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JUNIOR LEAGUE
" IS -TO WORK FOR :
I MILE CLINIC
Members Dedicate Selves to En
deavor to Restore Sick and
Crippled Children" of State.
The support of an orthopedic clinic
for the children of Oregon is to hethe
future work of the Junior lague ot
Portland, of which Mrs. Reads M.
Ireland L is president. The league,
which comprises ZS of the prominent
young; women of the city, at a recent
meeting decided to direct Its efforts
on behalf of the restoration of the
sick and crippled children of the state,
a survey of the state making manifest
;tths great need existing for clinical
Tacilitlea to provide care for children
suffering , from cor rectible deformity
or disease but whose parents are ua
v able to provide it. '
Accordingly, the (Junior League Is
directing its work toward the support
of the children's orthopedic clinic of
'. the University of Oregon medical
.-. school, to be conducted at the Portland
Pree Dispensary in cooperation with
the People's Institute, under the direc
tion of Dr. Richard DULehunt, dean of
the school of medicine of the Univer
sity of Oregon. The league will pur
chase the necessary equipment for the
clinlo in the way of apparatus and in
dividual members of the league will
" cooperate in the transportation of
children to and from the clinic and
' In providing the supplies and mainte
nance. ..
8S CHIXDBE1T TREATED
In the clinlo of the medical school
during the last two years, 80 children
from varipus parts of the state have
been cared for In the hospitals and
rnany more have received treatment
:, In the clinlo who did not require hos
. pital care or surgical operations. Un
der the crippled children's law of the
- state any county judge is authorised
. to commit to the medical school any
; child under 16 years of &gs suffering
from correctlble diseases or deformity,
whose parents are unable to provide
. proper attention. One of the greatest
. needs in caring for the children com
mitted under this act is a department
;f physiotherapy wherein exercises
and physical methods can be given. It
Is -such a department that the Junior
league will develop and support.
HOSPITAL FOB CHILDREN
The natural result of the great need
. In Portland and Oregon for this, work
will be a hospital for sick and crippled
children, affiliated with the University
of Oregon medical school. Upon the
. - construction of such a hospital the
present clinic and the Junior League
physiotherapy department will then
continue to be operated and supported
by the Junior League.
The great appeal of this work lies
In the fact that in addition to the
financial aid the league provides, it
affords an opportunity for personal
participation by Individual members in
carrying children to the clinic and to
; ' their homes, in meeting children
brought in on trains and taking them
. to the clinic or hospital, in massage,
gymnastic ana physical treatment, in
the preparation, of surgical and clinic
supplies, in providing places for out,
of town children to stay when hospi
talization is not necessary, and in the
follow up work to keep track of the
progress of the childrenand in keep
ing the records of the clinic and
physiotherapy department.
To create a fund to carry on this
work, the league is planning an elab-
- orate benefit performance of a spec
tacular ' character, to be given at the
Heilig theatre early in February. The
proceeds from this affair will be added
- to the fund already in the league's
treasury, which It was originally con
templated to spend in the construc
tion! and maintenance of a boarding
hou4e for working girls. The need for
- such a home has been adequately met
by other institutions, hence the de
cision to take up the work on behalf
of the crippled children of the state
which is so greatly needed.
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Candy, flowers or a book used
to be tie convenient gift. Now
it may well be a Vi&or record
! or an up-to-date player roll
Welcome tlie joyous day
with joyful music !
We carry QRS, Mel-O-Dee,
and, above all, the marvelous
Duo-Art player rolls. We shall
be happy to demonstrate the
latest hits.
Sherman
Sixth and Morrison Streets
. PORTLAND
ppoaiea Poatofica
SEATTLE TACOMA SPOKAN3 -
Bring Your Own Mah Jongg, and Smile
Chinese Game Gives ' Society Thrills
"B. T. O. S." you read at the lower
left corner of an invitation card which
Invites you to a Mah Jongg party.
