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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-06-06

There seems to be little doubt that
the American flag is a growth rather
man q creation Few Of the writer's
nave declared that both the stars and
tne stripes We're derived from the coat
of arms OF Washington's family. which.
contains both devices. but beyond
that coincident no other evidence has
been produced 10 prove this.
Made Official Emblem.
On June IA. lit. the American con.
gress In session at Philadelphia adopt
ed the following resolution:
Resolved. That the flag of the n
United States be Is stripes. alternete
red and white. that the Union be Is
stars. white in a blue field. represent
Ing a new constellation"
The credit Of making the frs. nag
Is given TO Betsy Ross. William ].
Candy, a grandson of Mrs. Ross, de-
ciared that Betsy Ross was shown a
rough drawing of the dag. which was
explained by General Washington. She
objected to the six-pointed stars and
suggested that they be five-pointed
General Washington is supposed &c
have redrawn the sketch, changing
the stars to five points. At first Wash
ington declared that f1ve-pointed star.
would be hard TO make. but Mrs. Ros.
demonstrated that by one clip Of hel
scissors she was able to make a per
feet five-point star.
In 1912, the United States congress
admitted Arizona and New Mexico int,
the Union and the stars then mum
bered 4S. The law did not provid
how the stars were to be arranged
and for long time a considerable d
yersity existed in this respect. How
ever, on October 20 of that year, IN
proportion was definitely fixed an
the manner In which the stars wer
to be placed was determined. Sine
that time the same rule has held goot
that of six rows of eight stars each.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-06-06

Athens.-In it's work in the Greek
islands the American Red Cross has
the cooperation of the United States
navy. Six submarine chasers have
been assigned for Transporting person
mel and supplies.
On the Island of Mytilene are 52,0Oo
Greeks. who fled there from Asia
Minor five years ago. Red Cross work
ers are regularly visiting all the towns
and clothing has been given to about
10000 of the refugees.
At the outbreak Of the war, in 1914,
there were 100000 in Asia Minor.
More than 100000 escaped to the
islands in the Aegean. Thousands
were massacred. Armed bands OF
Turks roamed the countryside. plum
dering and murdefng Greeks wherever
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Red Cross Workers
Aid Exiled Greeks

found. The others, driven out Of their
homes and sent inland, are now return
ing, to find their homes either destroy
ed or occupied by Turks.
The refugees in the Aegean islands
intend to return to Asia Minor as soon
as conditions permit. At present the
Greek government gives each refugee
six cents q day.
The Red Cross is devotfng much at
tention to the prevention of further
epidemcs. such as the typhus scOurge,
which took such heavy toll at Myth
lene.
Food is scanty and costly and most
of the refugees are underfed, even in
the large towns. Nearly all are in
rags The hospitals are short Of medi.
cines and other supplies, and have
been crowded by influenza cases.
Clothing, blankets and medicine are
| needed on all the islands. Canned
meat for broth is wanted in the hos,
pitfalls. American women run the
| WORKSHOPS WHeTe ClOlIlIlS iS Ilttuc ~
the three islands of Mytilene, Chios
and Samos.
$4,000 in Town of Mytilene.
OF the $1,000 refugees on Mytilent
$4,000 are in the town of Mytilene ant
its suburbs; the others are scattered
about in go villages.
Of the 10000 refugees on Crios par
are sheltered in old houses and tn
rest in wooden barracks, divided wit
bagging and old carpets into rooms,
each accommodating family of fror
five to ten persons.
The islands of Lemnos, Imbros, Tel
edos and Samothrace are served wit
Red Cross supplies from Mytilene; Or
ousa is served from Chios, and Ilcani
from Samos.
The American Red Cross agent
were received at Mytilene with tn
greatest enthusiasm. The horses WEI
unhitched and the carriage drawn by
cheering crowd to the residence Of tn
, governor general, who commandeere
} a private ho1ne sud placed it at the
disposal. .t--------.-.-..-.-- --.a.. ss-.l
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GREAT WAR WORK OF PIGEONS
ON BATTLEFIELDS AND THE SEA

