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The evening world., 1911-03-28

hitter. and he led the league In getting
licked by tho elder McGraw for break
ting window panes. Left-handed hitters
naturally hit into right field, and every
time that Johnny would swat one on tho
nose It was another case Of 10 cents and
q licking,
II began figuring that out" says NJ
Graw. and II suddenly occurred TO me
that II ! could turn my drives into left
field instead OF into right neld that /
would be saved much annoyance from
the paternal side of the family. ! prac-
tlsed by the hours and was fairly sue
cessful. The second year l was able 10
hit into either Held. In !hy opinion that
Is what made me a good batter"
That ability to hit In either field, de-
veloped under peculiar circumstances.
caused McGraw TO hang up one OF the
greatest batting records in the big
league that has ever been recorded. For
nine years he walloped the ball far In
excess OF the 800 clip which is standard.
Il was a pitcher at that time ex-
L plains McGraw. And you can imagine
Bow l looked. Weighing ia pounds.
pitching to grownups who tackled us on
Saturda". When | wasn't pitching |
played anyway and ! soon became pro-
ncient as an lnncllpr.
The evening world., 1911-03-28
NeUer Takes Advice.

McGraw's one sport, aside from base
ball. Is horse racing. That is his recrea-
ton. He bets them at a lively clip
when he thinks he Is right, and he has
been very successful in outguessing the
b~ookmakers.
The one thing that endears McGraw
to his players Is his constant love for
FUN. He can be harsh on the ball held,
but the minute business Is over he -
In for any kim OF a practical Joke.
Frequently he has spent as much as
800 TO successfully work a Joke on
one OF the players. one year In Mep-
phis ne caused the whole country TO
laugh by having a poker game pulled
which was made mp OF the players and
John 7, Brush lie carried the thing
out so successfully that II was several
hours before the participants in the
game, who thought themselves under
arrest. knew that it vas a jolAe..
For whatever success McGraw may
have had he should he given the entire
credit. lie never takes advice from
! anybody, and he is always willing TO
assume the responsibility for anything
that occurs TO his team.
McGraw looks upon baseball as a
business pure and simple. lie says
that the greatest trouble with most
players is that they do not take their
profession seriously try TO study
II, They look upon It as a kind OF
butterfly kind OF life. In his opinion
baseball as Il profession should be
studied as earnestly as any other line
OF business, lie saws that fans know
very little about the game. and. as
paradoxlcal as 1t may sound. that that
IL the reason they go to the games 10
Regularly.
The evening world., 1911-03-28

Unfortunately I made a misplay in my
first time out that cost us the game
and i was sem to the bench 10 re-
cuperate. Later on ! got another chance.
and this time ] put IL over for keeps. I
felded everything that came within ten
feet OF me at third. and at the bat I
raped them on the nose"
This little lrishman. who had been
making such strides in baseball. was
now In his sixteenth year, and when a
representative OF the Cedar Rapids team
came to him and suggested that he
could go to that town the next season
he Jumped at the nance for advance
ment. As McGraw expresses II: That
Is where | cleaned up"
There Is a lot of sentiment In Nc
Graw about Cedar Rapids. and, incl
d%entally, that Is why Otie Crandall be-
came a member of the Giants Since
he has been a national figure In base
ball McGraw never had a n to do
anything for Cedar Rapids until he
heard one day about five years ago
that they had n pitcher named Crandall
who looked like a conner. 1t seems that
Crandall only played seven games with
Cedar Rapids. and he then went home
because some one had cursed him about
a play. McGraw knew nothing of the
ability Of Crandall. but he signed him
OH purely sentimental rOuliuS. NTdu-
dali las made good.
While McGraw was playing at Cedar
Rapids the Baltimore Club heard " him
and he was signed for the next year.
That" says the Giant was
the real beginning Of my career. In
two weeks after ! arrived at Baltimore
| began wearing silk socks. | was so
small that the other players made sport
OF my size, but after getting a couple OF
\ hits ] became very cocky. | knew l
would make good whether they believed
Il or not. ] used to sit on the bench,
huddled between two OF the big players.
and wait for my chance ] ward the
end OF the season the third baseman
got hurt and I ven In as a substitute.
I have never been a substitute since
that day"
McGraw says that the FIRST time he
went 10 bat at Baltimore he saw the
outielders moving around toward right
field. and his min went back TO the
days OF the old church and the school
house, He saw that the leftielder wSs
playing far away from the left foul line
and instinctively he turned the ball In
that direction. II went for 4 long hit
and he became a hero Immediately.
The evening world., 1911-03-28
McCraw Did the Unexpected.

