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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-08
lEirst insertion March rs,

srArKsoF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF cRArror, IS.
AT session of the Probate Court for said
County held at the Probate Office In the Village
OF Ithaca. on the 10Th day Of March in the wear
one thousand nine hundred eight.
Present Isaac 5. Scavcr Judge Of Probate
In the matter Of the estate Of Daniel X. Bailey
deceased
on reading and fling the petition verified. of
Alonzo Bailey. son and heir at law Of said de
ceased. praying that the, administration Of
said estate be granted to John r Swigart OF
20. some other suitable person.
Thereupon Il Is ordered. That Monday the 18th
day Of April next, at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon, DC assigned for the hearing Of said petit
ton and that the heirs-at-iaw Of said deceased
and all other persons interested in said estate
are required 10 appear AZ a session Of said
court, then TO be holden at the Probate Office In
the village Of Ithaca and show cause II any
there be, why the prayer Of the petitioner
should not be granted
And u j. further ordered THAT said petitioner
give notice 10 the persons interested In said
estate. Of the tendency Of said petition and
the hearing thereof BY causing copy. Of this
order TO be published In the Alma Record
newspaper published and circulated In said
county three successive weeks previous to said
day OF hearing
CA true copy.l Isaac $. sEAvFR
Judge Of Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-08
REGULAR SUNDAY TRAINS ON
THE ANN ARBOR.

Commencing Sunday April 26th Ann
Arbor Railroad trains Nos. l and 2 will
be operated daily. between Toledo and
Frankfort. These trains were formerly
daily trains but early In January were
discontinued on Sunday. K
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-08
SCHOOL REPORT

Report of school district No q.
Arcadia township. month ending March
II. Those neither absent or tardy
Nettie Hustled. Bessie Birmingham.
Savilla Birmingham. Those tardy but
not absent, Ralph Birmingham.
Nina Ward, Teacher
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-08

FOR SALE.-One complete yet of
Hawkins works on steam and electrl-
cal engineering, bound in red morocco
gilt edges. seven volumes as good as
new. Can be seen at this Office, and
will be sold cheap. This is snap If
you want them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-08

Cascasweet is for babies and children
and especially good for the ills so COM
mon in cold weather. Look for the
ingredients on the bottle. Contains no
harmful drugs. Sold by Chas Rhodes
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-08
A DESIRABLE CHILD FOR ADOPTION.

Will be placed on
trial with worthy fam
lily and IL found salts
factory may be legally
adopted.
For furtherinform
ton. address
No. 1880 Sour Sffrt ST.
81. jostps. nlcs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-08

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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-08
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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
Fire Alarm Methods.

When the fire alarm bells were rung
on Friday night on the occasion of the
burning of the Painter residence, it
was noticed that quite a number of the
department had failed to respond. On
the following day the explanation was
made that they had not heard the bell.
This is probably due to the fact that
the bell is decidedly musical in tone
and when rung with a regularity of
stroke, is calculated to induce rather
than interrupt slumber. Il was sug-
gested that when an alarm is given the
Jell be changed as rapidly, loudly and
discordantly as possible for a given
time, followed by the measured num-
ber-strokes which Indicate the location
of the fire.
The above is given for what it is
worth in the line of suggestion and is
in no sense a criticism.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
DEMOCRATS CONVENE
County Convention Will Be Held
In Court House At 10 Am.
Probable Candidates.

