Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-08-19

III
The editor of the Caliente Express is
named Hose. It's dollars to donghnuts
that he is the first country editor who
ever wore socks continuously.
TAFT
Harvesting OF wheat is in full blast in
the Lovelock valley. The yield is re-
ported as very good, but the acreage is
much smaller than last year.
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A new dining hall is be erected imme-
diately at the State University, bids for
the work being opened this week and
the contract awarded at $685..
Burglars secured 5000 from the slot
machines in a Battle Mountain saloon
one night recently. Up to this time the
town had no police officer, but this has
decided the citizens to employ a night
Waterman.
Goldfeld is to have street cars and a
modern water system, 5000 900 in stock
for the enterprise being subscribed by
local and eastern capitalists. An effort
is to be made to have both systems in
operation within the next six months.
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4 railroad day" celebration is to be
held at Goldfeld about the lst of Sep
TENDER, when the first train from Tono-
pah will arrive, There will be two
days of hilarity, not the least OF the at
fractions being a genuine Spanish bull
fight.
At Sparks the Washoe and Piute In
dian tribes have begun their big pow
WOW, and the Dispatch announces that
it is a complete success. 1t must be one
OF the highly successful social events OF
The Sparks society season, ii n is to
Judge from the Piute howls that are in
nightly evidence in the Indian village
near this city,
A Denver genius has invented and
patented a keyless paddock which bids
fair to quickly come into general use.
The paddock is about the size OF an ord
mary watch and has eleven locks oper-
ated by small push buttons. 1t can be
set for any combination and works on
the same principle as a cash drawer.
The keyhole industry is threatened
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A recent report, compiled from the
records OF the courts shows that during
tla ,,oe. xrAar IN Nan Nnrl- GitN olana
no less than 100 wives, the great ma
iority OF whom have small children,
have been abandoned by their husbands,
while o one case is recorded where
the husband was abandoned by the wife.
INVESTIGATION or ''other women" is given
As the chief reasons.
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Within a few days now the entire town
OF Hawthorne will be placed on freight
ears and moved to Miner, the new divls-
ion point on the California 4 Nevada
railroad. Hawthorne is the county seat
OF Esmeralda county, but a change in
tracks, much after the manner in which
Wadsworth was treated. has left the in
habitants in a position where they must
either accept the railroads offer TO move
all buildings to Miner, or refuse and be
off the map for all time to come.
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Lovelock reports an active volcano
crater 30 miles northwest from there,
and the report has received credence
abroad as evidenced by the announced
pilgrimage TO be commenced o by
the University OF Nevada biologists, who
desire to study the conditions as pre-
scented by what is said to be Il genuine
Twins crater. 1t is likely that the erup-
ton is a closing manifestation OF the
processes that contributed towards max
ing this section, ii being claimed that
The whole State of Nevada il Of volcanic
origin.
A Hazen lady decided the other day
to scare her husband, a man who was
quite a heavy drinker, and to this end
she procured a costume of q devil, used
previously nj a masquerade ball. She
hoped thereby TO effect a reform. The
next day the erriLg spouse came home
drunk, as usual, and the wife met him
at the door CARRIED in the costume of the
devil. Stepping forward, she said:
Come with me, Mr.. Blank, l am the
devil" The result rather startled her,
as the response which greeted her was,
"Zat so, shake OIL boy; I'm your broth
er-in-law; | married your sister"
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Within a week it is expected that the
Ha2en cut loft will be placed in operation
and the first through trains III from
San Francisco to Tonopah, We are in
formed through the Sparks department
OF the Reno Journal. -Four telegraph
49,: ...all.l $4,000 L.