The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-10
The Dog Is A First Class Soldier

c7N HE fact that an advertiser using the want column of The Silver
NN | State is offering to give away pups which are" Just dog" recalls
~ an article which was published in the Christian Science Monitor
MKMN51MIN a few days ago, concerning Dogs in the War" No history to
USSn be written of the great wal will be complete. declares that news
UGWXSN paper unless it shall record, at least in some measure, the part
enlisted as sentnels sconts and ssan Thas anaO =. SO $500
divisions, often impressed into service in the most hazardous UNDERTAKINGS,
where shot and shell fell thickest and where gases were a constant menace,
cording to accounts brought back from the fronts, they in n o way exempn.
fed the wanton savagery with which these stored beasts have been endowed
The dog in war. the faithful animal which has earned and received the
badge of valor bestowed 70. faithful service, is the dog of civilization, the
ageOd friend and companion of a humane master. From fox terrier to
ONE 0r befnard, n ALASKAN malamute, a broad and comprehensive sweep
which marks n o class distinction o. pride of caste, it is said that at the time
Of the signing of the arnishce there we're at least 1000 Of these four-footed
allies in service or the battle fronts. Many of them were accounted for on
the regfmenal rosters, exactly a the records If soldiers were kept
1t IA b that in detailed accounts of the a yet to be written there will
ey n the part of these thousands of faithful dogs, but the fact can be re-
has beer marked nm sgsfnst oo 81 theao q" nn u ums a. ue orucai moneh
posts for hours a a time, always alert, keen of eye and keen of scent
seemingly ignoring great danger of which they were o the less sensible
they rendered invaluable service.
As the range in size and characteristics of the dogs in the ar as of
great Sc also "a the range in the services rendered. Some of these dogs.
a if comprehending the meaning Of the work in which they we're enlisted
readily did scout and patrol duty for any company tic which they were
assigned The cause, as it were, and not the individual, to be served
Another type of dog knew on master only and served but one. This
master he as trained to seek whenever given the opportunity, and would
eek MN through hre, gas, and shell shot. never stopping until the
search ended. These dogs, it is said carried countless messages of great
Importance to places which n o other messenger could have reached. In
other york where the passage of motors or horses was impossible. and
mneie mn memseVes could scarcely endure the hardships. the sled dogs
from Alaska and Labrador were utilized in the transportation of munitions
ances could have reached hen IN r. vo "en nv oel oo"es
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year Of the war.
Viii those who know the dog. that animal need no chamnion r. do
fender AS the possessor of courage. fidelity, and affection, the title Of the
dog has been established. He doesn't care if you call him lust dog; and
like human beings he likes to be called ito dinner" His love is not for war
any more than is that of tn soldier suddenly called to arm in a great world
emergency. u 9th Will fight when the time comes, in a great cause. side
by side And it's a sign of bad luck to be On the other side.
Although thu Victory Liberty Loan has dragged, 81 Ia a. official report
OF salesin indicate, yet from personal experience in Pittsburgh and New Yorl
during the closing days of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign the writer has
no doubt that the nation will be found far over the top" when the figure
are IL in. Like the soldier who has been in a few battles. W TAX Liberty
loans easier as W get used to them. We even like em.
The Victory Loan will go across; but if anything as calculated to kill
its chances in Nevada-as seen from IN advertising viewpoint-t vas the
effort ito start the War Savings Stamp drive this week. Moreover. the i'll
timed launching of the stamp drive could do no possible good for that cause
In the ambient blue the airships flew,
And all Wfnnemucca a right thar. tew.
We've a memry bright and a crck in the neck
But we "a them airships fly by Hecki
shooting up a Tonopah shack for advertising purposes is probably the sam
now works for nothing.
After all u arguing and tn ordinations and determinations regarding
the Nevada prizefght bfn-to think that the town o the Maumee, in tn
enee East secured the MILL
Why not change or mind and buy N lore Victory bond safernoon
Telephone Girl stock is high al Tonopah- We speak of the mine.