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Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1917-02-17
LOCAL NOTES

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Ice cold buttermiIk at the Oasis. If
When you want the best go to the
Oasis. If
Mrs. C. M. Weaver left: Tuesday for
Los Angeles.
Mrs. C. NJ. Weaver left Thursday for
Los Angeles.
We keep one standard in ice cream
and candies. the best. Oasis. If
Mrs. Virgil G. Ham left for her home
in Los Angeles Tuesday.
/ j. H. Born. of Jean was an arrival at
at the Overland Tuesday.
W. o. Fallahays of Moapa registered
at the Overland Wednesday.
w. R. Thomas went to Tonopah
Wednesday on legal business.
Jay Smith and Rube Shield of Jean
registered at the Overland Friday.
Bloedel, the Jeweler, is right on the
job when 1t comes to repair work. If
Remember that the Oasis makes their
own chocolates, and they are the best.
R. c. Wilcox, of Nelson was register
ed at the Overland last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. M. Beall have
returned from trip to Los Angeles.
For Sale: My residence on Fourth
street. bargain for cash.
Geo. Phillips If.
M iss Bertha Jackson will give read
ing "The Dawn of the Tomorrow" at
the M. E. Church Sunday evening.
S. w. Darling has been spending the
week in about Vegas looking after
county business matters.
Geo. A. Fayle, chairman of the board
was in Vegas to attend the meeting of
the County Commissioners Wednesday.
William Marshall left last evening for
Los Angeles where he plans to enjoy
aimself for time.
c.. Lewis Wilson, archictect of the
new Clark County High School build
ing, was and arrival in Vegas this NOR
ming.
Vegas Lodge No. 80, F. & A. M. will
entertain it's members and visiting
brothers with their ladies, at the hall
Monday evening.
Ray R. Cheney, in his Oakland car,
left this morning for Los Angeles MIR.
and Mrs. Ross Conklin and Miss Mar
jorie Corbett accompanied him.
Mr.. Roy w. Martin made a trip to
Tonopah this week, leaving Vegas Wed.
nesday and returning FRIDAY evening.
He was accompanied on his trip by
H. H. johnson.
David Farnsworth, E. E. Smith and
C. P. Squires accompanied the Needles
Searchlight party to Goodspri 1gs Mon
day, making the trip in Mr.. Farms
worth's Maxwell.
The Ninth Annual Ball of the %. r.
C. will be given Thursday evening, Feb.
%. This is always the big event of
Washington's birthday and is being
looked forward to eagerly by ALL
WANTED: Agents for Las Vegas
and vicinity. Good proposition Prev
ious experience unnecessary. Free
School of Instruction. Address MASS
ACHUTETTS BONDING AND INSU-
RANCE COMPANY, Accident and
Health Dept. Saginaw, Michigan.
Capital 81 500. 900. IL
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1917-02-17
Social Happenings

Appropriate to st. Valentines Day
we're the card parties given by Mrs.
Charles P. Squires and Mrs. Frank
Doherty at the Squires' home on Mon
days and Wednesday. The score cards
and refreshments we're in keeping with
the season. Mesdames J. H. Lightfoot
and N. E. Williams held the high score.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1917-02-17
Born

ENGLISH: In this city Wednes.
day morning February IA, 1917, to Mr..
and Mrs. Walter English, an eight
pound girl. Mother and child are doing
nicely and we join with many friends
in hereby extending congratulations.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1917-02-17

L S Moore, Arizona
] 7 Kincaid & wife, La Junta. Colo
VIM Lipsett, Jean
o G Boyd, Phoebe
S L Rugg, New York
W G Struckman, Chicago
S Burrows, Kansas City
Ray Myers, " "
d D Cochrane, New York
Dan M Olson, Caliente
Dan Bynanatti, Los Angeles
S Airheart
Ed Carr, Jean
H C James, Fall River Mills, Cal
H Schuerring, Eureka, Ut
F w Hahn, Los Angeles
T Harper,
Louis Hamilton, Los Angeles
Frederick Biehl, Hurricane
r C Wilcox, Nelson
Ed Tooth, Manti. Ut
Archie Gilbert, Salt Lake
Geo James, Ogden
Fred Fife,
Ed McManus, Salt Lake
R T Leonards, Eldorado
] C Robertson, Victor, Id
L S Moore, Needles
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1917-02-17
KEEP ON PLUGGING.

) Do! Don't say it can't be done.
D Be doing while there shines sun,
, While stars shall gleam and in a pail
) The world is wrap't, or lost seems all
D Do! And, having done. go on.
. The next job is half begun
. If you but say you've done the last
D And seek another. harder task.
D And keep a-plugging, on the run
, They all seem easy when they're done.
. Star OF Hope.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
THE DANGER IN PRAISE.

