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Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27

A wide awake high school in a Min. nesota town has purchased a ten acre tract of land in the vicinity which Is being handled this season as a fruit and vegetable patch. If this garden is cultivated as 1t ought to be during the summer months. the young folks who tend 1t will not only be kept out of mischief, but will have nice sums of spending money when fall comes. In many other sections, owing to a scar city of farm help, boys between the ages of ten and seventeen years have been able to secure employment at paying wages on nearby farms. While there are doubtless certain economic conditions under which immature boys and girls may have too much work for their own good. there Is little question that most of them living In the rural communities suffer more because they don't have enough for their best exer. else and development. The example set by this Minnesota school might be followed with profit by others.
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27

It Is said that at Cheshire, Conn.,, stands an apple tree which is known to be 100 years old and Is believed to be still older than this. The tree Is about seventy feet high, while the trunk has a circumference of seven teen and half feet near the base There are eight large branches, five Of which bear fruit one year and the other three the next. One year this giant tree bore 130 bushels of apples. The tree is regular in form, and the area shaded by its branches is 130 feet in diameter
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27

Chicken lice, like weeds, flourish in warm weather. For this reason the poultry, especially that kept in confine. ment. should be provided with boxes containing dust, sulphur and wood ashes. while the henhouse, nests and roosts should be given frequent appli. cations of whitewash and coal oil and be frequently disinfected with sulphur fumes. Sickly and ailing chicks as we'll as dumpy and improbable tiocks of hens are often the direct result of these louse and mite pests. During the present season we have noted To. callties where hundreds of chicks were killed off by them as if 1t were by a pestilence.
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27

A reader of these notes who lives in Indianapolis, Ind. ard who in past years has been successful in the grow. ing of asters writes that this year when his plants reached five or six inches in height they withered and died without any cause that was discern. ible from careful Inspection. and hc inCui-es what the cause of the trouble may be. While the condition of the plants described may be the result of an overfertilizing of the soil with some commercial product, it is more likely to be the result of the work of the stalk borer. which seems to attack without partiality pigweed, ragweee
 corn, tomato and potato vines, asters. salvias and other stalky plants. This pest is hard to combat because 1t works entirely on the inside of the stalk. While 1t would not remedy the difficulty entirely, 1t would be help to root up and burn plants which have been attacked and ruined as we'll as 10 hoe out from the he'd all weeds In which the worms would be likely to work. Had the damage to the asters been reported early in June 1t might have been due to the work of the white grub. which later changes into the June bug. but this would hardly be a possibility five or six weeks later
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27

There Is no justice or righteousness in the effort of the oleomargarire man ufacturers, alias the beef trust, to palm beef grease or on an unsuspect- ing public in the belief that it Is high toned. strictly reliable dairy butter Without coubt oleo is just as whole some If not as toothsome an article as pure dairy butter, but consumers should not be deceived into buying 1t for such or paying dairy butter prices for it. The department of agriculture has rightly decided that under the fed eral pure food law oleomargarine must bear a label to that effect, so that the purchaser can tell at a glance that it is not butter. If the oleo chaps have. such a yearning to put a product on the market which will pass for west ern extras" they would better go out of the packing business and buy herds of dairy COWS. There ought to be no. cross lots shorter than this.
Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27

The juniper shrub or bush, the berA. r1es of which are used in the prepara- ton of certain medicines, grows fin the dry and rocky portions of some of the New England states. The bush spreads from single root, which often grows from crevice in the rock
 When the shoots are about three feet high they begin to Top over and finally sprawl on the ground Hep they often grow for a distance of several rods, roofing at intervals. When the creeping shoots encounter those from other juniper bushes they have an, odd habit of turning up from the ground at right angles instead of min gling and interlacing with them, as one might suppose. Growing in this way, the whole bush. with shoots run ming in all directions and turning up at the extremlties, has much the ap- pearance of a huge inverted umbrella.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
A Pioneer in Our Midst.

