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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
PROFITABLE YIELD OF SPUDS
twenty-five Acres on Trolson
Ranch Return $50
Per Acre.

Judge A. M. Trolson was in town
was in town Monday from his ranch ON
Carson river near the dverting dam.
The judge has earned the title of "the
potato king of the project" for on
70 acres of his fine ranch was raised
this year $50 tens of potatoes, exclu-
slve of 40 tons of onions. The 25-acre
tract is under lease to gardeners, who
get two-thirds of all crops. The
judges share, amounting to but one
third brings him on an average of
$4,000 per acre, which goes to prove
something of the value of his land.
The gross income of the rs acres under
lease to gardeners $50. 90 which is ten
percent upon $500. This year the po-
tato crop of this valley starts off at
$500, a higher market price than for
several seasons. The coast spud
dealers eagerly snap up Nevada offer
ings so it is SAID, for the quality of Ne
vada patotoes is far superior to the
coast product.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
THE HEPPNER RANCH LEASED
Roy Leidy Leases This Fine
Property for a Period
of Five Years.

DR.. A. H. Heppner recently leased
his fine 1000-acre ranch on Old river to
Roy Leidy for period of five years.
Mr.. Leidy. by the terms of the lease,
agrees to pay DR.. Heppner $2850 cash
rent annually for the property, and he
proposes to farm the property along
the most approved plans. Hepurchased
the entire personal property on the
ranch, paying the owner $1,000
therefor.
In the meantime, Mr.. Leidy has Of
fered Dr.. Heppner $50, 600 cash for his
ranch, which offer, he says, will stand
until the doctor concludes to take it or
finally reject it. The Heppner ranch is
one of the county's finest tracts, and
was formerly owned by and known as
the George Ernst ranch.
Among the undertakings planned by
Mr.. Leidy for early consummation is
the matter of reclaiming 20O-acre
tract of the ranch, which will be irri-
gated from the surplus waters Of the
Carson river, all of which are now
diverted down the Old river chan mel,
which traverses the Heppner ranch.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17

Without attempting to speak as a
professional, we would yet question
the advisabity of seeking to establish
testator's sanity on the ground that
he played good game of poker. This
effort, now being made in disputed
will case in Philadelphia, seems to have
been inconclusive, and we must indorse
the referees cautious attitude. For
excellence at poker is by no means a
trait Of commonplace, everyday sanity.
The ability to tell whether an oppo-
nent has four kings or q four flush Is
something supernatural. 1t is eerie,
weird, creepy. IL does not make its
possessor stand out as "of sound
mind" but rather as of mind that is
beyond the comprehension OF ordinary
mortals. We're evidence being offered
as to excellence in the coldly intellec-
tua game of bridge, the Court might
listen with respect, but as to poker
the case is far different. Genius Is
always to near akin to insanity to
figure as test of reason.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
NOW WHO DO YOU
THINK THEY WERE

TIE shades Of evening were falling;
the gas lights on the porch refused to
work longer, and the encircling gloom
was gradually but surely enfolding two
young people on the front porch of a
local residence. There was no crowd
a not unusual happening In Fallon's
residence districts-and the young man
and young woman, who were in the
darkest corner. close together and
busily engaged in conversing had the
stage to themselves they thought.
lmpulsiyely she leaned nearer.
With swift motion she put her
arms around his neck and
At this precise moment the man in
the street. directly opposite, who had
been watching as he proceeded along
the thoroughfare, turned his head the
other way. 1t was none of his busi-
ness.
The purpose of this little story is to
assure the two young people in ques-
tion that the man in the street saw
nothing, except what is truthfully de-
picted herein.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
fernley Doines.

