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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07
BOND PAYMENTS ESSENTIAL

Do not fail to complete your Lib
erty Bond payments, is the appeal OF
the Secretary OF the Treasury, as
sent to Twelfth Federal Reserve Dis
trict Liberty Loan Headquarters.
Following is the Secretary's appeal;
MANY employers throughout the
country have rendered most patriotic
assistance in the distribution OF Lib
erty Bonds to their employees and
have assisted them in the purchase
of these bonds by arranging that pay
ments may be made in installments
covering period OF time longer than
that which could be granted by the
Treasury Department
1T is the duty of the subscribers to
bonds on these partial payment plans
to complete the contract into which
they have entered. If they do not
do so, both they and the government
suffer, as the bonds for which they
have contracted and for which they do
lot pay iiuot uoubiS OS SOiu IL
the open market.
at is, of course. recognized that in
case of necessity caused by sickness
or other unavoidable circumstances,
cancellations of subscriptions or sales
of bonds are warranted In cases
where employees have made arrange
ments to purchase these bonds on the
installment plan and then sever their
connection with the employer with
whom they have made subscriptions,
arrangements should be made for the
completion OF the subscription or for
having the subscription taken over by
the new employer or by bank in the
community where the subscriber re-
sides, thus avoiding the necessity for
sale of the bonds covered by sub
scription."
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07

to a drainage channel. If the rain
water were absorbed by the soil as
fast as it falls, there would be very
little erosion.
In order to drink up surface water
rapidly soil must be very permeable,
which means that it must contain fair
ly large open spaces through which
the rain water can pass easily, or
where it can be stored temporarily.
Some soils are naturally very perme-
able. A number of ways of increasing
the permeability of a soil are deep
blowing, blowing under organic mat
ter such as manure, stubble, stalks
and cover crops; the practice of tile
drainage, and, in certain soils, the use
OF explosives.
Vegetation covering the surface OF
the ground protects the soil from the
direct atcion of the rain and checks
the flow of the water over the surface,
giving the soil better opportunity to
absorb the water. 1t is therefore i'm
portant that some kind of cover crop
such as vetch, clover, oats, wheat or
rye, be grown on the land during the
winter or at any time that the land is
not used for other crops.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07
Suitable Clothing Important.

"Stlll another factor in the produc-
ton of colds, pneumonia and other re-
spiratory diseases is carelessness or ig-
norance of the people regarding suit
able clothing during the seasons when
the weather suddenly changes, sitting
In warm rooms too heavily dressed or.
what is even more common, especially
among women, dressing so lightly that
windows are kept closed In order to be
comfortably warm. This is u very in
furious practice.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07

and our resources are still modified.
The women, who are the guardians
of Our food resources must remain
until they are mustered out. We face
a new program in conservation, one
that calls for much more rigid &C
ceptance and discipline, because it
does not demand brief, dramatic sac
rihces, but a steady unvarying saving
OF all foods and the giving up OF every
thing beyond our definite needs. We
must accept simpler habits OF living
and the daily yielding of indulgences,
which had become woven into our
lives.
PLEDGE.-We pledge to our
country our best effort to prevent
waste and the selfish use of our food
reserves. We pledge our loyal CO.
operation in carrying out the conser
walton measures suggested by the
government.
And if economw sometimes grows
irksome, or if this service works un-
welcome change in our accustomed
manner of living, we will think of
those who have offered their lives
for their country and those whose
homes have been devastated. We will
be glad that we too can serve in sat
isfying their hunger, in renewing their
courage, and in reestablishing their
homes.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07
CHILD VICTIM OF FLU

The two-year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Pennington died Friday,
December 6, pneumonia following the
influenza. The whole family have
had the dread disease but the others
are on the road to recovery.
The baby was native of Yerington
and spent the short span OF his life
here. He will be buried this after
noon from the family home. DIR. Dix
on officiating, and interment will be
in the Yerington cemetery.
The friends and neighbors of Mr..
and Mrs. Pennington are extending
their heartfelt sympathy to them in
this hour of sorrow
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07
ALEX MCNEIL PASSES
TO GREAT BEYOND

