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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
BLOOD IS NOT SHED IN VAIN"
Great Observation-Disclosures
ing and Will Soon Resume
His Post of Duty.

The following is the first statement
sent out by Francis ]. Heney, since he
was shot by Morris Haas, in Judge
Lawlor's court room ON November 9th:
Il humbly thank Almighty God for
my miraculous escape from death. 1t
was the corruption of man that leveled
the murderons weapon, but divine
Providence directed the bullet. Hence
forth my life shall be consecrated to
the just enforcement of the law and to
the principle that NO MAN SHALL
BE ABOVE THE LAW.
In this great human battle against
vice and corruption let no one believe
that the true source is to be found in
the individual dynamiters, jury bribers,
kidnapers and assassins, and that their
determination means victory. Such
beings are but the bubbles eminating
from the pool of filth that has been
years in the making. The seed has
been sown and we must reap the har-
vest, but in gathering the trees let US
be satisfied with nothing but the roots.
Let US all highly resolve that we
shall not only not tolerate crime in any
form, but that we shall likewise cast
out and discredit the tolerators, the
apoligizers and the abettors of crime;
that justice shall not be made a mock
cry in our courts, either by violent
methods or through debased perform
ances of men, professional or other
wise, sworn to uphold the law. that
the plausible shall not be acceptable for
the true, whether uttered by the
higher-ups or the lower-dawns, by hon.
est-minded week men or by desinning
trimmers.
1T has been o terrible sacrifice, bu,
If my blood has not been shed in vain,
If the assassins bullet has suddenly dis
closed to the public eye the hideousness
of the gigantic conspiracy to defeat
the law, then shall fell that / have
not lived in VAN. that my poor efforts
have met with unreasonable benefit to
my beloved city and state.
Toward the poor, wretched instru-
ment of crime. | haven't any feeling
but pity.
ITO my friends and the public who
have so long and 80 faithfully stood by
me and cheered me on during days of
hope and days of dispair, and to all
those who have helped by word, deed
or thought in this last tragic battle, l
send my heartfelt thanks"
Mr.. Heney is gaining very rapidly
and was able to take an automobile
ride about the city on Thanksgiving.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
OWES COUNTY BACK TAXES
Wells Fargo Express Company
Owes Churchill County
$4,000.

j. f. Haley, static bullion tax col
lector, returned to Reno last week
from his official trip of the State, where
he collected the taxes of the
various counties for the next quarter.
While be was Ely he found that the
Wells Fargo Express Company had
not paid its taxes as common carrier,
in White Pine County, for the past 27
years. He Immediately informed the
Sheriff to commence suit to collect the
amount in that county. On further in
vestigation Mr.. Haley found the same
thing in Churchill and Douglas counties,
that this company had not paid its
common carrier taxes for the past q
years which amounts to about S5, 900 to
each county.
Up to this time the District Attorney
or Sheriff have not received no official
notice of what course to persue but pro-
badly the one case that will be started
in White Pine county will serve all.
And the local authorities will not start
suit until later against this company
for the back taxes due the county.
Mr.. Haley say he has received infor-
nation to the effect that the Wells
Fargo Express Company will fight the
payment of this back taxes on the
grounds that the law demanding such
tax is unconstitutional. He say that
he cannot see how this company can
make this plea stick as they have paid
a simular tax in other counties of the
State.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
SAYS NO OIL At RENO
United States Surveyor Reports
Traces are but Vege-
table Stains.