Mrs. M. d. Fairchild, wife of the
cashier of the Churchill County Bank,
and Mrs. NJ. ID. Fairchild, his mother,
called at the STANDARD office yesterday
afternoon to pay their respects. Mr..
Fairchild's mother is returning to her
nome at San Francisco from Denver,
Colo, where she had gone to be pre-
sent at the celebration Of the silver
anniversary of her eldest daughter
wedding. Since her arrival she has
celebrated her 10th birthday, and if ap-
pearances count for anything she will
I'VE to celebrate the Tooth. Mrs. Fair
child said that she always felt at home
In printing office, as her husband had
conducted newspaper for many years,
and he had six brothers who had all
ueen identified with the same business
she came across the plains to Califor-
MIA in 1858, starting from Illinois with
train of fifty wagons, at time, she
said. when there were more sage and
indians than at present She thought
Fallon had great future, and said
that when she returned again she ex-
pected to see the evidences of her pro-
phecy. She will leave Sunday for her
home IN San Francisco.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
Church Notice.

Next SUNDAY at The Baptist church
DR.. j. Is. Weber will begin Two speclai
ser.es oi exceedingly Important SERMONS.
lhe morning series viii be gwen under
tile general themei "lhe Place toi
kich Mining; or, sunday Morning VIM
tie church." The Sunday evening
series viii be under the lheme: "Tak-
ng Up GOOD Claims; or, Aids for Your
Aims" Next Sunday at IL a. IN. hls
special subject under the general theme
viii be: "Ihe Church; It's origin" A,
/ 80 y. m. his special subject will be
Easter Messages OF the Lilies" Ii
viii be special Easter sermon. A cor.
dial Invitation is extended to everybod,
10 hear these interesting series OF dis.
courses on subjects OF deepest import.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
FEDERAL
PRISONER
ESCAPES
n
He Had Been Committed for
Selling Liquor to the
Piute Braves
Good Detective Work Landed
Him in the County Jail
in Quick Order

Last Thursday Philepe Raybol, fed
eral prisoner, charged with selling Ii
quors to the Indians, who had been
committed to Jail in default of bail,
made his escape. 1t seems that he had
been permitted to go out into the jail
yard to do some work, being in the ma
ture of "trusty," and while no one
was looking took french leave.
And here is where Chief of Police
Lish Sanford and his brother, ex-deputy
sheriff Mamie Sanford, displayed their
skill as sleuths. After maneuvering for
awhile, they struck his trail where he
mad entered the river about shree
miles north OF town and nearly oppo-
site the Mitchell ranch. Following along
IN the bed Of the stream, the prisoner
came out again about 500 yards farther
down and his tracks Indicated that he
nad started across tue field IN the dir
ec,ion OF Peterson's ranch.
knowing that he had formerly been
employed In tnat neighoorhood the
pursurers ielt pretty sure that they
were on the right track, and after
reaching Castieman's tney learned he
nau luzt passed there anu was headed
IN the direction OF Perersons. BY this
.ine IL WAS too dark to see ana the
,aniords returned ~ town and report
ca 10 onerltf SnIrley the result OF their
search, with the adnonltion that IL lie
wouia pick up the trail where they lett
OH tnat ne would be pretty certain 10
nnd MS man. Accordingly tine onerln
eaddied up ms horse ana reached tne
Clayton residence, a leaser ON the Pc
.ensoa ranen, about IL O'Clock tnal
hgnt. On entering he found kayDoi
sItling at the table eating his supper.
IL uId not take Snenn Bob long 10
,et MS prisoner behind the bars, wnerv
~ is sale TO predict he Will be "nen
wanted Tor trial. had the cneri1f been
an hour later getting to Clayton's he
.ninks kaybol would nave been wen
GA his way ~ ireeuom.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
Death Of c. N. Price.

