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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

That New York city and it's suburbs will have population of 29.000,O00 in A, D.. 2000 is a prediction of an of ficial city-plan committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27
HORSES AND MULES

EAST ST. LOUIS Ill, Nov. 26;-Horses and mules: Receipts larger this week estimate calling for 1000 head .-oa
 Horses: Good to choice drafts, $150 u 2oO medium to good drafts, ss0 15O good to choice chunks, s60@ 90; medium horses, s75@115; fair to good southern erners' SEQ 0S3o; plugs, $5@15.
 Mules: Draft, 16 to 17 hands, S17o Q 240; sugar, 1s to 16.2 hands, s165 225 mine, 15 to 152 hands sl20 Q 165; top cot ton, f52 to Is hands, $140 @16O; cotton, is to 15.2 hands, s90 $1S0; cotton, small, s5O9s5.
 EAST ST. LOUIS, IL, Nov. as.-Hogs: Receipts 2,600; mostly 10 to 15c lower; spots steady on best heavy butchers toI s7; bulk 1S0 to 250-pound offerings, S6.70 O 6.90; 160 to 00-pound, steady: trading unevenly 10 to 15e lower; bulk 159 G to killing pigs, s5.50@6; lighter kinds and pewees, S5.5O@5.75; packer sows mostly
 sheep: Receipts. 1000; strong to 25c higher; closed 25 to 35c higher; on best lambs; other grades and sheep unchanged four load choice fed lambs. S12.50 q 12.6o late; s1225 for best natives; several loads of medium southwest lambs, SHE'S; culs SS: light mutton ewes, s6; heavies. S4
 Cattle: Receipts, 5000; steady to strong light alers soc higher at So; early bulk steers, s7.5o @s s.!5; heifers- $75o ner yearlngs. s2.15 02.25; bologna bulls, $3.40@4.25. stocker steers, S5Q6.
 Seventy per cent of the cars being sold are bought on the deferred pay ment plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

The table below shows only the Regular Votes allowed on subscription payments, a schedule of which is invariable through out the campaign For subscriptions turned in NOW and up to December l. 9 p. m., you receive not only these votes, but also 1000 Extra Votes for every dol lar in subscription payments, either new or old, you turn in. This is the only ex- tra vote offer that will be given during the remainder of the campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27
Rowan Found Garcia

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27
Special Merit Prize

This $l ,08OO0 Nash five-passenger touring car will be given as Special Merit Prize to the club member who turns in the greatest amount of cash subscription business between November 20 and December 8, 9 p.
 This car is EXTRA-given in addition to the other 4 automobiles and 20 cash prizes to be awarded at the close of the club December ,. YOU can win this Special Merit Prize and also win of the other 34 regular awards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27
District Automobiles

(Two for each of the five districts9
 $l,248.00 Oldsmobile Touring Gar $l,235.00 Oakland Touring Car
 $l,2l500 Studebakcr Light Six
 $1,21500 Durant Touring Car
 $1,105O0 Maxwell Special Sport Model Five $595.OO Overland Touring Cars There are also four Cash Awards for each of the five districts. as follows: $Z0O.00, $1O000. $60.00 and $40.00
 YOU cannot lose, because if YOU should not win prize, commission of O per cent will be paid to YOU on all the money YOU turn in in excess of 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27
Grain Letters
KAHN BROS. AND VIRGIN

CHICAGO, Nov 2s-wheat; Trade largely local with shorts furnishing the principal support. Action of corn was an Important factor being closely followed py the local cash trading basis firm. A Ieaturs or the market was visible supply. W Norld shipments increased 4,630 0O0O bushels, Market looks like scalping posi- tlon, with market showing stubbornness.
 Corn: Further decline in spot has caused selling and lower values in flu lures, but shorts bought some of their corn back on recession.
 oats: Far trade with some commission buying May. Cash interests bought De cember, but this interest was small. At one time last week it was only ssc under May
 Provisions There was some selling early In the session by commission houses. Hogs about Dc lower. Top, s7.30-Fenner & Beane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

