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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27
Will Reduce Expenses.

The county commissioners propose
to cut down the expenses of the county
telephone system and to this end are
figuring on reducing the working force
now used in carrying on the business of
the county lines. Blanks are being
prepared which will keep an accurate
record of all night business. II it is
determined that the night operator
works hours when no demand Is made
for service, these hours will be aban-
doned, temporarily, at least.
The county commissioners board IS
making some hard conscientious efforts
these days TO reduce the county ex-
penses to conform to the business con-
ditions; in short they are trying to
trim the county sails to meet the exist
ing times and are succeeding aimir-
ably.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27
island RANCH ROAD MATTER
New Appraisement Made May
Settle Long Drawn Out
Affair.

A new appraisement of the Island
ranch road was made Monday by four
appraisers, w. w. Williams, John
Oats, acting for the county, and d. w.
HAYES and c. w. Wightman, acting
for r. L. Douglass, the owner of the
land traversed by the proposed county
road for distance of five miles. The
appraisers recommended to the county
court that Mr.. Douglass be allowed $50
per acre for twenty-three acres of
land. whereas the former appraisers,
whose recommendations were rejected
by the commissioners board, maJ,, the
price SAT per acre.
The new appraisers figure that in
making a figure in the present in
stance, they are. establishing a pre-
$cedent in adjusting road matters in the
future. The price allowed Mr.. Doug
lass is not calculated to reimburse him
for his land, but is remuneration for
trouble and expense incurred in build
ling the private road to be converted
/ into a county road by action Of the
commissioners. 1t seems to be the
general concensus of opinion that in
Instances where public road is sought
3ihe people whom 1t would serve and
Through whose land the proposed road
Is to pass, should donate the land. At
any rate this is the view taken by the
board of appraisers who acted Monday
and their recommendation to the COM
s,nissioners voice the idea,
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27
ALL PROJECT WORK FINISHED
The Last Camp In the Project
VIII Soon Be a Thing OF
The Past.

All project work is now practically
completed and of the former working
forces nothing now remains but the
maintenance camp, in which something
like dozen men are employed. This
is situated on Old River near the Mitch
ell ranch and will soon be closed up.
After this spring ard until additional
construction programs are outlined for
this project the only work that viii be
done, will be confined solely TO the op-
GRAFTON and maintenance of the ditch
systems that now form networks
through our most fertile lands. Of
course in some instances canals will
need cleaning and repairing, but out
side of this nothing will be done for at
least a couple of years as it will be the
policy of the reclamation department
to allow the unsettled lands, now tribu-
tary to the bitches to fill up, before a
new program will be outlined.
The future energy of the project Of
fcials will be devoted exclusively TO
developing the lands now available for
irr cation, both patented and govern
m snt land, and the next two years at
least, will be utilized in bringing the
project, as we know it now, to the
highest possible state Of development.
In this work, Mr.. Means, the project
engineer, is doing excellent work. He
takes a broadminded view of local
Questions, which arise for adjustment
and his regime Is a most effective
one, which we trust will be continued
for an indefinite period.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27
County Clerk Sitton Is the Champion
Magpie Exterminator.

County Clerk J. w. Sitton has tn
lead on all other local magpie hunters
having killed an even fifty-two last
Sunday. He is going after the pirate
birds with a vengeance, and will
finish in the lead unless some other
hunter works overtime to pass him.
Next Sunday will witness quite num-
of our expert shots in the field after
magpies. The young birds are COM
mencing to fly now and before long it
will be too late to destroy magpie nests,
one of the most effective ways of get
ting rid of the birds.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27
Work On Tahoe Dam to Commence
Next Week.

Construction work on the Lake Tas
hoe control dam will be started on June
lst. This dam will, according to the
the agreement now in force between
the power companies and the govern
ment authorities, be built entirely un-
der the supervision of the government
reclamation authorities, but directly
by the power companies. The cost Of
the dam will approximate S25, 900 of
which one-half will be paid by the pow
er companies and one-half by the recla-
nation people out of the reclamation
fund of this state.
Work on the dam will be rushed as
it is aimed to have it completed by
the early fall.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27

Read the Standard for good
reliable news.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27
Farmers Association Picnic.