Fernley, New, Nov, 18th, 1910.
George L. Loughton visited Reno
last week.
Peter Dubois is building q coal room
at the schoolhouse.
F. A. Melindey took the Fernley
ballot box to Dayton last week.
Miss Abbie Pray returned home last
week from Wadsworth.
B. F. Jones returned Saturday from
Willard, Utah.
There will over hundred turkeys
shipped from Fernley for the Thanks
giving trade.
Thomas Nee was Fallon visitor the
last of the week. Mr.. Nee recently
sold his railroad land, comprising eighty
acres, to V. A. Tawney. Mr.. Tawney
has also acquired the Basset place. and
will move his family here soon.
The railroad company has enlarged
its crew of men in the Fernlev yards,
engaged in unloading rails for the new
Fernley-Lassen road. There are n
cars of steel in the yards to be unloaded,
while 80 cars more are at Sparks to be
moved down shortly for unloading at
this place.
Considerable interest was taken In
the local precinct election last week.
The Socialists put George L. Loughton
in the field for justice of the peace and
Peter Lind for constable. The Re-
publicans and Democrats fused and ran
Leon o. Whitsell for justice and H. r.
Melindy for constable. The latter won
by two votes, while Messrs. Loughton
and Whitsell tied for justice.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17

The latest returns place Con Ahern
ahead of G. L. Deadly for surveyor
general by 80 votes, with Lyon county
still to hear from; Ed Ryan is 337 votes
ahead Of Watson for mine inspector,
with Lyon county out. Legate is ABB
votes ahead Of Joe Josephs for clerk OF
meralda out. Deady will in all proba-
bility nose cut on Ahern, as this county
gave him 80 votes more by the official
canvass than was originally figured,
while Ryan and Legate are also sure
winners, if ordinary figuring counts.
The election returns will shortly be
canvassed by the state officials, who
will officially declare the winners.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
TsE WESTERN NEAT C '0My
WfI Disbafss Large n of
Money n this Valley on.
w y. Williams, Fae

rbe Western Meat Company alone
I'm paq oa1 IN this valley e hay
during he present season ething
aes35 900. fhiananey ds51r alnent is
largely attributable 20 The mining eff
hr.s Of H. - - Wnatn9, who
b,-sf aaa aaa Hrd 10 convince the
s.ia azaz aaHH aies of ,he desira-
ary =. .A.s -, 40 a cattle feeding
plsce. While attending ihe Ogden
state fair, he used his utmost endeavors
in disseminating Truckee-Carson pro-
iect information, and his convincing
talks resulted in bringing a very large
proportion of the stock beng fed here.
Mr.. Williams is an uniiring worker,
and is deserving of great credit for his
efforts objected towards bringing this
Valleys resources to the attention of
the outside world.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
Los Angeles May Soon Pass San
Francisco.

Everyone knows that Los Angeles
has added more population the past ten
years than any other Pacific Coast city,
but they don't all live ''in town." For
example, a seaport fourteen miles
away, connected with the orange belt
metropolis by narrow strip, figures
.3l9. 1893 inhabitants. However, Los
Angeles is dick mailing smart place,
collecting heavy tolls all winter from
every state in the union, including
Nevada. Through development of oil
il has established considerable manu-
featuring industry and its present
growth is quite as large as at any time
the past decade. There will be no sur
prise if Los Angeles passes San Fran
cisco before 1920, but the population
is not likely to exceed the population
around the Bay of San Francisco.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
Election In Washoe County.

In Washoe county the democrats
elected four out of the seven candidates
for the assembly. The county went
republican for the head of the ticket
and yesterday afternoon with the pre-
cincts of 0linghouse, Dewey, Jumbo,
Gurlock. Salt Marsh and Bald Mountain
to hear from, all small precincts and
not expected TO materially change the
status of the figure, Nixon had ma
jority of 969, Roberts S37, oddie 552
and Farnsworth 23l.
Orr and Moran were elected the Dis
trict Judges.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
+. o. Eagles ] Thanksgiving Ball.

