Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-12-02
NEWS NOTES F ROM | AMERICAN LEGION

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 An escaped leopard which terroriz- ed Kansas City and Independence, Mo-, was reported headed for Parsons. American Legion men of that city as- sembled in their clubrooms, cleaned up the old army Springfields used by the firing squad and prepared for defense of the town. It was learned then, however, that reward of $50 was offered for the capture of the leopard alive. The guns were stack ed and Texas ranger of the post set out to rope the animal. He is still after it. H .
 The American Legion post of Law Ter, Ia.,, has completed trade with the city authorities whereby the ex- soldiers act as the municipal fire de- partment and the city in turn fur. nishes clubhouse and overhead ex- penses for the Legion men. The ser vice men already have had several baptisms of fire. "
 An ex-soldier has requested the Oklahoma American Legion to can vass the country for Ollie Kendall, former doughboy of the 140th Inf, 35th Div. "He was my buddy in France. borrowed bunch of francs from him once. Winter is coming and he is married and has two chill dren- I know he will need the money this winter and I want to pay him, wherever he is," the service man said. ....H . a
 Chauncey M. Depew shocked the American Legion of New York the other day by appearing to ask for his war service medal. He was but a name-sake of the worlds greatest after-dinner speaker, however, who was supply sergeant in the A. E. F. Colorado and Texas led the lists of new posts chartered by the Ameri- can Legion during the week ended November IS, according to national headquarters Eleven posts gained during the week raised the total to 10,672. Others tates to add posts were Kansas Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon and Pennsylvania.
 More applications for membership in Kansas City American Legion posts have been received since the national convention than in the preceding twelve months. The increase in the number of Legionnaires in Kansas City as a result of the convention has been estimated at twenty-five hun dred. <
 More than 5000 unemployed ex-ser- vice men of Chicago will eat Christ mas dinner on "Lightnin" this year. With Fred Stone acting as stage man ager and the veteran Frank Bacon As his assistant, the American Legion of Chicago is preparing the theatrical benefit. Yr,h3
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 To advertise an American Legion rummage sale for unemployed sol diers, Mrs. Marry H. Hewitt, wife of a prominent physician of Seattle, don ned Charlie Chaplin railnent and par aded the streets with g sandwich board. Clothing from the rummage sale counters comprised her attire.
 The town of McMinnville, Ore, wanted to add pulmotor to it's fire | fighting equipment. When the Amer ican Legion post of the town learned i that the department had been com pelled to give itself as security to raise money for the apparatus, they turned over half their Armistice Day show proceeds for the purchase.
 With national prohibition an ac- complished fact, the w. c. T. U. has turned over to the American Legion the remainder of a wartime fund totalling $4,000. The Legion will use the money for the immediate relief of sick and wounded service men.
 The United States army has been so reduced inn umber that when the American Legion requested firing squad from Ross aviation field, Cal ifornia, the commanding officer had to haul down balloon to get the number of men required. The short