Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-11-19
Carrying On With the
American Legion

~htSl hefDeIl Delduey, eA-seIfiSo
man Of Caledonia, Mich, had shot and
Killed a deputy sheriff who was try
ing to arrest him. American Legion
men of the city formed posse and
captured the man.
A survey of land settlement prof.
ects throughout the state has been
begun by the American Legion Of
Washington. Under the Law, ex-servica
men have preference right In filing
on all public lands.
The retirement of 5000 sick and
wounded emergency officers of the
World war with pay on the same
status as officers Of the regular army
are retired, is being urged on con-
gress by the American Legion.
President Harding has been invited
to accompany the Hood River, Ore.
post Of the American Legion on its
annual climb Of Mount Hood next sum
mer. Governor Olcott of Oregon led
the Legion party to the summit In
the climb this year.
Demonstrating the use If the air
plane as busy mans time saver
Theodore Roosevelt. assistant secre
tary Of the navy, flew from Washing
ton, D. G., to Asbury Park, N. j., t.
address the annual convention of the
state American Legion. The trip wal
made In two hours.
Believing that the man still II
suffering from the effects Of severe
wound received while In action II
France, the American Legion of Has
tings, Mich, is seeking to have de
termined the sanity of Frank Soules
former service man, serving life tern
in the Michigan state prison fo
| murder.
The sale for taxes of the estate o
John ]. Pershing, father of the genera
Of the armies, in Tangipahoa Parish
La, has been prevented by the Ameri
can Legion and the General has beel
requested to make the estate available
for colonization by his wounded com
rades now taking vocational training
In agriculture.
Plans for q $4,000 war memorial a
Duluth, Mimi, to honor the men an
women who served during the Worl'
war, We're abandoned recently at tn
request Of the American Legion repre-
sentatives who contended that 1t wa
no time to erect a monument. TIL
memorial committee sought to homo
jobless and hungry.
The recent establishment Of pos
In Constantlnople carries the America
Legion into the second country aligne
against the allies In the World wal
The post was formed Of America
naval and embassy attaches and repr'
sentatlves Of several American firm
commercially engaged In Turke.
There is large post of the Leglo
at Coblenz, Germany.
Although he could not swim, Martin
Maloney, New York policeman and
color sergeant of the Seventy-sevent
division in France, plunged into til
surf at Rockaway Beach to save
young woman with whom he ha
been keeping company. He lost hi
life, but the girl was pulled to safet!
Maloney was a member of the polio
department post of the America
Legion.
A promise made on Flanders feel
that he would take care Of and pre-
tect the wife of q wounded DADDY
II the latter should fall, was fulfille
at Manchester, N. H., recently whe
Adhemar Letendre married Mr.
Albert Thibeault, whose husband wa
killed In action. The returned soldie
and his comrades widow met ]
American Legion work and thei
friendship grew into love.
The father Of 33 children, Mann
G. Bruner, Civil war veteran OF lnd'
pendence, Kas., could well organize
war veterans society of his owl
Twelve Of his sons served with tn
American army in France, one was to
Young to fight and the remainder Q
the 80 are girls who did their bi
The American Legion recently brougf
the family to light, but at that ther
is one larger in the Creek Indian Mt
ton of which Bruner is a citizen.
The corsage bouquet Of the fashion
ably dressed young woman once ma
have been a flourishing tuft of raj
weed on q corner lot. Disabled servic
men in Kansas City hospitals hav
built up a good business of maxim
artificial flowers out of weeds and tn
American Legion of the city is hell
ing them sell the colored posies {
florists and gift shops. War mother
of the city have taught the men t
dive the weeds In natural colors.
| uor,s From Sea and WEEDS.