The many friends of the Mcneil
family are grieved to hear OF the death
OF the husband and father, A. Z. Nc
Neil. He had gone to San Francisco
for treatment for a growth IN his
stomach and was undergoing an OPP
Grafton for its removal when he died
Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Mcneil was a native of Cape
Breton Island, Canada and sixty-three
years of age He came to the United
States many years ago and became
citizen. He was a miner, and the fam
ily lived in the big mining camps OF
the west, at Leadville, Colorado, Park
City. Utah and Goldheld, Nevada be
fore coming here in 1910. The family
has been living lately at Mason and
have a ranch near Mason Pass.
Besides his devoted wife, two sons,
Oscar and Hugh, and one daughter,
Mrs. Daniel Mcleod. survive him.
He was home to Nova Scotia on a
visit to his sisters last year and en-
oyed the family reunion greatly His
brother Dan died at Los Angeles
last spring.
The remains will arrive Sunday
night and the funeral will be held
from St. Joseph's Church but the time
has not been set because of the SER
ious illness OF Mrs. Mcleod who is
still suffering from the influenza.
Mr.. Mcneil has been an honest, up
right. industrious citizen, devout
member of the church, and devoted
husband and father and his death will
cause lasting sorrow. He was a
man of sterling worth, who will be
missed from the accustomed places
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07
UNITED STATES
FOOD ADMINISTRATION

A call to all men and women for
food conservation and a pledge OF the
housewives OF the United States to
remain modified unctil the Allies and
liberated millions are fed.
""'he food supplies OF the world
have been steadily lessening. 1t is
the impact of this shortage which has
knocked at every door in the United
States.
"We hold it in our power and ours
alone, to keep the wolf from the door
OF the world. This duty is wider than
war-it is as wide as our humanity"
Herbert Hoover.
The Hun is defeated but Hunger
reigns in Europe. In Poland and Ser
bia hardly a child is left alive. Fields
are weed-choked; those who titled
them lie on a hundred battlehelds.
Widows and childless women arc LETT
alone to care for the aged and wound
ed. But at last each violated land
relied upon us for succor. and we
must no. fail. WE MUST SAVE OR
THEY WILL STARVE!
American soldiers and American re-
sources in food and materials OF war
have helped to win the war. Our men
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07
MRS, SAv|N| An.
SWERS LAST CALL

Mrs. Peter Savini died this morning
from a complication OF troubles. She
has suffered some time from dropsy
and in her weakened condition the in
fuenza proved fatal.
Mrs. Savini was native OF Italy, in
the prime OF life and leaves, besides
her husband, FIVE small sons to mourn
her loss. The family have lived on the
old Bill Baker ranch for some years
and have been prosperous and happy
there
The funeral arrangements had not
been made at press time.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07

Miss Felice Cohn, who has been Wis
itng her mother, Mrs. COIN in Car
son City, for the past three weeks.
left for Denver, Colorado, to take up
her duties in department of the intel
rior work. Miss COIN will be CON
nected with theclaims department.
and is the first woman to be so hon
ored.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07
FATAL ACCIDENT
At THE bLUEST0NE

One of the leaders of the tramway
cars at the Bluestone was caught by
the cars in the lower tunnel Friday
night and crushed. He was rushed
to the Mason Hospital but died Short
ly after arriving there Very little is
known of the man beyond the fact
that his name was Cunetti AMI that he
was an Italian.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07

DR.. Mckenzie OF Reno came in Sat-
urday morning, called with the hope
of saving. Mrs. Savini's life.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07
COLDS. INFLUENZA. PNEUMONIA. AND
TUBERCULOSIS ARE SPREAD THIS WAY

Copies Of this poster can be OBJ
tained free of charge by writing to the
Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health
Service, Washington, ID. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12
POOR DWELLING PLACE, THIS
British Naval Base Of Wel-Hei-Wel
Has Decidedly Few Attractions
for European Residents.