Andrews Louise s2s1 Bess Blvd Bondurant William M, .7e4 Tuscaloosa. .167,4s0 Coleman Mrs A. E. 226 2d St. Arlington Pl. .169,99o Fninr RnI'r Mrs. T. IT, 512 Alabama Ave w E....iSs72o Freeman Mrs. T. C.. POS Crews St. 1eS.5O0 cc Mary 92l Princeton Ave, 169,42O Iopv Mrs l.. M, 2532 18th St. Ensley. .169,95O McDonad Mrs J. H. 634 4tth St, Fairfield. 169.99O Peace, Marion. lo2 Almond W; E. ......,... les,98o 1nrner Mrs J. L., 21OO Lee Ave. West End. ,440 Thomas Mrs l.. A., 2531 18th St.. Ensley. .169,5OO Wester Lois I'll 9th St, Ensley .I69.97O
 Waggoner, w., 4412 Orange Ave. S........16s,9sO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27
NAUAI. STORES

SAVANNAH. Ga Nov. 2s-Turpentiins firm sTc; sales 29T: receipts 1sS' snip ments 346 stock 13.529. 7,,.
 Rosin firm; no offerings. receipts iSS i6s ; :; shipments 6sS; stock 12S,73s' quotations unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

and choice fat lambs, 1s.5o912.7S; top, s1s; fed clipped lambs s76 s7d ggoGto.75 giat 75t aged swethers, ss5o; choice light weight ewes, ;6.9O most feeding lambs, s12G
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27
DISTRICT NO. 3

counties in Alabama: Lauderdale, Col bert, Franklin, Marion Lamas, Fsyette, Walker. Cullmsn, Marshall, Madison, Jackson, Winston, Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27
DISTRICT NO. l

Arthur Mrs J. G. 5o1 S. 66th St. St............16s.74o Abbott, Jennie 1904 10th Ave. l69,95o Beard, Lois. s2l R. R. Ave. Boyles l67600 Broma, James N, 1908 1-2 sgd St. ....... l69,990 Brown, Mrs. Katherine, 2l0t Highland Ave l69,9bO Barr F. H., 2S17 35th Ave, .167,4S0 Carmichael Mrs. O. G. 72ls Walker Woodlawn. l6S ,610 Chanbers Mrs Velma lo0s North 3oth St. .I69.90O Cranford Lillian, 221 N. 4Sth 16S,46O Dismukes Grover, 272O N. 18th St. .l6s,46O Dill Vivian s9ls I.akeview wAve..............169,95 9,95O Dickson A. G. 2Ol9 9th Ave- N..............160,99 ,990 Fortner, Iomer 627 N Sd ,114,640 Fleming Mrs. W. A., 26l6 17th St.. .169,720 Gibbs John 1915 18th St. ..............,.1 167,360 Hughes Mrs J. G., 5lOO 1st Ave. Woodlawn. 8,210 IIigdon Mrs Lee 69oo Higdon Rd ......... .l69,s20 Holm, J. P 1i6 1-2 24th .l67.410 Koonce L.. 23O0 Hawthorne Ave ............ 5000 I,eath Mira Odia cSO4 32d St, N. Bham. .169,970 Mocks Mrs W F.. 22S0 Sth Ave, N. .l68,320 O'neil Mrs R. D. SIT s. 10th St........... .l69,990 Psppag eorye Elaine, 2320 18th Ave, .169.940 Park D. L.. 1ll7 S. 14th St................16 16S,560 Tuck Clara 2917 Ave G....................169 169,990 Tavlor Mrs R. 6431 Division Ave. .16S,740 Welch, Mrs. James C.. 1920 Norwood Blvd l61.76O Waltha Mrs Lucille Boggsn, 120o 1-2 N. 2Sd .l69.eI0 Williams Mrs. c. L., TIA soth St. s....., .16s.5oO Wilton, Katherine, 2030 Quinlan Ave. .l68,400
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Nov; 2s.-Tur- pentins firm; s7c; sales 211; reesipts s49; shipments 5a7 stock lsSsti sti,,F Ros9 1880; stock 142,0e6. Quote: B to l. s4.25; K. ,4.27h M. s4.S0; N, s47o; WG S515; wv, S5.35.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

DISTRICT NO. 2 VIII include that part Birmngh west of Center
 street (not within the city ,iits. The city of Bessemer and Fairfield will also be included in this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

Seventy per cent of the cars being sold are bought on the deferred pay ment plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

The regular prizes consist of the following: CAPITAL AWARDS
 $3,3e0.OO Cadillac Touring Car
 $3,O78O0 Peerless Touring Car
 $l,84OOO Rickenbacker Phaeton
 $l,69500 Chandler Touring Car The above four Capital Awards are free for all the districts. All candidates have an opportunity of fwinning any of the four Cap ital Awards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

