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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10
NO PROJECT RELIEF IN SIGHT
United States Senator Nixon
Says No Encouragement
Can Be Held Out.

The following letter from Senator
Nixon is self explanatory, and makes
us know that as honeyed as were the
promises dealt out last fall by Uncle
Sans carload of junketers, that sir
cerity was not back of the promises
and that whatever hopes were builded
upon those promises must topple to tho
ground, for pay up is the ruling order
and will remain SO until the real need
and Importance of the government pre-
jects to the nation is learned IN fullest
measure. just now the projects need
national aid and need it badly, but this
aid is to be denied, if the answer to
Assemblyman Ferguson's letter is to
be believed and it must be, for Sena-
tor Nixon is in absolute touch with the
situation.
1t is only added proof that national
reclamation is business policy, entire
ly devoid of sentiment, the benefits
from which must be reaped by people
of means.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 4, 1910.
Mr.. j. w. FERGUSON,
Fallon, Nevada.
My DEAR Mr.. FERGUSON:
/ am in receipt of your letter of tn,
10Th ,ult., making inquiry regarding th.
possibility of congress enacting som
measure which will permit the gradu-
ated scale of payments, as contem-
plated in the bill which l introduced
during last session.
To my mind, such relief should be
granted and it was my intention to re-
introduce similar bill during the pres
ent session, but find that it would be
absolutely impossible to get favorable
consideration. have talked with
nearly every member of the committee
on irrigation, urging the necessity for
legislation of this character, but ma
jority are decidedly opposed to such a
law. Not only does this feeling exist
in the senate committee on irrigation,
but the reclamation service will not
favorably report upon the scheme /
had devised, and it would be impossible
to get favorable consideration in the
House committee on irrigation, because
many members have expressed their
opposition to reporting any legislation
such as is contemplated by my bill.
fully realize the conditions prevail
/ ing on our project, and had hoped that
while the members of the committee
were not favorably impressed during
the last congress, that after the visit
of the committee on irrigation to tile
different projects throughout the west
this summer that the question of gradu-
ated payments would be looked upon
with more approval.
would be very glad to give those
interested any encouragement in the
matter if it were possible to do so, but
from the present outlook doubt very
much whether any legislation favoriug
this manner of payment will be enacted.
With kind regards, am,
Yours very truly,
GEORGE S. NIXON.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10
County Commissioners Meet.

The board of county commissioners
met Monday. The sheriff 8 report was
received for the month of January and
approved.
The bond of E. R. Ruprecht, as
county telephone manager, rendered in
the sum OF $500, was approved.
The usual bills were allowed, after
which the board adjourned until the
next regular meeting, which occurs.
Monday, March 7th.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10
Happenings at Rosenbere's.

During the week there has arrived
from the East the coming seasons s
white waists. 1t Is one of the largest
assortments shown in Nevada.
The new suitings are being arranged
'on the shelves, and the spring oxfords
are various and snappy.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR SALE: A pure bred Poland
China boar. Address Ed. T. Morgan,
Northam Nevada, for particulars.
Special rates at the Churchill for
regular boarders. Free baths and
modern plumbing.
If Maupin can't fix it, throw it away.
Fallon Machine Shop.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10

LOST: skid chains for auto wheels;
one between Fallon and Saltwater,
presumably in the Harmon district and
one between the depot and government
offices. Reward for return to this Office.
An ad. in the Standard pays.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10
THE PRESENT COLD PERIOD
Longest Cold Spell On Record
In These Parts. Large
Area Suffers.

