The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-23
Corporal York. Battling for the Lord Slew "a Germans Machine
Gun Nest and With Five Assistants Captured 80 Of the
Enemy. Including Four Officers Was Willing
to Drill but Not KILL

mean to be unsociable. either. Cor
poral York took after him.
The York estate comprises 40 acres /
of land. of which part is rich bottom |
land. but most Is hill country. The /
house has one room on the ground /
floor. which is dining room. sitting 1
room and all. while the loft is every
body's bedroom. The kitchen Is n
lean-to, built against the house. The
farm crops are corn and hay and the
live stock consists Of a pair of mules,
cow, some hogs and chickens. All
about the place is tall virgin timber.
Lived Life Of a Pioneer.
So Corporal York. before he went to
war, lived in the one-room house In
a clearing. which was the usual home
of the American pioneer, and the life
he lived was just such life as his
forefathers had lived for generations.
When not engaged In filling his 40
acre farm he commonly Went hunting.
All Of the men Whereabouts go hunt
Ing and are good shots. but York
was especially efficient with the rifle.
The standard and favorite game of
the section is the squirrel. Every man
has squirrel dog, and good one Is
worth $50 OF $40. The dog trees the
squirrel, and the hunter shoots it
always through the head, so as not to
mangle the meat. II you want to know
how Corporal York learned to shoot.
try to knock a squirrel out Of a tall
hickory tree with n rifle, shooting al
ways for the head. They also hunt
foxes here, running them with dogs
and bringing down the swift quarry
from a stand" On autumn nights
coon hunting Is In order. The coon
Is chased up tree by the dogs.
In the old days the tree was then
always chopped down. so that the dogs
and the coon could fight it out, no mat
ter who owned the tree or how valu-
able 1t was. Recently, owing to the
against cutting down $40 tree to get
81 coon has developed and this is
regarded with contempt by the old
timers as sign of the degenerate mod
ern mercenary spirit.
The law in this section Is whatever
local custom approved, and 1t does moi
approve Of restricting mans persona
freedom. This Is fact of prim,
Importance to the understanding O.
Corporal York. Every man here car
ries gun, and is prepared as mat
ter Of course, to shoot anyone WHIT
presumes to trespass on his prem
ises.
Men Make Their Own Liquor.
Every man who wants to do S,
makes his own whisky, keeps It in hi
house and drinks 1t when he pleases
Stills are operated somewhat quietly
/ in Difference to federal regulations, bu
! the revenue officer does not intrud
= much. 1t would be impossible her
to enforce the Mann act, the Harriso
: drug law, the prohibition law, or an
! other law which involves opening bae
gage and invading premises. Thes
: people stand by the Constitution as
I is written, not as 1t Is interpreted
! Their creed In brief is that as long a
: man does not interfere with anyon
l else, no one has a right to interior
, with him. That was the gist of Pa
5 rick Henry's. bill of rights.
4 Like most men who value their III
: erty, these mountaineers have stron
sense of justice. They believe in tn
- proper use Of liquor by responsible
f persons. When couple of bOotleggel
n came into the neighbOrhood and bega
|. selling whisky TO boys, posse WI
e organized and the bOotleggers dlsal
Il peared. The law was not invoked.
l. Mountaineer Is Religious.
l. Next to his personcl freedom, Il
s thing that mountain man takes mo
seriously Is his religion. He believe
J. in the Bible as the source of truth, ar
Y as guide for human conduct.
IS In these regions the church is
IS place of sincere worship, place of s
l. cial gathering and an emotional exp
h rience. No doubt in all remote r
d giOns the church takes somewhat Il