The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-09-21
AMERICAN LEGION
WEEKLY LETTER

A special message to American
Legion members attending their ma
tional convention in New Orleans,
October 1920, has been sent by Pres
ident Harding through a New Or
leans newspaper.
In a letter, addressed to Robert
Ewing, publisher of the New Orleans
States, President Harding stated:
Convinced as / am that this au-
American Legion will be for many
reasons the most important yet held
by that splendid organization, am
writing to tell you of my concern for
its success. New Orleans as the mu-
nicipal host to the convention will, of
course, make the utmost contribution
to the occasion. The fine hospitality
that has made New Orleans and Lou
isiana famous, will impress upon
their guests from other sections a re-
alizatioh of the greatness and variety
of our country, it's economic unity,
and it's singleness Of purpose in be-
half of the national aspirations. It is
most desirable that the men of the
Legion, who have served so nobly to
establish our country's place in the
the world, shall embrace every oppor-
tunity to expand their knowledge of
their native land.
"The nation as a result of wars
upheaval, confronts trying times and
difficult problems, to whose settle
ment we must demand all that sin
gleness of effort and willingness of
sacrifice, that marked the common ef-
fort in the war. No class of our cit
izens knows so well as these men of
the American Legion who such effort
and such sacrifice mean, none has
proved so splendidly its readiness to
respond as the first call Therefore,
in dealing with the problems of to-
day and the possible crises Of the
future, none will be summoned with
more confidence to help sustain the
j authority of the government.
"It is a satisfaction to know of
your plans for special effort, through
the New Orlean States,' to contrib
ute largely to the true national char
acter and significance Of this gather
ing. I want to congratulate you uporl
success"
President Harding has tentatively
accepted an invitation to attend the
Legion convention.
, AS "counterblast" to the feminine
beauty contests which have swept
acress France this summer, the Paris
post of the American Legion an
j nounces a beauty contest" of its
| own. Instead of a competition to as
certain the most beautiful woman in
the American colony here the ex-
doughboys have started search for
the most handsome American man in
! Paris.
The Paris Legion post has a men,
bership of more than 1000. AS fully
! as many more Americans are now
located in the French capitol the con-
test promises to be one Of the most
interesting of the many activities the
Americans have engaged IN this sea-
son. The usual photographs of en-
trants will be displayed and votes by
ony will be received ard tabulated by
board, the members of which are
barred from competing.
! So many stranded ex-service men
have applied for help at the Legion
headquarters here that the post has
been forced out of its quarters at 10,
Due de l'Ellysee, by lack Of funds.
Instead of the several rooms the
post had it is now housed In a single
office on the third floor Of the same
building. The welfare work viii be
continued, however, as long ss possi-
ble
Johnny Kilbane, worlds feather
weight champion, asked American Le-
bion men 100000 to meet Eugene
Criqui, Champion Of France, in a
bout during the Legion's national
convention at New Orleans in Octo-
Der. After learning Kilbane's terms
the Legion men started for New York
without Johnny's signature to a con-
tract.
Weotherly, Pa, wanted a "better
babies" clinic but rooms for the hold
ing of the clinic were not available
until the former service men of the
town, comprising the American Le-
gion post, turned over the Legion
club rooms to those sponsoring the
move.
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