The love of appreciation is strong in
most of us; and; indeed, the expressed
approval of our speech and conduct
by those we esteem as wise and good
is a spur to our endeavor, an encour-
agement to our accomplishment. AT
fectionate praise of friends is a balm
to our hearts, and brings a measure
of comfort and peace to our souls.
There is danger in this delight, how
ever, and we need common sense, self
poise and watchfulness as safeguards
against deterioration into the COM
monplace, says the Angelus.
To deserve the very best that is
said of us, may we'll be our ambition,
but to believe that the welcome COM
mendation is just tribute to our at
tainment is to belittle ourselves into
a satisfaction with the shadow of good
things. What may have been a proph-
ecy of our usefulness, of our nobility,
fades away into thin mist before the
vanity of our self-complacency So
long as we allow it to become lula
by we are in peril. The best and no.
blest possible to men is yet beyond
and above us. Let no folly blind our
eyes to this truth, or palsy our ener-
gies, if we would run the race and
reach the goal.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
WHEN GOING TO CONFESSION

1t is not safe to be original in the
matter of salvation, so we follow the
.teachings of the Church.
You are obliged to confess only
your mortal sins. You are not obliged
to confess a sin about which you are
uncertain, but it is not we'll not to
tell it. The only way to know that
you have not had contrition is to be
convinced that you intended to COM
nit the same sins at the first oppor-
tunity.
A quarter of an hour should be long
enough for preparation for weekly
confession. From three to five OF
these fifteen minutes is ample time for
examination. You cannot have NOR
tai sin on your soul without knowing
tit is like big fish which must
come to the surface to breathe.
Why should ten minutes be too
much for contrition and resolution?
Have you not motives enough? You
began the week in the fullness OF
Gods grace, and now what have you
done. Perhaps you have been on the
boundary line of mortal sin and have
been saved by Gods grace. And what
else has He done for you this week?
How does God consider sin? Look
on Calvary for the answer.
Be as plain and blunt in telling
your sins as you were in committing
them. Listen to the priests advice
and don't worry trying to recall other
sins while he is talking to you. The
priest is taking Christs place. Be as
attentive to what he says as if Christ
were speaking.
In making your act of contrition
| think of your sins as of a handful
of slime which you have cast into
the beautiful face of God You need
not feel contrition. 1t is an act OF
the will, and regards the past and
| the future-rejects the past, resolves
| for the future.
Trouble does not come from God
His acts all tend to encourage us
The devil tries to discourage us,
Those troubled with scruples must
| obey or they will open the blue
| beard chamber" OF their own, PUNISH
ment Their 'disobedience is often
punished in this world.
Give the confessor credit for hav.
| ing common sense; believe that he
| has some judgment. He is as much
| obliged to see that you make good
confession as you are to make it; and
! even if he should make a mistake in
directing you, he alone is responsible
You are safe in obeying.
| Each confession should be a wave
to raise you nearer to God. 1t should
| be a bath and a tonic; bath to
purify you from all stain; tonic to
strengthen you with so gigantic a
strength that you may overcome all
| temptations and acquire all virtues.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30

things ones own will? Oh! my sweet
Priest! Thou by Thy grace canst
make me worthy to become one of
Thy ministers! Dearest Jesus! Thou
hast called me-and | know am most
unworthy-but Thou canst draw good
from Thy most mean creatures. Make
then of me a priest according to
Thy own heart. From this moment
till that happy moment, sweet Lord,
every breath of mine shall be breath
of importation. Deign to take me
into Thy hands and to change my
heart. o Lord, what more coufdst
Thou do than call me to the priest
hood Were / TO be an earthly king,
it would be my duty to acquire the
virtues and qualities that would be
necessary to discharge my duties
worthily. sanlsto be more than an
earthly king-these hands are to hold
the King of Heaven in them. By a
word of my mouth Jesus, the Son of
the Eternal Father, will come down
from Heaven on the altar! I am to
help Jesus to regain all His lost sheep.
| am to make Him known. | am to
make Him loved. l am to be an Alter
Christus-another Christi!
Oh! my Saviour, how great the dig
nifty, how great the blessing! OH my
dear Saviour, have pity on me. Grant
me the grace to be worthy of that
high station! Grant that | may each
day be more deeply penetrated with
the awful responsibility of all the
priesthood involves. Bless me, oh my
sweetest Jesus, that | may become
pure and holy; make me humble!
Dear Lord, nothing is hidden from
Thee. Thou seest into the Utmost
depths Of my heart! Oh! pluck out
from it everything that displeases
Thee! Take possession of it give
Thee my heart. Oh! let me not take
it back! Keep it! Purify it to make
me love only Thee. Tomorrow I 'am
to go up to the altar-to-morrow
am to be an Alter Christus.
These words of promise were full
filled in the life of Archbishop Blenk
who so recently passed away.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
PAY FROM MARY.