During the early part of November
a brief examination of the oil pros
poets in Nevada was made by Robert
Anderson, geoligist of the United
States Geographical Survey. Several
days were spent in the field west of
Reno, and one day each in the region
north of the bend of the Walker river
east of Wabuska, in Smith valley north
of Wellington, and in small area
south of Palisade in northeastern Ne
vada. The following is brief state
ment of the conclusions reached by
Mr.. Anderson in regard to the Reno
oil reports:
Tho hills west of Reno to the north
and south Of the Truckee river are
composed of thick series of unconsol-
idated beds of sand, clay, diatomaceous
earth, volcanic tuff, and gravel dipping
eastward and northeastward away
from the mountains at angles of from
Is to IS degrees. These beds have
been called the Truckee beds. They
overlie andesite lava and older igneous
and metamorphic rocks, such as form
the mountains to the southwest and
northwest, and were laid down upon
them as sediments in q fresh water
lake that covered much of this por-
ton of Nevada during Middle Tertiary
times when the region was much less
mountainous than now. Subsequent to
the deposition of these beds, mountain
making forces have produced the sur
rounding mountains and have tilted
the beds up to their present attitude,
besides fracturing them throughout
with an intricate syetem of disloca-
tions. Later periods have witnessed
likewise great amount of erosion of
the mountains and hills, the presence
of other lakes and the deposition of a
comparatively thin covering of sand
and coarse gravel over most of the hill
and valley area around Reno.
If petroleum were present it would
with little question have to be consid-
cred as originating in the Truckee beds
and there, if anywhere it would be
stored. The examination of these beds
has resulted in the conclusion that no
paying quantity of petroleum, if any at
all will be found in them for the fol-
lowing reason:
No indication of the presence of oil
has been discovered in the beds at the
surface, although they are tilted and
the succession exposed as a whole in
such way that some of the oil if any
were present couldhardly fail to escape
to the surface and leave a trace.
Moreover the completely permeating
system of small fault fracture would
lend further avenues of escape. The
supposed Indications of oil that have
been reported by previous observers
are iron, manganese, and vegetable
stains in certain strata and OCCASION
ally on the surface of standing pools of
water in the vicinity. Reno Journal.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
ONLY FOUR MORE DAYS
To Pay Your Taxes If You Wish
to Avoid Becoming
Delinquent

But four more days from today re-
main in which to pay the first Install
ment of your taxes for the present
year and the taxpayers of this county
who have forgotten or overlooked this
fact should get busy or they will find
themselves on the delinquent list and
forced to pay an additional assessment.
Taxes will become delinquent on the
7th day of December and those who
have not yet paid should go to the office
Of the deputy treasurer in the Fallor
Furniture Store and pay them as it il
your interest to attend to the matter
at once.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
To the Homesteaders
GENTLEMEN:


have some suggestions to make to
the homesteaders of this valley
which have received the approval of
those to whom have submitted them.
All our talk here in Fallon will avail
US nothing but we can talk as it were
BY mail to each and every one of the
representatives and senators of the
United States and that is what | sug-
yest we get busy and do write
especially to the members of congress
and the senate of the state from which
you came when you moved TO this COM
monty. The address Of these officials
Is Washington. D. C. at the present,
also write TO Hon. James A. Garfield.
Secretary of the Interior. Tell them of
Inc conditions mere: the break Of the
the dam which caused flood
and delayed the delivery Of water in
1907 until May 20; the unusual light
nowfall in the mountains last winter
which caused the shortage of water
the past season at the most critical
time when II was most needed; tell
them of the winds and other causes Of
failure; of the hard times; no work and
no market for whatever was raised.
Explain carefully that the soil in this
project has less humus in it than the
soil Of any other project in the Recla-
nation Service and that ii takes two or
sree years to bring the soil to the
saring condition that the soil of some
Of the other projects is in to commence
with and that the farmers Of the
Tuekee-Carson project will petition
Congress to grant their request for re-
lief in the form of deferred payments
Tor hve years at the rate of s% inter-
est. The homesteader to be worthy of
this help, must show one-eight of his
land improved yearly for each Of the
hve, which he avails himself of the de-
ferred payment privilege or failing to
pay cfsh as under the present system
have his entry cancelled.
1t would also be great help to us If
each one of the lodges represented in
fallon would write letter along these
ines to our government officials and
representatives.. For the reason that
hrmly believe the prosperity of this
community will be best served by keep
'ng those here who are now here rather
man succession of new men to take
me place Of those who are forced to
savs and because believe it unjust
oruin financially and destroy ones
nth IN our government to make good
hne for the fourth man on most home
kads.
arge each one of you to write q
~story Of the conditions here to
Representatives of Nevada, Secre-
Tm the Interior and the Represen-
sa'ss Of the State you last lived in
Wore coming to this section.
Yours truly,
DR.. JOHN E. WoRDEN.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
Shooting at Rawhide.