specked with blood. its tail feathers
shot away. and one of its wings wound
ed. The commanding officer read the
message. the destroyer was rushed a.
full speed TO the place indicated. and
within three-quarters of an hour from
the time that the pigeon was sent on
the officers and crew of the patrol We're
picked up where they chung to the
wreckage.
Spy With Pigeons.
An American at Liege. in writing NJ
the German advance. told this Incl
dent:
AS | returned to the city. walking
along the River Mouse, | saw one who,
oblivious of war and its alarms, was
dangling his legs over the water and
peacefully fishing The battle in the
air, which he must have witnessed.
had not moved him. The certainty that
the Germans were only few miles
| away had not concerned him. He
smoked his pipe and placidly east his
line. 1t was soothing to overstrained
nerves to see that chap, but il was
only few hours later that learned a
German spy had been arrested AS he
posed as fisherman. with n creel full
of carrier pigeons"
Another story reads:
I'm the cowl, habit and tonsure that
mark the monk young man told his
beads aboard the train bound for Ant
werp. And woman, hardly more
than girl kept her eyes fastened OF
the man of prayers. She studied OF
the devotion with which his finger
slipped from decade to decade of tn,
long, well-worn rosary that hung from
the cincture about his waist. But. al
though his lips appeared to move Il
humble supplication, the woman say
that he had failed to kiss the cross
The lapse was significant.
"'Spy! the girl Kissed into the fac
of the alleged ascetic. In an instan
: two guards had seized the man an
rushed him down the train corrido
The woman examined the small wicke
basket behind in the seat. Lifting tn
lid, she found three pigeons"
/, Get German Pigeons.
A news dispatch briefly summarize
such find thus:
"A German trawler was captured b
|, British warship near the Orkne
. islands to the north of Scotland. 81
= is believed to have been engaged
spying, as carrier pigeons were four
;, on board"
:, Reference has already been made
/. the number of messages carried bat
= to the French lines by carrier pigeon
in the defense Of Verdun A piget
captured by the French conveyed tn
information:
;. 1.-THE rolling fire of the enemy wi
. guns of the heaviest caliber Is su
- that sectors s., c., and H. are to
great extent leveled. The garrison,
= Guiding that of sector ", is disorga
W lied completely. Some of it has be
-, obliged to fall back on the Eighty-thi
:, and Ninety-eighth regiments, viii
~ also had to retire.
~ "Sector V. (von Raun's) was 81
" jected to such fire that it's observati
= post was put out Of order. All sort
= are being bombarded and one Is oc'
n pied constantly in replacing them.
y, "The battalion asks It's immedi'
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rhouohts inspired by the Flag.

never in the history Of modern civilF
cation have women worn such short
skirts as the best French women are
doing today. Even ceremonial gown
is cut off five inches below the knees ID
front. Street skirts merely sweep the
ton of the highest laced boot; but the
Parisienne nearly always leaves OH the
boot and wears a pump. 1t looks as
though France has determined 10 N',o"
the legs, even II the government mas
insisted upon its not showing 'he
shoulders. 1t Is queer ana topsy'
turvy world
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First Man to Garry Flag to Europe