They tried to tell this young fellow
from Truxton all kinds OF things about
baseball. but he relied more on his own
way of thinking. lie would figure
things out and then surprise Hanlon by
doing the things that were unexpected.
Alter a ear IN Baltimore McGraw's
batting record was far In excess OF 300.
One day he had an argument with Man
ager Eanlon as 20 how he should hold
his bat at the plate. Hanlon tried hard
to tell him whtt TO do.
Il didn't say anything says Nc
Graw. but that night | went home n
began digging up the old records. | dis
covered that Hanlon had never hated
better than 80 in his life. | was hit
ting over 600. and | couldn't see why he
should tell me how to bat. Tho next
day | pulled the record on him, very
much 20 the amusement OF the other
players"
McGraw Ia now in his thirty-eighth
| year. He has a wonderful analytical
mind and his memory is remarkable.
Being OF a very nervous temperament.
he doesn't care much for reading Things
that take a long time. lie H. fond OF
anything OF a scientific nature. His
newspap per thoughts run to politics. lie
has often said that II he were out OF
baseball that he would take a hand at
politics. The uncertainty of that game
ANNALS 70 him.
The evening world., 1911-03-28
McCraU Gets q lob.

Toward the end OF the summer a
player ON the Oleap CLUB, which was
IN the New York and Pennsylvania
League, saw young McGraw PLAY and he
told him that IL ne would come TO Clean
and play on the team that he could get
$50 a month and live at the 81 "A day
hotel. where the drummers stopped.
After some argument McGraw induced
him to include the laundry bills In the
oenses, so that he could wear a
igh-up' collar every day, That was
\. lout the greatest thrill that Il young
\ Mayer ever got, ana the terms were ac-
@fpted Immediately for fear the man
puld escape.
7 when l arrived at Olean,' says Nc
i.w. II must have looked like a
Imp. weighed considerably less
N i20 pounds. and the bat ! used was
small that the older players fire.
lntly referred TO It as a lead pencil.
new that my nance had ONE how
u, andSI went to work with . vim
The evening world., 1911-03-28
Yhu McGraW Got LickinQs.

Johnny McGraw. being slight OF
stature. was accustomed to use his brain
instead OF strength from his early youth.
At Truxton he realized that he was
under a handicap. being a left-handed
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
The Whole World Der.

It's waking and sleeping and heaving
a sigh, and watching and weeping, and
saying goodbye, It's long hours of
labor and short hours of rest, it's help
ing our neighbor and doing our best;
it's fasting and dining and striving in
vain, and JOY and repining and sun
shine and rain. It's laughing and cry
ing, it's darkness and light and wishing
the dying loving good night. It's
dancing and wailing and battling with
men, succeeding and failing and trying
again. It's wooing and mating, it's
foolish and wise, it's loving and hating
and dealing in lies. Man says it is
dreary as graveyard he goes; he says
it is hollow, deluding and vain, and
others who follow repeat the refrain.
But | shall not hurry this old world to
leave; what though it may worry and
measure of joy as we go; there's al
ways a pleasure to pay for woe. I'm
fond of the mixture of laughter and
tears; I'd fain be fixture for ten
thousand years. Walt Mason.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
MAY WIDEN FIRST STREET
Ordinance Providing For Bond
Issue OF $3.50 Intro
duced In Council.