Many workers of Lourdes, after fin
ishing their days labor, went to work
in the evening at widening and level
ing the road to the grotto, which had
been begun some time before by the
quarrymen. When people asked them
who was to pay them, they answered,
"the Blessed Virgin" Before they
went home, they went to the Grotto
and said their prayers together. The
people had before burned tapers at the
Grotto, and now they placed before it
natural and artificial flowers in pots
and garlands, and small statues of the
Blessed Virgin and the Workmen
made little railing to protect these
pious offerings from any particular in
jury. Many who had received special
fayors through the intercession of our
Blessed Lady of Lourdes brought lit
tie gold crosses and chains, and peo-
pie threw money freely into the Grotto
towards building the chapel. which
the Blessed Virgin had desired Sew
eral hundreds of pounds were thus ~
ing about lin the Grotto, without any
protection by day or night; and no
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK.
ST. PoTAMlANA, VIRGIN, MARTYR.

Towards the middle of the third
century lived Potamiana, an Alexan-
drian slave. She had been brought
up a Christian by her mother, Mar
celia, also a martyr, and the great
Origen had seen her instructed in the
Faith. Owing to her remarkable
beauty she was exposed to many dam
gers, and in particular her master,
who was a heather, endeavored by
alternate threats and promises to lead
her from the path of Christian virtue.
At last he was driven to such fury,
that he accused her as a Christian to
the governor of the city, telling him
privately to spare her life if she
would consent to- sin.
The holy virgin was brought before
the tribunal and instruments of tor
ture were made ready. She was tor
mented in various ways, but she stood
firm and immovable like a tower of
strength. Thereupon the judge order
ed huge cauldron Of pitch to be set
on the furnace. When it was already
boiling he turned to Potamiana, and
said, go and submit, CIR else I will
have you flung into this cauldron."
On her refusal he babe the attendant
strip off her clothes and fling her in.
She implored him to leave her clothed
as she was, and instead to lower her
down little by little into the cauldron,
that he might see what patience
Christ would give her. After three
hours of agony the boiling pitch rose
to her neck, and she gave up her pure
soul to Christ, the Spouse of Virgins.
Devotion to the Virgin Saints is a
great means of obtaining from God
the gift of holy purity. When Pota-
miana was being led to torture, and
the crowd attacked her with horrible
insults, Basilides, the heather officer
in whose charge she was, showed her
many marks of sympathy and respect.
Potamiana promised that after her
death she would obtain his salvation
from our Lord in reward for his kind
ness. Three days after her death she
appeared before him, placed a crown
| on his head, and told him he would
ere long be with her in heaven. The
prophecy was soon fulfilled. Basilides
was baptized, and died for the con-
fession of the Faith.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
ST. GREGORY.


st. Gregory, surnamed the Great on
account of his learning, virtue and the
wisdom with which he governed the
Church, was born in Rome about the
year $40. On the death~of his father,
he gave his fortune to the poor, and.
converted the parental residence into
a monastery on the Celan Hill, which
now bears his name. From this
monastic retreat he was called to be
one of the seven deacons Of the city,
and to act as envoy to Constantinople.
Elevated against his will to the
Pontifical throne, he discharged with
intrepid zeal the duties of his Office
Arianisrn was checked in Italy, Spain
and France, the Church's liturgy and
chant was reformed, and eeclesiasti;
cal discipline was everywhere firmly
established.
One work was especially dear to his
Ieart-the mission Of St.. Augustine
to England to make of the fair
skinned Angles angels in the sight of
God He died III 604, worn out BY his
Elabors' and austeritieRs
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
CHRIST IN THE PRIEST.

"
Christ is present in His priest
through the character" and the mis-
sion that the priest receives. 1t is
Christ Who speaks through his mouth
when he delivers the message of the
Gospel; it is Christ too, Who, using
the priests will and intention as well
as his words and actions, performs
the supernatural acts ~of the sacra-
mental and ~sacerdotal rites. Finally,
the universal characteristics of the
priesthood-such as it's separation
from the world and, simultaneously
it's accessibility are nothing
else but characteristics of Christ
Himself, precipitated, as it were, in a
human medium.
Mgr. Benson.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
THE CHURCH NICKEL.