Ton wrinkle your brow and try to
figure It out. Last year yon sometimes
read E. T. O. W but you knew that
one. That was a good joke and every
body was on. It meant your husband
was to fortify the hip pocket from his
own supply. That one was simple
and everybody laughed about it. But
this year's assortment of cryptic letters
is a puzzler.
You say to yourself. "B, T. O. L."
last year meant "Bring your own lik
ker " so B. Y. O. S. must mean bring
your own something else. After a few
days it suddenly dawns on you.. You
are invited to a Mah Jongg party and
the hostess tells you to bring your own
set of tiles.
And Mah Jongg T This year's Christ
mas stockings no doubt will hold nu
merous sets and Instead of the usual
signals of the bridge player, the win
ter evenings will be punctuated with
expressions of "punging? and "chew
ing" : and Mah Jongging as the tiles
click. "
AKCIEST PASHM K
An ancient pastime which has lived
from the days of r Confucius, Mah
Jongg retains the ineffable fascina
tion of old things handed down from a
noble ancestry. Until about 1000 years
ago the game was restricted to the
official or mandarin classes in China.
It was named after the lark, the bird
of a thousand intelligences, and its
modern name in Chinese is that of the
sparxow, which typifies anything which
might pertain to an exalted position.
Mah Jong is played in China in 17
provinces among people of 28 dialects
and; is the only game that Chinese
women give much attention to. No rule
books have, been written in Chinese,
the way of the ' game having been
handed down by word of mouth from
father to son through many genera
tions. The clicking of the little Ivory
tiles may be heard in the back court
yard where the Chinese servants play,
and in the clubs where the high caste
men of the Orient assemble.
The man who first conceived the
idea of compiling a set of rules for
American usage was an employe of
the Standard Oil company, who was
stationed in the interior of China. He
learned the language of the natives and
conceived a set of symbols which could
Coos Bay Times
Comes Out in Gala -Christmas
Edition
-
The Coos Bay Times of Marshfield
and North Bend, Or., appeared last
Saturday with a six-section Christmas
Pay &1 Co.
bemused without the Chinese termin
ology. ,
IT IS TRADE SAME
The name, Mah Jongg, is the trade
name, and sounds similar to the; real
name of the game as played, by ' the
Chinese. The rules of the game as
employed by the Americans .eliminates
much of the ceremony bf the Oriental
and some of the strict penalties which
originally attended the game.. The
sets are now being exported Into the
states at the rate of 6000 a month.
so great has the popularity - of , the.
game become in this country.
The game, unlike cards, has . but
three main suits, first Is the symbol
known as the -Dot, the next is the
Character suit, and the Bamboo' suit.
These suits instead of running from
one to JO, as in cards, run from one
to nine. - Of each of the different
pieces there are four Identically alike.
It would be the same aa four aces of
spades, and four kings of spades, etc,
instead of but one In a deck. ' .
In designing these tiles the Chinese
drew upon their art symbols. ; The
dot suit, for instance, the heavens.
The circle to the Chinese represents
the heavens, which to the Oriental
mind was represented as round and
indicated by a circle. ;
EARTH WAS SQUARE
The earth was square and repre
sented in their characters as a square.
To make a picture of the moon, a dot
was placed in the circle, and the sun
was represented by rays around the
circle. After a few thousand years,
they found it easier to describe the
heavens by means of a square with a
line drawn across horizontally for the
sun. : When the circle means the uni
verse. It is divided Into three parts,
the sun. moon and stars, thus the Dot
suit in Mah Jongg Indicates the uni
verse. The character suit in the name indi
cates learning in a broad sense, or the
literary achievement of the nation. The
third suit is the bamboo suit and rep
resents the agricultural 1 interests,
which are highly esteemed In China.
Bamboo, to the Oriental mind, means
"heaven's blessing."
Red, green and white dragons rep
resent the royalty. There are four
each of these tiles. The red dragon,
pronounced "lung" (meaning dragon),
was the emblem reserved for the em
edition, reviewing the notable achieve
ments of the last year and looking for
ward to the good times of the new.