The Fraternal Order of Eagles will
give their Grand Annual Ball on Thurs
day evening, November Oath in Clark
Pavilion. No expense will be spared
in making this ball the most enjoyable
event Of the season. A full orchestra
has been engaged for the occasion, as
suring the best music. The EA ecutive
Committee, whose names follow, are
working zealously to advertise and
make the ball success. c. II. Bristol,
John p. Schneider. L. w. Balm, j. C.
Lofthouse and Judson c. Jones.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Father Horgan, of Sparks, will cele-
brate mass at the Fallon section house
Saturday NOR ming at 10 o'clock.
Fred Strassburg, Sr., father of Fred
Strassburg, of the Churchill County
Bank, came down Monday for a few
days visit with his son and wife.
E. L. Williams is down from Reno in
attendance upon district court. Mr..
Williams is the administrator attor-
ney in the Toomey estate.
H. A. Stevens is back from Truckee,
California, where he teamed during the
summer months. Mr.. Stevens figures
on building a residence on his farm
south of town soon and will bring his
farm into high state of cultivation.
Augustus Young, brother-in-law of
w. W. and G. B. Williams, is here
from Pomeroy, Washington, visiting
his kinsmen. Mr.. Young is an old
Nevadan, having lived in the early
days in Edwards Creek valley and at
Candeleria.
Order Eastern Star will give an
entertainment and serve light refresh
ments after regular meeting Tuesday
evening, Nov, 22nd. Members of
Eastern Star and Masonic Orders in
vited. An invitation is also extended
to visiting members.
The Churchill county grand jury met
Monday in pursuance to instructions
from the district court, and devoted
the following three days to the ordinary
labors incumbent upon such meetings,
concluding their labors yesterday at
which time their report was complete.
Constable G. w. Sharkey, of Hazen,
spent the first of this week in Fallon
in attendance upon district court. Mr..
Sharkey is good officer, and the coun-
tvs taxpayers generally are pleased
that he is to succeed himself in Office.
He has always worked to keep down
the counties expense.
J. A. Thoreen, representing the
| Western Union Telegraph Company,
spent yesterday here arranging to in
stall Western Union clock circuit in
| Fallon. He stated that something like
dozen of the towns business firms
had agreed to have installed the
Western Union clocks in their places OF
business and that the service would be
inaugurated within another month.
4
We recently made mention of the
fact that Frank Orr had leased his val
liable ranch above town but failed to
give in the mention any particular
about Mr.. Orr's future movements.
As a matter of fact Mr.. Orr leased his
place because he came to be homesick
-homesick for his family which is now
in Reno, where the children are attend
ing sceool. After trying bachelor grub
and putting up with an empty house
for couple of months. he tired of the
game and will 60 to Reno and abide
with his family.
| Commissioner Alex Fraser received
a telegram from citizens of Palisadt
Friday stating that there was an epi
demic of typhoid at that place and ask
ing assistance. An informal meeting
of the board was at once called to take
action in the manner, and acting under
the law of 1905, which provides for 6
County Board of Health consisting o.
the County Physician, Sheriff and thu
Board of County Commissioners, thu
County Physician to act as the Chair
man of said Board of Health, was or
ganized to take action. Eureka Sen
tinel.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
Weevil Bothering Local Grocers.

An insidious little insect known COM
monty as the "weevil'', has been play
ing havoc with certain of the stocks
Of the local grocery stores that seem to
his liking. Despite every precaution
this little bug finds no trouble in bur-
rowing into sacks Of all kinds Of -four
and certain other of the grocery store
staples. The big store on the corner
recently fumigated with deadly poisons,
but even this extreme precautionary
measure has apparently failed of its
object. Flour is now quoted at prices
that are made for articles with or
without weevil."
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
Harmon District

Arch Moon is building concrete
wall house.
d. E. Fulton is working at the sugar
factory.
The Messrs. Alexson are leveling
land for w. II. Williams.
There was well attended party
at the Sears homestead last Satur-
day night. Games and dancing
were indulged in and the usual refresh
ments were served.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17

Indians continue to get whiskey by
the whole sale quantities. Something
wrong somewhere. The Piutes seem
to have an mate liking for firewater.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
Fallon. Nevada, Nov. Is, 19l

Fallon, Nevada, Nov. Is, 1910.
Dear Sir:
You are hereby notified that your
1910 water right charges will become
due on December l, 1910.
Your sttention is called to a recent
ruling Of the Department which states
that all payments becoming delinquent
on December l, 1910, must be paid op
or before March 81, 1911, in default Of
which the water right application will
be cancelled without further notice.
Very truly yours,
D. w. COLE,
Project Engineer.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17
NOTICE or WATER PAYMENTS
Project Engineer D. w. Cole
Has Notified Project Water
Users of New Ruling.