The Democratic county convention
will be called to order in the court
house at 10 o'clock this morning by
Commissioner Fred. Wightman, chair
man of the county central committee.
There will be twenty-nine delegates in
the convention and it is not anticipated
that the proceedings will be marked by
any display of friction, although no
slate has been agreed upon.
Candidates have been announced for
every Office to be filled in the county
with the exception of Public Admins
traitor and Surveyor and this appears to
have gone begging.
For the office of Sheriff the only can
didate thus far in the field is Eugene
Kilker, of Saltwater. J. w. Richards,
of Fallon, will in all likelihood be the
nominee for county treasurer. J. B.
Young and Charles w. Wightman will
present rival claims for the nomination
as Assessor. Tom. Dolf and Ed McLane
are the only names mentioned in con-
nection with the nomination for Com
missioners.
Thus far no one has appeared in the
field to contest with George Likes for
the nomination to succeed himself as
Auditor and Recorder and the same ap-
plies to j. w. Sitton, who appears to
have a walk-over for County Clerk.
For member of Assembly the only
candidate who has publicly announced
himself through the newspapers is A..
P. Bettersworth, although rs there are
two candidates TO be nominated It 10
probable there will be others in the
field.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
THE MINING CONGRESS
Nevada Should Be Well Repre-
sented at Columbus Gath
ing in January.

The American Mining Congress will
meet in Columbus, Ohio, two months
hence, and it is Of the most vital i'm
portance that the State of Nevada be
well represented at the gathering.
This is subject of the most vital i'm.
portance to the people Of this State,
and steps should be taken at once to
see that suitable delegates are ap.
pointed by the Governor.
Last year the Congress was held at
Madison Square Garden, New York, in
conjunction with a mineral exposition
and Nevada's display in the face of
the most discouraging circumstances
was probably the richest and most
varied display of precious ores ever
brought together from single state.
As the southern portion of the state
at that time held the center of the Ne
yada stage it was only natural that the
products Of the Goldfeld, Tonopah and
Ely districts should oyershadow those
from other sections of the state. Con-
ditions have changed since that time
and the eyes Of the world have been TO
eussed on the wonderful camp at Fal-
Ions door Rawhide. The recent fire
too, in a peculiar way has riveted at
tention on that marvellous camp, and
If the proper steps are taken and at
once, it is only reasonable to suppose
that the Rawhide exhibit at the Con-
gress to be held at Columbus will be
the pivot around which the interest of
the mining world will revolve.
Last year much of the beneficial eff
feets of the Congress and Exposition
were lost to Nevada for the reason
that like the birth of Rawhde, it took
place in the lap of panic from which
investors have not yet recovered and
not likely to until after the presiden-
tial election. When the coming Con-
gress is held, the national campaign
will have passed into history, present
commercial disturbances will have be-
come a memory co-incident with every
national election. 1t is firmly believed
the country will again enter upon an
era of prosperity. This being the case,
if the state is properly represented at
the coming Congress, Nevada will be
in position to reap therefrom the
greatest possible benefits.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
Arrangements Complete
and Exhibits in Place.
UNIVERSITY SENDS CARLOAD OF STOCK
All Expenses to Be Met by Voluntary
Contribution of Money and Ser
vices of Patriotic Citizens.

ranged for the transportation of
a carload of the choicest stock
in the state which will be placed
on exhibition but which will not
compete with the other stock ex-
hibitors.
There will be no admission
charged at the fair, a decidedly
unique feature, but it is to be
hoped that the visitors will be
liberal in their voluntary con-
tributions, which should be
forthcoming without much urg-
ing. The various committees
have been at considerable ex-
pense and it is only right that
their hands should be upheld to
the extent of liberal contribu-
ton. Should these be in excess
of the necessary expenditure,
whatever balance remains, will
be carried over for the fair next
year.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15

Lake Tahoe within reach. Of every ono. Where
esn vou srena weeks srd MON felighttiliyf
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
Residence Burned.

Last Friday night about Il o'clock
the residence of Boyd Painter, in the
First Ward, took fire. The fire de-
partment was quickly on the scene and
extinguished the flames, as everyone
thought. But about o'clock in the
morning the alarm was sounded again,
and this time the fire had gained such
headway that the building was totally
destroyed. The efforts of the fremen
were directed toward preventing the
spread of the flames to adjoining prop
erty. The property was insured for
$500 in company for which the Chur-
chill County Bank is agent.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
WATER PAYMENT SCALE
Senator Newlands and Director
Gen. Newell Confer With
Farmers Association.