The report of the City Engineer upon
the street widening project having to
do with First street, was received by
the city council last evening. 1t is
short and to the point and embodies a
strong recommendation that the widen
ing of the street for distance of 400
feet leading from Maine street west be
done at once that the street width may
be made uniform. AT present the
street is an alley in width for the dis
tance named, being but 30 feet wide.
Inasmuch as regulation sidewalks have
been prescribed as being 10 feet in
width il will be seen that but 10 feet
will remain for a thoroughfare after
the installation of sidewalks along the
much Travelled alley, should it be main
tanned as an alley by the city. How
ever, the city authorities are deter
mined to correct the very apparent de-
feet and TO accomplish this purpose a
special ordinance was introduced last
evening and placed upon first passage.
Following the final passage of this or
dinance, which will occur rext Tuesday
evening, bonds to the amount of $3.50
will be issued to reimburse the property
owners affected by the street widening,
and unless protests from "ferninst"
local citizens follows, the street widen
ing will quickly follow.
People pretty generally, recognize
the great need of correcting the defects
in the towns system of streets, and it
is not believed that this can ever be
accomplished at later date as economi-
cally as now.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
WILL Be GIVEN pOSTOFfICE
Mrs. c. B. Ferguson VIII Sue
ceed Herself As Postmistress
For Four Years More.

Postmistress c. B. Ferguson has re-
ceived notification from Washington
that her appointment for a term of
four years dating from last February,
will shortly occur when her commission
will be forwarded to her for this period.
The Fallon Office pays salary of
$500 per annum, with an additional
allowance of $50 per month for rent
and $40 per month for clerk hire. In
as much as postmaster in an office of
Fallon's class is compelled by the slip
shod methods of the post office depart
mept to own his own Office fixtures,
which in the instance of the local office
has cost the postmistress in the neigh
borhood of $1,000, the appointment is
not as lucrative as some might imagine.
The rent of the post office boxes, con-
trary to general belief. is not an
efnolasncnt of the office, but applies on
postmistress salary.
A.; Fallon grows, of course, the re-
ceipts of the post Office will keep pace,
with consequent increases in salary,
but in any event postmastership is a
thankless, much kicked and not overly
remunerated Office.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
A Town Hall Needed.

Inasmuch as the City of Fallon uses
the court house for official meetings
and for the storing of what records the
city has, by special courtesy only, it
would seem that the present season is
propitious time to take up the matter
of building a home for the city, where
council meetings could be held; where
the city records could be stored and
city paraphernalia housed. In short, it
would seem that Fallon has reached
that age and station in municipal life
where it can we'll afford to be generous
to itself to the extent of providing a
home for city business. A town hail is
usually considered very necessary
adjunct to municipal interpretations,
but SO far it has escaped public agita-
tion in Fallon.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
THE CONDEMNATION SUIT
Preliminary Hearing In Judge
French's Court Saturday.
Bond Fixed.

The condemnation suit of the Nevada
& California railway company against
j. A. Bailey, P. Mori and C. w. Kin
ney, had its first hearing before Judge
French Saturday, at which time testi-
mony was offered and arguments made
by opposing counsel. District Attor-
ney w. S. Wall appeared on behalf of
the railroad company, while Bailey was
represented by E. l.. Williams, of Reno,
and p. Mori by Attorney Eli Cam, of
this place. This first hearing was of a
preliminary nature and was had for the
purpose of permitting plaintiff to take
possession of the less than five acres of
the Bailey ranch necessary for the spur
rght-of-way and to fix bonds covering
damage that may result. The bonds
we're set at $4,000, which were prompt
ly furnished by the railroad company.
In the meantime work will continue on
the spur unabated. The final hearing
in this case will be before District
Judge E. A. Ducker, of Humboldt
county.
The court took occasion Saturday dur
ing the progress of the preliminary
hearing to remark of the strange dis
parity in the damages asked by the de-
PENDANTS. Bailey, who owns the land,
asks for but $500, while Mori, who has
a five-year lease on the tract involved,
asks for S4500.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
Young Men Organize Club.

A young mems club was organized at
the Court House Monday evening, the
purpose of which is to provide whole
some pastime and recreation for men,
bers. The lawn tennis court will be a
part of the clubs accessories, while
the J. I. Kerr building on Maine street
will be suitably equipped as reading
room, gymnasium and Turkish bath es-
tablishment where spare moments can
always be spent profitably.
H. w. Marean was elected president
at the meeting Monday evening, j. c.
Coniff, vice-president and j. L. Clancy,
secretary and treasurer. The initiation
fee, including the first months dues,
has been fixed at S. for charter men,
bers, to whom, as is usual, will be ac-
corded special terms. The charter men,
bership of this laudable club starts off
at about 30.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
IN THE EASTGATe DISTRICT
Promising Mining Section. So
Says Interested Parties To
Reno Gazette.