How many of our readers know
that 1.-The massive key Of the old Bastile
now hangs in room at Mount YER
non," and how it got there? Lafayette
handed the key to Thomas PANE 10
take with him to America and denver
1t to George Washington. This was IN
1890, and Paine wrote to Washington
from London that. he was sending the
key to J. Rutledge Jr. Paine excused
himself from being the personal bearer
because 81 am engaged to return 10
Paris when the Constitution shall be
proclaimed and to carry the American
flag in the procession" Evidently
Paine was probably the first man u
carry the American flag in procession
on the continent of Europe.
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relief this evening by fresh troops. It
can fight no longer.
"(Slgned)
FIRST LIEUTENANT STEIN
BRECHT"
Carrier pigeons tell headquarters OF
the progress of battle. Here Is
typical report when the French army
fought along the Aisne:
1T Immediately appeared that the
destruction of the German defense
had been accomplished with rs much
success as could be hoped for in so
difficult a country. by I: 80 "A. m. we
learned by carrier pigeon and other
means that the Chateau de Ia Motto on
the French left near Allemant had
4 been carried, and that at the center
Malmaison Fort was taken. At $40
Allemant village had been occupied,
and the French assault troops were ad-
vancing across the central plateau to-
ward Vaudesson and Mont Parnasse
quarry. At 10 80 the news was hat
they were ut the north of Hill 1I3, the
further spur of Malmaison plateau,
and In quarry 30 yards west Of the
fort. By 2:45 p. m. the villages OF
Chayignon and Vaudesson, with sew
eral neighboring quarries lying on the
northern edge Of the Aisne hills, hac
, been occupied. Chavignon was the
furthest point contemplated In th'
, plan and represented an advance o.
1 one and one-half miles made In tn
4 face of the best remaining troops o
5 the German empire"
e Aided by camouHage.
n While many carrier pigeons change'
: their habits Of spiraling. finding II
n dangerous practice and learned to H.
v back and then forward at an altltud
5. comparatively low, camouiiage aide
birds considerably in getting back I
e their loft carrying with them message
It from troops In front. At Fort Nau'
d in the battle of Verdun, the crow
r. princes army had special group
n men shooting down carrier pigeons
e they left the fort.
And another story of Verdun.
was at Thiaumont. sixteen time
d taken, lost and retaken. wireless an
telephones had long ceased to exis
" No human being could cross the te
w rain. The commandant was In de
10 perate need of communicating WI
in the rear. Suddenly the glasses r
I'd vealed dog crouching on its bell
crawling through the flashes, and
70 a moment of temporary lull leapli
* forward. On its back was pannie
MS Nearer and nearer the dog came, al
IN prayers were involuntarily offered
is the beast fiattened out here and the
in the debris for shelter Another II
tn and the dog leaped forward ana
oh last 1t scampered into Thiaumont wi
a the pigeons safe in the pannier.
In the dogs collar was this messag
IN "We relieve you by attack on Fro
en- terre, 3 p. M"
I'd "Stop the German battery on Q
oh left. Here are the elements for pol
ing" was the written message OF
III commandant sent back by one OF
on pigeons. Another momentary lull q
les the pigeon Is released. Dog and 2
Gu con, faithful and distinguished frieI
of man, have done their work to 81
ate civilization,
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SYMBOL of All We Hold Dear.

How sacred to our hearts is tho
American flag. 1t is interwoveL with
all of our dreams of childhood. Who
is there whose eyes do not dim as they
behold it at the head of regiment Of
soldiers, on an American warship, fly.
ing on the capitol at Washington, or
spread above the bench Of a court Of
Justice? 1t stands for liberty, equality,
our proud past, our glorious future
for Washington, Lincoln and all the
heroes that showed US the way to go.
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Material Needed.

The next thing Is to determine just
purchased, so that the stripes may be
made with little or no waste. There
are three full white stripes in the
complete length of the flag, which
equals 126 inches, and added to that
will be the three short stripes, two
thirds the length of the flag, or 81
inches, making total of 210 inches,
or about six yards. For the red stripes,
1t is necessary to add one extra short
red stripe of IA inches, which is
about half of yard. Thus. for a
flag made with two-inch ribbon, It
will be necessary for the maker TO
purchase six yards of white and six
and half yards of red ribbon. The
canton will be seven inches square
and the stars may be made from
smaller widths of ribbon. There must
be 4S stars arranged in six rows Of
eight stars each. BY using ruler
the exact position Of the stars may
be determined and they can be easily
cut if u paper pattern is made be-
forehand.
BY the second method, one deter
mines the length Of tiag-for example,
make the flag q inches long. By ap-
plying the same process of computa-
ton backwards, the size Of the can
ton will be seven inches square and
the width of stripes one inch. The
amount of material may be de-
termined by the same calculations used
in the first method.
The official origin of the flas with
the Ii alternate red and white stripes
representing the United Colonies, IL
blue canton, which was raised OF
Prospect hill Cambridge, on the frs
day of January, 1776, has never beef
satisfactorily determined. 1t is com
monty thought that the continenta
congress appointed George Washing
ton, George Ross and Robert Morri
committee, authorized to design
suitable flag for the nation and tina
they called upon Mrs. Ross, who wa
conducting an upholstery business o
Arch street in Philadelphia. The col
tirnation of this report IS not to b
found in the Journal Of Congress.
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COATS NEAR SKIRT LENGTH
Paris Fashion May Bring Revo'u
ton in Tailored Costumes In
This Country.

Several of the famous houses In
Paris are exploiting tailored coats that
ere only four inches shorter than the
skirt. This Is exceedingly new, and
may bring revolution in tailored COS
sumes In this country. True, the coats
need not be very long In Paris even
u they are as long as the skirts. for
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What the Flag symbolizes.

