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MIDDLE LIFE
A Time When Women Are Susceptible to Many
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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
TEN CENTS

presented petition regarding the
sanitary conditions The action OF the
board is contained in notice published
elsewhere in this issue, containing or
ders bearing on the subject. James
Smitten was appointed constable tenn
porarily, and will have the work in
hand.
1t was ordered that the county Off
cals be instructed to order deed books,
etc, through the Emerson Publishing
company.
1t was ordered that James B. Young
be given a contract to move the old
building formerly used for a town Jail,
to the rear Of the court house building,
to be used in the future as county
morgue.
In the matter of fencing the court
house yard, the contract was given to
the Nevada [ :. Fence Company, ac-
cotding To the terms OF the contract on
file. Y. II. BROWN, Clerk.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
F. 0. NORTON
DISCOVERS FAIRVIEW

Now that the boom Is on in Fairyiew
district, Churchill county, and some ad-
venturers are taking credit not their
due, it is nothing but fair that the
public know the facts.
+. O. Norton, the founder OF the
district, a mining engineer, found float
that assayed up To S14 per ton last
August, two miles from where the
mines are now located. Mr.. Norton
succeeded in interesting Chas. S. VII
son, then OF Goldfeld, but how OF Reno,
in project for prospecting the dis
trict in thorough manner. Mr.. Norton
early in September arrived at the now
bustling camp, then a cherries and in
hospitable desert, 30 miles from the
nearest inhabitant alone, and in soli-
tude he pursued his investigations oc-
casionally finding rich rock, ottener
toiling days were spent with little hope
of reward.
Failure and success alike were kept
in close conserve by the two that knew
of the find until the latter part OF
December, 1905, when Messrs. Hinck-
ley and Burtchey were invited to take
share in the find. Some 40 claims
were located.by January 7th, 1906, when
the writer arrived on the scene. The
practiced eye OF the old miner soon
sized up the situation, and the camp
was pronounced rival OF Tonopah and
will be second to none in the state.
In the interest OF himself and Richard
son Sons of Tonopah, the writer located
some Is claims on bold quartz lodges
among them two outrrops OF copper ore
were found, that gives great promise.
Warren Richardson with his expert Mr.
Sheffield of San Francisco will be on
the ground in IA day or two and will
vigorously prosecute the work OF de-
veloping their property.
The country rock of the district is
similar to that of Tonopah and the ores
are principally silver sulphide with
ratio in values of in gold to 1 of silver.
The extent of the ore bearing zone Is
not yet known, but from appearances it
may cover Il district 10 or - miles
square. GEO. I. MILLNER.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
NOTICE TO
PROPERTY OWNERS

FALLoN, Nevada, Feb. 18th, 1906.
At meeting OF the county board OF
health OF Churchill county, Nevada,
held on the 18th day Of February, lO06,
it was ordered that all property owners
be directed to purify their privy vaults
by placing in same at least one barrel OF
lime for private residence and provide
the same with sufficient water to slack
the same, and to supply said vault with
a dry SEWAGE box OF wood, lined with
tin or other water tight substance. 1t
was also ordered that all persons re-
move or destroy all rubbish and filth
around their premises, the removal of
which will tend To the prevention of dis
ease and the betterment of the public
health. All persons are warned not to
fail or refuse to comply with this notice
within ten days from above date on
penalty ol law. BY order OF county
board of health.
w II RRDWN
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
LADY UNDERGOES Y
SERIOUS OPERATION

Mrs. Shober J. Rogers, wife OF Shober
j. Rogers, "A recent arrival in this see
ton, who has located on homestead
south of Fallon, underwent an oper-
alton Tuesday, for appendicitis, by
DIR. q. NJ. Gardner, assisted by Drs.
Simpkins, Servoss and Dunbar, and her
condition at the present time is all
that could be desired. Unless COM
plieations ensue she will soon be con-
yalescent.
She is being cared for at the Spoon
hotel. and her many friends will be
glad to know that her condition is so
favorable.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17