The first section is given over: to
news, as usual. The second section
starts off with the caption, "Southwest
ern Oregon Is recognized as the scenic
wonderland of America, the automobile
tourist's summer paradise." A note
below points out that $1,750,000 has
been expended to date on the Roosevelt
highway. Pictures add lightness to
the pages that follow. T
The third section takes np the de
velopment of Coos county ocean trade,
especially through the Panama canal,
and claims Southwestern Oregon has
the "best harbor 'between San Fran
cisco and Seattle." Coqullle valley's
many resources and Bandon's fine har
bor have their innings in the fourth
section. North Bend has the fifth
section, and Marshfield the final one.
The Coos county towns all show sub
stantial building improvements and
offer plans for continued development.
WEDDED 50 YEARS AGO TODAY
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Mr. and Mrs. George W Stafford '
The rolden wedding anniversary ' of
Mr. and' Mrs. George Stafford, 305
West 16th etreet, . Vancouver. ' wash.
will be .celebrated today at the home
of their eldest son, II.T B. Stafford, in
Rose City park. Old-time vows will be
retaken- and the bride presented 'with
brand sew wedding ring; the gift of
her granddaughter. - ; " .
Following the ceremony an excellent
Christmas dinner will j be served by
Mrs. H. B. Stafford and daughter. Miss
juanlta. ' -ft i v:,--"--
Oeorge W. Stafford was 78 years of
age last September.. He was born in
New York state, moved, westward with
the tide of entigratia. and served dur
ing the CivtL war with the Wisconsin
volunteers. "A -few years after j its
close he obtained a homestead in Clay
county, Iowa, where he met Mary Ella.
a daughter of T. IL and Mary Emerson,
homesteaders on an adjoining claim,'
They were married at Spencer. Iowa.
December 24, 1872. - - . . -
With their three small sons' Bert.
Roilie and Arthur, they cams to Port
land In the fall of 1S8L and established
home at Mount Tabor. Mrs, Staf
peror. The green dragon tile stands
for the phoenix bird and is pronounced
'tuns ' and signifies the empress.
&RAG4TCS; ARE ACTIVE :
The dragons, are active , in times of
storm, in fires and in the great winds
r: other . frceof "nature. for the
dcagon- haa,th 'power to make itself
so small thVt it ' can disappear into
the earth or can grow so large that It
dan stover the world. Great clouds are
dragons inade large - and light enough
to float. '- Bain 4s the small dragon entering-
the earth. Lightning is the
dragon's " breath, and thunder is his
voice. Sometimes . when it thunders
the Chinese say the' dragon, is beating
his wife. : - -
As white is the symbol of mourning
In China, the plain white tile is the
death dragon. -
In Mah Jongg it is best to have four
persons play the game, each player to
represent one of the four winds of the
earth. .Dice are thrown to determine
who is to be the East Wind, which
corresponds to the dealer in cards.
If he wins he is paid double his total
score ; if he loses, he pays double the
amount of his losses. After the East
Wind is chosen the tiles are built into
a wall with 17 tiles.
There are no partners in Mah Jongg.
Even though the East Wind may lose,
he must be paid double the difference
between his score and that of the other
losing players, should the difference
be in his favor, and hia, winning .may
still be larger than that of the winner.
RESEMBLES RUMMlf
Mah Jongg is said to be a little like
rummy, similar to poker, and to have
some of the elements of dominoes.
Portland hostesses have found it pleas
ing' to Invite ah' attractive little Ori
ental maiden who knows the game to
attend their Mah Jongg parties and
instruct the guests. The novelty of
the new game has passed the peak of
its fascination and the real enjoyment
of the new diversion has won scores
of converts srho. have given up bridge
for the Chinese game. Some of the
sets -are exquisitely carved of ivory
and Bamboo and put up In beautiful
teakwood . chests with little drawers
ornamented with , silver fittings.
