Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 26, 1923, Page 10

The Casper-public extends to ‘Alvin Owsley, national commander of the American Legion: a whole-hearted welcome. During his stay here it will be the privilege of many of us to meet him personally and to everyone to hear him speak at the Elks’ auditorium this evening. In rearranging his plans so that he might include Casper in his itinerary, he hasconferred a distinct honor on thecity. ; American Legion Represents ; Best Wherever the ‘American flag holds sway there will be a post of the ‘American Legion to represent the:best in it. There will be men who have thexbest interests of the country attheart. Legion-men can be depended on because they, know-what it means to dare and to do. Holmes Hardware Co. Phone-601 . American Legion Has High Ideals The Legion~stands for the highest ideals that Americans hold today. It is for this reasorrthat we are able toook toward it as asignal’factor-inthe development-of the country. (With members that were saving factors once, itnow turns its influ- encextoward stabilizing the whole United States. Fad Shoe & Clothing Co. 220 South Center To the American Legion This day we-celebrate you, the mem- bers of the ‘American Legion. Your or- ganization has become an established part of our community life as well as our na- tional life. We know you in the concrete as well as in the abstract and are glad of your. acquaintance. Te Gs 110*East-Second American Legion Has Friends The American Legions was never more sure of finding friends than today. It has several years’ of service behind it and countless years before it. There is no reason why the citizenry- of America should-hesitate to support it. Scott Clothing Co. 240 South Center American Legion Well ° Founded No shallow thought, no temporary en- thusiasm, no near-sighted philosophy brought into-being the American Legion. Its founders knew that the great body of ex-service:men would require something to maintain their interest after the strenu- ous days of the war and that they deserved a continuation-of the spirit of comrade- ship which the war developed. Golden Rule Dept. Store Lindsay & Co. American Legion Good Influence ‘An enlightening influence, the Ameri- can Legion has taken its permanent place. With the hope that it may discover errors ° and correct wrongs, that it may help as a liberating factor and that it may be doing something always toward fostering pat- riotism,-we greet it. Drs. J. H. and A. G. Jeffrey * Chiropractors American Legion Is Young ‘An organization that came into being but a short time ago, the American Legion has now achieved a standing in the nation that few such bodies could achieve in years of labor. This is because it represents the spirit of American citizenry and because it steadily works with the hope of making a better and safer nation. : See Ben Realty Co. Realtors American Legion Succeeded trife Out of the maze of misapprehension and strife caused by the World Conflict, merged a great union of men, a great sys- tematizing of ideas, a great organization for future building. This came to be known as the American Legion. It has never failed yet in the purpose for which it was originated. - Campbell-Johnson Co. Head to Foot Clothiers American Legion Gives Value We-welcome the American Legion al- ways because it means so much both to its members and to those who are not mem- bers of it. We greet it because it comes as man to equal man, and not as one who seeks a benefit which he is not able to re- pay. The American Legion has already paid and continues to pay as it goes along, CasperNational Bank “As-Old ‘As Casper” American Legion For Service A continuation of service is the key- note of the American Legion in all its ac- tivities today. We greet the American Le- gion and admire it for the principles it har- bors and the good it accomplishes. Kassis Dry Goeds Co. “We ‘Aim to Please” ~ American Legion To Stand If the American Legion were suddenly to be taken from our national life, if it were suddenly to become a thing of the past, every man who is a member of it would rightly feel that something had gone from him that could not be replaced by any other organization, and the other citizens of the country would also feel their loss. The American Legion must be permanent, Wyoming Nat’l Bank £ Resources Over $4,500,000.00 - American Legion Develops Members ‘We cannot say enough for the Ameri« can Legion. It is to the young men of the country an organization for greaf individ- ual development. We look forward to the efforts of the Legion as we must look for- ward to the efforts of one of the stron things in American life. gest fA z SHOE & CLOTHING Ci 0. 260 South Center