The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-05-07
SAID fALLON MUST RESPOND WITH
FULL QUOTA IF PRESTIGE IS UPHELD
Attorney A. L. Haight Stirred Large Audience Sunday
Evening When He Recounted Our Countrys War
and Cited Reasons Why We Must Not Fail

this situation, we are today confront
ed with the fact that, with less than
week remaining to meet our quota.
we have subscribed to date but 2
small part of the amount of bonds
allotted TO us. What is the matter ?
Do men think that because the. yerye
of mortal combat is abated they NAV
give their patriotism rest9 | de-
cline to believe, unless 1t be finally
shown by the failure of this loan
that the American people are indif-
ferent TO the honorable commitments
OF their government or would dimin-
ish the splendor of the nations
achievements in war by an exhibi-
tion OF avariee in time of peace
America, of all the nations has
found and fairly won the warmest
and brightest place in the sun, and
to the same extent that the eyes o.
the world are upon us will the re
! ipeet which we now command be
shattered II it be shown that we can
not keep our balance under the re-
coil. American soldiers in France
never lost foot of ground which
they once had gained, and civilian
America will not let II be said thai
her soldiers are more patriotic than
Ter civilians.
II has been said that IT will be jlf
acult TO float this loan not only be
cause the war is now over, but alsf
because the American people have
already made great sacrifices Il
bring that result about, What df
they mean by the sacrifices of war az
far as America is concerned? Whert
are our devastated fields and ruined
cities7 Where are our cathedral
destroyed and homes profaned
Where are our flooded mines and pi'
aged factories? Where are our de
iled women and starved and manned
children and wrecked men? Where
)n this wide continent does hunger
stalk abroad or pestilential disease
,laim its thousands of victims? True
We have already loaned to our gov
ernment some eighteen billion dol
lars, but when men undertake tt
compute the sacrifices of a war foi
freedom in terms of dollars IL would
be well for them to visualize some 0.
the things which occurred on thf
battle fronts of France and Belgium
but few short months ago. Thu
one might perceive the real meaninr
OF saerlfoe-what human heroism
endured for the liberty of the racg
here and the wide world over. The
battle field of Ypres will live in sone
and story. through time and eterni
~ as one of the most memorable Of
which history will ever give account
Standing on a gentle knoll, this his
torie town of Ypres. with no strateg-
ic or real military value In itself
was seemingly the symbol of that
for which Britain and her comrade
nations fought From it, one looks
out and around>upon miles and miles
of a dead level plain, with not 3
shrub to shield from view the body
of a single brave man whose yalor
lllumines the history of the tremend-
GUS conflict there. Directly to the
north is Paschaendale Ridge and to
the southeast, Mt. Kimmel. constitut-
Ing the only high ground anywhere
to be seen. These heights were held
by veteran Prussian legions, who
from their SUBMITS could see the
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