There were two distinguished
visitors in Fallon yesterday, Di-
rector General F. H. Newell.
of the Reclamation Service, and
United States Senator Newlands
of Reno. They were here to
confer with the executive COM
mittee of the Truckee-Carson
Farmers Association in refer
ence to the matter of the gradu-
ated scale of water payments.
The conference took place at
the headquarters of the Recla-
nation Service. There were
present from the Farmers Asso-
citation, c. G. Swingle, Fulton
H. Sears, J. c. Whip, H. w.
Marean, w. L. Steele, E. P. Os-
good, E. w. Burr and others.
The conference proved very
satisfactory to the committee.
The petition drawn up by the
Association for presentation to
the Secretary of the Interior
was read and its provisions dis
cussed.
1t received the unqualified ap-
proval of Senator Newlands who
pledged his hearty support. Di-
rector General Newell explained
that contrary to general opinion
he was not the court of last re-
sort in connection with the
Truckee-Carson project but that
the final decision In all matters
connected with the Reclamation
Service rested with the Secre-
tary of the Interior, who passed
upon every matter. 1t would
be so, he said, with this petition
regarding the scale of graduated
water payments. He intimated
that he approved of its provis-
ions and that placed before Sec
retary Garfield. would receive
his support.
H. w. Marean, secretary of
the Farmers Association, ex-
pressed himself as being well
satisfied with the conference and
felt assured that the petition
was safe in the care of such ad-
yocates as Senator Newlands
and Director General Newell.
The latter left for California on
the afternoon train and Senator
Newlands returned to his home
in Reno.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15

There were 20 delegates to be
elected from the above list.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15

Ray, and walked off. with the first pre-
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
Republican Primaries.

Republican primaries were held
throughout the county Saturday.
In New River precinct great in
terest was manifested in the
contest between the delegates.
Of the twenty successful dele
gates, Chas. Hoover received the
highest number of votes, 1876, and
Chas. Everett and Budd Williams
tied for the low vote, 92, which
entities each to one-half vote in
the convention.
Following is a list of the con-
tending delegates, with the vote
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
Ten Cents q Copy

commoner surrounded by the in
scription. Il gave my dollar,
did you?" Every Democrat in
Churchill county should have one
of these buttons on the lapel of
his coat and the sooner the bet
ter. A good deed is twice done
if its done quickly and the SOON
er you come forward with your
dollar for the prosecution of the
national Democratic campaign,
the more effective is likely to be
the work of the national cam
paign committee.
The fund is beginning to
show signs of a healthy growth
in and around Fallon. Seven
contributions have been received
this week. The badge will be a
receipt for your dollar. Those
who have already subscribed
can have their badge at any
time by calling at the Standard
Office. Step lively, gentleman,
and get in line with your dollar.
One hundred cents spent in a
great cause is not much to DEM
onstrate the strength of your
convictions.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15

On tomorrow at noon there
will be ushered in a three-day
event which gives every promise
of not only being the most not
able affair of the year 1908, but
which will mark one of the most
important epochs in the history
of Churchill county, as the open
ing of the Fair in the Fallon
Commercial Club building on
Carson street at once places the
county in its proper place as the
greatest agricultural producing
district in the State of Nevada.
1t has been no light task, the
inauguration of this first Chur-
chill County Fair, and too much
credit cannot be given to the la
dies and gentlemen who have
worked indefatigably to bring
about this happy result. The
success of the Fair is a foregone
conclusion and this hard-earned
success means the organization
of a permanent Fair Association,
which shall perpetuate these an
nual exhibits.
For two weeks, night and day,
the ladies' committee, of which
Mrs. j. w. Ferguson is chairman,
have worked in the gathering of
Q hibits of products of the home.
me art exhibit alone which they
have secured will be in the ma
ture of a great surprise to those
who attend the Fair, to say moth
ing of the number of exhibits
they have gathered in the way
of fancy needle-work, fancy
cakes, preserves, etc.
The building is ready for the
exhibits, many of which are al
ready in place. On the south side
of the building a shed 65 feet long
has been constructed. The shed
is twelve feet wide and on the
one side have been built the stalls
for the exhibition of the products
of the farm, such as fruit, vege-
tables, ETC., while on the other
side have been constructed coops
for the poultry.
In the |. II. Kent corral, back
of the New River hotel, every
thing is in readiness for the stock
exhibit. Pens have been con-
structed for the accommodation
of hogs, sheep and calves, while
open stalls have been constructed
for the exhibit of other stock.
DR.. Hascall has received word
from Prof. True, of the agricul-
tural department of the Univers-
ity of Nevada, that he has ar
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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
A Fast Horse.