Dated this 7tb day of Feb. 1906.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
h you have an eye watch US grownvest your money

THE STANDARD
Reaches the people Of Chut-
chill County. AdVerffse IN II.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17

voted our entire attention to getting the
I location work performed on these. No
depth has been acquired, but the forma-
tion and the general surface indications
convince Us that the camp will be
! permanent
'Fairyiew was discovered last July
by Mr.. Norton at which time he made
his locations. lie was associated at
the time with Charles Wilson. of the
firm OF Wilson * Hnckley, Of Cold
field. Later Mr.. llinckley and myself
became interested in the district with
the two pioneer locators and together
We have made large number of loca-
tions and laid ont the townsite.a
Other developments are reported in
which Churchill parties are numerous,
occurring IN various other sections now
under goingexplotation. The most inn
portant deal that has come to the notice
oi the writer is the bonding of the Cirac
group OF claims, situated in the Bernice
mining district, to eastern capitalists
for $4,000. The group is divided. five
claims being bonded to Denver mining
company while the other six claims
went to Philadelphia company. This
group is owned Principally by Theo.
CIrac, who has worked them for the
past twenty-seyen years. DEVELOPMENT
work in that time has unearthed lodges
OF fabulous values, some of the ore
asSaying rs high as ---S97 900. The
character OF the ore is porphyry dyke
and quartz, and no doubt is entertained
Is regards the future of the property.
neat sum was paid down and accord
ing to the terms OF the bond, the balance
must be paid by the 9th OF this month
To be in keeping with the mining
development, the Sand Springs Com
pany is now advertising for bids for
80 feet OF tunnel work and work must
be commenced by the 26th OF this
month, and must be prosecuted by the
parties who secure the contract at a
rate OF not less than two feet Il day.
Word was received from the Sand
Springs section yesterday that new
ledge had been uncovered on one OF the
claims owned by the Sand Springs
Mining Company, that is exciting the
admiration Of all practical mining men
who have seen it. 1t is reported to be
three feet III width, and carries high
values in gold.
In speaking OF the find, Il prominent
mining man said this morning that in
MS belief the future OF Fairyiew was
nnquestioned, but that the property OF
sand Springs mine was more promising
than anything that he had seen. THE
trouble, he said, lays in the fact that
the mineralized zone inthe Sand Springs
district and has consequence the
iatter section Is holding the center OF
the stage at the present time
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17

flow Of the Truckee and Carson rivers
for period Of years in cubic feet per
second. Storage reservoirs have not
yet been built on either stream but
during the low flow Of late summer the
entire run of the Truekee excepting the
water needed for the small canals
around Wadsworth and below will be
passed through the Truekee canal for
the use of Carson valley farmers. As
can be seen from the tables the water
thus received will materially help con
ditions in the valley.
FLOW CARSON RIVER, EMPIRE, NEy.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
Notice to Hunters.

Notice is hereby given that hunting
ON the J. ". Freeman ranch near
Saltwater Is strictly prohibited. All
will be prosecuted.
+. J. FREEMAN.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
Bids Wanted.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Board ef County Commissioners OF
Churchill County, Nevada, up till noon
on Monday, the 5th day Of March, 1905
for keeping in repair all telephone
lines now in use or to be constructed
by Churchill county, also to take
charge Of the boxes and collect all
rentals on phones.
BY order Of the Board.
Attest: ". II. BROWN,
Clerk
MI III IL l,,. 80 I'll 1one
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29

