The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-08-03

community and visitors from many
nearby towns danced up and down
Main Street in response to the Le-
gion's invitation which read: "Dance
with the Lewis-GuiIl post No. SO Of
the American Legion by order of the
court" y
'The American Legion stands for
America and for the defenders of
America, first Of ALL" declared Ham
ford MacNider, national commander
Of the Legion before the thirty-sev-
enth annual meeting of the National
Editorial Association at Missoula,
Mont, July 20.
After spending two years in ae-
quiring funds for a clubhouse, the
American Legion post in Mangum,
Okla, decided the children cf the town
needed a playground worse than the
former service men did a club house.
Accordingly, the Legionnaires obtain
ed an eight year lease on plot of
ground and used the fund they had
been SO long in collecting to purchase
playground equipment. Il
In order that all the cemeteries in
the state may always have the proper
care, the Arkansas American Legion
has started a move for the formation
of a cemetery association which will
supervise the laying out of new plots
and the upkeep Of all burying
grounds. ~.
In his series of articles. ''The Truth
About Bergdoll, -, Charles. r. Fehrlin
of Philadelphia, describes the present
of Americas arch slack
er as that of 'Efat middle-class Ger
man with a hatred of everything
Fehrlin was one of the
party Of army intelligence operatives
who recently tried to kdnap Berg
doll in Germany. Tt was the purpose
Of the United States Government to
return Bergdoll to this country to
serve the sentence imposed for the
violation of the selective draft act.
Military organizations or division
that wish to hold meet
lngs, reunions or conventions during
the attendance of their members at
the fourth annual national conven-
ton of the American Legion in New
Orleans, La, Oct. 1920, should mott
fy T. Senmes Walmsley, chairman Of
the American Legion's national con-
vention committee, Royal and Cont
Streets, in New Orleans, in order that
Mr.. Walmsley can make arrange
ments for meeting halls, ETC.,
Edwin DENLY, Secretary of the Ma
wy and members of his party who
have for some time been touring. the
Orient, narrowly escaped death July
19 in an airplane accident. While fly-
ing at height of 1000 feet over the
great wall of China, about forty miles
north of Peking, the engine Of the
plane in which the party was riding
broke down. The pilot managed to
volplane to the earth but the plane
was wrecked against the rocks that
strewed the ground. None of the party
were injured Mr.. Denby viii return
to the state in September and is ex-
pected to attend the American Legion
convention IN New Orleans,
Oct. 1920. .....r ~. <<<
Travelling 125 miles a day and
camping at night by the roadside.
Donald f.. Chase, 81 years old, re-
Gently passed through Middle West
ern cities enroute ON bicycle from
Reno, New, to Syracuse, New York
Y Young Chase's family lives at Syra-
cuse and as vacation from his duties
as city editor of the Nevada State
Journal, the energetic lad decided be
would ride through and see his mOth-
er. The Reno American Legion saw q
chance to do some worthwhile adver-
tising. So arrangements were made
Chase should speak before
110 Legion posts on his way across
the continent. Ait first, he spoke only
OF what the Reno posts OF the Legion
and the Nevada state department. aro
doing, but later, he found that ~
could be Of greater service BY telling
each post Of al the good things thaf
other posts along his route are doing.
The young gatHng gun, Wilch hes
carried with him, saw service, wnen
an automobile driver ran into his ~
cycle near Topeka, Kan, and then -
fused TO stop 10 see what damage 10
been done, Chase put d bullet a A
tire and then made the driver hAnl
him and his bike 10 town.
s,ne doesn't realize just Whist th9
American Legion is doing until he w.
lis Legion posts and sees the effoxe1
OF these posts - improve Their col1~sI
munities, he sail
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