AL Clifford, manager of the Miller
g. Lux properties IN Mason valley
passed through this morning on his
way to the ranch. In reply to a ques-
tion regarding the condition of stock
he said;
sThis has been a mighty rough win
ter on all classes of stock in Mason
valley. which is regarded as one of
the mildest feeding valleys in the
state, has experienced the severest
cold that has been known in many years.
The thermometer has registered as low
as 16 below, which is unusual.
There has SO far been hay enough
for all purposes, but in spite of heavy
feeding the cattle have not done as
well as could be asked. There has
been no loss as yet, but if the weather
continues there is no telling what will
happen. Cattle. like everything else,
can only stand a certain amount of
cold.-Carson Appeal.
Eastern Oregon is in the grip of zero
weather again. The ground is covered
with snow and if the cold weather con-
tinues it will mean great expense and
possible loss to stockmen. Feed is high
and hard to get at any price. Accord
ing to reports received last week
from the John Day country in Grant
county the hay supply is exhausted and
cattle can be purchased at SIS head
1t is said that they are already too
weak to be driven out to where feed
can be obtained. --Oregonian.
The recent cold snap which has pre-
vailed throughout the state has crea-
ted big demand for hay by the many
stockmen and as result much of the
Lovelock Valley product is finding a
good market. During the first three
work days of this week eighteen cars
of hay were shipped from this point
and this would be materially increased
if more cars were available. Most of
the hay shipped this week was con-
signed to eastern Nevada points. r
Lovelock Review.
In communication to the Reno OUR
nal. r. L. Fulton says that the white
man has known the Great Basin and
the Sierra Nevada mountains for lit
tie over sixty years, and during that
time four extraordinary winters have
come little over twenty years apart.
The first was iii 1867, the second in
1863, the third in lS89-90 and the
present one, which for long continued
storm and low temperature, will take
rank with the worst Of them.
Foreshadowing an investigation by
congress of the high cost of living,
the house ways and means committee
has authorized Chairman Payne and
representative Clark, the majority
and minority leaders in the house, to
eollaborate in the preparation of a
resolution providing for such an in
quiry and defining the form of pro-
cedure.
Parties who have visited Washoe
Lake during the past few weeks, or
since the ice covered the lake, report
great destruction to the cat fish and
perch. Many of the FISH crowded into
the sloughs and tule fields and have
been frozen solid, as the ice in many
instances has reached the bottom of
the sloughs. - Expositor.
Bridgeport has had the thermometer
register at 80 degrees below zero while
Lundy has been experiencing the cold
that goes with the mercury dancing
abCut the And degree below.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10

For heaters, go to Jones & Mccall.
All kinds at reasonable prices. ito.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10
Weather Summary.

Summary of the Weather Phenomenon
for the month of January for the years
1863 and 1910.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10

Maupin can fix anything in the ma
chinery line. Shop back of r. L.
Douglass residence on Laverne street.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10

Sunday chicken dinners at the Chur-
chill. Let Sunday be day of rest of
the wife, too.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10

Bridgeport has had the thermometer
register at 80 degrees below zero while
Lundy has been experiencing the cold
that goes with the mercury dancing
abCut the And degree below.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10

Eat your Sunday dinners at the
Churchill. Finest service.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-02-10