Appropos the recent ruling of the de-
partment of the interior relative to
postponement of water charges due
December lst, notice is being sent
out by Frank Hough, the projects
bookkeeper, to the water users of the
valley, which reads as follows:
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-17

Patronize the Standard job depart
mcnt.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31

?. @. Aug left this morning for Los
Angeles on q business mission.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31
RAPID PROGRESS AT THE
NEVADA HILLS PROPERTY

bench, and as many men as can be
used to advantage are employed IN
pushing the work to completion.
"The plans for the mill call for ev-
erything of the best. The building Is
to be of steel, and the machinery or
the latest and best design. In fact, tae
mill is simply duplicate of the great
Consolidated plant at Goldfeid, exceps
as to capacity.
"At the mine, owing to an increased
flow Of water, which the present limit
ed machinery cannot handle to advan-
tage, the development of the lower lev
els is not being pushed, pending the
completion of the electric power line
next month and the installation or
more powerful pumps, etc. Consider
able work is being done, however,
preparatory to the extended steady run
which is to follow in the installation
of the new machinery.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31
ELY Resurrection
HOLDS ITS CLAIMS

All the unpatented claims of the EiV
Resurrection group in the part OF the
Robinson district north from Ely have
been protected from passing into other
hands by the accomplishment OF the
annual assessment work as required by
law. according to an affidavit by Geo
w. Lynch fled today in the office OF
the county recorder. The claims thus
protected are: The General Miles,
Annie No. /, Annie Fraction, kat'er
Fraction, Blue Bell and Blue Bell NO.
/. Summit, Enyder, the Blackhor'e
numbered to 5, the Blackhorse Frac-
tion and Blackhorse Fraction No. l.
This company failed recently 70
meet its obligations and was purchased
at Judgment sale by Claude Fried OF
Salt Lake, who sued and recovered a
Judgment for more than $lS,ooo.-Ey
Expositor.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31
OLD SHEBA Mine IS
Being WORKED AGAIN

The old Sheba property in Humboldt
county is again being worked. This
good news was brought to Reno by Mr..
Southworth, a grauate of the Univer-
sity of Nevada school of mines, who is
employed by the company as engineer,
says the State Journal.
He says that the property, which pro-
duced upwards of $7,000,00O in the ear
ly days, when processes were crude and
transportation difficult and expensive,
now promises to even excel its former
record, for the metes and bounds of the
ore bodies have never been determined.
There is an enormous pile of tailings
there, which promises to yield good re-
turns if scientifically treated, while the
virgin ground in all directions Offers
encouragement for development work.
Mr.. Southworth has been in the dis
trict for some time and is thoroughly
familiar with the Chafey formations.
He has a chunk of ore that is almost d
nugget which was picked up on the
surface and the source of gold never
found although the roughness OF the
specimen testifies to hte fact that IT
had not travelled far The Black Can
Won district, in Mr.. Southworth s opin-
ion, has many good things in store.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31
MILLIONAIRE CAREY LAND
GRANT ALMOST EXHAUSTED

CARSON CITY, Dec. 30. - Accord
inc TO Surveyor G',..,sai and siate
Land Register C. l. Des dy, the million
acres of public lani set apart anil do
mated to the state for apportionn"nt
under the Sarey act of congress has
been practically taken up in the last
two wears, and it is il order to ask the
Government for from one to two mil
l;or more acres of lanr.
,p.much as every 16C acres Of LAID
g, spportioned is iecn capable Of
ss,slying family the Importance IF
tac statement is readily seen in tn, d.
,s..ion of colonizing Nevada.
TIE effective AMI popular operat, 4
of the Carey act was due, it develops,
to an act passed by the last legislature
empowering the state to deal with cor
porations for the purpose of allotting
the land, who become the middlemen
and actively encourage development
and colonization.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31

sary for a corporation, after making
the preliminary selection, to apply for
water rights, which are given over on
the understanding that water reservoirs
be constructed by backing up the water
of springs by means of large dams and
constructing reservoirs. Irrigation ca
nails are plated and the whole work
must be approved by the state engineer
before the project is sanctioned by the
state. The land is bought from the
state at nominal figure.
Thereafter the title goes to the cor
poration in fee and settlers buy the
land in parceds of from 40 to 160 acres
at reasonable figure with understand
ing as to rental for the use of guaran-
teed water supplies.
The entire plan is most favorable for
the development of the country, aud
inasmuch as the investment of capital
is well repaid, large capitalists readily
interest themselves in the enterprises
and in the bonds ordinarily foated.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31

