Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-04-27
BOY SCOUTS ACCEPT FLAG FROM
M|ZPAH LODGE NO. 20, K. OF P.
Parade Then Forms and Soldiers Are
Escorted to the Beginning
of Long Journey

Patriotic Young America made such
wonderful showing of loyalty yes
terday morning that the spectacle
would have been greeted by storms
of applause instead OF being recog-
nized by uplifted hats had these
not been war times OF such seri.
BUSINESS that everything the children
did was real and not theatrical.
a bugle sounded on upper Main
street In front of the pole that had
been presented by the Tonopah Elk.
tension Mining company. The roll
Of drums was heard and out from
Bryan avenue marched the Tonopah
Boy Scouts in eights, swinging into
fours and then into a double line
along the north side of the street
Again the bugle sounded and the
Tonopah Girl Scouts, presenting an
attractive appearance In their red
and white, as did the boys ln their
military uniforms, marched with pre-
cision TO position across the street
east of the flag pole. Again the
bugle sounded and from Brougher
avenue came the members OF Gettys-
burg corps, W. r. c., the ladies' aux.
Hilary OF the Knights of Pythias and
the Knights themselves, In full pan
oply. There was q representation
from the local Italian society, carry
ing a beautiful silken banner Citi-
zens bS the hundreds were quickly
assembled despite the raw wind and
the unseemly hour Just when II
seemed that there was some hitch
In the proceedings, the bugle call
was again given and in response
came the Tonopah military band.
When ii reached the scene the beau |
tiful flag donated to the Boy Scouts
by the Knights of Pythias was |
brought forward. These addressed
followed
Charles Beyis, deputy sheriff, made
the presentation of the flag In the
eloquent language:
Young gentlemen OF the Boy
Scouts of America, we salute you!
"Your advent into our community
we hail with pride and pleasure
the purposes OF your organization we
applaud.
Never in all the history of the
human race has so much that is vital
TO the welfare. peace and happiness
Of mankind been submitted to arbi-
by the sword; never has
popular government, and all the in
stitutions of freemen been forced to
face such a terrible menace to their
existence as confronts the civilized
nations of the earth today
Democracy has been committed
to the acid tests being tried by
fire-to determine for all time to
freeman, under re.
sponsible and humane selfgovernment
shall inherit the EARTH acknowledge L
ing only the living God as king, or
wether II shall be peopled by a race
of slaves groanlng under the misrule
of an insane and cruel autocrat who
knows not God nor aught OF His
holy ways, yet who proclaims him
self, with monstrous arrogance and
sacriledge to be the
partner of the Most High, and His
appointed earthly mouthpiece.
THE Hohenaollerns has challenged
svery ideal, every hope, every aspir-
alton that Old Glory stands for
Dragging from its mouldy grave
clothes the long buried myth Of the
llvlne right OF kings, he has an
bounced his intention of imposing {
IN mankind his autocratlc will, and
lis own special brand of 'kultur' {
God save the mark In place Of the
will of the people, that, by the grace
" God has come to stay so long as
human government exists L
"America-slow TO wrath-has at
asst realized his terrible purpose and
las taken up the gage in defense
II the principles of Liberty, Justice, |
rec government and honor among
lations. I
"The immemorial conflict between !
he so-called powers of brute force |
md the powers of right seems to I
lave reached its supreme crisis, =
While all that We reverence, all that I
We hold most dear, lies in the bal
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