Word was received here Sunday by
the officers to be on the lookout for a
man by the name of A. r. Friday, who
is said to have killed W. B. Witter, a
son of a university professor of Belling-
ham, Wash, that morning. Friday
was formerly Of Cripple Creek and
Denver. Witter at the time of the
shooting was in the company of wom-
an to whom Friday is said to have been
attentive. Nothing more could be
found out about the affair and we have
not learned whether he has been cap
tIred or not.
Later-Friday was arrested, tried
and turned loose, but on what grounds
we were unable to learn.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
Berney...Cushman, NuptiaIs.

On last Thursday E. S. Berney and
Miss Madge Cushman were united in
marriage by Rev. J. F. Price. Miss
Gertie Cushman, a sister of, the bride,
acted as bridesmaid, and Will Berney,
brother of the groom, acted as best
man.
The happy young couple were recip-
tents of many useful presents from
their friends. There were about twen-
ty-ive guests present and after the
ceremony a fine wedding supper was
served. Mr.. and Mrs. Berney drove
to Hazen that evening and took the
train for Reno where the will spend
their honeymoon with relatives Of the
bride. The STANDARD wishes them .
long and prosperous journey through
life.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
Tag Day in Reno

Last Saturday was tag day in Reno
and the citizens will not forget it very
soon. The proceeds went to the aid of
the Sisters Hospital which was very
worthy cause. There was not report
of anyone kicking. Some men had
several tags pinned on their coats. The
receipts for the day will be near $500.
Statistics of tagday in San Francisco,
Oakland and Los Angeles showed an
average of about SIS for each 1000 pop
ulation. Reno's contribution at this
rate would have been s240, but the
citizens more than doubled that ratio.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
A Business CHANGE.
Harry Barber has purchased thu

Harry Barber has purchased the sal
DON of S. A. Polly and took charge Of
1t Monday. The name Of the thirst
emporium will be "Leunetta" named
after famous resort in Manila. II 10
the intentions Of Mr.. Barber to make
this resort one of the most popular In
Fallon. Mr.. Polly has not yet decided
what he will do or where he will go.
The STANDARD wishes both the out
going and incoming proprietors success
in their future business. "Slim" Bryant
will be on one Of the shifts.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
Ladies Guild Bazaar.

On Friday evening Dec. 4, the ladies
of the st. Agnes Guild will hold a ba-
zaar in Clark's pavilion. The enter
tainment will commence by play by
some of our best local talent. After
this performance the ladies assigned to
the several booths will have charge.
In the fancy goods booth will be found
an assortment of articles suitable for
Christmas presents. At the Japanese
booth dainty cup and saucer will be
given with each cup of tea. AT the
candy booth an abundance Of home
made candy will be disposed of and at
the fish pond the children will find an
endless variety of funny things that
will attract attention; sandwiches and
doughnuts will be served at the coffee
booth. Admission, adults, 25e; children
100.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
Shipped In Some Sheep

Senator w. w. Williams and his SON.
in-law, ]. A. Keddie, shipped in II car
load of sheep Wednesday morning to
be fed and wintered on the Senator's
ranch near Fallon. They were shipped
from his Gold Creek ranch near Elko
and numbered $500. Most of them
were last springs lambs.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
Thanksgiving Dance a Success

The dance held on Thanksgiving
evening under the auspicies Of the
X. Of P. Lodge was success in every
particular. There We're many present
to enjoy the evening and all had good
time. Lunch was served in the Over
land Hotel between II ssd / s'eiock.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
Weather Report for November

The following ia a summary of the
weather record for the month of Nov
ember, furnished by Wesley A. Hamm
of the government experimental farm;
Max. 6s, min. 9, greatest daily range
"a, mean max. ST., mean min. 1916,
mean range "a. Days clear 20, partly
cloudy 6, cloudy 4. Prevailing wind,
northeast. A slight precipitation oc-
cured on the 23rd. Total evaporation
2. 81 inches, mean evaporation .75 in.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03
Expense Of Holding the Election.