The Farmers Association picnic will
occur week from Saturday and while
the picnic grounds have not been Sc
lected as yet, nevertheless active prep
arations are being nade for a grand
time. A ball game and other sports
will form features of the picnic. The
grounds will be selected within a few
days and announcement will be made
in the next issue of this paper.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27
Dairy Cows Sold Readily.

d. p Huston tells us that the two
tar loads of dairy cows, which he ship
ped into Fallon last week have been
disposed of with the exception of half
a dozen head. The cows met with
ready sale among the homesteaders
who are anxious to commence milking
for the local creamery.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27
NEvaDAS REFERENDUM LAW MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
Will Be Appropriate and 1t Is
Desired That All Should
Attend.

Next Sunday will be fittingly celebra-
ted in Fallon as Memorial Day, exten-
sive preparations having already been
made for an appropriate observation
of the day set to commemorate those
who laid down their lives for their
country. The Rebekahs and Odd Fel-
lows have taken a leading part in the
preparation Of the program for next
Sunday, while all the other fraternal
orders have willingly assisted in every
manner possible.
Clark's pavilion has been engaged
for Memorial services, which will occur
at ten O'Clock Sunday morning The
following program will be rendered at
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27
The State Hygiencic Laboratory.

The Legislature at its recent session
enacted law creating State Hygenic
Laboratory at the University of Nevada
providing the services of bacteriologist
for the diagnosis of infectious diseases
for the physicians and health officers of
the state and for research into the ma
ture. cause and control of such diseases.
The administration of this law was
placed in the hands of the Board of Re-
gents.
At their meeting May 1st, the Regents
took steps toward the organization of
this isservice. DR.. w. B. Mack, Professor
of Bacteriology at the University, was
appointed Director. This action provides
for the State much needed service and
is in line with the prevailing practice in
most states at the present time. Such
laboratories are now usually maintained
at public expense, where the diagnosis
of such diseases as diphtheria, typhoid,
and tuberculosis can be made withou,
expense to the patient.
DR.. Mack came here from Cornell Uni.
versity in the Fall of 1906, and his work
is favorably known to many of the ply
sicians of the state for whom he has done
work of this kind. He will have compe,
tent assistant and first class service is as.
sured. As soon as the organization car
be completed circular will be issued tc
the health officers, health boards and
medical profession of the state announc-
ing the service that the laboratory is
ready to render.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-05-27
John Dunbar has consented to act as

marshall OF the day and desires that
the parade shall be cr4ditable one.
To this end he asks all lad es AMI gen
tlemen who will appear on horseback
on Memorial Day to call on him at the
Kent store and leave their names.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-17
HENRY vIGNAUD AT WORK IN HIS LIBRARY