Wei-hei-wei is the bit Of Chinese ter
ritory that the British hold under lease
as naval and commercial base. 1t is
Just across the breadth of the Shan
tung peninsula from Kiachow. Wei
hei-wei lies partly on the mainland,
partly on an island, where the dock
yard, the coaling station and the rest
Of the machinery for naval base are
located. Most Of the civilian popula-
ton live on the mainland, and patron
lie little steam launch that plies
across the intervening sea when they
want to go shopping; for with an eye
to getting the British jackies' trade
when warships put in to coal, the
shops Of Wei-hei-wei are out with the
docks and the coal yards.
The island seen from the steam
launch is asbarren, sandy hill, ridged
ter has cut in its course to the sea.
The sand Of these hills Is one Of the
omnipresent features Of the colony ;
every wind that blows carries 1t about
by pounds, and only the cheapness Of
Chinese servants makes it possible to
keep a European household busted.
The mainstreet on the island has the
characteristic British colonial look,
with British post Office, British
steamship booking Office, and British
shops. On the short side street are the
Chinese shops, which are only opened
at certain seasons when visitors are
plenty, or when a warship puts In to
the harbor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12
BITTER FIGHTS OVER Boards
Tartars and Perslans Long In Conflict
Because They Held Varying opIn-
Ions on the Matter.

Before now the wearing Of boards
has caused a bitter war and made the
executioner's ak cut through many a
neck. The Tartars waged long war
with the Persians, declaring them in
fidels because they would not shave
their boards after the fashion Of Tar
tary.
The Greeks wore boards until the
time Of Alexander, who ordered the
Macedonians to be shaved lest their
boards should give handles to their
enemies. The ancient Romans wore
boards, but In England they were not
fashionable after the conquest until
the thirteenth century and were dis.
continued at the Restoration.
Peter the Great kept squad Of Of
flcers whose duty it was to cut the
boards Of unwilling citizens by force.
Before 1910 shaving was almost uni
versal in the United States.
There have been numerous instances
Of women with long masculine boards.
Margaret Of Savoy, daughter Of Maxi
milan I, had long stiff beard, and a
woman was seen in Paris with black
bushy beard that reached to her waist.
At the battle Of Pultowa the Russians
captured a bearded woman, whom they
presented to the car. She had q
'eard five and one-half feet long.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12

The last and most isolated Of the
PoaynesaAns Il Easter island. It lies
1O0O miles westward Of the coast al
Chile, its nearest neighbor being Pit.
oirn Island. 1.4OO miles further west
n = small, only As square miles In
area, and volcanic, the surface being
formed Of lava Of comparatively re-
cent eruption Hence the strange lack
Of vegetation 80 curiously at var1-
ance with q tropical climate. Grass
srcws on II, however, and it is for that
reason largely given up to the raising
Of sheep and cattle.
Easter island was discovered nearly
two hundred years ago by the Dutch
Admiral Roggeveen. who cast anchor
there on an Easter Sunday, whence 1t
derived its name. He found 1t more
largely populated than 1t is now. But
he and his crew must have seen and
marveled at its bold rock-sculpture. its
terraces and walls, its picture writ.
ings. Many Of these. indeed, rival the
world-famous relics Of Mexico and
Peru, while they are strangely akin to
them in conception and design,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12

is no young lady In the building except
the singer. have seen golden hair
come and go NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
with an elderly lady or an old gentle
man, sometimes with both Of them.
often alone. She must live In fat No
and the old people must be her IA
Their and mother
Fred's curiosity car4ed him 70 far
as to take him up the steps Of the
Marlborough and into the vestibule
where he inspected the card under the
bell belonging to nat 8. aa
.Jenks" he read. II don't think much
of that name. She doesn't look ike 4
girl who would be named 'Jenks.'"
s Oddly enough there was already .bul
one "she" in the world for Fred. He
was in love With Dorothy's voice and
with her hair and eyes.
by Jove," he exclaimed to himself,
"if they should belong to two different
people it would be cruel. I dsfr know
which Is most bewitching."
Fred and Stanley lived in the Rich.
mond from October to the end Of the
following May, before Fred had d
chance Of becoming acquainted with
the object Of his admiration. The
weather then was as warm as June.
Fred was alone one evening, for Stan
lev was out Of town. He sought the
back porch of their fiat with his after.
dinner cigar. He started as he came
out of the door. On the adjoining
porch was a little rocking chair and
in the chair sat the girl with the gold.
en- hair and the brown eyes. Her back
was turned to the Richmond porches
and she did not see the newcomer. Her
Lap was full Of sewing things and she
was hemstitching dainty rufEles. Fred
uptoed softly back into his kitchen
and brought out a chair and sat down
throwing away his cigar. Presently
Dorothy began to sing. Fred was de.
lighted. Here was proof positive tina,
the golden hair. brown eyes and exoui.
site voice were united in the same Der
sons. He longed for an opportunity "a
address the beautiful girl. although II
would have seemed almost sacrilegious
to him to have interrupted the song
A sudden pun Of wind was more irrev'
erent. Catching fluffy bit Of null
the breeze blew Il out Of Dorothy'l
lap, lover the porch railing and down
into the back yard.
The song ceased abruptly and Dor
othy gave q little scream.
Pardon me-" said a manly vofce
from the other side Of the division raii
Ing. 'T1l get It for you, II / may"
Dorothy turned, gathering up mel
sewing materials In her little white
eprm q ahe I'd "a.
.Oh, thank you, Il isn't worth While
] can't thlpk q 'treublinx xo4s an6 -
- ~ ~ -. ss1kaa.ss--.--
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12
On the Back
Porch
00
b r p. HANDY
y r p. HANDY

