Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-09
UNITED WAR DRIVE
During the Week of November

During the Week of November IL.
Next Monday, November IL, the
Knights of Columbus, the Young
Mems Christian Association, the Y.
M. c. A., Community Service, Saliva
ton Army, Jewish Welfare Board and
American Library Association, COM
bined together, will appeal to the PEG
pie OF the United States to give
$l70,500,000 for the purpose they
represent. We all know the good
these organizations have done for
our boys at the front. They follow
them into the trenches and help to
make cur boys the .cleanest and de-
centest men who ever donned uni
form. No other fighting men have
had their health and morals so we'll
protected. The seven welfare organ
izations recognized by the govern
ment which have done such untold
good in keeping the men fit must be
tinaIiced to keep their good work up
Let us try to put the amount over
the top for our brave and gallant
Victory Boys who hove crushed the
hydraheaded monster of autocracy in
Europe"
In the words OF Life" step for
ward, ladies and gentlemen, and re-
plenish the treasures of the Red
Cross. the X. of c., the Y NJ. c. A.,
the Salvation Army and some others
all indorsed by the government as
worthy and indispensable. Let us.
Catholic and Protestant, stand
shoulder to shoulder, combine all our
energies and enthusiasm and furnish
our example of truly American and
fraternal spirit. 1t is in this spirit OF
true patriotism and cooperation and
enthusiasm that all creeds should
unite in this new drive-"the greatest
ever made i'll the history of the world
for philanthropic purposes" 1t is in
this spirit that all organization, Cath
olic and Protestnts have worked from
the beginning OF the war. And it is
the spirit which will bring victory at
last, and after victory will crown our
peace with results, truly American,
truly democratic, truly worth the
price of blood. of treasures and of de-
votion which all OF us, Jews, Protest
ants and Catholic alike are pouring
out upon the altar OF liberty, while
I'VE are at the last lap and close to
the winning post" to quote French
leader, at the Same time we are re-
minded that it is in the last part of the
race that a runner must make his SUI
preme effort. Help these organiza-
tions, give It'll it hurts" You give
brothers, warm, human-hearted fell
lows, who have only one life to be
given, and who give it freely for
others-for u.s. This is no time for
slackening. Even ii the war ended
today, we must give. 1t took more
than one year to carry our boys over
seas at the rate of 250,000 a month
and II is expected that nearly two
years will be required to gradually
bring them back and return them
once more to the pursuits OF civil
life. Nearly every day news comes
to us that Prussia wanths peace. but
we should beware and not believe it.
Such news has the odor Of limburger.
There is no American hurry for
peace, though the right peace would
be always welcome. We are some
what like the little English girl knit
ting sock for the soldier. She
hoped the war would not end before
she finished her sock. THIS courtry IS
knitting a straitiacket for tie Kaiser.
Knitting industriously, and the tTni-
ted States wishes to fAisa the knit
ting before giving ND the job"
REV. JOSEPH CUNHA.