when, this year, Henry Nfgnaud finally
retired at seventy-nine. without the pen
sion due all diplomats except those Of
our land. Il group of the great ones of
the colony came forward with 10000, to
make comfortable income for his
remaining years; to relieve him Of anxiety
for his family. and to permit him. in
scholarly retirement. to ride the life hobby
that was the secret of his modesty as an
official. He had bread to eat which am
bassadors knew not of.
1t was his Christopher Columbus library
Of a great race Sunday the Belt sta
ton of Neuilly is a pandemonium. Three
trains passed packed to the roofs. steps,
platforms. .'Twenty-siX in this compart-
ment, tseating eight. they Knocked us,
going by 1t was the Sunday of the
Auteuil stable lads revolt and this same
crowd was soon to burn the betting
booths.
Choking coal gas. SCOT that falls on the
perspiring grinding stress through smoke
filled tunnels, deafening noise Then sud-
den calm in sweet bright air. "Auteul,"
The lusty thousands pile out. We are
alone in the compartment. going over the
high Seine bridge. into Montrouse sub
urb. Yet it is still Paris, of interminabe
avenues, amid the shocks. dust, heat.
noise and odorS Of a popular holiday.
Wise Parisians darken the apartment and
stay home.
out to the fields. Country trolleys are
beseged. BagneuX cemetery, Hundreds
in black fight for seats holding wreaths
of purple beads upon their knees. Bag
neuN town. Then through fields and
ancient villages, a one-track trolley: and
the wattman hunts for four-lea fed clovers
while we wait at sidings.
Bagneux. cream-colored town, all shut
tiers up. sleeps in the sun We went two
blocks before we d soul. There are
no gardens. Silent streets. Immediately
clean. go bare. severe, between cream
houses and high cream walls.
We knocked at a low door flush with
the sidewalk. The ancient house seemed
insignificantly small we did not know
that the three adjoining houses to the
left were part of it. 1t has three front
doors. three dining rooms. salons and
waiting rooms that are confusing; but it
is charming house.
Through its intricate twilight, we came
to massive door and suddenly were in
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a park that blazed with flowers. where
fountains tinkled on green lawns. where
century-old trees made an Aeolian harp
Tor breezes. and the bestowed American
or Paris. the poSsessor of Il thousand
family secrets. welcomed us to the re-
treat of his old days
Il bought the place cheap for 5000
after the Franco Prussian war" said
and balls, degraded by military occupa-
ton. Little by little, l managed to put
the repairs on it,
We were astonished. IT is the PARK
and garden of an old French chateau. In
one cool spot trees and shrubbery made
an open-air hall of grateful shadow. Here
sat cousins nephews, nieces. the Partisan
contingent of summer Sunday. 1t was
the realm of Nine Vignaud. The learned
retirement of the great American student
has its own place.
An exterior stairway climbs an ivy
covered wall. which covered @Rll is long
and seems to shut the gar1ef& from the
street, but high up are six ancient stained
glass windows in row.
1t is no wall, but part of what in 1855
was the Bagneux Palace of Justice. Its
foundations contain dungeons, whose iron
rings for claiming prisoners are still in
place. Bagneux is full! of ancient walls
and rooms-not entire houses.
christopher Columbus might have stood
upon my actual library floor said Mr..
Vignaud. 1t is a fit place for ancient
books and aliases"
The outside stairway climbs up to 1.-THE
learned hobby of the man who not
dazzled by the life of Paris-brilliant.
Five long narrow rooms, en- suite in
BILE perspective, give vista of books.
books, terrestrial globes, old wood cuts
and maps in ink, hand-colored. Here are
busts of Franklin and Columbus. There
is Washington. See the copper plates of
ancient navisators. Here is all America,
the old America.
There are 14.ooO books. all chosen for
a purpose. Every volume has its listed
value. Many, bought cheap forty years
ago. have become precious. Here is