By the Courtesy Of County Clerk
Sitton we are able to print the actual
cost of holding the last general elec-
tion in Churchill county. The follow
ing are the precincts, number of votes
cast and amount of expenditures:
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03

Go to the Oxford Saloon when yon
want the best brands of liquors and
cigars. Under the management of Sam
Rockey you will receive the best OF
treatment. 2tf
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03

p;" ~ w. Baker, the photographer on
nnans avenue, has received a large
ppy OF Photographic supplies.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03

Totals ---904--------S1232. Is
This makes it cost the county over
sl.36 per vote to hold the general cleo
tion.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-12-03

Mining location notices for sale
at this office.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-30
KICKS ON HIS JOB.
Patrick Doesn't Like to Operate u
Sewing Machine.

New York, Sept. 29.-Albert T.
Patrick thinks he is getting the
worst of 1t in Sing Sing prison. No
longer is he clerk: he Is a guiding
hand to a sewing machine. That Is
something the lawyer never did
before and he Is made more weary
than was the woman of the poem
who glitch. stitch, stitch
Patrick, acting as his own attor-
ney, has prepared legal papers on
which his fate must depend when
they are submitted to the supreme
court of the United States.
His main point Is that after hay
ing been convicted OF the murder
of William Marsh Rice, his sentence
was committed by Gov. Higgins
against his protest from death to I'M
prisonment for life. He denies the
governors authority to change the
'r ssisfcsS St;s ~ ~ '~>.>'-- r"s'~'-A'
In his. petition to. the court. he
asserts that he Is held in slavery
at Sing Sins and he makes a bitter
attack on the prison officials. He
oyaakSs, 20, .aNecitieat'aps-.- h,.t =. s. he
hopes to be called on by the court
% sc So, -. - ~, -. ~. 49, ~,
While Patrick is able to draw
papers In his CELL It is necessary for
him to have counsel who is not re-
tained of his liberty William l.. Nc
Donald Of 10 William street is now
seryiNgo!n that caYecity, ,,r. ,.a,.
~ wss"a 'o3essmst O. Of. hatr3ch's, ~
the University OF Texas" said MIR,
Mcdonald, land | am convinced that
he is not guilty of murder, l believe
he will be discharged upon the point
now raised.
''The governor of this state has
the right to pardon man convicted
of crime or to mitigate the sentence,
but not to change to another form,
The statutes of this state provide the
death penalty OF the sole punish
ment for murder in the first degree.
Patrick deemed death more merci-
full than continued Imprisonment
and protested against commuta-
ton to life Imprisonment.
I'VE hold that the governor had
no authority to change the sentence.
If the New York statutes provide
either death or Imprisonment for
life, as is the case in some other
states, the condition be very differ
emit
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-30
SNAKES IN WE'LL.
Negro Cleaners Unearthly Yell the
Signal for RecOrd-Breaking
Killing Of the Year.