Scarcely any hostess can provide
enough 'sets for more .than two or
tliree tables of guests, so it is quite
the custom to bring your own set to
each party, f ,
Machines Replacing
Lacemakers J Ma n y
Latter Go Destitute
.: (By TJnlTorsal Serriee)
Paris, Dec 23. Lace making by hand
may become an extinct industry, ac
cording to a report by tha French
commission ' on Industries.
The report states that machine
made lace Is now made so perfectly
that even experts are sometimes fooled.
Machines have even been devised to
make deliberate faults, by which hand
made lace is usually detected.
To remedy the matter the govern
ment is considering making . the label
"machine-made" compulsory for all ex
cept lace made by hand. ,
A sum of money has been voted for
the relief ox destitute lacemakers. f
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XuXVmmiiu.nmr.aTn.f rt ..u.-rt
ford, who had been a. teacher, re
entered school work and successfully
taught the Mount - Tabor school - for
several years. Then came Baby Helen,
now Mrs. f: James Stranahan of Hood
River, and the school room was aban
doned. . .. - .
Mr. Stafford operated a store af Rus
sellville for a few years, and owned
farms at Eagl Creek and Hood River.
He- has bow retired from business, bat
takes an active Interest in Vancouver
O. A.1 R. affairs, where he holds the
office of adjutant commander. Mrs,
Stafford la president-elect of the- W.
Guests at the Stafford home include
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Stafford and daugh.
ter Dorothy of Salem. . Mr. and Mrs.
James Stranahan and daughter - Lois
of Hood River, T. H. Emerson of
Scappoose and Hugh . C Craig and
wife of Portland, the latter a niece of
Mrs. Stafford. One son. Arthur P. of
Hollywood. Cal.. Is unavoidably ab
sent. -
Mr. and Mrs. Stafford were the reci
pients of many useful and appropriate
gift, -
Three Posts
To Be Formed
In the State
A CCORDLNO ; to department head-
JTX quarters of .the American Legion,
three new posts will be formed In Ore
gon. The Linn County Legion council,
through: the activities of Alfred JE.
Babcoclt postNo. 10 of Albany, its
sponsor, .will endeavor to form posts
at Scio and Harrisburg. A committee
of which Edwin Fortmiiler, prese ;st Al
bany post commander. Is chairman,
will handle jill arrangements to effect
-the organization of -Legion posts in
those cities. C. F. Lockwood, an aN
ttve member of the Alden Abbey post
of Toledo, is working to install a post
at Newport; Or, ,
; Excellent-reports have been received
by department officials of the Legion
from the 113. posts in the state and
they are unanimous in .declaring that
1923 .will see big increase In mem
be rshlo in the Legion of Xhis state, aa
well as increased "activity in comma
nlty affairs nd veterans, activities.
The next meeting of the state Execu
tive committee of the American Le
gion will be held the second week v in
January at Salem. - i Those who will at
tend the meeting include : vGeorge R.
Wilbur of Hood River; department com
mander ; Fred E. Kiddle of Island: City,
vleeV commander ; Harry" N,:;Neison,
Portland, department adjutant ; Rev.
Frank James Dallas, chaplain; Pres-
cott VTd Cookinghan, Portland, depart
ment finance officer ; Charles W. Ers
kine of Bend, and the following mem
bers of the state executive committee:
Tracy Savery. Dallas; Charles W,
Woodruff, Prineville ; Mair A. Dane
of Marshfield. and Claude Bristol and
Lane GoodeS of Portland. Ben F. Dor-
ris of Springfield, chairman of the Le
gion's state legislative committee, will
gather his committee together. to meet
with the board. Plans for submission
of matters to the state legislature will
he promulgated. Immediate plans for
the presentation of the Legion's care
fully drawn anti-alien ownership bill
which will also affect those of Malayan
and Mongolian races, will be made;
Department Adjutant Nelson will out
line to the committee members pro
posed plans for district conferences in
three cities in Oregon at each meeting,
which 35 Legion posts will attend. It
Is expected that these district confer
ences will be well-, under way by the
latter part of January.