Lem Aliens race horse Sam
G. won four races at the State
Fair and broke two track records.
He ran five furlongs in 1:01 1-5
and a half mile in AZ l-2. Max
eta, another good horse owned
by young Lem, ran second every
time he started. Sam G. is a
horse that can hold his own with
stake horses and should be in
training on the big tracks.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15

Tahoe Tavern now open. Low summer rates.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
BADGES for Bryanltes.

The Standard is Just in receipt
of a consignment of very hand
some Bryan button badges from
the East, on which there is a
a splendid portrait of the great
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
LeonesiO's Notice of Withdrawal.

| hereby respectfully beg to inform
the worthy citizens of the municipality
of the town of Fallon that have filed
with the County Clerk my notice of
withdrawal as candidate for the office
of Police Judge at the election to be
held in Fallon Sept, 2S, 1908.
c. J. LEoNEsIo.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-09-15
COUNTY FAIR WILL Be
OPENED TOMORROW

That the outside world is alive
to the fact that the first annual
fair of Churchill County will be
opened at noon tomorrow is evil
denced by the fact that the Ag-
ricultural Department of the
State has "sot up en- TUX notice." "
A carload of the finest stock in
the state has arrived and will be
on exhibition tomorrow, in charge
of Prof, True of the University.
This exhibit is not intended to
enter into competition with the
other exhibitors but display of
what can be accomplished in
the raising of prize stock in this
State.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-15
HUMAN COLOR.
Babies of All Nations Very Similar
L. Hnn
works.

Babies of All Nations Very Similar
in Hue.
Caucasian babies, negro babies, In.
dian babies and Monaghan babies all
have the same color in the earlier
hours Of their lives. Observing doctors
say they vary from reddish pink to a
nutbrown red, the latter being notice
able in the newly-arrlved infant whom
nature had eventually intended to be
black, or in color different from white.
Albinos are the only exception They
are born with the same pasty milky
hue, the same colorless eyes that dis.
tlnguish them through life.
The negro CHILD begins to take on
some of its true color within a few
days after birth, passing first from Its
original tint to slatey-gray hue, after
which the black begins to develop. The
color does not become fast one for
some time, climate and various other
factors contributing to the change.
All Caucasians are not of the same
color, fact which is due to the ex-
SSSSlNS uSNGIOpIlShl VI Tie plSul6Ht
cells in some and their meager develop.
ment in others
Individuals change their complexion.
too, changes which may be more fire.
quently noted in the eyes than else
where. Age, climate, fright and dis
ease may any or all bring about a
change in the color with which a per-
son started out In life, after his first
fermentation had been accomplished
The leopard boy one sees in the mu-
scum sometimes, and the Albino are
the result of under fermentation, or
the failure of the pigment sources to
properly perform their functions.
In old age the Caucasian fades away,
Just as a long-used piece of fabric
does. The negro also becomes of a
lighter shade as years go on after he
has passed a certain age.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-15