In 1777, within a few days or one
year after the declaration OF indepeno-
ence, the congress Of the colonies in
the confederated states assembled ana
ordained this glorious national nag
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be kept every.
where in sight.
1T is particular
ly necessary in a
land like this
where there are so
many who have
been reared under
foreign flags and
who cannot be too
familiar with tho
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-06-06

flag Of the Great Republic, that the
flag Of the country should be hoisted
on every court building, every public
place. every prominent memorial-kept
there day and night through calm and
storm and never hauled down."
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and advanced it full high before God
and all men as the flag Of liberty.
1t was no holiday flag, gorgeously
emblazoned for gayety or vanity. 1t
was solemn national signal. When
that banner first unrolled to the sun,
it was the symbol of all those holy
truths and purposes which brought to
cether the colonial American congress-
The flag means now all that our ia.
theirs meant in the Revolutionary war
If means all that the Declaration OF
independence means. 1t means ali
that the Constitution of our people
meant in organizing for justice, fol
liberty, for happiness.
"a
Thoughts inspired by the Flag.
| thank God that the American flag
still floats over my home and my
| friends. No American can see its folds
spread out to the breeze without reel
ing a thrill of pride at his heart AND
without recalling the splendid deeds Y
has witnessed.--Lewis Csss-
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LIKE BETSY ROSS
Girl Of 1919 May Easily
Construct Her Own
Starry Flag.

-HE American nag II one Of
the easiest In the world to
make. since all Of its parts
are IL straight lines. Any
schoolgirl who is able TO sew can
make flag for about one-half Of what
Il will cost her at a store. and sdll
have stronger and more durable one
when she has it finished. There are
two principal ways OF proceeding in
the making of an American flag. The
one used by most persons Is TO de-
terlnine first the width of the stripes,
So that If the flag is to be made OF
fix, ribbon may be purchased of q
standard width. From this the size
uf the flag may be determined. The
second method is TO decide either the
width or the length Of the flag and
then compute the amount of material
from the size decided upon.
Let us assume that we wish tc
make flag from two-inch silk rib
bonS. since two-inch ribbon is a stand
ard size and may be purchased at an,
dry goods store. Slice the stripe,
will be two inches wide, the width Of
the canton, or the blue field. will b,
seven times two inches, or IA inches
and its length will be the same, sine,
the canton of the American flag 4
square. The canton is also one-thir'
of the length Of the flag. Then tn
flag will be three times IA inches
which equals AZ inches and the widtl
being 13 times two inches or % inches
Thus. to use two-inch ribbon, one vii
have a flag three and half feet Ion
and little more than two feet wide
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WOULD KEEP FLAG FLOATING
Suggestion Made by Gen. Horace Por.
ter Worth Considering In This
Year Of Unrest.

Gen. Horace Porter once suggested
with great wisdom that the flag should
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25
"RIGOLETTO" AT LYRIC

Tomorrow evening, Friday, Decem
ber 26th, the noted and notable Graz
iana-Castillo Opera Company vii
present the popular and classic oper;
"Rigoletto," in which. the full streng'
tn of the company will be enlisted
lovers of the opera will find this
sterling company one of rare merit
The aggregation is coming from the
City of Mexico, where great sue,
cess was scored, to the West Coas
of the Republic, visiting the chic
cities, and en- route a stop has beer
made at Nogales, giving music lover
here an opportunity not frequently
enjoyed.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

date he intends to organize COM
pany to help carry the operating ex-
pense. The new company. will be
known as the Acknowledgements Sill
yer mining company.
The owner of this property is very
enthusiastic over the silver situation
as it is today and believes that the
aBlue Nose" VIII soon be one of the
larger silver producers of southern
Arizona.
The foregoing is fro mthe Arizona
Gazette of December 10th, and it Is
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

OF real interest in Santa Cruz county
with other readers of '"The Oasis" e.
sewhere VINO have interests here.
Yesterday "The Oasis" mentione
a corporation framed to operate mil
es in Santa Cruz County-"The OIL
Glory Mining Copany." The proper
ties of the last named corporatio
are adjacent to the Bluenose, in fac
they surround the Bluenose prope;
ties, or nearly so. Other produc.n
properties adjacent or in the immedie
te vicinity are the Morning Glor!
American and r. F.. r. mines.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25
ST ANDREWS CHRISTMAS

