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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1921)
HE’S TYPICAL LEGION WORKER METAL BAG IS LIGHT AS SILK M r . B a r n e s , U. S. W h e a t D i r e c t o r S a y s : “Eat More bread Connecticut Man Is Chosen Depart ment Adjutant for Pariod of Three Years. By M AR Y W H IT N E Y . Thomas J. Bunnlgan has received the an. .... .! ^linction of being elect«-# adjutant of the Connecticut department <£. 1(11. by X icC lu r* N i » i k » p « r «> n J I c x t t ) o f the American I.eglon for a period It Is now eight yeur* that 1 have of thr«-e years, lie Is also In charge been on my chicken farm and 1 shall of the service division ut department never leave It. The thought of scientif headquarters. ic research fills me with the same i Mr. Rannlgan was born in Ctlca. ' horror that 1 felt wheu 1 saw Marie A n d re d u c e the high cost o f liv in g .” N. Y. H e re«.elved his education In lying dead in the garden, a faint blue schools « o f that city and In George shadow on her forehead. town Academy. H e came to N ew 1 was Just out o f college wh«m I Britain, Conn., 'J5 years ago and In went to work for Dr. Gaspard. From lt lll moved to H artford where he la the first he Impressed me uncannily, engaged in the wholesale and retail as a person o f too strong Imagination. cigar business. Then, too, 1 thought thnt he was not IS T H E C H E A P E S T A S W E L L A S T H E M O S T During the w ar Mr. Haunlgan served over careful In the handling of ex W H O LESO M E FOOD ON TH E M ARKET. us a captain. Returning to H urtford plosives. But no one dared remon ut the end of the war. he gave hla ef- strate except Marie, and »he was too light-hearted and happy. At leust she was happy until Lord I ilackett threw her over for rich Sum Orcutt's widow. 1 shall never forget i that morning. 1 saw her run down I the hill, his letter In her hand, and fling open the door of the laboratory Y o u r G r o c e r h a s it without knocking, an act that was strictly forbidden to us both. In a second I heard a spit, then a roar and I rould see the flash of purple flam«. The doctor waa scarcely hurt at all, hut M arie was burned and the poison ous fumes had quenched forever the light In her eyes. It seemed as If every part of feeling he reaches tlie JoOTiit-y's end. You KEEP TO THE STRAIGHT PATH In the doctor turned to something grim may escape the chiding, but nature and terrible. The next morning he and time will churge you with delin Aimless Exploration« on L lfo ’o Jour- called me to the library and asked me quency. To be abreast of your abil '« / Mean the Squanderlrq} of what I knew about the pineal gland. ity you must keep on going. Cut your Time and Energy. He pointed to the open dictionary and head to work and your feet will carry i hade me read aloud. In a voice that you In the right direction, and reg- The fine golds of the ancients have I k cn surpassed l>y the craftsmen! N o matter what the way la In life . trembled a little I obeyed: “In man a of today, and the modern wom an *npw to lcs'a n arm or mesh bag, which ulute your conduct when you reach the you muat keep on going to get aome- 1 small, conical, reddish gray body at is finer and lighter than silk. It fs the newest idea in small hand bag,' goal. There Is too much at stuke where. The greater the dellghta of and a fashion avhicha i m l y t o .atav|r.awhilc...tluc.*.to.thc art .in its^yvorky tached to the third ventricle of the to squander time and energy on aim tlia way, the alower will be the maashipi _ _ _ brain. It bus the structure of an eye less explorations. I.cnrn what your ( progress. The bee that alpa from with a more or less distinct retina or every flower may be a long Uma col goal In life Is to be and then see to lens. It Is evidently a remnant of an It that you make every ounce of en lecting hla load of honey. The wise Important sense organ. Its present ergy contribute towards Its realiza urlile« <>n Too ;tr«> bound ;<j suc Nee goes straight te the honey flowers Most— 1 can assure you, this meat ; function Is unknown.” tion. Chart your life and the course | ceed If you learn how to pass the and te the place o f their greatest Is bully. "B e a r this In mind,” said the doctor It should follow and then muke every dlvidlug of the ways.