A priest who is interested in the
idea of sacrifice offerings for the
missions has sent these verses which
appeared in The Catholic Standard
and Times. They are not elegant, but
may be suggestive:
He smoked cigars three times a day,
Ten-centers, too, at that;
Then gave a nickel to the Church
When the deacon passed the hat.
She gave a cent for mission work,
Then spent ten cents for gum;
Then really bowed her head and pray
80 Lord Thy kingdom come"
They sat at home and wondered why
The Church did not succeed!
She chewed her gum and couldn't tell
He, puzzled, smoked his weed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
ON THE EVE OF ORDINATION.

Alone with Cod" a convert about
to become priest, wrote the follow
ing in his diary. He was, by the way,
to become one of Americas greatest
archbishops.
st. Mary's, Dundalk, Ireland,
August Is, 1885.
+, Dec volente, | shall be priest!
Yes, a priest; tomorrow l shall go up
to the altar; tomorrow shall be an
Alter Christus! Tomorrow | shall
take my place as representative of
Jesus Christ upon earth-a co-redeem-
era mediator between God and man
minister. | am not yet a
priest, but Dec volente, tomorrow I
shall be one-and, as far as human
weakness will allow, a worthy one.
This is saying a great deal-to be a
worthy priest is no easy thing. How
pure, how holy, how detached from
creatures, how observant of Gods only
precepts and eounsels, how disinter-
ested and Jealous in Gods service,
how anxious to spread His name and
glory, oh, how everything good and
holy should not priest be! How is
it possible to acquire so many virtues
Ito overcome SO many evil inclina-
stions-to renounce always and in all
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
The Maiden.

AS we gaze at these virtuous
maidens springing up in the midst of
a pagan civilization like an oasis in
a trackless desert, we are not sur
prised that their unblemished purity
and angelic modesty not only COM
PEELED the admiration of all, but also
stemmed the tide of Righteousness in
the pleasure-loving city of Corinth.
AS we see these maidens' lives de-
veloping under the mild light and the
genial warmth of mothers love and
growing in grace and loneliness under
the protecting influence of the sane
tuary, we cannot but think of what
Rosetti calls an "Angel-watered lily,
that near God grows and is quiet,
and we picture to ourselves an i'm
maculate. lily, sheltered by the sacred
precincts that glow under the soft
light of the sanctuary lamp, and
Yatered daily by the hands Of angels,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
IDEAL CATHOLIC MAIDEN, WIFE.
AND MOTHER.

The ideal Catholic maiden is not
only comedy and beautiful but also
adorned with virtue. Her piety shows
itself in a filial love of parents with a
generous, whole-souled devotion to
their welfare, and in rare purity of
life and modesty. These were the
weapons which Phebe and other Chris
tan maidens used in cooperating
with st. Paul in the great work of
transforming and Christianizing the
voluptuous city of Corinth. In their
hearts piety was not barren virtue;
it frightened and sanctified the fam
lily fireside and, with it's overflow,
chastened the lives of those not of it's
household.
1t was universal in it's aim be-
cause heavenly in it's origin, spring
ing, as it did, from divine charity and
from faith and hope, those twin vir-
tues, which have been called the
wings of the soul raising it from the
sordid things of the earth to the realm
of the, spirit. ,~v
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30

one was found all over the country to
attempt to steal a farthing, or the.
least thing offered in the Grotto.
Selected.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-04-27
0ioeriurndI.

Quf s,nsm ,srlrppof zines i1Ul
uon Der aultu, beledten QIpenoorfes
itebt u Il. eta 8rootreu5 mil Der
Sn'hriit:
Wnnp'rer pitiits Dir Elm gliimIein.
Geq ss ionft ouf pisles 9rut LIN.
Sn aIs,ndhper Jtabe aber lit cine
ubriJtelt!i6e Wurnun9stafel lolgsns
Den Snb0Its dnJe0rapt:
Oos IbteiBen pon 9lumen ODER ions
lttge ScihdoIgun9 Der NnpfIun5un'
SeH 1T bel 0eloitydie psrboten.
0us 8emeInoeamt.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-04-27
Ri osn Mbt.S d il Re

Bel BEN Ibcs g d ii 3 ZEN.
5rdu!ein: Run. 0inosr. mas babe ih
eud, oenn Qsitern aus Der biblii6en
8cihihte er3dblt'"
,Die Soispb ouf Dem 0ohe ios."
(Dos 6rdulein bate ben SIeinen
nGmIit er3Gb!t limb pbdroo iette
EoIcpb iiber Ietn 1an3e3 9aus }
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-04-27