The only service at the Episcopal
Church tomorrow will be Holy Com
munion at 7:45 o'clock in the morn
ing.
At evening there will be ehif-
dren's christmas tree at the church,
with appropriate exercises and dis
tribution of gifts, to which all are in
vited.
CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES
At the Methodist Church this even
ing the following Christmas program
will be rendered:
Song "Joy to the World,
Sunday School
Violin Solo Gwendolyn Noon
Recitations Miss Strong's Glass
Vocal Solo Maurice Forman
Song and Recitations
Miss Jones' Glass
Song Miss Roark's Glass
Selections MISC Strong's Glass
Song "Chiming Bells" Choir
Play Miss Roark's and Miss
Abernathy's Glasses
Play Miss Roark's and Mr..
Abernathy's Glasses
Selection "Silent Night" Orchestra
Everybody welcome. Come and
bring something for Christmas bas-
iets for the poor. Santa Claus and
: big Christmas tree at 7:30 p. m.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that an Elec-
tricians helper non educational exam
ination will be held on December 26
1919, for the purpose of filling va
cancy in the position Of Electricians
Helper in the Utilities service at
Camp Little.
Application blanks and further in
formation may be obtained from the
Local Secretary, Board Of Civil Ser
vice Examiners, at the U. S. Immigra-
ton Office.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

Yesterday there opened for busi-
'ess in Nogales% Sonora, in the Hotel
ujan building, at the corner of Cam
pillo and Arizpe streets, new drug
store, named "Botica Sonora" which
new and elegant establishment is un-
ler the management of Mr.. Filiberto
Saldamando, a gentleman well and
widely known.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25
SONORA

Within a few days there is expect
4d to. arrive at Guaymas from the
City of Mexico, Gen. Juan Jose Rios,
named by President Carranza to take
command of the federal forces in the
state of Sonora, in place of Gen. Juan
5. Torres, who has been ordered to
the City of Mexico to report for duty
elsewhere.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

How many a little child of the Nea
Last Law down on the desert sand O
Christmas Day, never to rise again
Only the little bones that strew thu
road so many miles can answer. The
ere dying by the thousands. Their
are thousands to be saved. Have yc,
done your share?
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new PRODUCER
CONTINUED from Page y

S550,O00 worth of silver ore showing
on the property. There are 773e
tons of ore on the dumps worth ap-
proximately $4,000.
A continuous outcrop exists 1900
feet in length, which has been opened
in places showing remarkable ore.
Layman states that at nm early
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

Have you done your share to make
this happy Christmas the world
over If not it is not too late. Vol
urteer subscriptions to be used for
the succor of little children are be-
ing received by the Near East Relief
Headquarters, Phoenix.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25
A HANDSOME XMAS PREsENT

Mr.. E. E. Noon, the well known
mining engineer, residing at 313
Noon Street, has presented his wife
for a Christmas remembrancer a
most elegant seven passenger Buick
touring car. The lady is justly
proud of her new acquisition, and the
spirit in which it is given.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

Christmas entertainments at the
churches yesterday evening, were lar
gely attended and enjoyed very great
ly by all participants.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

Heavy shipments of railway con
struction material have been receiv-
eo at Nogales recently and crossec
into Me,ico, forwarded to Sinaloa fo1
reconstruction of the line of the
Southern Pacific of Mexico.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

CHOICE APPLES-On sale at Merri-
wether & Co.'s Photo Gallery, 1913
Arroyo boulevard. These apples are
from Mr.. James Brash's orchard,
Patagonia. 12-20-10t
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

At the family residence, in Nogales,
Sonora, Tuesday evening, Miss Ma
ia Morachi entertained a pleasant
party of her young friends at an ele-
CANT dinner dance.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

FOR SALE-Brick house, nicely loca-
ted; cheap for cash; also some lots
for cash, at bargain. Dunbar's
Real Estate Company. II If.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

Nor Roy Davenport from Douglas,
is visiting his father, Mr.. J. E. Da-
venport of the Montezuma hotel.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

According to reports received from
the deltas of the Rios Yaqui and Ma
yo, the garbanzo crop in Sonora thi
season of 1919 will reach one milliol
sacks.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25
The brightest fights are ours,
Arizona Gas & Electric Co.

The voice of One who watched 1us
lrepare our gifts in celebration of
His birthday comes again to the ears
of our souls "a am hungry" Have
you subscribed for the Near East Re-
lief?
The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-25

Another shipment of Sonora cattle
+ export is expected within a few
ays from Magdalena and Altar dis
tricts. There will be about 1900
head.