DISTRICT NO. 4 Will include all territory in the following counties in Alabama: Blount, Etowah, Dekalb, Cherokee, Cleburne, Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladegs, Clay, Randolph, Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa, Shelby, Lee and Elmore.
 Bell, Maggie. Dadeville .I6s.S2I
 Brown. W. A.. Edwardsville. .16D,72O
 Buttram. W. w., Rt. l, Springville. .I69, ,64O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27
For Information

Write, phone or call at the Help Yourself Club department, fifth floor, Age-Herald Building. Phone Main 49OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

NEW YORK, Nov. 2s-Cattle: Receipts, 1,9s0 steady; steers. S5 @ 1905; state bulls, SS Co 4.50 ;+,cows, s1.25@4. st2.5O@1S; culls and little calves, s55O a (, 30; grassers SS.5014.
 Sheep and lambs: Receipts, 6,S00 firm sheep. $4.5o; culls, s2 G3 lambs, ss s914.25; culs, $sd1O.
 Hogs Receipts. 4,490: steady: light to medium weights. s72567.5o; pigs, s6. 5G 6.75; heavy hogs, s7259740; roughs. S6. 20 e 50
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

Will include the following counties in Alabama: Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Chiffon, Autauga, Montgomery, Lowndes, Dallas, Perry, Hale, Greene, Sumter, Choctaw, Marengo, Wilcox, also that part of Jefferson county not included in districts numbers one and two. All other territory not mentioned in any of the other four districts will be included in this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27

Probably the widely read article that Ebert Hub bard anybody else wrote was his A Message tc Garcia" It's a story of GRIT and DETERMINATION the part of small insignificant man who had hitherto been scarcely known except member of his company The story goes that it became imperative that Presiden in the fastnesses of Cuba-no knew where The mes sage must be delivered immediately How could it b. done Rowan, the man in the ranks the man with GRl
 was the man selected He was the man who DID TT ROWAN FOUND GARCIA and delivered the message
 How did he do it? Mir. Hubbard does not tell us, bu do know that Rowan recognized the fact that every thing depended on him. He knew that nothing must de ter his efforts no how great the obstacle He DE CIDED! He worked. He won! And that Is the idea WI want to get over to every member of The AgeHerald
 The Extra Vote offer. allowing so. 900 extra vot
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
Minnesota Wool Agency
Built On County Groups
State Farmers Selling Agency on
Permanent Basis-Alex Huddles-
ton of Wabacha is President

Permanent organization of the Min
nesota wool marketing association was
perfected at University Farm, ST.
Paul, last week. County growers as
sacistions, formed during the last
year with Farm Bureau assistance,
will be made the basis Of membership,
though provision was made for in
dividual farmer memberships as well.
The first project of the organ z
alton will be to federate with the state
marketing agency all county organ
izations now in the field and to organ
ize new ones wherever there is de-
mand for one.
The meeting last week supplement
November at which the undertaking
was launched. The object of the state
association is to, first, pool the Mime
sofa clip and give Minnesota wool the
standing in markets of the country to
which it's quality entities it.; second,
keep farmers informed as to market
conditions; and, third, give growers
better understanding of market de-
mands and grades.
Alex Huddleston of Wabasha was
elected president; j. E. Shisler of Ait
kin, vice president; Levi Samuelson Of
Lafayette, secretary; J. l.. ODonnell
of LeSueur Center, treasurer, and j.
w. Dykeman of Dakota, director.
The state association is the. out
growth of the 1921 and 1922 Farm
Bureau wool pools, which not only OBJ
tanned to 10 cents more for wool
pooled, but materially strengthened
prices generally
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Brown last week.
Mrs. Noble called at the George
/ Whitney home last Saturday.
Mr.. Bush Of Westport called at the
home of Mr.. Smith last Saturday.
Mr.. Finch called at the Pete Essler
home near Sank Centre Wednesday.
Rev. Mattock of Grove Lake called
at Elmer Smiths last Sunday evening.
Frank Domke shipped hogs with the
! Farmers" from Westport last Mon
day.
Louise Kreuger is working at Mr..
Hodson's place while Mrs. Hodson is
sick.
/ Mrs. Cecil Swift spent few days
last week visiting her sister, Mrs.
Cole.
Harry Jenc spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Raymond and Walter
Morris.
Mrs. Fay Beidleman called at the
George King home at Grove Lake last
Tuesday.
! Edd and Raymond Morris were
business callers at Sank Centre last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Judes and Mrs.
h1nSolld were Sduh SCheiC S@iASA .
last Wednesday
A baby boy arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Ders.lafs
last Wednesday,.
Mr.. Levi Smith of Ssuk Centre was
out to his son Elmer's place a couple
of days last week.
Lee Hamilton, of Sank Centre has
been spending a few days with his
brother Homer and family.
Elmer Smith shipped hogs with the
farmers last Monday. George Whitney
and Max Finch helped haul them to
Westport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Cowlthorp of
Minneapolis are the proud parents Of
nine pound boy who arrived Tuesday
January 9th,
Arthur Jenc was pleasantly sur
prised when a number of his friends
drove in to help him celebrate his 18th
birthday last Saturday evening. Those
present were David McCullah and
sister and Raymond, and Walter and
Vera Morris. The evening was spent
in playing games and dancing. At 12:
o'clock a delicious lunch was served.
A farmers club was organized last
Wednesday evening at the Lyman
Prairie School house, Mr.. McDugal
was elec.ed president; Milton Hodson,
vice-president; Ruth Hodson secretary
and Homer Hamilton, treasurer. The
next meeting will be Saturday eve
ming, January 27th, at Win Cowlth-
orps. We hope the farmers of this
community will all help to make this
club a success.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
is attested by the most casual OF
server.-The Biwabik Times.
Good Roads Work To Go On

