heir temples and their times. They
Dear inscriptions by famous poets and
scholars; they are nodded into a
wealth of symbolism. And around
arS that have OvergrOwn the woodland
Buddhas of Nikko, legends and tales
and history that live on the lips of gen
eratiOns who have dWelt in the
shadow of some great bell and whose
lives have been uncOnSciously attuned
to it's grave and sOmber harmony.
Yet, though the Imagination of the
people clings around it, the temple
bell seems to speak most elOquently
from lonely places, from the heart, of
monastic woods, from heights to which
the cOntemplative may withdraw for
meditation. 1t has none of the ia
miliar and sOciable character of the
occidental church bell. Though Chris
tianity, like Buddhism, has under
stood the value of the bell, the differ
ence between the bells of East and
West is typical of a difference in the
genius of the two faiths. In the cities
of England and northern Europe the
occasion of special significance to the
people. It announces funerals, we'd
dings, fires and wars. r 1t is at its best
In the expression of communal joy.
The very method of ringing-in CARL
Ions, chimes and joyous changes
makes it seem representation of
many voices raised in chorus of
gladneSs.
The Buddhist bell has none of these
social characteristics. 1t could hard
ly quicken it's deep tone to speak of
joy. 1t seems voice apart from tenn
poral things, cOgnizant only of eternity
and Nirvana Yet on any occasion
of general sorrow it's accent-tranquil
remote, unhurried-may be immeas-
urably cOnsOling. An American who
lived in Kobe while the epidemic OF
influenza was at its worst often speaks
of the comfort he felt in the sound OF
the temple bell from the hill All day
he saw the procession of the dead
pass his house and smoke of the ere
matories dimming the sky; but every
night at nine o'clock the great bel
spoke out-serene and gracious on
the evening air-and its grave voice
seemed to be saying: Fret not; fol
all this passes. 1t is well. "-MarjOrie
Latta Barstow in Asia Magazine. I'll.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
Ceilings Made of Newspapers.

The demand in Manchuria, China,
for old newspapers is very great.
These are used principally for the first
layer of paper on interior walls and
ceilings of houses. Chinese houses in
In Manchuria invariably include no cell
ings when completed, the ceilings be-
ing installed by the tenants or own
ers after the masOns and carpenters
have completed their part of the con-
tract The ceilings are made Of
framework of millet stalks, which are
as rule, first covered with old news
papers and then with a layer of Chi
nese white paper. Partitions made in
the same manner are also largely
used in both shops and dwelling
houses. Previous to the war old pa
perS from abroad sold at Az cents
pound, while the prevailing price
for Chinese and Japanese paper Is
now 31a cents pound.