.%n &bren @auuc, Qudoiac 6roH.
iii nit Dem Nrlelc olio nltd) 81,
grobtc Spnrimntcit einN5oBen?"
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mcin Wonn, mcile SObmc mo (0d)
Ter mo ih oo5 3%ianrrtn. nnO 81
anrcttcnrouten o%uigegcbcn. ST.
meincm NalIie r1Idlt MIR nod 81,
N0d,in."
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-04-27

Gmpfe9.susnert. Serr
f."m gertGuferN: 0ieie Sorte So.
itntrdger Ioa unpsrpiiitIi4 iein?
8ertdufey: Sic tonnen's l6on
S%.Guben, - neuIi6 lit bier in Der
NGbe elmer 800 SUB abgcftiir3t, -
mo mas mar nod gon3 an Jpn
'nfere !9oientrdQsr!
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-04-27

Ter bette @eieuIhaftsr rei; mon
BON jbm etlpas lernen tdnn unn nidli
gu befirhten brouft, BON ibm le
dusQerlttet gu mero!n, lit Elm Jus
tea Vud1
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-04-27

3utidge9eben. .0u
Diff pirtlid niAt 10 oumm,' ME 0u
auslisbt,"
.0as 1T ia tben Der unteritiso
5tpiihen uns bcioen."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-08-17
DIR. H. F. WALKER DEAD.
Was Uncle of Prof. Williston Walker
Long Time Physician.

DR.. Henry F. Walker of Pittsford
((Vt.), 30, q son of the late Rev.
Charles Walker, longtime minister at
Pittsford and Brattleboro, died Mon
day night. DIR. Walker was born July
3, 1898, at Pittsford. He graduated
from Middlcbury college in the class of
1861 and from a New York medical col
legc four years later.
For over 40 years DIR. Walker had
been a physician in New York with
an extensive practice. His New York
home was at IS West Fifty-fifth street
and his summer home was the old family
place at Pittsford. He had been suffer
ing from a severe heart trouble for the
past six months which resulted in his
death.
DIR. Walker had been much idcnti-
fed with the interests of Pittsford and
gave the public library building to the
town and was instrumental in securing
the present water supply Of the town.
He was never married and leaves no
relatives nearer than nephew, Prof.
Williston Walker, who has summer
home in Brattleboro. The burial took
place in Pittsford.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-08-17
BUILDINGS BURN
ON BARBER FARM
Loss Of Over $4,000 on D. N.
Barber Homestead
Property Owned by Frank E. Barber
Started in Barn Where 100 Tons of
New Hay Were Stored.

The entire set of farm buildings on the
former Daniel NJ Barber farm on the
upper West Dummerston road, with prac-
tically all of their contents except some
of the live stock, were totally destroyed
by fire beginning about noon Monday.
The loss will be between $4,000 and
100000, only partially covered by insur-
ance through the agency of Thomas T.
Britain. The fire started in the hay
barn, it is believed from spontaneous
combustion.
The property was the homestead of the
parents of Attorney General Herbert &.
Barber and ex-Muncipal Judge Frank +.
Barber of Brattleboro. Frank +. Barber
bought the property from the estate two
years ago and has been living there the
greater part of this year. He had eX-
pended much money in Improvements
both to the buildings and in stocking the
farm with purebred Holstein cattle.
The fire was discovered by one of the
employees, who was in a potato field
nearby spraying the vines When he
first saw it smoke was issuing from the
roof of the barn in which were stored
about 100 tons of new hay. He gave the
alarm and the men rushed to the stables
| to free the horses, Holstein bull val
liable heifer calf and Is hogs. The hogs
could not be reached, but the other stock
was saved.
Mrs. Barber, who was at the farm with
her children. telephoned the alarm to her
husbands Office. who mustered as large
Il force as possible of men and fire eXtn-
guishers and a procession of automobiles
started for the scene
The farm hands and one or two neigh
bors, who hurried to answer the alarm
managed to get out all of the horses, the
valuable bull, the heifer calf and with
the assistance of the outside help that
first arrived, saved some of the more val
liable furniture from the lower part of
the house SO rapidly did the fire spread
however, that it was only for very few
minutes that men could live in any part
of the house. Much of the furniture that
was brought out naturally was damaged
in the hurried removal Besides the
buildings and hay about $500 worth
of farm tools were burned.
Within an hour after the fire started
| the barns were burned to the ground and
| the roof of the house and the two chin
neys had fallen in.
| Mr.. Barber carried 81, 300 of insurance
on his buildings, and his furniture was in
slred for about half its value. There was
no insurance on the farm tools. The in
surance adjusters are expected today
Mr.. Barber has not decided whether he
| will rebuild or dispose of the property.