Good Roads Work To Go On
There is no question but that the
linking together of the various county
seats and smaller cities, which are
comparatively close together, will re-
suit in the making of the various Sec
lions of the state partically one large
community, with neighborly- spir.t
and a friendly rivalry along business
lines which will be beneficial to them
all and add considerable to each others
social and commercial benefit. Al
ready everyone actively interested in
the civic life of Mortified, Owatonna
and Faribault has felt the magic thrill
of better acquaintance and friendship
which has come by more frequent as
ISOLATION with the fellows of the other
cities through easier and more fire.
quent intercourse on public affairs,
and the more roads that are paved the
gretter will be the extent and good
effect of this closer association. May
the good work never cease-Faribault
Pilot.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
d q r. q . . q q q q o u n n n e
. AMERICAN LEGION .
q y q q q q q ~ 2 q p q q q p
Jerry Barron Calls Comrades To
Legion Standard For 1928

In his first public address of 1928,
made while in the Twin Cities last
week, State Commander Gerald Bar
ron of Cloquet Minnesota declared
that the spirit of 1917 calls on every
veteran of the great war to fall in line
behind the Legion banner of the
Gopher Gang and march with his bud
dies down the gang plank of 1923,
bound for deeds of service to COM
rades, community, state and nation,
and jolly trip to the Legion Ma
tional Convention in Sa Fracisco
next October. Remember those days
at Monte Carlo asks Commander
Barron. who addss"Well, buddie,
they have nothing On the good times
we'll have together at the Golden
Gate, so pay your dues now for 1928
and get ready for year OF fun and
comradeship with buddies like those
of days gone by. Any Legion post will
welcome you.
Continuing, Commander Barron said
"Down in Virginia they tell the story
how one morning when the cares of
uncertain days rested heavily upon
his shoulders, General Robere E. Lee
was walking in his garden. Hearing a
slight noise, he turned only to see his
little son carefully putting his small
feet in the generals footsteps. Start
led, the great general said, ooh, God,
already the boy is walking in my foot
steps," Men of the American Legion,
hundreds of unframed young and in
experienced boys already are walking
in the footsteps of the Legion.
"As great responsibility rests
on your shoulders today as did in the
days of 1917 and '18 when you were in
actual service for America. In the
establishment of your organization
you have accepted a trust to carry on
the spirit of unselfish sacrifice which
characterized your efforts in the great
war. Five little years have come and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
vice man who is not Legionaire.
Like One-Armed Paper Hanger