great in-folio du Val Atlas, dated los.
by the geographer of Henri III of France.
1t had small value in 1877 Yesterday its
fellow sold for 400 francs. Yet 1t Is not
one of the classic American aliases.
America, This noble library, in it's an
tique European setting, is devoted to
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Ihis was Henry Vignaud, Washburn' S
private secretary till 1872. second secre-
tary of legation from 1879. first secre-
tary from 1882 charge d'affaires in all
interims, and retired this year.
The incoming ministers and ambas-
sailors found the self-effacing fellow
American in charge of everything. author
itatively cognizant of every question.
docketed with every precedent, friendly
with every foreign diplomat and French
functionary And their first words,
Leave it to Vignaud.'' became habitual.
The consuming energy of the true expert
was satisfied by working in the shadow
Every American in Paris knows it.; so
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Ita'y's hopes to recove" Trieste and 10
establ 81 herself on the seml-ltal1an
Semi-S lavonic east coast of the Adrlauc
Sea. When. l..CreIora. the Austr N
marine minister. Admiral N"ntecuccol.
declares that the building of ships for the
defense OF Trieste and Flunl 4 pure
~ peaceful plan. lie l. say nS what no
Austrian believes. The archdukes avowed
ambition in naval affairs Is TO terrorlze
his own ally. italy, and to hold together
the Hapsburg domnions against the
na"hln tons Of the Society of Dante
Alighiere." and other Italian 1rredentist
movem ntS and leagues
Franz Ferdinand has his fanatcal ad-
mirers and fanatical foes. Clerical Aus
tria, which comprises practically al.
Vienna and great proportion of the
n 'vincial Germans Bohemians and
Claws, is on his sids. Even his liberal
fees admit his brilliant gifts. From
friendly quarters pour forth pamphlets
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Europe. to ignominious flight? To add
sentiment to this movement, on the last
anniversary of Admiral TeSetthoff 5
death the archduke tremendously drove
to his monument in the Prater and laid
at the base a wreath of laurels tied with
the Austrian national colorS.
The news that Austr a would build four
Dreadnoughts, each of 1860 tons, made
sensation in England. Alarmists at
once added them to the German fleet.
It is certain, however, that the arch
dukes real ann is to have an offensive
force against Italy. Franz Ferdinand
makes no concealment of his dislike of
the Italian kingdom. First, he is a pro-
nounced clerical and the Christian So
cialist party whicn supports his plans is
ranged on the side of the Vatican and
against the Qurnal Secondly. the ac-
tive foreign policy inau.urated by the
archduke is fatal to Italys amb tons
The annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina
was a deadly blow to Italy's hopes of
expansion in the Balkans. The arch
dukes tierceSt inSistence OF the essential
historic unity of Austria Hungary as it
stands today is yet another blow to
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orless existence led since the defeat at
Sadowa forty-three years ago. II was
this defeat which condemned Austria to
stagnation ard impotence. The a-cA6uke
refuses to ABIDE by its re utS. Acc ording
TO his admirer and friend, Baron Fall
kenegg, his favorite saying is: 1t WAS
not | who lost Sadowa. Why should
be bound by the resultS?"
Copyright in United States and Great Britain By
Curtis Brown
The United States Engineering Corps
has reported favorably on a project TO
connect and make Seattle seaport by
the construction of a canal to the Puget
sound by way of Salmon bay. The scheme
consists of a canal connection between
Lakes Union and Washington. the diff
ference of the levels being overcome by
lowering the water of the latter body and
also of the creation of channel through
Salmon bay. The only lock necessary
will be at the entrance of Salmon bay.
The cost of the project is estimated at
three and a half millions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-17
ran AMERICAN DIPLoMAT N RETIREMENIE - -

