New Ulm review., 1922-01-18
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please extend to the several hund-
red Minnesota newspapers which are
cooperating to such a. re1narka BILE
extent with your Minnesota Legion
News Service, the thanks of the nation
al officers of the American Legion -
writes Lemuel Bolles, national adju-
tant. The ideals and purposes Of the
American Legion are SO Identical. with
the future prosperity of our country
that they are worthy of the support Of
all newspapers. Your Minnesota
newspapers are making a great record
in helping to make this greater coun-
try"
State Commander Daniel F. Steek
of Iowa has issued rallying cry to
Hawkeye Legionaires in which he de-
clares: What say the Iowa Hawk
eyes? The Gophers of Minnesota and
the Cornhuskers of Nebraska are after
our title. Do we accept their chal-
lenge? We do! We have met Corned
Willy on a thousand battlefelds and
torn him limb from limb. We have
followed the Gopher to his hole and
put him asleep with the gas from our
corn-bought Tin Lizzies. When the
Iowa Hawk scars over the fields, the
Minnesota Gopher hunts his lair. Up
and at them, Legionaires of old Iowa!
Let's bury them so deep that even the
Gopher will starve before he can dig
his way out. We hate ourselves, but
old New Orleans win echo to- '"'We're
from I-O-Way" as our victorious Iowa
thousands pass in review before our
corn-fed national commander next
October" IA
The big Legion membership race
between Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebras-
ka is on! The Legion membership
thermometer is rising rapidly toward
the boiling point. So far, according
to National Headquarters records,
MINNESOTA IS IN. THE LEAD,
with three times as many 1922 mem
berships remitted for as either Iowa or
Nebraksa. How long will Minnesota
keep the lead? That depends. on you,
buddy. If you served honorably in
the great war your Legion buddies
welcome you to mem bership. Our hat
is in the ring. Hundreds of Gopher
Legion Post adjutants all over the
North Star State are working their
heads off signing up buddies. Let's all
pitch in and help them uphold the
honor Of the Gopher State. Let's put
Minnesota over the top ahead Of all
others. Wercan do it if you've got
the Gopher pride and pep! Are you
with us2d Let's go!yisDs7aata }93s :,
Since its }esta ablishmentin 1919, the
American Legion of Minnesota. has
organized 492 Legion Posts and 275
Legion Auxiliary Units. Every town
of 500 population or more has an
American Legion Post, and most Min
nesota towns of 800 or more popula ton
have Posts. Sixty-fve thousand form.
er service men have enrolled in the
Minnesota Legion since it's institution.
However, the Legion counts only paid
up mem mbers, and at this time of the
year, pra ctically all mem bers are in the
act Of reinstating-paying their 1922
dues. These are arriving at State
Headquarters at the rate of 5000 each
week. ".s H.. .'a
According to John Bowe of Candy,
state commander of the Minnesota
Veterans of Foreign Wars, there are 81
local v. F. w. Posts in the state, with
a total membership sof& about 5000.
Twelve of the 81 V!:F. W! Posts are in
the Twin Cities.
81 no w9*ol*g 2V&}z
Organized d few weeks ago, Edward
Holt Legion Post No. 486 ofDelevan
Minnesota, already has. ,.37 paid-up
mem bers. A Legion Auxiliary is being
formed. Two more Gopher Legion
Posts were chartered last week Post
No. 491 at South Saltwater and Post
No. 492 at Fountain, Fillmore county.
Twenty-one other Minnesota towns
are busy organizing Legion Posts.
They are: Big Falls, Utica, De Graf,
Karlstad, Odin, Kinbrae, Garvin, Rol-
lag, sGrygla,. Elgin, Mountain Lake,
Morton, Cottonwood, Bird Island,
Plato, Richmond, Freeport, Avon,
Gushing, jenkins and Carlton. Tha