Parties who have visited Washoe
Lake during the past few weeks, or
since the ice covered the lake, report
great destruction to the cat fish and
perch. Many of the fish crowded into
the sloughs and tule fields and have
been frozen solid, as the ice in many
instances, has reached the bottom of
the sloughs. Expositor.
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the Introduction
Of John Stephens. adventurer. Massa-
chusetts man marooned by authorities at
Valparaiso. Chile. Being interested in
mining operations in Bolivia, he was de-
nounced by Chile as an insurrectionist
\ and as q consequence was hiding. At his
shotel his attention was attracted by an
Englishman and young woman.
Stephens rescued the young woman from
q drunken officer. He was thanked by
her. Admiral of the Peruvian navy con-
fronted Stephens. told him that war had
been declared between Chile and Peru
and offered him the office of captain. He
desired that that night the Esmeraldn. q
Chilean vessel, should be captured.
Stephens accepted the commission.
Stephens met a motley crew. to which he
was assigned. He gave them final in
structions. They boarded the vessel.
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Work lively now: We must be well out
at sea before daylight"
He stood leaning against the rail.
peering out over the water, his hands
shading his eyes.
Have you spotted any guardboats
with your glasses?" he questioned, un-
easily.
only that one yonder: see. the yell
low light Just rounding the stem OF that
big brig. There was n steam.launch
out there to the west about 20 minutes
ago. but II seems to have disap-
peared"
Swallowed up in the fog likely" he
admitted. snufiing the air like a
pointer dog. Wen find It banked
pretty heavy outside, or I'm a lubber.
Well. SO much the better for our job.
All right. Mr.. Stephens. I'm of. and
we'll have you in tow in a jiffy. I'll
put the Niger at the stern line: he's
the best allround hand on board"
However ! may have disIikcd and
distrusted the whaleman he certainly
proved himself an able seaman and a
smart officer. He comprehended every
detail Of his work. and held his men to
It finely. Within 20 minutes we were
in motion. moving slowly. yet steadily.
toward the black vacancy outlined by
the harbor lights on either hand.
There was no disturbing sound to be-
tray progress. the yachts sharp cut
water cleaving its passage through
the liquid with the merest faint ripple.
scarcely leaving a CLEAN OF white foam
behind. the oars dipping silently. the
two lines held taut to the strain. Ex-
ultant. / climbed once again to the
bridge. gave a few directions to the
observant Johnson standing motion
less at the wheel. and leaned anxious
ly over the rail. studying the water
front through leveled glasses.
1t was a barren, deserted waste. ex-
cept for a deeply laden schooner beat
ing slowly up along the north shore
under closely reefed topsails, and the
cleaning lights of a large steamer
Just beginning to emerge family
through the curtain Of fog a trifie to
the left OF our course. The towing
boats appeared as two insignificant
blots on the surface, but that they
were making excellent progress was
proved by the way we were steadily
drawing up toward the outer lights.
already shining round and yellow
through the increasing haze.
How dark. silent. uncanny the
gloom-enshrouded yacht appeared as
leaned over the tarpaulin-protected
rail and gazed down on the deserted
decks. no movement, no CLEAN of light
anywhere visible. The two masts, for
the vessel was schooner.risged. rose ra-
kishly and with noble sweep into the
sky. yet could trace little of the
cordage against the expanse of cloud.
They appeared skeleton-like reeds to
be broken by a gust of wind. A slight
fringe Of white water alone marked
our progress. while n misty vapor OF
escaping steam spoke Of the chained
engine and kissing boilers below. AS
| rested thus. the watchful johnson
grasping the spokcs behind me. the
momentous events OF the past few
hours swept through my mind like
fragments Of a strange. disconnected
dream-my seemingly hopeless plight
In Valparaiso: my controversy with
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CHAPTER VI.
In Which We Attain the Open Sea.

In Which We Attain the Open Sea.
Our adventure had been successful
ly accomplished through Its first step:
now It remained to get safely out to
sea. As turned to retrace my steps
coming up.
Pretty lucky Job. monsieur" he
said. jovially. 1T was wat you call
re picnic, l bet. Ze companion was
lock-. an &c guard posted. Wat more
now for me?"
Relieve Mr.. Tuttle in the engine
room. Keep three men below there
with you. and arm them as guards.
Make the Kanakas do the firing. and
hold the engineer to 1t with n gun at
his head. You know enough about a
stoke-hole to tell whether things are
going right. don't you?"
He nodded. and could see the
CLEAN OF his white teeth.
Then get your steam up. but don't
let those fellows fire SO as 10 drive
that Johnny Bull SO that he can't put
any kinks in the machinery. Don't
take your eyes OF him. Do you under
stand the signals?"
''Ay. ny. monsieur"
Then stand by. Well tow out at
once with the boats. but I want you
ready for business the very moment
we cast of the lines. Send all the
rest OF the men on deck and ask Mr..
Tuttle to report to me here imme-
diately."
was not kept waiting. Two men
came stumbling up the companionway
together. l peered at them. uncertain
Of their identity in the gloom.
rs that you. Mr.. Tuttle?"
''Yes. sir. This is johnson. one Of
the wheelsmen: thought you would
likely need him. SO I brought him
along"
VERY good. johnson. go on up
into the wheelhouse and see that all Is
clear. I'll give you directions later.
Mr.. Tuttle. we'll tow out until we get
the sweep of the sea fairly under our
fore foot. Get the lines out to the
boats at once. with full crew at the
oars. You are to take command, and
shall have to trust you for the
course, as we can't risk signaling. l
presume you are acquainted with the
harbor lishts?"
Been in here eight times in ten
years without a pilot"
Then you ought to know the
course. but take no chances; feel your
way. only keep the ropes taut. Have
you any man fit to take charge OF the
second boat? I need De Nova below"
THE boatswain. sir; that big fellow
with the scar"
Whats his name?"
bill Anderson
"All right; put him in the cutter.
Leave me three men on deck. and post
the best one of the lot at the stern
line ready to cast OF. As soon as you
get the ropes out I'll slip the anchor
chain, and leave the fukes In the mud.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-04-22


n
a similar bunder
II s
has France and the of Italy and
a little bit he said in the Roosevetinn
Czenovia New York. Syracuse
a the New York;
1909 serving churches
Snmford
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ROUSED ROOSEVELT'S IRE