Her prejudice against football has
been deep and lasting, and it was only
mothers love that induced her to go
to the game to see her boy play. Her
daughter Susie, who is something of q
football expert, owing to her experience
in attending games with other peoples
brothers, went along as protector and
mentor.
Nov, dear" the anxious mother ex-
claimed, 81 don't know anything about
this awful game, but want you to tell
me every time that Ralph makes a good
play-or whatever you call it.
20 Susie, did you see that awful man
throw Ralph on the ground and jump
on him? oh, this is awful I'm going
right down on the field"
But, mother" interrupted the
daughter, who was sorely tried in her
efforts to watch the game and at the
same time explain the situation to her
mother, that's allowed. You see he
Go on Run! Run!"
Susie had become positively incoher-
ent in her excitement as Ralph had Sc
cured the ball and was making a good
advance. A pause followed, while the
mother, bewlldered by the technical
expressions of her daughter, was vague
ly watching the game.
"Now you see," explained Susie,
Ralph and the other men are trying to
get the; ball over that last line, and the
men. on the other side are trying to stop
them. That last play was a wing
shift"
"a what?" cried her mother. "Where
are the wings, and how could they shift
them If they had them?"
"Well, you see, wing shift is some
thing like cross buck that is"
But the last explanation was even
more befogglng than the first, and the
anxious mother contented herself with
watching her boy whenever his head
became visible under a pile of legs and
arms, and listening to the talk Of the
other spectators.
When they reached home, after vic
tory by the team of which Ralph is a
member, a friend who knows as little
of the game as the fond mother called
in to hear the particulars.
well" said the mother, in conclu-
sion, Il don't exactly understand 1t.
but l know that Ralph's nine, or what
ever you call them, made a cross deer,
or some other kind OF an animal play !:
and then, after changing their wings,
everybody on the bllnkers, or those
open seats, got up and yelled, and some
one beside me said they had touched
the ball down, although all the time
those rough men We're pulling Ralph
along the ground and trying to take the
ball away from him".-Youth's Com
panloS
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-15
GRANDFATHER OF A POET

Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, the GRANDPA.
Their Of Henry Wadsworth LongfeIlow,
was, in the phraseOlogy OF colonial
times, man of parts and of large nos
sessions. In 1870 the new Nation of
Sovereign States" decided Gen. Peleg
Wadsworth 1890 acres of land, extend
Ing from the Osslpee to the Saco, in
appreciation of his stanch adherence
to the colonial cause. In "The Youth
full Haunts of Longfellow," George
Thornton Edwards describes Wads-
worth Hall, the mansion erected by the
general at Hiram, Me-, where the young
poet loved to go, and which always had
warm place In his affections.
The story of General Wadsworth's
capture by the British is an interest
ing one. The term of service Of the 900
troops under his command had expired,
and he was left in a secluded build
ing on the borders of a small stream In
IhomastOn with guard of only six
soldiers.
Through spies the British learned OF
his defenseless condition, and planned
an adroit attack. At midnight of Feb.
IS, 1871, they surprised the small par
ty. all of whom, excepting the guard,
were asleep.
The general, selling a brace of pis.
tolls, drove the attacking party back to
the door, and kept them at bay with a
blunderbuss; then, selling a bayonet,
he defended himself until a bullet.
crashing through his arm, rendered him
helpless.
He was marched through the snow
and taken to Castine, where he remain
ed prisoner for two months.
Seeing the day of his departure for
England approaching, and realizing that
If he was taken across the ocean he
might never return alive, he, with a
brave companion, Maj. Benjamin Bur-
ton, planned an escape.
With no better tools than nen;
knife and II gimlet; after three weeks
labor they cut an opening In the pine
ceiling of their room. Each cut and
boring, as it was made, was concealed
by being filed with paste made from
bread moistened in their mouths.
During a night as black as the ira.
ditional darkness of Egypt, and with
the rain pouring in torrents, they re-
moved the panel and escaped. AL
though pursued by the enemy, they ar
rived, after three days of hardship
safely back among the habitatlons Of
the Americans.