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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-12-22
DEATH VISITS THE
HOME OF e. C. SMITH

Death visited the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar C. Smith Frid
night and took from them their
nine-year-old daughter Ramona. The
child passed away from the dread
disease diphtheris, with which she had
been afflicted for but two days. The
disease made no manifestation of it's
malignant form until on the afternoon
of the day of the child's death, and was
believed by the afflicted parents to be
merely case of ordinary sore throat.
Friday afternoon, alarming SYMPTOMS
developed and DR.. G. M. Gardner was
quickly summoned, who promptly ad-
mnistered anti-toxin, but without
remedial results, and at nine o'clock
Friday night the little sufferer
passed from this life and left a home
stricken with grief.
The funeral occurred Saturday and
was conducted by Undertaken E. w.
Black. IntermeHt was had in Fallon
cemetery.
The other children of the family,
three in number, have not contracted
the disease up to the present time,
nor has there been any other case re-
ported in the neighborhood from
among the children who were school
mates of the deceased child, and it is
earnestly hoped that with this sad oc-
currence, the disease will be obliterated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith have the deepest
sympathy of the residents of this COM
munity in their sore affliction. The
nature of the disease which selected
their home as its place of visitation,
was such that few could minister, but
nevertheless, willing hands did every
thing possible and to these the heart
broken parents wish to extend their
deepest gratitude.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-12-22
cultivating Alfalfa.

Growing alfalfa seed from separately
cultivated plants instead Of from a
thick rooted field, is something out of
the ordinary, at least. S. N. Hart has
experimental in that direction on his
place, formerly the Dan Saunders prop
erty, southeast of Bishop, and informs
US that he harvests yield Of about
four times as much per acre as the or
binary crop gathered from bayfield,.
Mr.. Hart has his plants set in hills
about three feet apart, and q little
more than that between the rows. The
uncovered ground is cultivated % for
other crops, and the plants respond to
the treatment with heavy production
of bloom and seed.
The method is new to US, and may be
equally so to many others. Raising
seed, with such good crops assured,
ought to be a profitable industry
Bishop Register.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-12-22
CALIFORNIAN SPEAKS WELL
dr sh M U T Gu~mhRm
~ A
OF This Great Valley and the
Bright Future of its Great
est Undertaking.

p. J. PREM has returned from Chur-
chill county, Nevada, where he went to
investigate the prospects for the sue
cess of the sugar beet industry being
established at Fallon. Mr.. Prein is of
the opinion that it will prove a success
and profitable enterprise. The peo-
nle are all interested and working ener-
getically and harmoniously, and that
means a great deal. Sand was origin
ally the predominating element of the
soil in the districts upon which the
plant must depend for success, but a
great deal of it has been under irriga-
tion for some time and as a result, the
deposit of the silt carried by the water
and succession of alfalfa crops is
gradually changing the soil into a fer
tile loan, especially well adapted to the
successful cultivation of beets. The
districts upon which the Fallon factory
must depend for its crops are not all
contiguous territory. One of them is
ocated near Reno.
While Mr.. PREM investigated general
conditions. the special purpose of his
trip was to look over the Freeman
tract. This comprises about 9, 900 acres,
located in the Saltwater country, about
fifteen miles below Fallon. The late
John S. Freeman of Woodland pur-
chased it many years ago and operated
il as a stock farm until his death. His
widow and children have been consid-
ering the advisability of dividing it
into smaller holdings and offering it
for sale.
Mr.. PREM thinks that large portions
Of Nevada that have lain dormant for
years are now on the eve of an era of
wonderful development, and he fore
sees rapid growth and substantial pros
perity during the next ten years. He
says the people are optimistic and
never lose an opportunity to boost the
Staie.-W Woodland, California, CORES
pondence in the Sacramento Bee.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-12-22
ARMY ENGINEERS IN DOUBT
In Regard to the Expenditure
of the $20,000,000
Special Fund.

