The Ely miner., 1924-08-01
ON To ST. CLOUD
FOR NEXT WEEK.
AND OTHERS GET
TING READY FOR THE STATE
LEGION CONVENTION. =

Thos. Murn and John G.. Kotch-
evar will be the official delegates to
the State Legion Convention at St.
Cloud next week. Mrs. J. G. Kotch-
evar and Mrs. Arthur Knutson are
the official delegates for the Auxil-
ianry branch with Mrs. w. E. Ire
zona and Mrs. Jack Gianotti as alt
ernates. w. T. Buckley and Louis
Stember are alternates for the local
Legion post.
A big convention parade on the
afternoon of Tuesday, August and
talks by National Commander John
r. Quinn, Department Commander
Ludwig l. Roe, Department Adjutant
Stafford King and other Legion lead
ers representing all parts of the Go
pher state are among features of
the Sixth Annual Conventio' of
Minnesota Legionaires, as announc-
ed in the program.
Not the least interesting feature
of the convention will be the election
of officers for the ensuing year.
Successors are to be chosen to Com
mander Ludwig Roe, Luther Young
dahl, Minneapolis, first vice cam
mander; Jalmer Johnson, Virginia
second vice commander; Edgar Hall,
Cokato, third vice commander; JOS
eph Barnett, Red Wing, department
chaplain and Samuel Iverson, st.
Paul, department historian. Dele
gates will also be elected to the Nat
ional Convention in st. Paul. Fore
most in the race for Department
Commander at present are, Eli Lund
of Window, former commander of
District Two and j. P. O'Hara of
Glencoe, former commander of Dis
trict Three.
Hibbing is foremost in the run
ming for choice as 1921 convention
city, although it is likely that some
competition will develop at the con-
vention probably from Thief River
Falls and one or two cities in the
southern part of the state.
After the convention is called to
order Monday by Commander Roe,
there will be an address of welcome
by ]. A. Benson, Legionaire Mayor
of st. Cloud and 80 seconds of sill
ence in tribute to dead comrades.
Then will follow fve-minute address
ses by Representatives of the G. A.
R. Spanish War Veterans, Great War
Veterans of Canada, Disabled Amer
ican Veterans of the World War and
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Department officers will report in
the morning and in the afternoon
there will be caucuses of individual
districts. At p. m. Monday, Aug.
4, National Commander John R.
Quinn will speak at a joint session
of Legion and Auxiliary members.
At p. m. department standing COM
mittee chairmen will make their re-
ports.
National Chaplain Ezra C.Clemans
of Owatonna will speak and Judge
Royal Stone of the State Supreme
Court will tell of National Conven-
tion plans on Tuesday forenoon, fol-
lowed by an address by Mrs. George
Osborne of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Legion Auxiliary President, and a
report on the disabled situation by
William T. Kroll, Legion National
Liaison officer for Minnesota.
The big parade is scheduled for
6 80 p. m. Tuesday 1t will be fol-
lowed by a meeting and promenade
Of the 40 and 8. Officers of the
American Legion of Minnesota for
the coming year will be elected We'd
nesday morning and the balloting
will be followed by presentation of
the Department Commanders badge
and badge of Past Department Com
mander.
The program for the Auxiliary,
discloses what promises to be an in
terestfng entertainment and business
session. The Auxi convention will
be formally opened on Monday, Aug
A, by Mrs. George Osborne of Mime
apolis, state president After flag
ceremonial and tribute to the dead,
followed by an address of welcome
by Mayor Benson and response by
Mrs. Milton Spencer of Wihona, first
vice president, there will be an ad-
dress by Mrs. Edgar Loyhed, Nat
ional vice president.
DIR. Helen Hughes Hielscher of
Mankato will give an address Tues
day afternoon and the District chair
men will report as follows: First
district, Mrs. George Brainerd of
Blooming Prairie; Second, Mrs. A.
M. Nelson. Fairmont; Third. Mrs.
f. r. shrsder, Watertown; Fourth,
Mrs. s. M. Ralston, st. Paul; Fifth,
Mrs. s. IB. Swenson, Minneapolis;
Sixth, Mrs. G. w. Bowman, Pine
River; Seventh, Mrs. A. Dalquist,
Glenwood; Eighth, Mrs. Peter Sc1ae-
fer. Ely; Ninth, Mrs. R. ]. Murray
Moorhead; Tenth, Mrs. Maud Dom
hue-Ilall, Cokato.
L. Roe of the Legion will give an
dress Wednesday, and the annual