The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-12
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State Adjutant Harry Nelson of
the Oregon Legion Department has
this message for Minnesota Legion
members: "Buddies, you're going
to San Francisco next October
who isn't that can beg or borrow
the price? No Legion National
Convention would be complete with
out your hustling Gopher Gang.
Am right, old top? Well take
a friendly tip and route 'em to
the Golden Gate via the City Of
Portland and the State of Oregon
That's scenery? Boy, you amt
seen mountains until you've stood
on one of Portland's seven hills and
counted the snowy peaks of Mt.
Hood, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams and
Mt. Jefferson on the horizon You'll
find live Legionaires and a friendly
welcome at every town along the
way and you'll remember Oregon
after the Convention has been for
gotten. Buddies of the Gophe,
Gang, Oregon is waiting to gree.
/ YOU"
Lemuel Bolles, Legion National
Adjutant, says: "The American Lee
| gion offers to every veteran the OPP
portunity to preserve the many
comradeships formed during the
war; it develops the qualities of
leadership in civic affairs; offers the
opportunity for association with
| clean and stalwart men; for prac-
| teal application of the slogan Help
One Another; and combines with
it all that goes to develop the quail
tiles which make the good citizen
and man."
State Commander Barron en-
phasizes the fact that crack home
town basketball teams which have
three Legionaires as players, have
the right to use the Legion title
and advertise as Legion teams
| Two crack teams at Two Harbors
and Cloquet are about to do this.
Every effort is being made to have
as many competing Legion teams
as possible at the big state elimin-
alton tournament in March, to be
held in the Twin Cities.
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1928. made while in the Twin
Gerald Barron of Cloquet declared
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every veteran of the great war to
fall in line behind the Legion ban
ner of the Gopher Gang and march
with his buddies down the gang
plank of 1928, bound for deeds of
service to comrades, community,
state and nation, and a jolly trip
to the Legion National Convention
in San Francisco next October.
Remember those days at Nice and
| Monte Carlo?" asks Commander
Barron, who adds:-"Well, buddy,
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 a year
of fun and comradeship with bud
dies 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
Robert E. Lee was walking in his
garden. Hearing slight noise, he
turned only to see his little son
carefully putting his small feet in
the generals footsteps. Startled,
the great general said, ooh, God, al
ready the boy is walking in my
footsteps Men of the American
Leg ion, hundreds of unframed
young and inexperienced boys are
already walking in the footsteps of
the Legion.
almost 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 ac-
cepted a; trust to carry on the spirit
of unselfsh sacrifice which char
acterized your efforts in the great