Before the Board of Army Engineers,
appointed by President Taft, can COM
plete its report on Government irriga-
tion projects and suggest the manner
of distributing the 500, 900 fund
made available by recent act of Con-
gress, it must have an opinion from the
Attorney-General interpreting the
language of the act, which to the men,
bers of the board is susceptible of two
constructions. The law provides that
this $40, 900, 900 shall be used Gin the
completion Off projects heretofore
adopted.
Army Engineers are great sticklers
for propriety and the members of this
board are perplexed to know whether,
under this act, they can apply the $20.-
100000 towards the completion of
various projects, or whether they must
allot only to such projects as can be
completed by the $40, 900, 900. There is
vast difference in the two plans; if
the former idea is carried out land that
undoubtedly was the purpose of Con-
gress) then the 500, 900, 900 can be spread
out over dozen states; if the money
can be used only in the absolute COM
pletion of projects. the whole 500,
600 could be absorbed in single state.
For instance, it would require the full
amount to complete the Yakima project
in Washington; all but 1000, 900 of
the fund could be used in completing
the Boise-Payette project in Idaho,
and so on it goes.
In advance of ruling made by the
Attorney-General, it is not known
what Interpretation of the law the
board will follow. but if the Attorney
General follows strictly the letter rather
than the spirit of the law. the Admins
tration will find itself nightly en-
barrassed, for every state that fails to
receive an allotment will be up in arms
and the White House will be beseiged
by incensed Senators and Representa-
tives.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-12-22
are located in particular.

are located in particular.
No home industry has made such
strides within life of fifteen years,
and benefiting home people to such an
extent, it is entitled to home patronage
which will enable it to continue and ex-
tend its work for the advancement of
the farmer and prosperity of the entire
territory in which it draws its patron
age.
Such, the National Farmer is pleased
to note, is the sentiment of the over
whelming majority of beet growers as
manifested by the alacrity shown in
signing contracts for beet deliveries in
1911. This is commendable and every
intelligent and thoughtful farmer who
is cognizant of the conditions is con-
tent. More acreage has been already
signed for beet cultivation next season
than had been signed two months later
than this date last year.
The farmers Of the state have raised
more beets the past season than in any
previous year; they are getting more
money for their crop and they are
going to increase their acreage still
more next season.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-12-22
Nevada Hills Suing Fairview Eagle.

NeVdu6 Hills Ouluk IolIslcW EaBAcs
The Nevada Hills Mining Company
has filed suit against the Fairview
Eagle Mines Company for $S5, 600. In
the complaint it is alleged that the
Falrview Eagles Mines Company gave
this note to the Nevada Hills Company
at Goldfield on July %, 1910, and that
the same has never been paid. Besides
suing for s35, 900, the attorney for the
plaintiff is asking for $35, 900 attorneys
fees and the costs Of the suit.
C. F. Burton, attorney for the plain
tiff in this action, states that the suit
is brought merely for the purpose Of
perfecting the consolidation of the Me-
vada Hills and Fairview Eagles and for
the purpose of giving the Nevada Hills
title to the Fairview Eagles properties.
Under the terms of the consolidation,
one share of Nevada Hills was to be
given for six shares of Fairview Eagle
and Mr.. Burton says that this will not
at all interfere with the changing OF
the stock.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-12-22

two weeks in going over the new route.
Parties IN from Churchill county state
that another party of railroad engi-
neers is following up the reconnaissance
made by Mr.. Stradley.
''Mr. Reid had previously made two
surveys. One crossed the X L range
by Mckinney pass, six miles south of
Kennedy. This route takes only a
three-mie tunnel, but the distance
saved is but 35 miles and there are
considerable curvatures.
"The other route crosses by the six
mile tunnel between Shanghai and
Cox's canyon, about two miles north
Of the desert we'll and is a straight
shoot all the way.
"If the Mckinney pass is taken, the
new line will open up in Buena Vista
valley the Buena Vista iron mines, the
camps of Copper Kettle, Coppereid,
Fondaway, Shady Run and other mines.
''The other route is by way of Boyer
and will open up the nickel and cop
per mines of that district. A branch
line will also give an outlet to Cop
pereid.
''The eastern terminus of the cutoff
will probably be at Argenta, station
few miles east of Battle Mountain.
At the west end the line may be run
by Saltwater and Fallon, instead of
Paran and Hazen."
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-12-22
Obituary.

Ramona Smith was born in Lovelocks,
Nevada, May oath, 1901. While an
infant in arms, her parents moved to
this community where they have since
resided. She was a lovable child,
highly esteemed by those with whom
she came in contact, and her demise
Is mourned generally.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-12-22
BEET SUGAR FACTORY MAN
Visits Fallon and Places Stamn
of APPROVAL on This
Great Valley.