You started to write the history of the
discovery OF America. | said.
1t Is Il vast subject" replied he who
has been at il forty years my atten-
ton was directed particularly TO Column
bus; 80 | neglected the rest. and may
never write it.
What Is the trouble about Columbus?
" ny should he require so much investiSa-
uon2" l asked
me accepted history % Columhlis-aS
written by Washington Irving and his fol-
loWers-iS that he started across the At
iantlo with the idea OF reaching Asia re
pied Mr.. NIgnaud. have been con-
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ROYAL Rec1use SEXES Rens Of State in AuriaE hungary

and articles acclaiming him as the des-
tined restorer of Austria'S one-time glory.
One of the archduke's friends, certain
Baron Won Falkenegg, has circulated a
pamphlet in Germany in which he de-
scribes the future kaiser as rightful heir
of the Roman Empire of the East: and
argues that as sole living representative
of the famous Italian house of Este he
has inherited gifts Of diplomatic finesse
with which no other European ruler is
endowed. The clericals go even farther
in mystical hero-worship. Some of them
affirm that the goddess in the machine is
Franz Ferdinand's mor2anatic wife. the
Princess Sophie Hohenberg. born Count
ess Chotek of Bohemia. The princess,
say her friends. is a woman of remark
able gifts. all of which are devoted to the
service of the Catholic Church. She in
nuenceS by her letters, il is boosted, even
the Kaiser Wilhelm ii. She urges con-
sistently on her husband thai it is his
duty and privilege to restore the glories
of the acknowledgements dynasty. Her
enemies ascribe this political activity to
a desire to shine Ii gal Emp. eSS # Aus
tria. Her friends go to the other extreme,
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nerved to add Bosnia and Herzegovina to
the Habsburg dominions and TO restore
the dynasty to the glorious position it
occupied 300 years ago, when the EN-
peror Charles V claimed to rule the world.
His critics declare that Franz Ferdi-
nands weakest point in his ambition 10
strengthen and unity Austria is the oppo-
sition of the liberal Germans TO his cier-
zeal associations and allies. The arch
dukes admirers retort that he used the
clericals as his tools. and that they wall
never become his masters. But both
parties agree that whether it fails or sue
ceeds the new policy will not be suoine
or inglorious. The archduke's strength
lies in his logged indifference to facts.
He ignores internal discCrds. He refuses
utterly TO accept Bismarcks saying that
Austria renders her greatest services by
merely existing. We 10 not want her 10
live" To make Austria live il his de-
termination. and even If the life be
brief one. it will be livelier than the col
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cal and critical reviews.
He was secretary of the Rumanian
legation: he was connected with the la
bama claims commission. and he was
delegate to the metric conference.
Then he became Washburns private
secretary ard entered the American lega-
tion-to quit ii only yesterday.
Now you have leisure for Columbus"
/ said.
Il have published Life of Columbus
from his birth to his settlement In Portu-
gal" he answered. And in the work I
am now finishing take up the formation
of his plans and his negotiations with
the governments. ! drop him with the
discovery of America. From there on all
is known.
That second volume will come out this
autumn.
What shall you do next?" / asked.
Il propose to combine the two works.
published in French. in one English book.
adding all the new information l may
come on.
And them
Il shall be over eighty years of age
he unused. Yes, / know what / shall
do. l shall make a critical catalogue OF
my library. | am concerned about my
library. 1t is richer than Is known. I
should like to present it to my native
state: but l have not the means
You can think of that later" I said.
True. l am only eighty" he smiled.
STERLING HELLO.
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his three sons stood beside his bed The
Youngest threw himself on h rather
body i'm a passion of grief. the second,
OTTO. tile horse-mad, rushed to his stables
and wept out his sorrow on the neck of
a fayorite hunter The eldest son, Franz
Eardipapd calmly read his fathers will.
go orders for a funeral in accordance
Will rhe dead princes wishes and cold
bloodedlv sent for his major domo 10
submit the family account books. This
story is told by foes as characteristic OF
ternret it as proof of certain calmness
~ head, a certain logged devotion To
tiresnme duties which inspire the arch
duke in all his doings. and which enabled
him IN bear with patience the painful
and bI,mil ating apprentioeshi which lie
VAS forced TO undergo before being
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was born in New Orleans in 1880 and 10
himself a part of the history of our
country.
Before the war he was a newspaper
man. owning two weekly papers and max
ing literary name in Paris and New
Orleans publications When the war
broke out lie went with his fellows.
During two years lie was captain in
tie Confederate army. lie was captured
and escaped.
\ year later he went to Paris as secre-
tary of the Confederate diplomatic COM
mission. He never left Paris. where he
fo~ a time earned lis living doing musi-
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claimed by the Hapsburg Kaiser Fried
rich III. who first adopted the famous
motto. Austria will be the last surviving
of states upon the EARTH
*
In Austria Archduke Franz Ferdinand
is not popular as an individual, and he is
hated in Hungary. The burghers of
Vienna tell a story which illustrates,
they claim, the unsympathetic side of his
character When his father, the present
emperor's brother. Archduke Karl, died,
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FRANZ FERDINAND AND HIS FAMILY.

Was intrusted with the conduct of minor
affairs When some trifling question was
raised about the transfer OF a picture
from the Hofburg Palace to the Imperial
Art Gallery. when some minor problem of
military discipline arose. the emperor
made Il practice of initiating the report
under discussion with the syllable Err.
meaning that the "ErZherZog the arch
dukel could settle the matter at his dis
erection. For ten years the heir worked
ut these tiresome tasks.
Al last confident in his powers and eN-
perienees and feeling that the weak
policy of the old emperor and OF his
minister. Goluchowsky. would bring the
empire TO ruin. he is said to have NUT
tered impatiently: when VIII Ils
majesty send me his boots for repair"
\ tale-teller brought the story to Franz
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judged by his uncle, Franz Josef. to be
capable of managing the affairs of the
monarchy.
X x
The old emperor's theory was that an
heir was an under secretary. When by
the tragic death of the Crown Prince
Rudolph Franz Ferdinand became heir
to the throne. he was at once set to work.
The future emperor was treated as jun
ior clerk. At first the archduke merely
carried out orders. \ little later he