were confident that the Eel River. which
has a sufficient fall to afford good
water power. would make the town a
commercial center. For several years
after Mexico had been laid out it pros
pered. but later Miamisport, on the
banks OF the Wabash, now Peru. was
found TO be a better location, having
more advantages, and Mexico ceased
to grow. Since that time-tae year OF
lSS5-the population has increased but
very little and is now about the same
as it was seventy or more years ago.
The total number OF human beings
that call the place home is now about
200
The town remained in a ~comatosep
condition until about five years ago,
during which time there was about
one birth TO every death or removal
The crisis came with the appearance of
a hoodoo and the citizens of the VII
lage received misfortune after mis-
fortune, causing them TO lose their
interest in local affairs. and since that
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29
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'causing concussion OF the brain. wtIeh
appears TO have elouded his mind.
William Conner, farmer, who re-
sided with his son on his farm along
the Eel River, frequently quarreled
with his son. 1t is said. After one OF
this alleged quarrels. which had re-
suited in very unpleasant manner.
Conner went TO his barn and shot him
self. He used shotgun and his brains
were spattered over the barn. staining
the walls. and leaving a horrible image
of mans face there. From that day
to this the neiGhbors say the barn is
haunted. and on the 25th day OF each
month. they claim. the ghost OF Will
lam Conner can be seen walking hack
and forth on the second floor OF the
building. At the time Conner COM
mitted suicide the barn was in a
dilapidated condition. and since has re-
manned the same, and is. indeed, a
ghostly appearing place
Another automobile accident which
occurred near the bridge OF the Eel
River happened when Mr.. and Mrs.
driving along the fatal spot. An
automobile came up behind them sud
denly and frightened their horses.
Mrs Burkizer was thrown from the
carriage and her skull fractured
Since that time she has been an in
valid. the accident having caused con-
cussion of the brain, permanently in
juring her mental faculties. IL Is said.
Mrs Burkizer is now suing the auto
mobile manufacturers for $4,000. al
leging damages TO that amount. In
her complaint she. says the occupants
OF the automobile. after causing the
accident. did not even stop to learn
the extent of the damage they had
wrought.
The Rev. Jacob Fisher is another
Mexican suicide. He was a Dunkard
minister of the Mexico church. but
owing to failing health was forced to
give up his charge He tried many
health resorts and while taking treat
ment at an Indianapolis sanitarium,
upon being told that he could not re-
cover shot himself.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29

horses becoming uncomfortable dashed
off the abutment pulling the wagon
with them. The horses and wagon
turned over in falling the forty feet
to the bank of the river below. and
Wybrew. remaining on the top of the
hay. was crushed and smothered to
death. After three hours Of working
his body was found. his skull was
crushed and three or four ribs frac-
tured
The village had not more than re-
covered from the shock occasioned by
the accidents and deaths than it once
more became excited. Samuel Skinner.
middle-aged farmer. having domestic
troubles. attempted to murder his wife.
1t is said by the citizens that he gave
her a quantity of poison. Skinner then
blew out his brains with double bar
relied shotgun
Up the river a short distance above
the dam lived George Kunze. who for
many years had been an invalid. but he
and his wife and children lived there
in perfect happiness. He died suddenly
and the shock proved to be too much
for his wife, who. it is thought, became
mentally unbalanced and committed
suicide by taking poison, dying while
alone at home. Her son, ]. B. Kunse,
who since the death of his parents
has been in the real estate business
at Peru. ended his existence a few DAYS
ago by hanging himself in the barn
at his home. 1t is said that he had
visited marble shop frenquently pre-
vious to his death and selected a tomb
stone. The day previous to his suicide
he had been in a marble shopNand men
there had jolSed with him, asking what
he was going to do with monument,
to which he is said td have replied:
II may have use for one before morn
ing"
John Graft, a welI-to-do farmer
committed suicide at Mexico. The cause
of his act was never learned as he
shot himself while at home alone.
John Lazro. who conducted a little
broom factory on the bank of the Eel
River, met with very unfortunate
accident while walking down the en-
bankment leading from the bridge. He
had practically lost his sight and could
scarcely see. He heard the toot of an
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29
Spiders Remarkable Feat of Strength