Manager Leland, of the Idaho Falls,
Idaho, beet sugar factory. was a Fal-
lon visitor between trains Friday,
having stopped over for a chat with
General Manager Fred Hnze, of the
Nevada Sugar Company. Mr.. Leland
was greatly surprised at the progress
made by the Fallon company in its
sugar factory undertaking and was
likewise amazed at the great scope of
country in this valley, available for
sugar beet culture. Mr.. Leland was
on his way to Oxnard, California,
another sugar producing town, where
he has interests. Needless to say, Mr..
Hinze managed to infuse a lot of en-
thusiasm in Mr.. Leland, who will talk
to outside people of our great under
taking here. This instance is only one
of hundreds that are to come after it,
of the efficacy of advertising. Had he
not known of the beet sugar possibili-
ties in this valley, he would never have
been attracted to this place and we
trust that his observations will result
in good to the industry in this valley.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-12-22
Wanted.

Twenty shares of Churchill County
Bank Stock at par value.
ito CALLIE B. FERGUSON.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-12-22

Mrs. K. B. Stockton returned home
Tuesday from Healdsburg, California,
where she visited relatives and friends
for three months. Accompanying her
was ID. W. Davidson, a nephew, who
halls from Healdsburg. Mr. Davidson
is investigating this section with a
view to locating.
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-15
CENSUS ENUMERA1oRs

A call for more applicants for places
| as census enumerators has been issued
by supervisor of census, II. j. Baird. of
Delta Colo. He urges all persons in
his district desiring to serve to obtain
their application forms at once and to
file them with him before January 25.
when he must stop considering new
applications in order to prepare for
the test of the previous applica-
tions on February ). After this he
VIII examine and rate the papers until
about February %, when he will for
ward his list of designations as enum-
orators, with their test" papers, to
Census Director Durand, who will care
fully go over and rerate the papers of
the successful candidates before giving
his consent to the issue Of commissions
to them by the supervisor. By the
middle or latter part of March all the
enumerators will have been commits.
stoned and in receipt of detailed in
structions concerning their work.
To quiet any qualms relative to the
test of the qualifications of appli,
cants, to be made February 5, the sup.
ervisor has obtained some information
from the Census Director concerning
the ''test' of Twelfth Census enumer-
atOrs. 1t has been officially stated
that the 1910 test will be very
similar to the one in the preceding
census and will consist in requiring ap-
plicants to fill sample schedules from
printed narratives concerning census
facts. AS the rural enumerators are
to carry both tthe population and ag
ricultural schedule, they will be "test-
ed' with samples of both, but the city
enumerators, who carry the population
schedule alone, will only be required tc
prove their ability by filing sample.
of that schedule.
The "test' population schedule mar
rative in 1900 was, in part. as follows
"The enumerator of the forty fifth
enumeration district of the ninth sup
ervisor district of the state of Penn
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-15

recitations, in discussions, and CONVEX
sations among ourselves. In our social
gatherings and the kind of merriment
we admire. There is character forme';
in every athletic test in which we pa--
ticipate, Yes, by every thought that
flies through the dark recesses of the
brain.
eff we delight in gossip. and are
not contented until each of our neigh
bors is laid on the dissecting table, We
form a character enviable indeed.
Scandal mongering is probably the
worst and most contemplate of all
sins; and yet, unfortunately, it is the
most enjoyable, fashionable and gen
eral.
"We can't afford to do thing to
day which We will regret tomorrow.
In my past experience of life I have
found that fellow seldom escapes
harvesting the seed he sows. There is
no complaint in the natural world if
seed sown brings fruit of its kind.
There is no complaint if neglected
seed time brings a harvest of want.
There is no cry of injustice if in after
life we find character blemished.
dwarfed. and corrupted by our evil
leeds and actions of today. Little
proprietv have we to murmur if we in
flict scars on our manhood which years
of reform fail to wear away. The law
of compensation is as firm as the laws
of the Medes and Persians.
But if each day we are scrupulous,
plant ourselves on principles which are
eternal. we shall form character
which cannot be concealed. and which
we shall not be ashamed ola charao.
ter which will be an efficient basis
whereupon to plant our highest intel
lectual achievements.
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-15

