The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-03-19

i now realize that the end Of such q car
nival Is near. They are putting money
In the bank now against the day when
a dollar will look q whole lot bigger
than II has at any time within the
last eighteen months. The tendency
to buy that which they do not need Is
declining. And now that they have
commenced to spend their money for
necessities, and to put the other away.
II won't be long until things settle
down and we will get back on basis
where everyone will be q whole lot
happier. wiser and better OF than
they could hope to be IL money spend
ing continued to be . craze.
The wise man will tell you that the
surest way to have money for what
you need 10 to refrain from buying
what you do not need.
Some Phoebe men never seem to re-
alize that a joke IL secondhand once
1t has been cracked.
II the League Of Nations pact should
be signed up before the summer IL
over We wonder what the candidates
will do for paramount ISSUE"
They're going to let Germany try
the kaiser. according to the latest re-
port. She's already tried him once and
look how she came out.
It's getting up to the edge of tn.
season when the people Of Phoebe and
community ought to begin garden
talk. That IL. with the approach Of
spring we ought to have q revival In
po rAnn ~ ga ~r,Ao
the funny men Of the newspapers have
victory garden. they. certainly did lot
Of good. We ought to have more Of
them this year than we ever had. for
there will be Just a. much need for
them and they will prove just A. help
full in keeping down the high cost Of
living.
The war garden never received tho
credit to which It was entitled. Few
people appreciated Just how much they
helped the nation. Funny stories were
told about them and jokes made OF the
attempts of some people to grow q lit.
tie food in the back yard. But every
vegetable brought to maturity con-
tributsd that much toward keeping
prices Of foodstuffs to Q lower stand
ard Of prices. Those who did not
grow anything were therefore bene-
fitted along with the greater beneit
secured by those who actually raised
something.
There IL no reason to believe that
garden vegetables will be much cheap
er this year. for It now looks a.
though they will be a. high or higher.
1t 10 going to cost just a. much to
produce the vegetables; labor isn't
going to be any cheaper this spring
than it was last spring-nor Is any
thing else. SO It will be well for peo-
pie who have plat Of ground. or whu
can rent plat. to begin figuring upon
growing something ON It. and this Is
the season to do the figuring.
Girls ought to make good book.
keepers" said 4 well-known Phoebe
man yesterday. because they're good
at making up figures.
Now comes England asking us to
recognize Russia. Even her closest
friend would have hard time recog-
mixing her after what she has been
through.
Instead Of 20 much talk about seiz.
ing the ex-kaiser's fortune. why does
not someone jump In and seize It?
And II wishes were horses q whole
lot Of Phoebe people would be riding In
From early days the country doctor
money. Considering the Importance Of
= Il
being Of the community, he gets the
smallest reward the public offers any
Of the men in learned professions. His
once hours are day and night. Dis
lance never interferes and weather has
no terrors for him. He gets NO cash In
advance and he cannot exact high
fee for night calls such as his brothers
in the big cities charge. When there
Is call he goes. for they are all his
II they pay him
promptly he IL fortunate. II they
never pay him he gets along some
other way. The largest item on his
ledger IL charity service. and when It
comes to DOWNRIGHT. openhearted char
ity We defy any citizen Of Phoebe to
name one man who does Il any oftener
or in any larger quantity than the
country doctor. His ledger 10 heaviest
on the side which holds accounts
owing" But he 10 optimistio and
hopes sometime before he dies to get
something In the way Of . payment
out Of all Of them. And then. when he
dies, he has many dollars owing him
but few In the bank.
I Larger fees and more Of them are
offered doctors In the big cities. He
has paved streets over which to travel
instead Of miserable mud roads which
the follows who get sick and need him
lost refuse to AZ up 20 he can ret 70
them quickly when they are stricken.
He gives away millions In advice dur
Ing his .lifstims-and yet X he pre-
ssnts bill ana bseks to collect enough
TO settle with the grocer or the butcher
about nine out Of ten blurt out: well.
I wonder II he thinks amt good
for T."
Uncle Sam says restaurants and ho.
tails may use alcohol In baking and
roasling. but . private Individual oAn.
not ret any Tor stew"
A Alehona woman has become the
mother ef Ase second ut Of tSiDlstA