mouse with the point from which il
was to be suspended with $50 threads
and il the little quadrCped was once
swung of his feet he would be power
less. By pulling successfully on each
thread and shortening IL a little the
mouse or snake might be raised TO any
height within the capacity OF the build
ing or structure in which the work
was done.
Just what object the spider could
have had for catching the snake and
lifting IL on the ground IL is difficult
to see II may have been a dread OF
the harm which the mouse or snake
might work or il may have been the
hope that after the captured animals
had starved 10 death the decaying car
casses would attract flies which would
furnish food for the engineer.
In a most instructive and interesting
volume on Insect Literature" by
Rennie, a tribute is paid TO the won
derful engineering ability displayed
by the little spider and other Insects
Long before man had thought of the
saw. the saw-hy had used the same
tool. made after the same fashion and
used in the same way for the purpose
OF making Sits In the branches OF
trees so that she might have . secure
place in which TO deposit her eggs.
The carpenter bee. with only the
tools which nature has given her. cuts
a round hole the fun diameter OF her
body, through thick boards. and so
makes a tunnel by which she can have
n safe retreat IN which 10 rear her
young. The tumblebug. without der
rick OF machinery. rolls over large
masses OF dirt many times sher own
weight. and the sexton beetle win. IN
a few hours. bury beneath the ground
the carcass OF a comparatively large
animal All these feafs require 9
degree OF instinct which IN a reason
ing creature would be called engineer
Ing skill. but none OF them are a
wonderful as the fears performed ~
the spider.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29


upon a milksnake, bit it. entangled it
in her threads and actually hoisted it
off the ground. The fact that the snake
weighed ninety-six times as much as
its captor makes this achievement a
most remarkable one.
Several years ago a paragraph went
the rounds of the newspapers in which
and suspended an unfortunate mouse.
raising it nearly a foot from the ground
and leaving it there to slowly starve
to death.
The paragraph was ridiculed at the
time Learned scientists said it was
impossible for such a tiny insect as a
spider to possess strength sufficient
to lift a comparatively enormous ami
NAL like a mouse. 1t would be easy
to believe a man could lift an elephant.
That was several years ago. Since
then the little spider has been made
the subject of a most interesting in
vestigation, in which il has been found
that in physical culture. jiu-jitsu and
other sciences affiliated with muscular
the spider shows a great
deal more than We do.
BY lifting the snake of the ground
at Havana the spider did something
which. in comparison, the strongest man
on earth would find impossible-unless
he knew as much as the spider.
1t may scarcely seem fair or COM
plimentary to say that a spider knows
more than a man about weight lifting
and other feats of strength. but scien-
fists have just completed a list of really
things we might be able TO
do If we employed our muscles with the
same ingenuity as the spider does.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29

man could lift ninety-six other
men of his own weight, total OF about
1900 pounds.
Or he could put up an Elephant
weighing five tons with one hand
Or he could run 100 yards in frac-
ton over three seconds This means
covering the ground faster than a mile
a minute.
But Notwithstanding its strength,
the spiders thread alone would be
useless as a mechanical power If it
were not for its elasticity. The spider
has no blocks or pulleys. and. there
fore. it cannot cause the thread TO
divide up and run. in dffferent direc-
tions, but the elasticity of the thread
more than makes up for this. and rem
ders possible the lifting of an animal
much heavier than a mouse or snake
This may require a little explanation
Let US suppose that a child can lift
a six-pound weight one foot high, and
do this twenty times a minute Furnish
him with $50 rubber bands. each capa-
Bile of pulling six pounds through one
foot when stretched Let these bands
be attached to a wooden platform on
which stands a pair of horses weigh
ing 200 pounds, or rather more than
ton II now the child will go to
work and stretch these rubber bands.
singly. hooking each one up as il is
stretched. in less than twenty minutes
he will have raised the pair Of horses
one foot.
We thus see that the elasticity OF
the rubber bands enables the child 10
divide the weight of the horses into
$50 pieces of six pounds each, and at
the rate of little less than one every
three seconds, he lifts all these separ-
ate pieces one foot. so that the child
easily lifts this enormous weight.
Each spiders thread acts like one
of the elastic rubber bands. Let us
suppose that the mouse weighed half
an ounce and that each thread Is ca
pahle of supporting a grain and a half
The spider would have to connect the