DIED-Cereleus Matthew Price, Satur-
day morning, April IL, 1S0s, of pneu-
monia. Aged rs years.
The deceased was born in Fairfax,
Mich. After receiving common school
education in his native town, he attend
ed the law school at Ann Arbor in thai
State, graduating in the class of 1901
He came to Nevada from Twin Falls.
Idaho, and located at Wonder, forming
law partnership with Judge Ross. un-
der the firm name of Ross & Price.
Some four or five months ago he OPEN
ed offices in this city.
All that medical skill and good
nursing could do failed to arrest the
dread disease pneumonia, complicateA
by an abcess forming on the lung.
His death was a particularly sad one.
He was ambitious and took an active
interest in everything that made for the
betterment of his adopted town and it,
people, and those in attendance say
that he yielded up his life most unwill.
ingly. Sure it is that the people o.
Fallon, one and all, regretted to see hin
60, and during his illness made hourly
inquiries as to his condition. He wa,
full of honor and ambition for the fu
ture, and had he lived would no doub
have realized his fondest hopes.
c. NJ. Price was member of the Ma
sonic order and the Fraternal Order o
Eagles, and his remains were escorted
to the train Sunday by the local mem
bers of these lodges for its long journe.
across the continent, where they viii
be laid to rest by his sorrowing rela
tives and friends in the cemetery of hi
birthplace, in far away Michigan, anc
and the love and respect Of the peopl
of Fallon will keep him company to hi
heavenly home.
Attorney L. N. French, by request o
the parents, was to have accompanies
the remains, but his place was taken b.
r. L. Noland.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
PROSPECTORS
ARE GOING TO
SHADYRUN
New Strike Carrying Higher
Values Than Ever in
Precious Metals
The General Opinion Is That the
New Camp Will Grow in
Popularity With Age

Developments at Shadyrun during the
past week are OF such nature that il
can now be predicted with eertsinty
that the camp will make good.
A new strike. in which the rock ex-
tracted is literally honeycombed with
free gold, was made the latter part OF
last week on the Smith property. 1t IL
On the sans ledge from which the icf
assays previously reported were obtain
ed, but farther up the canyon. This
ledge can be traced on the surface Tor y
distance of mile and half. A chunk
OF ore from the last strike was brough,
into Fallon and placed on exhibition at
the Auto Livery Company's garage, and
attracted much attention.
Cy Hoover, who has property in the
district, has bad some of the rock from
his claims assayed, the result Of which
has decided him to begin active develop.
ment work. He left yesterday for thu
new camp.
On Smiths claims six leasers are nov
at work. and G. ID. Foster, teamster.
WHO left Monday morning for Shadyrun
with load OF hay for the Fallon For
wardlng Company's feed yard there, will
return loaded with five tons Of high
grade from Smiths claims for the Vest
ern Purchasing Company at Reno. Thi,
ore is said to b. exceedingly rich, ana
the returns from it will be awaited with
interest.
There are now two saloons at tn.
camp, and another going in the first oI
the coming week. Lumber for lodg
Ing house is on the way, and Il black
smiths shop will soon be nunibereo
among the Institutions.
Town lots still continue in demand,
and Sheriff Shirley informed the writer
tuesday that he had received letter
from party at Truckee asking for tut
reservation of whole block.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP
Burchell Brothers Superseded
by S. w. Collins Hardware Co.

Monday the papers were signed and
the formal transfer took place in which
Burchell Bros. retire from the hard.
ware business in favor of the s. W.
Collins Hardware Company.
The S. w. Collins Co. is Incorporated
with capital stock of $4,000, fully
paid. The company has branch stores
at Fairview and Rawhide. Fallon will
be its headquarters.
S. w. Collins, the president and man
ager, is yice-president OF the First Ma.
tional Bank of Fallou and president oi
the Miners and Merchants Bank oi
Rawhide. He is wide-awake, public
spirited business man and is thorough
ly familiar with every branch of the
hardware trade.
Harvey l.. Burchell will remain with
the new firm for several months.
1t is the intention of the present
management To give Fallon and vicini.
" a complete line Of hardware, build
ers' supplies wagons, vehicles and sgri-
ruitural implements, and 1t will be
their policy TO handle only the best
grades in their line, including a COM
plete line of tin and graniteware ana
all lines of household hardware.
In the near future the present quar-.
rers will be replaced with modern
two-story brick building.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
Nat Goodwin In Town.

