Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-10-20
OF LOCAL INTEREST

Mrs. j. E. Hicks and little son and
daughter returned home Monday from
California, where they spent Il SUM-
mer. Mr.. Hicks face is decorated by
u smile of good sized proportions.
Ed Schweikert has purchased the
interest of Jess Holman, his former
partner in the Richelieu saloon business,
. and will conduct the establishment III
the future alone.
The attorneys OF the town are making
n general exchange, w. 5. Wall moving
TO new quarters in the bank building,
while A. NJ. Bnrd, who formerly occu-
pied offices in the court house, has
moved to the quarters formerly occu-
pied by Mr.. Wall.
George Saunders, an expert mixolo-
pi-t formerly in the employ of the Re-
ception. opened up a neat. little place of
business OF his own Wednesday and is
named his place the Novelty and is
enjoying a liberal patronage.
Mrs. Nancy Sanford, accompanied by
her son Lish and family, arrived home
Yesterday from Winnemucca, where she
visited for two weeks. Lish comes back
TO Churchill county to live and will
make his future home at Saltwater,
where he has employment on the Free
man ranch.
Senator W. w. Williams returned
Tuesday evening from Elko county,
where he has been for the past month.
The senator stated hat his cattle and
sheep were in an excellent condition ,
the best in fact for many years. While
away he made a number OF large sales
OF both beef and mutton.
Miss Frances Pike, OF Reno, a former
Churchill county girl, accompanied her
father. Hon. W. H.A Pike, Democratic
candidate for district judge, TO this
place and spent the week as the guest
of Miss Florence Kent, while Mr.. Pike
made the rounds OF the 'voting precincts
OF the county.
Senator Williams contaminated sal,
last week whereby he transferred to a.
San Francisco meat firm, l04 head OF h 5
three year old steers, receiving therefor
six cents per pound. The average
weight OF his steers was 1880, aud the
average price received n.the neighbor.
hood OF S32.
Joe Jarvis, the Fairview merchant
banker, spent Tuesday and "Wednesday
in Fallon. Joe stated that his company
was making preparations to embark il
the Wonder field with an institution
similar 10 the one now in operation l.
Eairyiew. Messrs. Douglass x Jarvis
are hustlers and will cover their field.
The first issue Of the Nevada Mining
Investor is a journal that is all that it..
name implies. 1t is C mmitted. nnr'
seryedly to the Legitimate mining inter
ests OF the state, and it is a neat publ
cation, calculated to do "A great deal o.
good. Messrs. B%arndollar, King and
Norcross, all able men in their particu-
lar lines, are the owners and publish
ers.
S. A. White, Metropolitan candidate
for justice of tie peace OF New Rive
precinct, arrived III fallon Thursda
from a short prospecting trip in Cox
Canyon, in company with Van r.. FL
Ilott, the veteran mining man. M
White departed on the same day and
will not be back for ten days, at whicl
time he will enter actively into tic
work OF the campaign
Judge Peter N. Packard has received
the announcement of the engagement ul
his only daughter, Edna ii. Packard, to
DR.. H. j. Hill, a prominent young ply
stefan of Negaunee, Michigan, the
judges former home. The date of the
marriage is set for October 29th, and
Mrs. Packard recently departed from
Reno for the east, that sire might be
able to witness the ceremony, after
which she will return to Fallon, where
she and her estimable husband will in
The future make their home;
Taylor avenue, traveAsing Nil-
liame addition, is destined to occupy
relatively the same place in Eaflon that
Van Mess avenue occupied in San Fran
cisco before the fire, unless all signs
fail. Although the residence building
did not commence in that district until
within the last few weeks, already "A
number OF very neat houses have been
built and several more are projected.
Among the houses that now occupy IA
Mace on the avenue are the homes of
4. r. Jefiries, G.. NJ. Burchell, Sam Ro-
eenberr and George Cofirin, while Geo.
Villeneuve, w. X. Lee, W. Il. Gilbert
and w. &. Black viii soon have struct-
ures erected.
Clyde +. Wardlow, an employe OF the
owl mine at Eastgate and Miss Sierra
Pattof, OF Taylorsville, California, were
theprincipalsi in a contract contaminated
at the New River hotel Wednesday
evening by Rev. q. W. Black, which
makes it obligatory upon them, that
they shall walk down LIES path to-
gether.
= A Carson paper published jane 49,
1875, gives quotations then made Tor
Nevada mining shares. They were;
Consolidated Virginia. $3i5; Eureka
Consolidated, $780, ophir, $40;
California, $3.50; Gould and Curry,
sl7. so; Crown Point, So so; Hale and
Norcross, $3.50; yellow Jacket $50;
Belcher, s27; Mexican, sl7.75; ana
No.; e-k 6o Read the quotations OF