Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-09-22
OF C. INTEREST

Mrs. L. NJ. Brown has been gu lie
sick, during the past week, but is o
reported to better.
Miss Carrie Umphlette of Ora"ys
Pass, Oregon, passed through Fallon
Monday on her way TO FairvleW.
r. L, Douglass sold Wednesday to
the Reclamation Department SO tons OF
alfalfa hay, which brought him $3.50
per ton III the stack.
School opened Monday with an at
tendance OF seventy-tiye pupils, which
is quite a creditable number for opening
day. Within another three weeks this
number should be increased to more
than n hundred.
Wildes & Smith, the contractors, will
commence Monday the work OF
erecting a residence on the George Ernst
ranch, neal st. Clair. The new true
ture will be two stories in height, and
will be large and roomy. The cost of
the dwelling, according to the contract
ors, will be slightly in excess OF $1,000.
c. w. Wightman will leave Monday
Tor the Reese river valley, where he re-
Gently purchased 80 head OF cattle.
The larger part Of the cattle are feeders,
but the number includes a bunch OF
beef cattle for Mightman q Downs To-
cal meat trade,
Lemuel Allen, Jr. lett Wednesday for
Carson City, with his racing stable,
comprising the we'll known horses Hip
ponaX, Ruth Wells and Fair Lillian.
lie will enter them in the various races
scheduled under the auspices OF the
Carson Jockey Club, after which he will
take in the Eastern Nevada and North
ern California circuits.
DR.. q. NJ. Gardner accompanied
his chauffeur, William Staniger, on his
first trip into Eairyiew, leaving her.
Monday. Mr.. Stranger, although II be-
ginner in auto matters, is proving quite
an adept and will doubtless make an
expert driver. DR.. Gardner expects to
place his Royal car in Reno fol the clty
t%aattic, and Mr.. Stranger will have
charge OF its operations,
The Churchill Standard is indebted to
j. T. Partain and f.. w. Stephenson,
two OF Churchill countx's energetic
homesteaders, for melons, which were
OF especially fine flavor and large. a
test at the dinner table determined the
TACT 10 the satisfaction OF the editor :
family, that Carson Sink melons We're
unsurpassed anyN here under the sun.
r. L. Douglass has been awarded the
contract by the Reclamation Dcpait-
ment to furnish the working lOlces,
soOn to be busted with construction
work in District Three, with meat, hay
and grain. The contract Is II large one,
and means the delivery o4 supplies ny
Mr.. Douglass TO the value OF approx
mately $4,000.
Eric Morrison, the Eastgate mining
man, passed through L alton TUESDAY un
his way to the owl group OF CLAIMS,
where he expects TO at once commence
development work on a scale hitherto
unknown IN the Eastgate section. Near
all OF the leasers who nave been at
work on the Owl property, have been
off, and in the future Mr., Nor
rison expects to do his own development
work.
That Churchill county will produce
peanuts OF fine quality has been proven
our fellow townsman, A. k. Jeffrey,
who experimental this year, II sue
ceeded IN raising quite a lew plants III
NdIu III IdllOIB Will lIt lIp1ilNb
we'll matured. Owing to the sandy ma
ture OF the soil in the Carson Sink, and
the warm season, those who know say
that the peanut industry IS sure TO be-
come of good sized proportions in the
future.
j. W. Vannoy, the enterprising har-
ness and saddle man, lett " ednesaay
evening Tor Sacramento and san Fran
cisco, where he viii purchase his tall
and winter stock. Mr.. Nannoy stated
that he had lately returned lrom II lou
OF the mining camps, Il thai he had
every reason 10 belIeve that the coming
seasons sales wonld be unusually large,
and that the lines to be ordeled Would
conform to this opinion. Mir, Naunoy
is a hustler and Will do we'll.
Or. f. Z Wichman, a young doctor
who spent several weeks i'll taIlon "A
1,aar ago, is under arrest at Reno, charg-
cd with having performed Il criminal
upon Lily Benson, a girl OF l6
veara The girl made a dying statement
Wiehman with culpablity il
h afY.ir. Nichman's connection with
the affair doe not surprise hls Fallon ac-
anointonces. as he was known To be a
man utterly "0NOi" - -
though, as is often the case 1T Vas
endowed with natural talent 10 Il iaiee
degree.
Antoine Cano, the popular Hazen Fal-
lon express man, Is making preparations
to change his field OF operations with
the completion OF the Hazen-Fallon
branch. lie has lately ordered brand
new Concord stages, which, with the
fine stock now owned by him, will be
placed on the Fallon-Fairview and " on
der route. He expects to handle the
express and mail, in addition to the
passenger traffic. Mr.. Cano is Il rustler
and will no doubt give the mining
camps good service, although the line
of Frank Ferguson now in operation is
covering the field pretty well ut present.
j. NJ. Smitten has sold a one hall m
terest i'll the Assembly saloon TO Mamie
SANFORD. The firm will be known as