NSSQJst8AS AS4Ss WWSO20 SNVWu0o0oS 0aSSeAI
The Marlborough and the Richmond
apartment buildings stood side By side
with narrow space between The
windows Of the dat in one were direct
ly opposite the windows Of the fats
In the other, and the people In each
building often overheard what was go
ing on i1 the other. In the third fat
in the Marlborough lived Dorothy NAL
vern with her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert jerks. Dorothy was an
excessively proper young woman who
was so afraid that her opposite neigh
bors would see and hear what was go
ing on In her aunts fat that She kept
all the side shades drawn most Of the
time and encouraged the family to talk
In whispers. Fortunately the shades
were pale yellow, and good deal
OF light came through them, and Mr.
and Mrs. jerks were naturally quiet.
Otherwise life might have been a bur-
den to them and Dorothy.
Their opposite nelghbors were not SO
PoA ISuAdIs 4ucS0 vert tWO yOuAA6
bachelors. who laughed and joked and
sang with supreme disregard Of pos
sible audience. They left up their
window shades, even when the gas was
burning at full tilt, and Dorothy might
have seen many q midnight card party
or stag supper, but she never peeped
from behind her own blinds. Yet the
two young men fancied that they had
fair neighbor. Tor Dorothy sang like
an angel. Fred Pritchard and Stanley
Green enjoyed the frequent songs and
often speculated about the singer.
"She must be the tall young girl,
with golden hair and dark-brown eyes"
said Fred one day. FLAT No. next
door is vacant; fiat No. 2 is occupied
by that young married couple with the
baby that squalls all night; fiat No. 8
by the fair unknown and her people.
and fiat No. by an old maid and her
parrot. 'Ha, ha, how droll, ha, ha.
how droll. Pretty poll, pretty poll
the creature is always shrieking when
I want to sleep. You see. Green. there
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12
phs,phersseenee on the Moon?

Several European observers Of the
total lunar eclipse Of July As, 1917,
have reported that the brightness Of tho
lunar disk appeared much greater
around the Limb than near the center.
These observations lead NJ. A. Nodon
Of bordeaux to revive a suggestion
that has sometimes been made to &C.
count for the brilliancy of certain lu-
mar craters; viz, that the surface Of
the moon may possess luminosity Of
It's own in the nature Of phosphores-
cence. In that case, perspective would
increase the apparent luminosity to-
ward the nmb.-Scientiflc American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12
Church Directory.

Church Directory.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday at IL A. M. and 500
T. NJ. Rev. J. r. JACOBS.
Pastor
PRESBYTERIAN.
Woodstock-Every Sunday II A
N. and 1880 p NJ. except End Sunday
sMt. Jackson-Second Sunday liza
". and 500 P. NJ.
REV. J. + McMuRRAY.
Pasto
Every Sunday IL A. M and 1880
r. NJ. Rev. s. w. KUHNS, Pastor.
Second Sunday, IL A. M. and 7.30
|P M. Rev. J. D. HAMAKER
BECKFORD PARISH
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL
Emmanuel Church, WoOdstOck-
First, Third and Fifth Sundays atill
.. m. Sunday school every Sunday
ct $50 .. m.
st. Andrews Church, Mt. Jackson
Second and Fourth Sundays Ct
1915 .. N.
MALCOLM 8. TAYLOR, Rector.
hrrORMED
st. Paul's NORTHUMBERLAND and 4th
Sundays A. NJ. Every Sunday nigha
Cslvary-1st ami 3rd Sundays A NJ
81 REV. w. q. CAUSEY, PastOrs
n
1Services'will beheld st the f0llwing
places:
WHITE CHAPEL
Preaching every list. Sunday 1890
=. m. 3rd Sunday 7:45 p. m.
Sunday school, every Sunday $3.50
.. m. Epworth League, every Wedi
nesday 7:45 p. m.
OAK LEVEL \
Preaching I'd Sunday 1880 q. m.
4th Sunday 1880 p. m. Sunday schoo.
every Sunday $50 Q. m.
SLATE HILL
Preaching Bird Sunday 1880 q. m.
ELMER P. SLOANE, P. G,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12
Americanlssns In Britain,