Like One-Armed Paper Hanger
Department Headquarters has sent
me wad of clippings that would fill
a mail car" continues Chairman
More. eve poke our editorial head
from the pile to tell the cock
eyed world that the posts of The Min
nesota. Department are active
as a one-armed paper-hanger with the
itch. A perusal of the data on Legion
post activities leads one to remark:
what in Sam Hill will those Legion
aires do next?" 1t must make the
other states green-eyed when they
hear what Minnesota is doing.
Chairman Moore adds: eff you have
no activities committee in your post,
appoint one. Sell your Legion post to
your public. The size of the village,
town, Or city, or the size of the post
itself is no guage of it's activity. The
little post at New Richland is just as
active as St. Paul Post No. and
there are many similar parallels. Right
now the big thing is to get the dues in
for 1928, but in the meantime, keep
plugging for the home town. Go to it,
buds, write your post name on Father
Times Window. Happy New Year."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
q q q y Il q . q Il Il u q q q q q q
u LYMAN PRAIRIE o

q o q y q p p q q p q q p q q u q
Fay Beidleman was Brooten caller
last Monday.
Mrs. Richee visited with Mrs. Henry
.Judes last Sunday.
Bill Morris has been helping Mr..
Buchwitz the last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Essler visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Dershal last Sunday.
DR.. Moynihan called at George
Dirshall's last Saturday.
Max Finch helped saw wood at Mr..
McCullah's last Saturday.
Mr. Hodson and Milton were Sank
Centre callers last Friday.
Carl Gingry of Westport called at
Elmer Smiths last Tuesday.
Mrs. Paul Kreuger visited Mrs.
Frank Domke last Sunday.
A baby boy arrived at the home of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
Mans False Gravity.

There is a false gravity that is
very i'll symptom; and as. rivers which
run very slowly have always most
mud at the bottom, so solid stiff
ness in the constant course of mans
life is the sign of thick bed Of mud
at the bottom Of his brain.-Saville.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
Weight and HEIGHT.

Keep record in your diary or on
the back of the calendar of the height
and weight of each Of the children,
every month If convenient, or at least
twice year. to see how they are
growing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
Hard Road for Ruined Man.

1t is not poverty so much as pre-
tense that harnesses ruined man
the struggle between a proud mind
and an empty purse-the keeping up
a hollow show that must soon come
to an end.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18

gone since then, and today you stand
as an organization, everlastingly
established. The trust which your
country places on your shoulders can
only be met only if each member ac-
cepts his share Of the many duties and
responsibilities needed to solidify an
organization such as yours.
There is task for every Legion
aire today and each should accept the
challenge and give to the one and only
organization of the American soldier
his thought, energy and confidence.
There is much work for the American
Legion to do, and each member must
help carry on the spirit of comrade-
ship and unselfishness which was par
amount during the war and is just as
much in need in these days of recon
struction. A Legionaire remarked to
me the other day: "Jerry, the hopes
and ideals which | cherish for the
Legion are the hopes and ideals 1
thought of over there, and my one
desire is that l shall live to see the
day when The American Legion shall
pass like great army in life's grand
review, and the nation will shout it's
appreciation" And so, comrades of
The American Legion of Minnesota,
help make a great future for America,
and though you as an Individual may
never hear your praises sung, within
The American Legion your spirit will
go Marching On"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18

Easier to Get Than to Keep.
1t has always been more difficult for
a man to keep than to get, for in the
one case fortune aids but in the other
case sense Is required.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
A Better Sian.

A road reads: "Drive slow; you
might meet fool" A better sign, in
some instances, would be: "Drive
slow; two fools might Florida
Times Union.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18

Satisfaction Means Stagnation.
Be always displeased at what thou
art. if thou desirest to attain to what
thou art not; for where thou hast
pleased myself, there thou abidest.-
st. Augustine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
Bad News Never Welcome.

Though it be honest, it is never
good to, bring bad news, Give to a
gracious message host of tongues,
but let i'll tidings tell themselves when
they be felt.-Shakespeare.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
By No Means.

A feature writer tells us "a KISS
speaks all languages" But it's one
sort Of talk that isn't cheap.-Nash.
Vile Tennessean.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
Both Expensive.

Vermont paperLEd YOders says he
has two runabouts; he buys tires for
one and attire for the other.-BOstOD
Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
Few Have That Quality

He Is happy whose circumstances
suit his temper; but he is more excel
lent who can suit his temper to any
rcumstance.-Hume.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
Art of Conversation.

The art of conversation is to be
prompt without being stubborn, to re
flute without argument and to clothe
great matters in a motley garb.-Bea.
consfield.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
Pep From FairmOnt

In his January bulletin of pep to
Minnesota Legion posts, Allen Moore
of Fairmont, Chairman of the Depart
ment Post Activities Committee, asks
every Legionaire to sign this pledge:
Resolved, that l will justify my ac-
ceptance of the great privilege of
Legion membership by doing at least
one constructive service for the organ
ization in 1928" And as an example of
such service Chairman Moore suggests
that each buddie explain the advant-
ages of Legion membership to SER