The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-06-21

Cross now-for many a fathers son
will come out Of No Mans Land by the
aid Of the dollars that go to swell the
subscription lists of that great enter
prise OF humanity.
.Join today-make this your Red
day. No field service Is required.
Count this the chance to do your bit
for this country must have two million
members of the Red Cross-S100 O0O,-
900 in subscriptions.
President Wilson. himself, is Presi-
dent Of the Red Cross, and asks that
one million men and women enroll
their names as subscribers 10 the TED
Cross-at ST.. 81, S., SO, 500, $1,000,
$4,000 or 100000.
He does not ask that you do any
thing else but pay your subscription
and then If you wish 10 secure 10, 70
or 100 new subscribers. do so If you
wish. No further service in the field
or elsewhere VIII be required.
In this hour of the nations and all
the worlds need. every American who
loves his country and his fellow men
asks, What can | do? Where al |
help?'
For stalwart youth the path of duty
is plain. Our country and humanity
need men TO fight aud die for them.
Yet of our 100. 900. 900. only a small
fraction now and but a 1.-THE at most,
or worse. can thus serve. For all who
cannot enlist TO seek "the great prize
of death in battle" or who are not
needed in those ranks, as yet. there
Is another enlistment. 1t is under the
banner of the Red Cross. Enlisting
there all, old or young. man, woman
or tender child. can proudly say:
Il. too, am serving humanity and my
country"
II. too. as deserving well of the re
public" Fight or give" is our battle
.cry!"
This is Red Cross week and we ask
that you do this by becoming a sup
porter of the Red Cross. Send your
check or your cash today-S5. $40,
800. $1,000. $4,000 or 500. 000-give
to the very utmost.
All should Respond.
In commenting on the appeal OF
the Red Cross for financial assist
ance to aid in the great work Good
wins Weekly of Salt Lake City says.
Like a city of distress in the
night comes the appeal of the Am
erican Red Cross for financial assist
anee to carry on the tender work OF
human salvage on the bloody fields OF
Europe. This wonderful organization
of mercy is sorely in need of funds
and a plea is being made to the big
hearts of the nation to contribute
800, 900 900 to the cause. If the peo-
pie should fail to respond in generous
fashion at this time, a worldwide
calamity would result.
But the people will meet the de-
mand ch%eerfully and with full meas.
ure. Why not? What else can Am
orleans do at the present moment
that will count so much in the end
Our high ideals are all at stake or
the outcome of the Red Cross cam.
paign. We profess to be at war fol
humanity's sake and now the oppor
tunity has come to show our SINGER
ity in the cause. The money we Civ,
will go directly to sustain the Rec
Cross in the ield-to bind the wounds
and cheer the hearts of fallen sold
iers at the front, and TO care 70.
women and children who are sufferin!
from the ravages of war. Surely, Their
is no one among us who will turn
deaf ear to the call of humanity in dis
tress.
"The Red Cross has long been con
sidered the most powerful agency o
mercy and charity that civilization af
fords, but today it has a deeper sig
~nificance to Americans. Aside from
the sentiment which 1t ever invokes
circumstances have made the organi
zation a positive fighting factor of tn,
nation. If properly equipped ant
supported, it will be of inestimabl
service to the government in the ag
gressive campaign which 1t is abou
to launch. Our own American boy
will soon be Offering up a sacrifice O
blood on the battlefields of Europ,
and If we would care for them in thei
suffering as becomes red-blo6ded mel
and women we will ~cheerfully carr,
the Red Cross to them wherever the,
may be. This crusade to the battl
front to rescue fallen soldiers an,
repair their minds and bodies give
expression to the highest class of ser
vice that non-combatants can per
form.
ana Wn1le we are thinking or on
own kin, we must not forget the OBJ
legation we owe to our allies. II ii
III fight now as much as theirs an,
we can at least care for their fallel
soldiers and unfortunate civilians
while they are desperately holding tn,
line. Our beleaguered comrade
across the water are frantically call
ing to the American Red Cross. The,
willingly offer their blood and all the,
ask of US at present is moral supper
and the things that our money viii
buy.
Surely we will respond to tn
summons of the Red Cross, for 1t il
the only available agency through
which we can extend immediate re
lief to u suffering allies"