Department headquarters ot the
American Legion anticipates that the
disabled comrades in the two -Portland
hospitals will be amply provided for
Tuletide eeason. Mrs. C. A. Hoggett
of Portland, chairman of the -state
hospitalisation committee of the Le
gioxf auxiliary, has been receiving deli
cacies; cigarettes, handkerchiefs from
Legion posts and auxiliary units from
ail parts of Oregon for delivery to the
Portland disabled. The auxiliary In
Portland will also furnish a big a
sortment of joandies, etc., to the-dlsr
abled men in the hospitals, stated Mrs.
Paul Bartholemy, president of the
Portland auxiliary. An unusual amount
of delicacies and cigarettes will be re
ceived this week from Hood River, ac
cording to word given by Harry Far
rell. past post adjutant, who was in
Portland yesterday conferring with
state Legion officials on Legion pro
grams.
t
George R. Wilbur of Hood River, de
partment commander, was a ecent
visitor at state headquarters, i;. He
makes regular calls every Monday to
confer with State Adjutant Nelson and
assist In getting the Legion work under
way for the coming year. Since tak
ing : office last July, : Wilbur has de
voted a large part or ais time to ie
gion activities and, together with the
department adjutant, is bending all ef
forts to bring up the membership of
the department in Oregon.
Permanent charters for posts at Bend
and Boardman have been sent out by
department headquarters. The charter
of the Bend post had been lost in a
fire1 a year ago.
In an effort toget every ex-service
man into his post, George Griffith,
newly elected commander of the Cap
itol pos. No. 9 of Salem, has inaugu
rated a membership drive to last dur
ing the month of January.
Kent Shoemaker, chairman of the
annual Hood River American Legion
climb, has announced that the Oregon
State Editorial association will make
thefc ascent next summer under the
auspices of the Legion. Hood River
will be the meeting place for the an
nual meeting of the association. .The
climb up Mount Hood, which is held
annually under the auspices of the
Hood River post, -will be bigger and
better than ever this year. The first
annual climb brought 125 persons to
the top and the secorid annual climb
last year. th Legion committee count
ed 253 In the group.
Last Sunday the Hillsboro post- of
the American Legion held a very suc
cessful turkey shoot. The event was
held at the old race track, just west
of Hillsboro city limits, on the highway.
"W. E. Hamilton, known more famil
iarly as "Ham," dropped in at state
headquarters Thursday for a ehort
visit with Department Adjutant Nel
son. Hamilton is the man responsible
for the success ef the Forest -Grove
Legion post and its commander during
1922. The Forest Grove" post met With
unbounded' success in its,ArmistIce day
festivities, announced Hamilton. , '
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Harry N. Kelson, department adju
tant of the American Legion In Ore
eon, who , recently .returned Tom a
state adjutants' conference held at In
dianapolis, Ind stated that at a dinner
tendered to the visiting mdjutants tit the
Indiana city by the Indianapolis Cham
ber of Commerce, Joh B. Reynolds,
toastmaster and secretary of the. cham
ber, announced that the chamber will
cooperate with the American Legion
in passage of legislation before the In
diana legislature making it illegal ever
to hold another speedway classic on
Memorial day at the Indianapolis mo
tor speedway. .'" - .".,:.
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Newberg Legion officials announce
that Newberg has been placed on the
new show circuit. Vaudevilla stars of
meteoria fame and first class vaude
ville - shows have been promised . the
people) of 1 Newberg at : the- Newberg
American Legion building during win
ter and spring months.
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The- Delbert Reeves Legion basket
ball team has an attractive schedule
arranged. - Games Included r ' -Oregon
varsity, Ag?ie freshmen. Willamette
university, Cheraawa Indians and Ar
leta Athletic club f Portland. It Is
raid that the SUverton Legion basket
ball team has a splendid lineup and
will give other basketball aggregations
a run for their money.