— Grit. abundance. The child that loiters by Ex Soldier (sh u d d e rin g)— Don't tell when I had finished, "there la no death, day bring you nearer to the desired the road side la usually chided when me It's bully beef. only change. Countless factor» have T H O M A S J. B A N N IG A N . atrophied that gland. N ow I shall forts to revitalizing his business. In play upon it by every stimulus to Februury, 191U, when the city o f H art awaken It.” ford needed a capable man to direct “T o what endT’ I asked weakly. Its Soldiers. Sailors and Murines' club, "T o give her an eye, to her and all Mr. lluunigan wits asked to take the the world." Job. Despite the cull of his business, "B ut there Is no pin«*, no socket.” he abandoned It ugutn, through pa "One will form. 1 can only mark the triotic motives, to supervise the Hub. 1 ends, not tbe processes of nature. All A record-maker In the formation I ask of you. Miss Robinson, Is to at and organization of Ruu-Locke post tend to my supplies, file my notes and No. 8. Mr. Rnnntgun soon became one ' to keep your mouth shut. I know that of the most prominent Legionnaires ¡ you are capable of all three.” in the state and was elected as the In about two months the prooeaa be first state adjutant. Department head Famous Arctic explorer and discoverer of "the blonde Eskimo” . He comes to Chautauqua with gan. Every morning I led M arie to quarters ha«l l»een without a perma the laboratory, the doctor locked the a remarkable illustrated lecture on his many years of exploration work in the frozen North. This nent location, using a room in the door and I walked outside. Soinetlmes story has been attracting greater crowds throughout the great cities o f the country than any lec Service club ns quarters. Br. Bun- I could hear strange gurgllnga and nlgun prevailed upon the city author ture event in recent years. moans, but Marie declared that she did ities to turn the building over to the not suffer much. A fte r the treatment Legion. she would sleep. And she would al Mr. Bannlgun Is also a member of ¡ ways dream. At first it was of tall the national committee on wnr risk trees and lush grasses, then the thick Insurance and compensation and Is ets would be peopled with grest mon chairman o f the H artford Elks’ na Note«! American writer and correspondent who makes his initial Chautauqua appearance this sters and flying reptiles. She would tional solillers' fund committee. awaken hungry and ask fo r chops, al summer before Ellison-White audiences. Macfarlane is o-.e c f’the leading contributors to the Sat w ays complaining that they were urday Evening Post, Colliers’ , and many of the leading national magazines. He is rated as one TO TURN HOSPITAL TO STATE overdone. of the best public speakers in the country. I watched these changes with dis Texas Department of American Legion may, hut the doctor frowned grimly. to Relinquish Control of Kerr, “It's awakening," he said, “and with villa Institution. Its stirring It brings to her subcon scious mind the evolution of the ra«**.” The T exas department o f the Amerl- | One day Marie did not sleep as can Legion Is completing arrangement* An orchestra from Central Europe that is entirely unique upon the American concert platform, usual. She kept murmuring thickly 10 turn the Legion Memorial hospital about the wind In the tree tops. The h irst Western Chautau )ua tour follows many seasons of European successes and notable Eastern at Kerrvtlle over to the stute, in order : doctor called to me to help a moment engagements. They play various sizes of the tamburica, their household instrument for generations. that the provisions o f the bill a p p ro ' with some apparatus, and when I re printing $1,500,000 to expand the In turned she had disappeared. I called stitution to a capacity of 000 tubercu to the doctor and we ran out Into the lar patients, passed by the state legls- j garden. She had climbed to the lower S e v e n D a y s filled w ith S p le n d id A ttra c tio n s lature, may be carrlevl out. limb of an old pear-tree and sat with 'l he Legion will mulntaln Its hospital face uplifted as If drinking In the organization, which will co-operate l>enuty o f the 1ear«M against the sky. with the state health cifllor, the super A Big P la y P ro d u c t io n When M arie heard our steps she intendent o f the state tuberculosis snn- grn*|ied the trunk with both