Gurney Gordon, Wood Elkns and
Clyde Garrett. all mining men of sue
cessful experience, are in from their
property in Alpine district, some ten
miles from East Gate in Churchill
county.
Mr.. Gordon says that it is a very
alluring prospect, the formation being
an immense porphyry dyke, all of
which is of excellent mining grade. In
places the values run up to a couple of
hundred dollars ton.
There is no quartz at all in the for
nation, but the values are very uni
formly distributed.
1t is the intention to continue devel-
opment work for some time and then
erect a mill. There is plenty of wood
and water in the vicinity for mining
and milling purposes. Gazette Satur-
daV.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
Better Train Accommodations.

J. M. Fulton, Division Freight and
Passenger Agent of the Southern Paci-
fic Company in Reno, has returned from
San Francisco, where he attended a
conference of the S. p. officials. He
states that he has secured number of
good things for Reno as a result of the
conference. He has been promised
that parlor car will be placed en- train
No. l between Reno and San Francisco,
and that there shall also be a parlor
car on No. 5. Furthermore there will
be sub-train run out of Reno for San
Francisco in place of No. when that
train is late.
Fulton also states that there will be
better motor car service between Reno
and Truckee this summer and that later
the time of train No. % will be changed
to connect with Los Angeles trains al
Monterey.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
Railroads Use Telephones.

The extent to which the telephone
has encroaehed on the telegraph as a
means Of dispatching trains in 1910 is
shown in bulletin issued by the In
terstate Commerce Commission. An
increase of 3,373 miles of railroad on
which the telephone is used was shown.
/ On January l, 1911, the telegraph was
used on 175, ,2l0 miles and the tele-
phone on Al, III miles.
The bulletin also showed that at the
beginning of the year 7l,269 miles of
railroad were operated under this block
signal system, 17,711 miles of which
were automatic. The increase in this
system in 1910 was 5,473 miles, 3,473
miles being automatic.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
Nevada Hills Mining Company Elects
Officers.

The annual meeting of the Nevada
Hills Mining Company was held this
morning in the Offices of George Wing
field. More than three-quarters of the
stock was represented.
The entire old board of directors was
reelected and there was only one
change In the officers. The following
were chosen;
George Wingfeld, Charles E. Knox,
W. II. Webber. j. H. Carstairs, w. E.
johnson, w. E. Davis ard C. F. Bur-
ton, directors.
They organized by selecting Mr..
Wingfeld for president, Mr.. Webber
for vice president and general mana
ger, Mr.. Burton for secretary and
treasurer.
The annual reports were read and
accepted. They will be printed and
mailed to share holders, together with
report of the meeting.
The report of the general manager
told of the developments in the mine,
and the progress of work on the mil
and was highly satisfactory. Reno
Gazette
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
No Catfish for Their Friends.

Jim Richards. alias Jim the Catfish,
w. w. Sanford, alias Billy the Carp,
and Bill Cascagnette. who also used the
same alias as the other Bill, spent
nearly all last week hunting fish, in the
region northeast Of town. They found
places where the fish took long breaths
and then hied themselves to the near
by grainfields to feed, being SC
thick that all coulo not feed in the
waters during meal hours, while in
several fishing holes, they found it ne
cessary to reinforce their lines with
fence wire and then fight hordes of fish
away, but with all these conditions
facing them, they returned home with
out any fish or rabbit for their friends.
Now, Jim being an astute politician
wouldn't have dared come home had
II been before election rather than
after, without full supply of the
finny tribe for the towns population.
Ia other words, If election were this
fall rather than last, Jim would still be
hunting fish. Funny how cussed inde-
pendent these politicians get after
they are elected to Office.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
DATA ABOUT WATER SUPPLY
Government Makes Measure
ments Showing Past Sea-
sons Precipitation.