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Invitations have been sent out by de-
partraent headquarters to members of
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the American Legion posts near Port
land to attend the New Tear's eve cele
bration, entitled, A Night in Paris,"
to be given by the Portland post at
The Auditorium, Saturday night. De
cember 10. - The nearby posts include
the following: Hillsboro.' Forest Grove
Aloha, Beaverton. , Estacada. Oregon
City, Scappooaa. St. Helens, Clatskanie.
Rainier. OsweOi Hcod River and Sa
lem. - A general Invitation has been
extended to the members , of the 113
American Legion posts In the state. ;
Indianapolis, IndU Dec 23. Total
exclusion of all Immigration for a
period of five years will be urged by
American - Legion adjutants in , all
states, it was decided at a recent con
ference of the adjutants i a Indian
apolis. The Legion will ' ask congress
to enact legislation to that end.. ; -
.-The Legion s stand on immigration,
according to a' number of speakers at
the conference, is based upon the in
crease In j- lllteracy , in . this country
which. In turn, is said to be responsible
for all - Red and Bolshevistic move
ments now steadily Increasing in scops.
Th S per-v cent immigration law of
1920 was branded by the Legion as a
failure. ' ,
Paris. Deo. 23. Marshal Voch was
presented as a model for men of the
American Legion to. follow by Amer
ican Ambassador Myron T. Herrick at
a- recent dinner of the Paris Legion
post. . -t . : '. -".. '.
"If you do, you will never go astray
from the field of publio duty and per
sonal sacrifice so - nobly set forth f In
the v preamble of . your constitution,"
said the ambassador. - "I know the fine
things the Legion has. set put to ac
complish. I know 'bow much you have
acSieved J already ia difficult . days.
When , you arrive at unmarked cross
roads, and doubt arises as to- the right
direction to take, ask yotuelf which
path Marshal Koch would follow, and
the answer will dear your doubts or
strengthen your decision." ; r
Foch was present at the dinner and
danefX3cv.v v.; i --.
Walla Walla, Wash.. Dee. 23. Mem
bers of the local post of the American
Legion." at a meeting Friday . night.
elected Wilbur, A Toner,1 prominent
attorney xtere, . . commander for. :; the
next year, and chose Mayor ' Ben F.
Hill aa a new member of the advisory
board. Other officers were elected as
follows SCR. Portch, first vies- com.
mander: Sam jChernis,. second vice
commander; Z. .Harold McGrath.
adjutant ; Homer, A. Post," historian ;
Edward - Mardia. - sergeant at - arms ;
Frank Talabere, finance officer ; Ar
thur M. Goff, chaplain; R. H. Brown.
O. W. Gross, T. Lv Hume. Paul H.
Weyrauch and Major W. D. Judkins,
members of the executive committee.
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Seattle, Wash, Dec -23. There Is a
grreat need for - phonograph records
for the Western Washington hospital
at Steilacoom, Wash., the American
Legion auxiliary members - were in
formed when they recently took de
licacies to the former service men at
the hospital. Twenty dosen doughnuts,
cigarette, canned fruit and three boxes
of apples were distributed.
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Minneapolis. Minn., Dec 23. C. A.
Warren, sole surviving member of the
Grand Army of the Republic post at
Brownsdale, Minn., wore the same coat
that he .wore at the battle of Gettys
burg at a recent American Legion ban
quet in Minneapolis. The coat - lay
packed in tobacco leaves In a trunk
from 1889 tv 1907, The buddies of
17-'18 gave the Civil war veteran a
rousing ovation at the dinner. X
IN THIRTY years of active creamery managemerit first
for many years in the prairie states, later in all the states on the
Pacific slope,- most of these years as pioneers in building pro
duction and finding markets -several hundred million pounds of
butter and cheese have passed through bur organizations. There
fore, we feel that we are competent to speak wjth' authority and give
advice to farmers on future dairy production. f
It is an established fact that from
year to year people these United States
are consuming more and more dairy
products. - It is also an established fact
that, although we have from year to year
a large " increase in production in this
country, the actual use and consumption
of dairy products is continually outstrip-.