Last Saturday Nat 4. Goodwin, the
lannon's comedian George Graham Rice,
editor Of the Nevada Mining News, ana
George Miller, mining partner OF Mr..
Goodwin, passed through Fsllon ell
route ~ kawhide In Mr.. Goodwin's 81
horse power " -lch auto.
In All interview In front of the Bob
r"n restaurant, from which the party
mad just euierged from lunch, Mr.. GOOD
win informed the editor OF the STAND
AID that he was ON his way TO Rawhid.
10 inspect hls properties at that camp.
In about ten days developments viii
nave taken place in Rawhide that Will
cause greater rush than ever to tia,
now famous camp. am not at libert.
At the present time to make pubic thai
20 which | sliude, but subsequent
events Will corroborate what nov ray
70 you.
~ here is this new town and mining
district of shadyrun, oi which 1 hear
60 much7" asked the aetor-n,iner.
When enlightened ON the subject, he
replied; MI. Miller and my sell, just as
soon as We return from Kawhide, are
going 10 send our expert into that camp,
aud Al II proves good We Will probably }
JOIN Ihe ranks oi the toilers there. " Z
nave no lavorite locality To boost. Cola
10 where you find it AID wherever We
nnd 1t there you will tind US. The re-
ports coming to US from Shadyrun are
50 favorable that we would be foolish
not 70 make an investigation. But to
divert from the subject, you have fine
Town and u splendid future here. | an
told that fallon is only four years old
IL is truly remarkable how these Nevada
le WINS grow, and | have seen none more
prosperous looking than the county seat
of Churchill county-l'm right about il
being county seat, am | not2 -Four
years old" he mused lets see, Sal.
vator was just four years old when la
broke the worlds record for mile, wa,
he not?" And with that he jumped
into the auto and the party was off fol
Rawhide.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
FaIIon Woman WronsfulIy Accuses
Another Of Theft.

Miss Georgia Mapes, as Mrs. Hal
stead, in the big production OF "Dia-
,nonds and Hearts" next week, has the
wool pulled over her eyes to the extent
of accusing her step-daughter, Bernice,
of stealing her diamonds.
It develops that her son. the william,
Dwight John POST , is at the bottom OF
the plot. He wishes to marry Bernice.
She, learning Of his intentions, leaves
the city and takes refuge at the country
home OF Abraham Barnes (Percy Kin
ney). Here she meets DR.. Burton, the
Barnes foster-child, and falls in love
with him.
The play is full OF exciting Incidents.
The arrest OF Bernice, the plot foiled by
Abraham, Hannah's devotion and other
thrilling sentiments too numerous to
men ntion.
The pretty girl parts are well taken
by Misses Alma Allen and Grace
Reeves. Sammy Tom Burchell)
the Dsrkey bell-boy. is worthy of men,
tion. The minor parts are taken by
Fred FRANKIE and Jud Kinney. No
pains or expense are being spared in
staging the play. Fine furniture, new
scenery. All the latest styles In spring
millinery and dress will be worn by the
ladies.
Mrs. Halstead in the third act will
wear an imported gown copied from one
worn by Miss Florence Roberts in the
late production OF "Sappho" in San
Francisco.
The public is assured of good play
at popular prices. rs cents for adults
and so cents for children. No extra
charge for reserved seats. The proceeds
from the play are to be donated to the
Episcopal church building fund. Be-
sides availing yourself of the chance OF
seeing good play you are also helping
worthy catise. The seat sale will COM
menoe on Wednesday next at Black &
Ferguson's. Don't forget the dates.
24th and 25th,
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
Additional Locals.

Frank Inman and wife spent Sunday
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. k. Lee
in this city.
Miss Eta Webb, the popular young
school teacher at Old River, came to
town Tuesday evening horseback, and
was compelled to take shelter from the
rain at the home of Miss Annie B. Coff-
rim for while.
Lee Winder, formerly of Fallon, but
now of Round Mountain, who has been
with his brother through his illness in
this city, left for home yesterday with
his wife.
Roy Reed, who has been confined to
his home with pneumonia, is now able
10 be Oh the street.
w. A. McCraney, president Of the
Nevada Editorial Association, passed
through Fallon Monday on his way to
Rawhide.
j. II. Haley, Wells Fargo agent at
this place, says that the express busi'
ness of Fairview and Wonder is ncreas'
ing rapidly.
l. II. Kent was passenger by auto to
Rawhide Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L. Downs have put
the lawn and grounds about their resi-
dence in the attractive. shape OF last
year. Their lawn is the prettlest in
town.
Fred waidely is having a three-room
house built on his lot on Second street,
which will be for rent when completed.
All down the line OH Taylor street,
from A. r. Jeifrey's to G. NJ. Burchell's,
spring yard cleaning and the planting
of flowers, fruit and ornamental trees to
In progress.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
A fine TRUCK GARDEN.
Consisting of General Variety of
Fruit and Vegetables.

