The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-06-19
SOME INTERESTING NEWS NOTES AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


P. J. Spoon is spending a few weeks
at his mining claims in the district east
of Saltwater
The Winder brothers, of Saltwater.
were in Fallon yesterday on business
connected with their ranch interests.
A goodly number Of property owners
are having the house connections made
with the city water mains this week.
A. W. LIGHTHOUSE and Jim Smith were
among the loyal fans who accompanied
the Fallon team to Virginia City Sun
day.
Mrs. w. A.'Keddie is home from San
Francisco, and brought highly encour-
aging reports of the condition of E. J.
Freeman.
An affidavit charging an attempt to
bribe F. H. Cook, a negro delegate to
the Republican National Convention
from louisiana, for LOCO to desert
the Taft forces and vote for Roosevelt,
executed by Cook himself, was made
public last night by Director Mckinley
of the Taft headquarters. The money
was offered, Cook says, by Mr..
Thompson of Colorado.
The new state statutes provide that
registration for the coming primaries
will be necessary if the nominating
perogative is to be exercised by the
voters of the state. 1t does not mat
ter whether they are on the old regis
ter or not. In addition to this regis
tration the voters will have to register
again for the general election in No
vember. Voters should remember this
and not forget to register.
Delicious cherries are being picked
from the trees at the home of the late
Judge Pike, a most unusual date for
this fruit to ripen at this altitude. In
a score Of Reno gardens strawberries
are ripe. The season, described by
some as late, is really early when the
maturity of fruits and flowers is con-
cerned The buds of all the varieties
of fruit set well and there is promise
of an ample crop.-Gazette
A man who was afraid of thunder
erawed into hollow log as a place of
safety during thunder storm. The
thunder rolled and the rain poured down
in torrents, and the old log began to
swell up till the poor fellow was wedg-
ed in so tight that he could not get out.
All his past sins began passing before
him. Suddenly he remembered he had
not paid his newspaper subscription,
and he felt so small that he was able to
back right out. What?
The Fallou bali team made trip to
Virginia City Sunday in autos. The
game in the afternoon between the
team representing Virginia City and the
Fallon aggregation resulted in a vic.
tory for the former by score of Is to
II, but ground rules initiated against
our boys. Home runs only counted foI
two bases, and our heavy sluggers
! were decidedly handicapped by the
! rule. Johnson and Powell and Johnson
: comprised the battery for Falon.
The Temple theater management has
engaged Mrs. Kennedy to train a num-
Der of the young ladies of the town fol
vaudeville and within a short time the
theater patrons will be afforded the
unique spectacle of home talent in
vaudeville stunts. Mr.. Clark, the own
er of the theater, is striving in every
manner possible to please the fun low
ers Of Fallon. Having reduced his
price of admission to 10 cents, popular
favor for the showhouse has increased
materially.
Judge Orr has filed an order in the
District Court dismissing the charge OF
perjury against E. r. Harroun. the
editor of the Winnemueca Silver State
This order was made on the motion oi
District Attorney J. A. Callahan. Har.
roun was indicted for perjury after Civ
ing evidence before the Grand Jury in
a gambling house case in Winnemuccs
and at the trial was convicted. He ap
piled for a new trial and pending thl
hearing was out on bail. When tn,
motion was heard Judge Orr decided
that the complaint was not sufficient
and after considerable delay the Dis
trict Attorney asked for the dlsmissa
of the case.