Tn view of the visit to the Comstock
recently of Supt. Heiser of the Nevada
Hills mine at Fairview, seeking infoi-
nation as to the methods in vogue III
humping and other equipment, the fol
lowing from a Wonder paper, giving
tbe conditions at Fairview, will be read
with interest:
"At Fairview the work of making
readv for mining and milling on a large
scale is making splendid progress. Ev-
srvtb;ng that is being done is being
done in frst-class manner, and "itn a
view 70 permanency. At the new
thrse.eompartment shaft, which is de-
.;cned n be the main thoroughfare for
no.h he the Nevada Hills and the Eagle
. collar Of concrete, IA feet high, has
lust been finished, and a steel gaii0"'
800 i TO be erected right away.
.sTbe work of exeavating and build
inc ths : foundation for the mill is com,
nlstsa ,s ali but the lowest and last
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31

The Carey act was passed by con
gress in 1894, but it was not until the
Nevada act of 1908 that much was done
under it. Since that time, out of the
one million acres allotted 999 ,9s69. .s2
acres have been selected and there are
only 130 acres left out of the million.
Since 1909, 25 corporations have ap-
piled for land in immense tracts rang
upwards of $4,000 acres each.
OF this amount applied for the Unit
ed States approval of projects has
been had on 119 9,553.54 acres, and there
are pending under patent application
52,S24.74 acres. In addition there are
preliminary applications for s26.491.54
acres.
In the last week five companies have
made application for lands aggregating
100000 acres.
The Interpretation of the statistics
can be carried to almost any length.
Under the Carey act it becomes neces-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31
RAWHIDE METALS COMPANY
DOING MUCH DEVELOPMENT

include further development OF ther
deen tunnel on Bullskin mountain,
where some 1000 feet of work has been
accomplished in the opening up OF
foot vein of pyritlc ores, and wnien
was cut at depth of 500 feet. Ihough
low grade concentrating product q.
present, it gives promise of commerciai
ore with added development.
The conditions that surround tue
property of the Rawhidc Metals COM
many stamp their holdings as beng
among the best in the district. From
an intelligent mining standpoint tae
indications are that there will be big
mine opened up in that section. Some
Of the largest ore bodies in the history
Of mining have been found on the con
tact between the porphyry and granite
and it is not likely that this instance
will prove an exception.
The company has done vast amount
of work, running into thousands OF fees'
in the development of the property IN
different places, and all of the show
ings show a great property in emoryo'
The Rawhide Metals company was
the first on the ground and to begin op'
erations on company account In tne
camp of Rawhide, and they have oeen
AZ work most of the time since.
Under the management of J. W. zen
plase. the work has been conducted III
4 careful, economical and capable man
ner, and his aim has constantly oesn :
oct the most work possible for th'
money, at all times iaboring inaels
tipably for the best interests OF TINS
stockholders in the company.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-31
DEEPER MINING STARTED
IN THE WONDER DISTRICT

with the information gained from the
surface digging as basis has been for
mulated.
At the 200 and 300 levels crosscuts
have been run to the big ledge, drifts
extended right and left, and the whole
mine, as far as explored, thoroughly
sampled. The assay returns from these
samples showed sufficient values to en-
courage deeper workings.
Mr.. Cunningham has gone to make
necessary arrangements for the pur-
chase of lumber, hauling, etc., for tim
bering the shaft, improvements on the
surface, and the like, and by the time
the supplies begin arriving there should
be lively times in AID around the Jack
Pot.
The deepening Of this shaft will
mean much to Wonder district, for 1T
will be the means of showing whether
or not the theory Of secondary enrich
ment, expounded by the geologists,
holds good here. The location of this
shaft in the lowest part Of the district
makes it probable that water level will
be reached by the time the work IS
finished, and at the water level is
where the richest ore is supposed to be.
Should this prove to be the case deeper
mining win become the fashion and the
permanency Of the camp be assured