service by carrier is provided on 40,
62s rural routes and in LAO cities
| and towns. (The next quarter report
will show Glenwood added to this lat
ter class.)
Ordinary postage stamps to the mum
Der Of S.712,907 ,03l were sold during
the year, domestic money orders to TIA
value Of s49l, ,O74,s44 were issued, and
4O,539,54 articles were registered. The
total receipts for the fiscal year 1909
were 5000, ,562, ,3s3.07, an increase Of
6.3l per cent over the previous pear.
The total expenditures amounted to
1921 ,0O4 ,l02.s9. an increase of littl,
over g per cent.
The excess of expenditures over re
ceipts during the fiscal year 1909 is
given at $17,44l,7l9.s2, which does no,
include some $4,000 as result Of
burglary, fire, etc. In its early days
the service was selfsupporting. For
thirty years, from 1889 to 1919, it
failed only once to yield an annual
profit, but in recent years the service
has faced deficit at the close of each
year. The loss has been traced to sec
ond class matter and rural routes. thar
on the latter during the past dozen
years reaching $2a,OO0,000.
''Since the opening of the present
administration" says the report, "the
postmaster general and his assistants
have adopted measures of retrench,
met in conformity with the presiden s
policy and these policies are being put
into effect with good results. 1t should
be stated with emphasis, however. that
the economy is not to be enforced at
the cost of efficiency. There is to br
no impairment of the service.
''Only such measures of economy
will be adopted therefore AS can be
made u consistant part of general
program having for Its chief object
the Improvement of the personnel, the
form of organization, and the business
methods of the postal establishment. -
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-15
LITTLE POSTAGE STAMP
and RECENT REPORT

In spite of the fact that hardly q
| person in this country but has stuck
to mail matter, stamps of various de-
nominations and while doing so thought
only, ''this will take my mail to its
destinations. there are few who have
more than a slight idea of the stamp
and its adoption by this country.
ed the anniversary day of the estab-
| .ishment of the penny post by Sir
| Rowland Hill and the use of the mod
| eru postage stamps on letters. ''1t
seems almost Incredible says an eX
change, in view of the fact of the
great number of stamps used today,
| that it was only in 1910 that postage
stamps came into use on January 10.
That is only 10 years ago, and today
hundreds of millions of stamps are
daily placed upon letters.
50 Sir Rowland first made the sug
improvements in the postal system of
England, in the following words:
Perhaps the difficulties might be over
come by using bit of paper large
enough to bear the stamp, and cover
ing the back with glutinous wash,
which, by applying little moisture,
might be attached to the back of the
letter.
Proposals SO striking an dnovel i'll
regard to a subject in which everyone
had special personal interest could
not fail to command general attention
'The adhesive postage stamps were
not introduced into the United States
until 1S47, but, ON account OF the high
rate of postage and the provision al
lowing optional prepayment, they dill
not come into general use until 1855.
In 1852 stamped envelopes were first
in 1872 postal cards were authorized.
and in 1879 double or reply postal
cards were first used.
''In the English colonies of America
before 1889, such postal facilities as
existed were supplied by private en-
terprise. In that year the first effor.
was made for the establishment of a
government postal system.
"In 1892 rates of postage were fixed
which remained unaltered for nearly
half century. They were: For 30
miles and under, 6 cents; over 80 miles
and not exceeding 80 miles, cents;
over 60 and not exceeding 100, 10
cents; and so on up to $50 miles and
over, for which the charge was 25
cents. In 1s45 the rate was lowered,
and the postage on letters not exceed
ing one-half ounce in weight was fixed
at 8 cents for any distance not ex-
ceedihg 300 miles; over 300 miles 1t
was 10 cents. In 1851 it was reduced
to cents for distances under 5000
miles. IT. was not until 1888 that let
ter postage was reduced to Q cents.n
Some idea of the size of the present
postal service fthe United States
and the magnitude of its business may
be gained from reading the annual re-
port of the postmaster general for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1909, ana
which was received this week by Post
master Thorson.
The report shows that the service
has about 325,000 employees, and that
fourteen billion pieces of mail were
handled during the last fiscal year
The number of postofiices in operation
is 80,144. There are 26,652 domestic
transportation routes aggregatina
44s,olS miles in length, with an annua
] travel Of 81, ,151 ,lal miles. A deliver.
The Glenwood post., 1910-01-15
A WRETcHEp MIsrAKE

to endure the itching, painful distress
of Piles. There s no need to. Listen.
81 suffered much from Piles,'' writes
Will A. Marsh, of Silver City, N. c.,
"till l got box of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, andwas soon cured.' Burns,
Boils, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eczema
Cuts, Chappei Hands, Chilblains, van
ish before it. 25c at all druggists.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-18
John Walkup Had a Nickel and a
Happy Disposition

