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When How to Work Wonders with Word*. you're trying to explain a lengthv busi- the North American Institute has out- ness proposition, does your talk hang to- lined the Laws of Conversation. It ex- Name. gether in a logical step-by-step way? plains how to acquire quickly the ability Modern educational authorities laugh off to address banquets, business confer- Address the old-fashioned ideas about "natural" ences, lodges, etc.—how to become an speaking ability. You've probablv heard interesting conversationalist; how to de- the old "saws" City State- yourself—the fellow with velop poise, personality, and magnetic J FEBRUARY, 1930 I February, 1930 AMERICAN Vol. 8, No. 2 jCEGION ^Monthly Contents Cover Design-, independence hall by W. Lester Stevens New York to Washington in 23 Hours by L. A. Downs 4 Decoration by L. F. Wilford Old Crocks-. Part One by Peter B. Kyne 7 Illustrations by Kenneth Camp Cash In on Your Big Moment 12 Livingston Brothers: Part Two by Leonard H. Nason 14 Illustrations by Harry Townsend Sounding the Call of the Wild by Marquis James 18 Editorial with cartoon by John Cassel 22 Y Girl by Frances J. Gulick 24 He Knew His History by Wallgren 26 A Personal View by Frederick Palmer 27 Keeping Step by Right Guide 28 Bursts and Duds conducted by Tip Bliss 32 On Location to Stay by Clarence L. Kincaid 33 The Objectives by Ferre C.Watkins 34 Then and Now by The Company Clerk 35 The Unfinished Battle 37 The Message Center by The Editor 64 THE STARS IN THE ELAG Minnesota: The 32c! State, admitted to the Union May 358,162. Three largest cities (1928 U. S. est ), Minneapolis. 11, 1858. LaSalle and Father Hennepin, French explor- 455,900; St. Paul; Duluth, 116,800. Estimated wealth (1923 ers, visited the region in 1680. It was organized as a territory U. S. Census), $8,547,918,000. Principal sources of wealth March 3, i84g, from land that had once been a part (1923 U. S. Census), flour and grain mill products, of the old Northwest Territory and of the province $177,390,781; slaughtering and meat packing out- and the territory of Louisiana. The Indians stoutly put, $123,570,743 ; wood pulp and lumber products, fought the early white settlers who poured in es- $103,222,432; mineral output (1925), iron ore, pecially from the Eastern States and soon after stone, cement and clay products, $110,252,956. All from the Scandinavian countries. As late as 1862 crops (1920 U. S. Census) were valued at $506,020,- the Sioux Indians rose and, before army troops 233, the leaders being oats, corn, wheat, and live- could subdue them, massacred 700 whites. Popu- stock. The State is noted for its ten thousand lakes. lation, 1850, 6,077; (1928 U. S. est.) 2,722,000. Minnesota had 118,410 men and women in service Percentage of urban population (communities of during the World War. State motto, adopted 2,500 and over), 1000,34.1; 1010,41.0; 1920,44.1. 1858, "L'Etoile du Nord"—"Star of the North." Area, 84,862 sq. miles. Density of population ( 1020 U. S. Cen- Origin of name: Sioux for "Cloudy Water" or, "The Land of sus), 2Q.S persq. mile. Rank among States, 17th in population, the Sky-Blue Water." Nicknames: Gopher, Northern-Star nth in area, 29th in density. Capital, St. Paul (1928 U. S. est.), State. Robert F. Smith, General Manager B. L. Dombrowski, Advertising Manager Richard E. Brann, Business Manager John T. Winterich, Editor Philip Von Blon, Managing Editor William MacLean, Art Editor Alexander Gardiner and John J. Noll. Associate Editors Tub Ambrican Legion Monthly is the official publication of The American Legion and The Ametican Legion Auxiliary and is owned exclusively by The American Legion. Copyright, 1929, by The Legion Publishing Corporation.