ping dairy production. , ;
This fact is proven first y th&- very
small quantity of butter and cheese re
maining in cold ' storage houses. less . at
this time- than has been held for years ;
bjUt more bo by the very high prices at
which daily products lire selling and the
prices that the farmers are receiving for
their milk and cream. r : '
MUTUAL
W. F. Jensen,
Presidents
Famous
Legion Service
A- Good Record
1V1TH the temporary closing' of the
W service department of the Ameri
can Legion, due to lack of funds. It is
disclosed - that - Jhs - department has
aided thousands ef er-service men of
Oregon! In handling compensation, vo
cational training and other kinds ' of
veterans' case as well as .renewing
or the government ever - t2.000.000
worth of war. risk insurance. .
In addition the service department
accomplished the-following ; ,
Cnmpentition exea handled ...... .2619
Porsicn Mrvice pay cOainu. ....... . 204
Liberty boods paid for but not raeeired. ' S 65
Additional trarel pay, claim. . ...... 1662
Certificate ia lira of lott discharr. - SIS
AHotmenta, aerrk mea and , deeeaaed -
relative . 000
Clothinc : ... . ................ ' S38
Vmt baetraf ............,..,. 6
Kftoeta et deeaaaad comrade 24
Stat dueatual aid elaima ........ Z2Q
Naval retainer pay ................ 100
Requeat efaasM in aervioe records,. .. " 10
Adjustment compeneeUott awards. , , , 111
NaUooal and atate bonBliea ....... . 1484
Adjustment tnaeraace status ....... i 0
Var risk insumnee, contracts, ...... . 101S
CocTertad insiuanca, ooatiaow ....... 1&2
,,Th :. functions' of the service de
partment of the American Legion Is to
supplement the .work of the govern
ment bureaus ; to seek out the ; Indi
vidual in the standardized mass ' and
correct evils peculiar to his case.
Its duties includes affidavits and let
ters, 'information and Investigation,
hospitalisation and compensation, vo
cational training and education, insur
ance and back pay, travel pay and
clothing, firing squads and birth cer
tificates, medals and . badges, burial
plots and tombstones, , liberty bonds
and dental .work, guardians - and
naturalisation, , lost discharge . papers
and bonuses, and scores of other kinds
of activities. In addition, the depart
ment v acts In a general supervisory
capacity over the various lesser wel
fare agencies of the 112 legion posts in
the state; keeps In touch with the na
tional service departments of s-tbe
American Legion and files general or
ders and ' regulations of regional and
district officers of. the veterans' bu
reau in connection with claims; It
distributes various necessary - forms
for distribution to legion post service
officers, and to the Individual veteran.
Maintains a fund of information from
which the answer to any Inquiry may
be instantly found.
: The service department closed tem
porarily October 1. but the service
work of the 112 posts of the legion is
still continuing. It has operated free
ly to all veterans of the World war,
irrespective as to whether they are af
filiated with the American Legion or
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Scappoose, Dec 23. Scappoose Amer
ican Legion, post No. 109 elected offi
cers for the following year. Com
mander A R. Dorrla, was reelected;
James Johnson, vice commander, . was
elected, Ray Boater, post adjutant and
finance officer; W. Luebke, chaplain
and historian,' Commander A. R. Dor
rls reported upon the national , con
vention, which . met at New Orleans
last month.' He also told of his work
on the hospitalisation committee; which
has been visiting several towns over
FA
DepartmentHas
Message of Ch
RMERS
Milk and cream are the only products
on the farm that are this winter bringing
a price on the market far in excess of
prewar prices.