John Walkup is an agreea BILE
chap. He had but one nickel to
his name yesterday afternoon.
But that nickel was five cents
more than thirteen others had, as
they lined up before Judge Amt
son in police court. Walkup him.
self did not know he owned the
nickel until it was found by the
jailer in the lining of his tattered
coat, which may have accounted
for Walkup's genial disposition
yesterday, albeit charge of vag-
rancy had been placed against
him.
$50 you were on a good spree?"
commented Judge Arntson when
Walkup's name was called.
"Call it a good one if you like,
judge" smiled Walkup.
what do you think of it your
self inquired the judge.
ooh. it suited me all right, !"
came the answer without the least
hesitation. Judge Arntson SEN
fenced him to ten days in Jail, but
Walkup thought of the treasure
he had Unexpectedly acquired and
he merely smiled.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-18
If Women Only Knew
What a Heap of Happiness Il
Would Bring to Tacoma Homes.

Hard to do homework with an
aching back.
Brings you hours of misery at
leisure or at work.
II women only knew the cause
that
Backache pains come from sick
kidneys,
'Twould save much needless
woe.
Doan,s Kidney Pills cure sics
kidneys.
Tacoma people endorse this:
Mrs. r. o. Fenton, 3908 N.
Verde street, Tacoma, Wash,
saws: ut gives me great pleasure
to tell of the benefit / received
from the use of Doan's Kidney
Pills. / was led to try this rem
edy after another member of my
family had taken 1t and had been
cured of kidney complaint. Doan's
Kidney Pills at once relieved the
pain in my back and corrected the
trouble with my kidneys. still
take this remedy occasionally and
1t acts as preventive Of any kid
ney disorders"
For sale by all dealers. Price 6o|
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buff
falo. New York. sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name - Doan's
r-,and take no other.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-18
She Designs $40, 900 Silver Service
For Battleship North Dakota

In competition with many ex-
pert designers, Miss Lila Lorsh-
bough, society girl of Fargo, N.
d., has won the prize for a deco
rative design to be used on the
$4,000 silver service of the new
Dreadnaught battleship North Da-
kota. Her father is secretary OF
the Dakota Trust company, and
is prominent financier of the
northwest.
Miss Lorshbough has long var
led her social duties with art
work, but. only in an amateur
way. Her prize design consists
of an egle, an anchor and steer
ing wheel, emblematic of the
navy. with sheaf of wheat in the
center, typical of the great Dako-
ia product. All this is upon a
crest, interviewer with the letters
u. S. s. N. D." The silver ser
vice is to be paid for by popular
subscription.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-18

Nj. o. Bigelow and Frank Ches-
ter, who were painting a sign for
the Tacoma Paper and Stationery
company, 1875 Jefferson avenue,
yesterday, were thrown a distance
of 20 feet by the breaking of a
rope supporting their scaffold. The
police ambulance responded to
hurry call, but neither of the
slightly injured men wanted to go
to the hospital. They were sent
home,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-18
SWALLOWS HIS PRIDE
AND ACCEPTS SONS
SHOP.GIRL WIFE
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BELGRADE LAKE, Me-, Aug.
1S.-"Philander c. Knox and fam
lily" is the way the secretary of
state is registered today at the
Belgrade hotel, where his recalci-
trant son, with his heretofore I'M
welcome wife are staying under
the paternal wing, every sign of
discord over the youths marriage
gone.
1t was thought that young
Knox's marriage to New Haven
shop girl had estranged father and
son permanently but the elder
Knox has evidently accepted the
situation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-18
CHINAGETTING
POINTERS

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 49,
Prince Tsai Chun, commissioner
Of the royal Chinese navy, will
rrrive in San Francisco on Sep
)ember 16 from the Orient. He
will spend several weeks in the
United States, engaged in the
study of the United States navy.