Show an appeal made to 10 make red ked cross I 1 edition a bucce success ss editor vernal express I 1 desire to say a word or two relative to the generous offer made by y you a to turn over to the local chap tr of the red cross fifty per cent of all now new subscriptions it is an all example of patriotism that should stir the heart of every red blooded american in the uintah basin and I 1 should be taken advantage of 0 to the utmost it should result in placing the express in every home in uintah county to my lay mind every reader of the express should for or subscribers like red cross members worked tor for members last december furthermore any person ha under the circumstances would refuse to subscribe would to most people appear in the role of a slacker in the light of events num now pressing upon the heels of each other at the battle front who gouid refuse to do hla his bit would such a person prefer a further under the dominion of S the satan inspired german autocracy fk our oar own boys the flesh and blood got ot people people living here in the ashley valley may at this hour be in the very jame jab in this the greatest battla bantli an in all history it is a life and death struggle with a toe foe that tor for pure bar bakity and cruelty outstrips the practices of the indians indiana of the elal plains s or even th mexican bandits as th the sun outshines out shines the dimmest stars I 1 lait 5 it reasonable to suppose that i ar al our ur sons and brothers will es cape the shot shell bombs and gas of the coun countless tims german hordes it they tall fall wounded mounded who but the red cross will minister to theirl their wants Is there a L van lan an with soul so dead that ho he would dry up the fountains of ower of the red cross by refusing thera them support suppose your own son or brother or even your neighbors bon should fa I 1 wounded on the battlefield battle field and tor for want of supplies aril ani red cross workers he be unnecessarily should da from wounds because of enforced neglect when I 1 small contribution might have saved sated his life would your conscience be clear Al alfill jill if any boedler should die that our contri contribution butto n might save but because you do not glee give his life is s lost are you guiltless on the other hand if our soughs by your generosity in helping the red cross are made to feel as arthur guy empy did when ahen he encountered the red cross you ou will be proud that you nave nae done your luty kuty lie sas the inside of this train looked like heaven to me just pure white and we met our first red cross nurses we thought they were I 1 nice little soft bunks and clean white sheets A red cross nurse sat beside me during the whole ride which lasted three hours he be wa hold holding ilig my wrist later on I 1 learned that she was taking my pulse every rem few minutes as I 1 was weak from loss of blood and they expected me to snuff 4 it but I 1 lie ile was restored to health and has lived to inspire the allied world by his description of his experiences in continued on page eight an appeal made to make lied cross edition a success Conti continued nied ii bronit cm page one net f the war suppose that for or lack ot of funds the red bross workers could not lave have saved his bis we llie ahey would have tailed failed la in their mission and a giftie soul boul would have been lost to tae ane world ampey la is a utah boy the red cross work la in an ver ever increasing volume la Is needed yes yea needed tor our very own almah county boys and the be need to la right now tomorrow may be too late now the express has made this great offer it should be taken advantage of by every person it you have paid up cor or the current year subscribe for or one or two years in i avance ahe I 1 he hix presa la in re as one of the best beat country newspapers la in the west it Is quoted widely in papers in utah and other states it la is a great conveyor ox ot original news the news of all parts of tho iho county are collected weekly and aad no one can keep up with local events unless lie he is a reader ot of the it goes to about every state in the union and to alaska all public announcements are mado made through its columns this applies to civil business social amusement and religious notices these alone make the paper in every home a ROCes necessity sItY again as a means of attracting attention to our wondrous natural resources it la Is above price to our boys in the army and navy it is a solace and a comfort beyond computation you cannot conA conceive elve ot of the joy that is conveyed weekly to them through its columns these and numerous other weighty considerations makes it worth the money ten times over in subscribing you are helping the community and incidentally yourself what would this community be without a paper T Is it necessary T are you loyal to your own community it if you do not support the paper which is the very voice of the com its pages tell of the happiness of he advent of your now new born babes of the marriages of your young men and maidens it chronicles your notable business operations and the public activities of the community when affliction by disease or accident overtakes you your friends learn of it through the columns of the express and when you die the story of your life in brief is placed on record these facts published freely become in moot moat cases a history and the only history of the activities of your life the fileti fileo of the express are the authentic history of the community As ten an advocate of jewry thIng that stands for community uplift your home paper is one of the most potent influences for good that has ha over ever been devised this fact alone ju justifies the loyal support that it should receive consider tor for a moment the service it continually renders in war work it la is the vey very fymbo it t unselfish patriotic seme there is every reason why the two great public and I 1 may say philanthropic objects viz helping the red cross and supporting the home hom paper should be done by th wid of f every household at one and the same time by subscribing for the best beat local capr in the state elate the vernal express the offer to give halt its subscriptions subscript script lons ions to the red cross entitles it to a place in every home respectfully CHARLES B BART LErr |