Rev. Bertrand Martin Tipple head of tho
Methodist church in Rome has stirred up a hor
nets nest and the final sting may not come for
years. II ever. To Mr.. Tipple's jealous work for
the Methodist cause may Indirectly be charged
the incident which prevented Theodore Roose
welt meeting the pope Only short time ago
former Vice-President Fairbanks found himself
In the same position that which Colonel Roose
welt occupied. or course the Fairbanks incident
did not such a furore as the Roosevelt
AFFAIR
Now Colonel Roosevelt is angry at Rev Mr..
Triple. The former president wanted the clash
with the Vatican to rest n personal matter
far he was concerned. but q statement issued
.....<
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MIL ILWAUKEE'S NEW MAYOR

The eyes Of the nation on Emil Seide,
Socialist who has just been elected mayor OF
Milwaukee. The people want to know what a
Socialist with the reins OF government OF a big
city like Milwaukee will do. Consequently they
have turned the calcium rays on Mr. SeideI and
his every action will be watched with interest
Those who expect TO see a radical change in tho
traditions OF city government. Judging from tho
utterances OF the mayor-elect, will be doomed 10
disappointment. The following statement of the
new mayor gives an indication OF his Intentions:
I'VE must remove the swamps and cesspools
and marshes as our forefathers have done; We
must take this city that they founded and buiIt
and beautifed and must cleanse It,
"Our task Is to take this our city and To ruaL.,
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WILL GIVE AWAY MILLIONS
How would YOU like to give AWAY a5

How would you like to give away $500 600 900
and possibly 81 O0O. 100000 OF somebody eIser.
wealth? Sounds like nice job. doesn't it2
Looks like a nice occupation to dole out n thou
sand here ten thousand some place else. a hun
dred thousand there and million elsewhere but
II isn't the softest snap in the world as Starr }.
Murphy. personal counsel and benevolent repre-
sentative for John d. Rockefeller will tell you
Mr. Murphy has been giving away Rockefeller
money STAGE 1904. Estimates of the amounts tho
oil king has given range from 500. .OOO. 900 to
5000. 100000.
Now comes Mr.. Rockefeller with n plan to
give away all Of his fortune for the aid OF man.
kind. He has selected his son. Mr. Murphy and
Erederick y. Gates the O do the wark
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-04-22

Rockefeller will be head this
OF a
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by the II. d. Archbo
Of
which Rocket ~
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less as n baby. Assured OF the future
OF the engine room. I mounted the
steps and took a hasty survey Of both
bridge and wheelhouse. They were
unoccupied-the vessel was entirely in
our possession.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-04-22


Philippine operations.
looking after this Colonel Astor OF has
He director and trustee than big corporations
material from the roads before the laid
the turbine which
sente o
In
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hundreds Of
is Of
Oneth Is a are
in o
control "A
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COL. JOHN JACOB ASTOR

Col John Jacob Astor gave dinner which
cost s2S.OOO several weeks ago to celebrate the
divorce granted to his wife Only a short time
before the country startled by the report that
the colonel had been lost at sea with his son
when they were caught in a hurricane while tour
ing the West Indies in their palatal yacht. The
report not true and Colonel Astor turned up
saft and sound.
These little incidents in the life of the head
of the great Astor family. doubt. added to the
impression that all Colonel Astor has to do il to
give parties and ride around the world In his
yacht. Nothing is further from the truth. Colonel
Astor Is busy man. He has been a useful cti-
and unlike another member of his family
who aiiennted himself from the limited States Il,
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VIII Not Go Far Wrong.

Let US n little permit nature to take
her own way! she better understands
her own affairs than we.-Mon laigne
Evening journal., 1910-06-02
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1910
PUBLIC RECREATION.