tiandi and Itarium and the chairman of the state began to climb. It was a l .ouls Bond board of control, the officers designat tree, very straight and tall. ed to supervise the expenditure of the “Come down, dearie," cried the doc ! appropriation. tor, “come down to your daddy here.” Charles \V. Scruggs, state adjutant Marie leaned toward us. The Official quartet of th«*JOrpheus Club of Los Angeles, winners o f the first prize for male choruses of the Legion, has expressed the ap- | branches had unloosened her long hair preclatlon of the ex-service men as fol at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The Orpheus Four is acclaimed by musical critics to he on“ o f and It was swaying gently. lows : "Fath«*r," she said, “I wonder If I the best, if not the best, male quartet in the United States. Two «*oncerts on the third day. "T h e governor of the great State ol see the trees? It almost seems as If Texas has met our expectations and I I d am firmly convinced has only cousum- j "Perhaps so, dearest. Come down mated the sentiment of the people ot and tell me about It. You're not afraid Texas by signing the Legion Memorial o f your old daddy, are you?" An organisation created and coached by Thurlow Lieurance, noted American composer and au hospital bill. The Legion is proud tc “ I'm not afraid of anything but share with the governor and with the thority on Indian rflusic. One o f the finest stringed orchestra« in the Chautauqua world. Jane snakes." It -.lature our inordinate pride In the Peterson, Chicago contralto, soloist. Two concerts on the last day. Just then the first breath of the eve consummation of this splendid en ning breeze rustled the leaves of tbe 0 ...o r ..nd fulfillment of our funds pear trees. It caught a lock of Marie's n till duty to T exas' disahle«l ex hair and whipped It across her face. i service men.” "O h ! " she screamed, “a snake; I felt him !" She brushed frantically at her Kansas Passes L aw s for Legion. Adults $ 2 .7 2 , Students. $1 50, Child'. $1. N o W a r Tax face, lost her bold and fell at our That the voice of the ex-service met feet o f Kaosns, us reprenented by the Am Holsum Bread B U Y THAT EXTRA LOAF Cherry City Baking Co. VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON PETER CLARK MACFARLANE THE JUGO SLAV ORCHESTRA Twelve Concerts! Ten Lectures THE ORPHEUS FOUR LITTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Season Tickets Now on Sale DALLAS C h au tau q u a E LU SON-WHITE JULY 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 a ericau Legion, has been heard It manifested by the generous enactm eni1 of legislation beneficial to veterans ot j the W orld w ar. The legislature of tha' state has passed the following (villa I affecting ex service luvn: An adjuste« , compensation bill. In the form of at enabling act; an act gtanting to al ex-servli-e men of the W orld w ar tb< same rights, privileges and Imniuni ties granted to veterans o f other wars an appropriation of J 1 .'■ *» a year for general expenses o f state headquarter» of the Legio n ; an art protecting th, I. * n and Auxiliary emblems fron unauthorized exemption fron taxation of all property held In th< name o f the L egio n ; an act p lacing under the care of ¡.egioa posts erring young boys pended from in-lustrls 1 schools; and a boxing bill. Eight Bars on George Leander. gonne I'« 't of the at I v - M u - - la . Lit V ii’.ory medal. Victory Medal. a member of Ar American I.eglor has eight bars oc Tenderly we carried her Into the li brary and laid her on the couch. I pushed hack her hair and. for the first time, we saw a fa in t bine, oval shadow on her forehead. And that la all the story of Marie Gaspard. The doctor wenf to France and I In a few months bought my chicken farm. Sometimes, on moon light night*. I see my pear tree* rustling In the hreeoe. Sometime« a white misty figure bends toward oh the tranche* and I catch ^ pee of M a d e » s *e e t face, a fa lit blue shadow on her forehead. C In Peaceful Grave. In an open field not v * j j far fron London. England, there Is a solitary grave o f one who was an ardent love» of the surrounding country. This was a «-»m an who did not wlab to I m burled In the crowded cemeteries ol the city. And one cannot help feellni that she was a little wrlae. for « her« she rest* the countryside Is full of peace