Aside from the fact that every fanner
. should not depend on one or two crops,
but should diversify his work and income
from his labors and management, there
is no business in which the farmer can
engage that promises better returns " in
future than that', of mflking ;cows- ' "We
call the , attention of bankers, civic or
ganizations . and pubUcirited men to
this situation in order that farmers may
be financed to increase their herds.
Thi we hope will be a message of cheer for the new year
4 and we take pleasure in extending our wishes for a ' : "
Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
CREACIERY
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. , - Vice President.
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the stats for the purpose of determin
ing where new hospitals shall be built.
and. visiting others. ' The ladles auxi
liary met at the-same time and elected
Officers.,. Mrs. A. McManus was elected
president and afterward they met with
the legion" and served a luncheon.
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Over "the Top auxiliary -to post No.
gX. Veterans of Foreign Wars, held tb
regular annual . election Monday eve
ning. - The following officers ' wer .
elected! President, Hulda King:.
senior vies president. Lillian L Liking : .
junior Tics president, Mas 1" Gable;
chaplain, Winnidell Morris ; treasurer,
Alice Derhamel ; - trustee. Hazel .
Walton, InstallaUon .will be- held in
the auxiliary rooms : Monday. Janu
ary s. f i
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Route 'em- through ? Oregon. - aaj j
Harry N. Nelson. Oregon adjutant of
the American Legion, appealing to
brother stats adjutants to take the
Northwest route to the national coa- -ventlon
in San. Francisco, next fall.
"Send through the city ot Portland
and the stats of Oregon J Nelson urges.
"Scenery? Boy, you haven't seen
scenery until you have been over our
wonderful highway through the go: to
of the Columbia river, and you haven't .
seen . mountains until you've stood ou
on of Portland's seven hills and
counted the snowx-- peaks of Mount
Hood."- Mount' Rainier. Mount AcUr..4
and Mount Jefferson on the horizon.'"
Henry A. Wise, adjutant of the Wash
ington department, seconds Nelron'
motion and believes SO. 000 legionnairtu
will pass through the state.
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- Pasadena, December 21. -fTJ. P.
Jazs, pepper -and stirring martial mu
sic are in store for Pasadenans in
general and for members of the Pasa
dena post -of -the American Legion In
particular. Ths desired effect will be
produced by a drum corps 11 drum
mers count 'em which will be orgn-'
Ized by the post in the very near fu
ture. -" .
The plans for the corps Include ,
snappy uniforms and all the varieties
of rythm that Is . drums beaten in
included In the orsranization.- so that ;
f there will be no competition -with tie
G. A- R. There may be bugles, and .
If there are the Pasadena post prom-r
lses the sensational musical organlsa--tion
of the whole California legion.
ceiio, vvaLsn., vw. twins axuni-a
of the G. A. R. have elected the fol
lowing officers for-the ensuing year :
President.: Mra ' Callle Sharp; senior
vies president, Mrs. Nancy Peer; jun
ior .vies v president. Mrs. Maryu Cronk :
treasurer. Mrs. Mary Thompson;
Chaplain, 'Mrs. Alice. Thompson ; con-.
ductor, Mrs. ' Margaret Jensen ; patrl
ctlo instructor, Mrs. Lucretia Jaques ;
guard, Mrs. Rhoda Fay.
Bluefield, W. "Va, Dec 23. -A sals. ,
conducted by the American Legion
auxiliary post No. 9 of articles made
by the disabled - veterans at Davie
Clinic' Marion, Va, has proved pop
ular -with Christmas shoppers. . The
articles for sale include rugs -and vari
ous kinds of flower baskets, trays
shawls, bead chains and bags. 1
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The American War Mothers gave a
Christmas dinner . for members on y--Wednesday
noon, .) Hach mother alo
found a present under the tree. A
wonderful time1 was enjoyed . by all.
Covers were placed for 38. The moth
ers, though only a email organisation,
gave J 150 for the Astoria relief fund.
For, Christmas, they are going to give'
baskets to the needy ex-service men. -
COfilPAWY
Ed. J. Cssttm,
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