70 ECENTLY Mayor Seidel,- of Milwaukee,
IN proposed that the school houses To-
Gated in the congested parts OF that city
be opened on Saturday nights as dance halls for
the young people. The Mayor believed that
such a course would remove the boys and girls
from the temptations that surround the ordinary
dance places. The young people, he declares,
must have amusement and whYenot amusement
safeguarded.
Mayor Gaynor,. of New York has. taken up
the same idea in a little different form. He pro
poses that New York shall manage a dance hall
for the benefit of the young in the congested
districts of the metropolis The plan of the
Mayor was outlined at meeting to consider the
subject of public recreation held in Cooper
Union, New York, the other evening.
More and more is the question of public rec
reation being forced to the front in the larger
cities. And it affects the smaller municipalities
also, as we have pointed out in connection with
the lack of public Fairgrounds in Wilmington
There is a strong instinct for recreation and
pleasure among the young. Schools and col
leges take notice of this in the well equipped
gymnasums and Fairgrounds A school or
college which has not first class gymnasium
and ample Fairgrounds is considered to be be-
hind the times.
The greater proportion of young in the
country do not take higher educational course.
They begin work at the age at which the favored
are pursuing their higher studies. Among those
who work it is not to be presumed that they
have lost their desire for play and recreation.
Public parks and Fairgrounds during the
warmer weather, and well equipped gymnasiums
during the indoor weather are essential How
to supply them is problem not easy to solve
but it should be solved for the best interests of
the community. The sight for example Of
scores of young men finding their recreation in
the pool rooms which have during the last few
wears grown like mushrooms in this city, is not
pleasant to behold by those interested in the
welfare of the young.
Evening journal., 1910-06-02
The Hueklsberry.

Philadelphia Press
We are of the impression that It will
crafty some thousands Of readers of
sound taste to learn that, by all accounts.
and from many points Of observation,
this is likely to prove a record year FOR
the admirable blue, or whortle, or-as we
know it best-huclSleberry. Whatever may
have happened to the wheat in the West
it is certain The small fruits I'm tho, East
and the huckleberry foremost of all
flourish amazingly this season, for the
delight of a people tired of high prices.
There is a berry which is too proud to
ask for cultivation; It just grows like
Topsy. and like the dispensatlon OF salt.
as asseveEted by Proctor Knott in the
House Of Representatives it "is one OF
the grandest free gifts vouchsafed by God
to man.
The modest huckeberry. plucked on
the mountain side. in the lonely woods
OF Pennsylvania and New Jersey cells
COR shall, it is probable this summer at
a ridiculous rate a pail; and yet VIXEN
treated by the artist hand IT makes a
pudding that puts tho hauty plum to the
bush. Moreover. judiciously mixed win
rich cream and sugar. it swallows brave
ly, as nature made Il.
Evening journal., 1910-06-02
WIRELESSSTATIONS.
SPREADING FAST
Coasts of the Nations Now
Have More That Four
Hundred Stations

BERLIN, June 2-The number Of
wireless stations on the coasts Of the
maritime nations of the world is placed
at 4l6 by the Pilot, the official organ
Of the German signaling stations. In
review Of the progress Of wireless sig
mailing since the discovery Of the Hert-
zian waves % years ago. the Pilot. in
its current number, regrets that no
unihcation has yet been found possible
of the various systems now in oper-
alton. These systems are enumerated
alphabetically, as follows: Brandy
Popp. Composite. De Forest. Ducretet-
Popoff, Fessenden. French system
Lodge Muirhead. Maskelyne. Massie
Poulscn, Pierce. Pacific, Rochefort
Shoemaker. Stone. Teishinsho. Tissan-
der and United Wireless.
The Marconi Company controls $50
stations, while tho German Telcfunken
Company which unites the Braun and
Slaby- Arco systems, controls 10 sta
tions. The North Atlantic ocean comes
easily first in point of numbers. 1t has
LOG stations. followed by the North Pa o.
ciic with IS. the Mediterranean and
Evening journal., 1910-06-02
BUREAU FORECASTS
TRANQUIL MONTH

Almost every kind of weather that
could be dished up by the powers that
be. was furnished residents Of the
United states during the month of
May. according to an official resume
of the four weeks just ended.
Conditions varied from frosts and
rather unseasonably low temperatures
10 wind storms, hurricanes, and hot
waves. Relatively cool weather pre-
vailed over the Eastern portion of the
country during the week Just closed.
while over the Western portions the
conditions were just the reverse, ex-
cept that the weather was fair over
the extreme Southwest, and that tenn
peraturel conditions were about the
same as over the East.
So far as can be noted by the differ
ent Weather Bureau stations through
out the United States, there are prom
ised no unusual conditions for the
month of June