There Is no scientific work OF great
er Importance to those interested in
power and irrigation than the mountain
snowfall service of the weather bureau.
This work has been carried on for many
years, but it is only recently that paid
snowfall observers have been equipped
with suitable instruments to gather
accurate data in the higher mountains.
The section director of Nevada has
thirty paid observers who keep accu-
rate records of the precipitation in the
upper drainage basins of the Truckee.
The following extracts are taken
from the last snowfall bulletin which
will be issued this season. Copies of
the complete bulletin containing tables
of the monthly and seasonal snowfall
may be secured from the local office
of the reclamation department.
The snow conditions in the mount
aims at the close March were favor
able in all sections of the state, and
especially in the Sierra Nevada mount
aims. The March snowfall was about
normal in the west portion, and pract-
ically all occurred during the first de-
cade of the month. The remainder of
the month was clear and warm, and
the runof was considerable. In some
localities Of the east an north portions
there was a deficiency.
During the first part of the winter
the snowfall was light. There was
practically none in October. The
amount in November was nearly nor
NAL, except in the Humboldt river
basin, where it was deficient About
the usual amount of precipitation fell
in December, but it was mostly in
the form of rain. These conditions re-
suited in a great deficiency of snow in
the mountains at the end of the year.
The snowfall during January was ex-
ceptionally heavy, being the greatest
in many localities since January of
1890. The February snowfall was
tliig iuOdSidttf btl Nut auIOuht III
March was normal, except in the
northeast portion, where it was light.
The amount now on the ground is
above the average in the Truckee,
Carson and Walker river basins, and
about normal elsewhere. In the west
portion the snow cover was about 40
per cent greater than last year at the
same date, and the seasonal precipi-
tation ranges from 80 per cent to SO
per cent greater than that of last sea-
son. The amount of snow on the
ground on March 81 was propably
equal to the amount on the ground
at the same date in 1907, during
which season the rivers discharged
unusually large volumes of water.
The amount of late water will de
pend to some extent on the weather
conditions during the remainder of
the season. However, there is a suffi-
Gent amount of snow in the mountains
of the west portion to furnish an abun-
dance of water for irrigation and other
purposes. With normal weather con-
ditions, the supply in the Humboldt riv-
er, and its tributaries, will be ample.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
THE PARCELS POST SYSTEMS
Other Countries More Progress
i've In Establishing Parcels
Post Than Ours.

we take back seat and humble out
excuses for not doing things on account
OF our long distances. From England
to Abyssinia is no mean journey yet the
British Postoffice has recently announc-
ed an Abyssinian rate of 4s. 81. (S1.08)
for IL pounds, while the United States
Postoffice still charges $l.76 for IL
pound, in three parcels, from New
York to Brooklyn. These latter must
compulsory be done up in three separ-
ate packages, as no II pound parcels
are allowed at merchandise rates in
our domestic mails.
Great Britain sends 10000 miles, to
do-China, at the following rates
three pounds. "a cents, seven pounds,
4S cents, and Il pounds, 72 cents, and
we pay Ga cents for four pounds, from
San Francisco to Oakland, less than 10
miles.
New Zealand with wide-scattered
population of less than l Zoo, 900 has a
domestic parcel post rate ranging from
/ pound for cents to IL pounds for
4S cents, moreover, this small colony
has foreign parcels post with coun-
tries so numerous as to cover with the
various rates and regulations 80 pages
OF the New Zealand Post and Telegraph
Guide for January, 1911.
Our northern neighbor, Canada, has a
similar list of far away lands with
which her merchants can keep in touch
by means of low-priced parcels post
She manages to carry second.cass
matter for one-fourth of one cent per
pound. and yet makes nearly 1000. 600
profit annually on her postal business.
The United States Postal Guide emu
merates only about 40 of these distant
places as on our parcels post list. To
about all of them, save France,
our citizens can forward ll-pound
packages at the rate Of IL cents
per pound; or four cents per pound less
than it costs to the nearest village.
Moreover, the American express COM
panies carry for the British public all
parcels up to II pounds from New York
to any part of the Union at fiat rate
Of "A cents; but no such flat figure is
offered 10 Americans residing at home.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-26
Fernley Doings.

E. J. Barrow was a Reno visitor last
week.
The dance given by the Improvement
Club was grand success. There were
many visitors from out of town. The
club cleared over seventy dollars.
Among the visitors from Fallon were
Mr.. and Miss Whipp, Miss Sherman,
Miss Hays, Mr.. Hirsch, Mr.. Eason and
Mr.. Shirley.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Ordway of Derby
were Fernley visitors Sunday.
H. R. Melindy visited Reno the last
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Cogswell will
move to Fallon soon. Mr.. Cogswell
has accepted position with the gov
ernment. They will be greatly missed
in Fernley's social set.