Dresden, Tenn, Sept. 29.-The
leading snake story of this section
and OF the season comes from civil
dist riot No. 20, which Is an exceed
ingly dry" section of the country
just at this time in every sense OF
the word. 1t appears that Jake
Rucker had a farm near large
swamp of several hundred acres
This swamp is covered with water
several feet deep in winter, but In
summer gets low Owing to the very
dry weather lately this swamp has
dried out and not single pool of
/ water remains on d tefritofy'"of u
square mile.
Now this jungle Is the home of
snakes OF various kinds, and as the
underground Is thick, timber small.
| they are hardly ever molested On
n Ss1s uatsE or fa n Il rxY,s
pear the swamp there is an old well
of good diameter. The house nearby
has long since been torn away and
the well partly filled with refuse.
! AS stock xate~ ,hece me An item
Rucker concluded to clean out the
nI,,, web. "hs Gf::gg IL ..hscl ~ sN.s. Sel..:
ance of the dry season.
Armed with buckets and picks
and windlasses and several hands, he
went down to begin work on It The
windlass was arranged and negro
let down TO look over the, situation,
IKE hAs hardly bean lowered .werty
feet when war whoop such as had
not been heard in that vicinity in
hundred years was let out by him,
with cries to haul him up.
When he reached the top he APP
peared to be almost frightened to
death. He said there was snake
down there as big as his arm, not
only one, but several--in fact. a
whole neighborhood full of them.
Rucker was slowly let down him
self, but he quickly came up putting
and said the bottom of the well was
literally covered with snakes.
After much parleying a four-prong-
ed graphing hook was arranged, a
long handled windlass prepared
WIN negro AT the END, ana the
crowd which had been reinforced by
several neighbors, each with stick
In hand, made ready. The hooks were
| let down, grab made and haul pull
| ed up.
There was struggling, writing
mass, a literal hushel, OF snakes of
every kind and character almost
The killers dispatched and sorted
them out and another haul was
made with the same result.
After working for several hours
over four hundred snakes were kill
ed, some nearly as big around as a
mans leg at the ankle. The grass
around the well being damp, and
as the water had given out in the
swamp 1t is presumed that the rep
tiles We're in search of more water,
and In crawling around in the damp
sf0r 6sag:a WIS ttse~Yr .yo ,5..1ds IN a
mile, they fell in the well.
Even after the wei was freed
from the snakes Rucker could get
no one to go down in It and clean It
out, and he had to abandon It.
,sS<s issAxAx.t>He- Z l;..--ss
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-30
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper Will be
pleased TO learn that there Is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure In all
It's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medicinal
fraternity, Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease, requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting d.
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby de-
stroyine tie foGfffdatfoHii' ' u -nd 'Siss'-:
ease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature In doing
It's work. The proprietors have SO
much faith in It's curative powers
thct they offer One Hundred Dol
'tars l.as tdf' ahsS taaas ~ f-.ig'@ 70
cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address; r. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pllls FOR ION"
slipation. dew
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-30
Here is another example go emf

Here is another example go emu
late. The Gonzales inquirer says:
"'rat13u n &'Hy .aT4i isf1,' h'G - il ~
sometimes useful as a mdahs' 81
stimulating action and renewing eff
forts, The little town of Itasca,
whose property valuations do not ap-
preach those of Gonzales by half, is
building concrete sidewalks all over
y'E2 itGTq R3dn laying VI la sa !t.yne .pi
.GP!G~ NJ see. e,,hH,Ussa G.49ae
Is considerable room for improve
ment OF the sidewals in Gonzales "
Here too. Pete.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-30
ce. Mckinney Examiner

Answering an eXEnange who asks
"What has become Of the boy with
patches" the Centralia Courier
says why bless your soul, he is out
20. tf".. ,tL1t. .ay2il,.S..,s lo' .SSiy.eSp
srs~ss>..-isr y s-'.. ..~- we 'GGsSS '" ,oLc
after while to run the banks and
che stores and be the successful law
yers and preachers and physicians.
Don't worry about the boy In the
patches. rs The snIS-lOC2inG. store
c!oLhed hid5,y groomed lad ypa
want 10 inquire about. He's the fell
TOW that's gong 10 drop through :
crack In the sidewalk and out OF
sight one OF these days.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-30

In making correction of existing
evils the thirtieth legislature failed
to prohibit fairs from giving COM
plimentary tickets to Texas newspa-
per men. Many pencil pushers are
now enjoying themselves at the In
ternational Fair at San Antonio and
the paUes St9te E9ig.. has beer, liher-
al in its distribution of compliment
IarN tick els
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-30

John d. Archbold tells how those
I+A.s-si.,y .'s,s-a ,.SSssIsN. b't his recttA az
that fact only confirms the public
suspicion that those already given
out by Willie and others yet to fol-
low are all genuine
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-30

After waiting so many years, the
editors are at last about to get some
legislation that will benefit them
the bank deposit guarantee law
You see It keeps the newspaper men
in state of nervous unrest to go
to bed night after night and know
their money on deposit in the banks
is not guaranteed. Horrible thought!
AZ -. .at l,aSSn Bys;, ~ ..3,H .w@
nN be HkAl gc&.and NO. "a~ rest IN
peace Mckinney Examiner.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-30

The Enterprise FURNISHING Company is
in no wise responsible for de BITS that may
be contracted by employees, nor will we
assume paytaent of such debts under
any circumstances, Every employe OF
this office is paid promptly tor work
done, This is to protect ourselves and
the selling public ENTERpRiSE PUB
LISTING COMPANY, Per g. w, Nc
Knight, Manager,