Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-16
EDITORIAL COMMENT
VOLUME THREE.
W. c. Black, Editor

VOLUME HIRE
TWO years ago about now, the Churchill Standard entered
this pessimistic world of chinch bugs, politicians and
trouble. At that time it let out its initial yell in a frantic en-
deavor to uplift humanity, Fanon, Churchill county, and a
n%eighboring crop ofsad faced pumpkins. Since that memorable
day when the earth trembled and the heavens were darkened out
ofhonor to the occasion, the Standard has Cut a new set of
false teeth and a few individuals in its we'll meaning way, but the
price of subscription aud job work remains the same.
Notwithstanding these charities, the age habit endures,
and we must continue to take on birthdays. Age, as well as
carelessness grows on us, as we'll as on the male members of the
human famny,a and time only abets the process-one instance in
which time is short.
But with increasing 9ge, as the Standard grows older, it has
gathered a few chunks of wisdom as well as moss. 1t has
learned that most everything in this office that glitters is gold,
although there are many days of late, when the thermometer
hutters around the zero mark, that the glitter turns to a cold
shiver. But the greed of gold and the pace that kills are two
things of the least importance around a newspaper office. no
matter how insignificant, and the Standard is no exception to
this rule.
Faith, hope and charity are the ~goddesses upon whose mus
cular and sun burnt shoulders the foundations OF all great things
are builded and the Standard has faith in its subscribers, hope
in their failing memories, and charity for their deinquencies
Let MS pause to ask, could anything be more magnanimous?
Speaking seriously, it is a matter of the keenest pride with
the present management, that it is permitted to dictate the
policy of the first paper ever published in Churchill county
While we cannot swell our chests over any responsibility in
building the matchless irrigation system now under
course reconstruction in the Carson Sink, the major portion. of
which is situate in the county mentioned, we consider it a rare
privilege, to be able to give the trend of current events in this
section realizing that they will soon be instrumental i'll the crea-
ton of a small empire, where the homebuIder, no matter whom,
may be vested with a home at the hands Of an all wise and in
dulgent government. The subject is one constantly suggesting
uew ideas and it would not require any special gift to be able to
90 on writing indefinitely as regards the possibilities of the future.
1t is enough to know that during the two short years consti-
tutng the Standards life, the Carson Sink irrigation project has
assumed tangible form. The most difficult problems have been
solved by the engineers in charge, canals and laterals have been
constructed. and hundreds ofhomes have been hOmesteaded-the
only method by which government land can be secured-and
with the advent ofsprng, water will be had III abundance. As
time goes on new land will be added to the project, as work pro-
crosses, until at the end of a few years more, four hundred thous-
and acres ofrich producing lands will be converted into homes
of an average size of so acres. The poss Utilities are beyond
the dreams of an Optimist. The Standard will consider 1t honor
enough to chronicle events as they transpire, for it Is a privilege
accorded few. Beyond promise to give occurrences in this
connection, and an occasional mention of local happenings,
we have no pledges to make.