Weekly journal-miner., 1921-06-01

Tribute of honor and affection was paid to the soldier dead of Prescott and the nation, in Memorial day ex- ercises and decoration of the graves of every fallen soldier in the city, yesterday and Sunday.
 Committees of the Ernest A. Love post cf the American Legion and the Buckley O'Neill post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, cooperating with the Women's Auxiliary of the legion post, Sunday carried flags and wreaths made by the school children of Prescott, to over 250 graves of ex-service men in the Citizens and Mountain View cemeteries, and that at Whipple Barracks.
 On the grave of J. K. Theobald at Mountain View cemetery was laid beautiful wreath fashioned by Mrs. Allan Love, mother of Ernest A. Love, as symbol of tribute to the graves of all the soldier dead The wreath bore the names of Ernest Love, American aviator killed in France, and Howard Morrow, local boy and graduate of Prescott High school, killed while serving overseas with the Canadian army.
 The salute was fired by squad of overseas veterans. Betty Coburn and Martha Yount scattered flowers over the grave.
 At the exercises at Mountain View cemetery yesterday, Dr. C. E. Yount delivering the Memorial address, put into words the sentiment of the day. Dr. Yount said:
 'Fifty-three years ago today, the first Memorial day celebration was held in America. It was conceived and ordered by the commander-in- chief of the Grand Army of the Re public, John A. Logan, for the pur- pose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebel ! lion The modest hope of this hero, | that it will be kept up from year to . year., has been realized in all the states but two.
 Created as a day of reverence and i remembrance for the soldier dead of the north, 1t was later adopted by | the southern states (date not always the same) by common consent, all l of our dead are tenderly remem- bered.
 ''The war department was quick to grasp the patriotic value of Memorial day, and shortly thereafter, army 1 regulations prescribed the following: On Memorial day, May 30, at all army posts and stations, the national | flag will be displayed at half-staff ! from sunrise to midday, and before noon the band or field music will, play some appropriate air, and the | national salute of 2l guns will be fired at F IT.. at all posts and sta tions provided with artillery-at the conclusion of this memorial tribute, at noon, the flag will be hoisted to the top of the staff and will remain | there until sunset. When hoisted to | the top of the staff, the flag will be | saluted by playing one or more ap-I propriate patriotic airs. In this way fitting testimonial of respect for the | heroic dead and honor to thei rpa- triotic devotion, will be appropriately | rendered.
 Titus would our army see to 1t | that so long as we have troops under | arms and whenever they may be sta tioned, due respect will be paid to our hero dead on Memorial day.
 "I stood in the great national cemetery at Gettysburg, on Memorial day, I saw the school children of that little town decorate with flow CTS and flags the graves of hundreds of unknown dead, Blue and Gray | alike, with as much tenderness and sympathy as though it were their own father or brother who slept be- meath that beautiful sward.
 "I stood in the national cemetery at Arlington, the once beautiful home of Robert E. Lee I saw 300 freshly dug graves waiting for their hero dead, our noble youth who had per ished in Cuba, that justice and lib- erty might prevail. Official Wash ington stood at attention with bow