Lord Derby, in advising US not to
get ratified" has added another word
to our war vocabulary, or, at any rate,
given an old word new meaning. In
this sense "rattled" is an Americanism,
and we remember reading an article By
W. D. Howells some thirty years ago,
In which he said he was not very cas-
lily ratified, OF course we have used
the word in this country with other
meanings for many centuries; even
Papys relates ON one occasion how he
ratified his wife, but that was more In
the nature Of grumbling. while Lord
Derby evidently intends us not to get
alarmed or excited, which Is the real
American sense of the word.-London
Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12
PsyehLc Phenomena.

, A French scientist has written a
beok on psychic phenomena, which he
divides into three claases-'hypnoidal."
not a. yet implying the hypothesis Of
an agent still unknown; "manetoidal."
implying the hypothesis Of causes still
unknown, though still physical in ma.
ture, and "spiritoidal." implying un.
known causes Of a psychological m
ture. In the first category are hypno-
tism and suggestion; in the second.
animal magnetism and telepathy; and
in the third the so-called phenomena
Of spiritualism as far as they remain
distinct from the other two classifica-
lions, The three classes, generally
speaking, divide the phenomena into
those which science accepts, which 1t
il very doubtful about and which It
rejects, or at the most regards for the
present as outside Of its province. And
even the French scientist seems not to
eot ~ anywhere.
Kre AIators 9ornY II
There was q time when It was held
that a man must be especially born
Tor >aerouautic duties. Experience has
brought Cd the fact that the average
young man can make an excellent
kyiator. Captain 0uynemer. Major
Bishop, Captain william Thaw. Cap
tain Bah az the Lafayette escadrille.
and practically Ill the famous avia-
tori were not men who Impressed any
49, -s<A h>ans AsfPArnnf from other
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12
Sailors Joke.

A naval officer told sea story at Z
banquet.
"Sailors have Z strong sense Of hu-
NOR he said. "A certain young sailor
was Just back from nine-months
cruise. He celebrated his return In a
Rsat many bars, and when the last
bar close no danced down the street
with his pockets filled with bottles Of
beer, and waving a bottle In either
hand above his head.
"'Doys.s he said, Its diagraceful
What yq going tQ say fer . sailor, but
q - 1N.a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12

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Icy Loanaand Trust Co., Woodstock,
Va, at 3 per cent compound interest.
Amounts Ut s1.00 and upwards re'
ceived. The only savings institu.
ton In the county for the accomuls-
ton Of the small savings of llsboring
men. women, and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12

Fof SoIe or kent.
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Woodstock, on Main and North High
streets, II rooms with all modern
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garage, chicken house and yard.
Easy terms. For particulars write
- BESSIE H.EWISNAN,
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12

Invest you money In the per cent
Certificates OF the Shen. Valley Loan
& Trust Co., Woodstock, Va. Sc.
curity unquestioned. Interest pay
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redeemsble any time after six months
no short notice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-04-12
BARBER SHOP
Court ST., WOODSTOCK Va.
Warden fravel, Propr'

Shave. 10 Haircut. Is
Singe....... L. Shampoo. 10
Facial Massage. Is
Tonic Rub. 80. and 10
Shaving Corpse. 100 49,
Shave away from shop 25-~
Haircut Z" S. 30
Haircut and shave away from shop 80
~ Prompt attention given to sI
custonsers. .
A sham Of the Vublic patronage
solicited,