J. W. Ferguson, whom everybody
knows, and those who don't had better
be getting acquainted, has just about
completed the planting of what is pro-
badly the finest garden in the county
He has piece of ground especially
adapted to that purpose. Sunday last
representative of the STANDARD by
special invitation was taken over the
place.
Previous to planting the ground had
been prepared for irrigating, several
main bitches winding through the field,
provided here and there with gates for
turning the water in any desired direc-
ton. 1t is Mr.. Ferguson's intention to
ere long build these intakes of concrete.
At the time of the STANDARD mans
visit he had just finished planting
about an acre of Early Rose and Rural
New Yorker potatoes and had the wa
Ter turned in on them.
Seven hundred strawberry plants
have been set out this spring and are
just coming in bloom There is row
after row of asparagus, letteuc, beets,
cabbage, ETC., each row being labeled
with the variety of seed planted. Mr..
Ferguson informed the writer the aspar-
agus from his beds had already graced
the family table, and the full length of
the rows the tender sprouts could be
seen shooting upward.
Currant bushes, plum and pear trees
were in blossom, and the apple orchard
which last year was neglected on ac.
count of the extra work entailed by
reason of the high water, had under
gone a complete transformation. The
grouno has been cultivated, not blade
OF grass or a weed is to be seen and the
trees have all been nicely pruned. The
proud owner pointed out an apple tree
which he called the Golden Sweet
This tree is l6 years old and has never
failed TO bear heavily with the excep-
tion of one year. The result of the care
gwen these fruit trees this spring should
ue of special interest to those engaged
IN horticulture.
The warm rains of the early part OF
the week should result in much good
20 those engaged in husbandry.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
SALE OF WONDER WATER
Probability That Line Will Ex.
tend Across to Fairview.

Il. s. Cunningham, manager of the
Wonder water company and of several
mining companies III this district, re-
turned this week from trip to Phila-
delphia, which, ii is believed, had
primarily to do with the sale of the
Bench creek water to the Nevada Hills
Mining Company. The report is thai
arrangements have been made TO carry
the water to Fairview, aud that eigh-
teen earle ads OF pipe for the line have
been contracted for and are about to
be shipped. This report has not, how.
ever, been affirmed by Mr.. Cunning
ham.
The Nevada Hills company will re-
quire this water in case it decides to
erect mill. 1t is regarded as yer.
probable that this will be done, but the
latest available information on the sub
ject is that the COMPANY has not ye'
reached definite decision AS TO whetb-
er it will build mill, or will make II
long time contract with the snleltel
trust.
There is a suggestion Of the latter IN
the fact that man believed To repre-
sent the Nevada Hills interests took ali
option in Philadelphia on an equip.
menl OF narrow-gauge railroad to be
constructed between talryisw aud Fal'
Ion. The construction OF such a line
would, OF course, materially lessen the
cost OF transporting ore TO the smelter.
A decision 10 build the mill aud take
Bench creek water TO tairyiew will
mean the employment II large force
OF men AZ this end of tile line, but ih'
present status of the matter seens 70 be
one OF some uncertainty.-honder Min.
ing News. .sssas,
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16
To the Public.

We have transferred our hardware
business to the S. W. Collins Hardware
Company, and now desire to thank the
public for their generous patronage in
the past, and hope that they will ex.
tend TO the new management the same.
All bills owing us are now due and
payable, and we hope will receive
prompt attention.
II. l.. RuRcHgLI,
G. NJ. BuRcHELL.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-04-16

Russell T. JOY, one OF the pioneers of
this district, and one Of the largest prop
erty owners here, has just returned
from a three months business and
pleasure trip in the East and South.
MIR. Joy spent the greater part of his
time in New York City, but took occas.
'on to devote himself for several weeks
/, recreation at St. Augustine and Palm
Beach, + la. The latter resort is now
known as the worlds most attractive
winter pleasure ground On his return
West Mr.. Joy tarri-d for few days in
southern California wv onder Mining
News.
Hub" Austin can now pan his pock-
els and find gold. Recently he panned
out alp vi 50 worth from Shadyrun rock,
v hich he had confined in small bottle.
On reaching for The bottle to show the
editor OF the STANDARD Monday he drew
from his pockets the fragments of the
bottle. Fortunately there's plenty more
where il came from.
Mining location notices for sale
At this office.