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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
FATHER FACES
YOUNG SLAYER
OF DAUGHTER

SAN FRANCISCO. June with
Charles II. Bonner. theis-year-old
SLAYER of Bernlee 0odair. facing
the father Of his victim with un-
abashed eyes. an inquest over the
death OF the 17.year-oid school girl
was conducted before a coroners 8
Jury here today. In his testimony.
the father denounced the shooting
OF his daughter by Bonner. as "the
most cold.biooded crime he hal
ever heard Of" and frankly de-
eIarcd he had wished 10 XIII the
boy for taking his daughters hfe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07

for the purpose Of swinging on
contests He maintains that II a
record vote was ordered In each
contest. many of the committee
men would not dare TO oppose Roos-
evelgs claims Roossyrls's strength
In The national committee IA away
reInw that conceded 10 Taft TAFT
hrs ~ OF It's members. while Hoosc-
vcit's voting strength ls but H.
1orsh 10 Bitter.
When the committee opened its
hearings this morning Senator
Borah then scathingly denounced
the committee. and bitter debate
followed. Charles H. Hilies. secrs-
taTy TO the president. ss tn constant
communication over the telephone
wish the Whit. House lie insista
that President Taft will be nofni-
mated ON the first ballot.
Talk of Col. Roosevelt boiting the
convention was renewed hers to-
dRy. bat Senator Dixon insists that
such action will not be necessary.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
CUPID RECORD

An even 100 marriage licenses
kave been issued to benedicts and
their brides since the first of June.
Cupid has not yet gotten over the
shock he received the other day
when he changed 26 Japanese into
13, for he did not appear at Hymen
Cages window UP to time of going
to press.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
STRIKERS FIRE

BRUSSELS, June MANY per
sons we're injured in the Boringa
district today when strikers fired
on a body OF strikebreakers. The
streets and railroad stations are pa
trollcd by soldiers. but the strikers
refuse TO be cowed. The strike in
the charleroi basin Is practically
ended.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
E. D. HILLMAN SEES
"MOVIES" In PRISON

local motion picture house and
the convicts have petitioned Ward
en- Halligan for return engage.
ment.
G. ID. tIlllman. who made mil
lions on the Seattle and Puget
sound real estate bubbles. war
among the striped-coated prisoners
VINO filed into the dining haii 20
witness the show.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
RIVAL CHAMPIONS OF CORPORATIONS
YEARN TO SETTLE BY FIST FIGHT

state railroad commission here to-
day and proceeded to settle the
mntter with their fists.
They we're called TO time by Com
missioner Eshelman before the
first blow could be struck. but dur.
ing the luncheon recess they con
tinued their dispute. and the last
heard OF the rivals was two lout
and angry voices In the elevator
shaft.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING

GRANTS PASS, Or June T.
The transformer house OF the local
lioht and power company was
struck by lightning just before
noon today and the city is without
electric light or power. Three OF
the six main transformers we're
burned out and the building and
suitchboards wrecked. The three
remaining transformers Will be put
In commission.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
BECOME INTERESTED.
TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
EARTHQUAKE

NY InIted Frcss Iehsed WfrcJ
CLEVELAND, Ohio. June T.
Two earthquake shocks we're reg
lstered here today by the seismo-
graph of st. lgnatius college. Each
consisted OF series Of tremors, the
first between 4:22 and 4:36 a. m
and the second between ASS and
$50 a. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
T. r. OWN MAN

CHICAGO. June 7.--Advlces e.
ceived here today state that State
Senator Finn OF Pittsburg is on
his way here as Col. Roosevelt's =
special representatives He. with
Walter Brown OF Ohio. will work
among the delegates to the nation
al convention and win keep them
Impressed with Roosevelt ideas.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07

TACOMA. June Frank Cos
by. a life-tormcr In the federal pris.
on on McNcii's island. last night
saw bis first moving picture show
and his first aeroplane. He has
been In the prison ~ years for
murder In Alaska. and had aeen
none Of the now common entertain.
ments. The show Was furnished by
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
SEPARATE IMPEACHMENT CHARGES AGAINST SEATTLE JUDGE
NORRIS AND BERGER BOTH START
ACTION; HANFORD BITTERLY SCORED

WASHINGTON June 7Congreman George W. Norris of Nebraska
the Judge Archibald
and who had
Federal Judge H.
his charges Hanford would before
Immediately.
will not interfere with each probably
veahgated together by the judiciary
al
order impeachment
prcented the house These proceedings al
ready started by Judge Norris merely of evidence
formal articles Of impeachment the judiciary
makes
The impeachment Of federal judges
Until the committee recommends favorb resolution
the house The
all
Of
Judge anods political a
with proceedings in judiciary In
taken and the will naturally consolidated
The bill which Judge Norris has the
duct drunkenness Il hold his pos
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07

a CHICAGO. June Rival .
q managers Of the Taft and =
. Roosevelt forces today are re-
= ported 20 have installed dleta- =
= graphs In the headquarters Of Z
" zach other Though the re
. port vas treated as joke. II 4
. vas noticeable that all pic =
= snreE In both headquarters .
. we're moved. and every piece =
. Of furniture shifted. .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
RESIDENT WINS
FIRST BLOOD" in
CHICAGO CONTEST
- Street, Betting on Roosevelt and Bryan tor Nom,
.s.-.s-Teddv', Followers Expect to Be Defeated
! ~. Contests, Except That of This State.

sxv WORK. 7Theoaese Roosevelt will De the spoohe.n
- nerurse wr. Jennings Bryan VII head tne dsmoesse
s.s,len et the sporting fraternity have made
- ..ssrs sssor,es betting The following odds are
.ss ~ members Metropolitan Turf association that
~li be presidential candidates;
sas Bryan I; Roosevelt and cars 10 v Roosevelt
Harmon 10 10 Z: Roosevelt and un
q "a 4 Roosevelt eayner 10 to = Tsft snd srysn TO Y;
. $1,000 4: =; TAFT 0aynnr, IS to
- rder~oed Hughes and Bryan ste " hughes and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07

and
admitted he h IN OF a OF law Jmee eHafud
yansud N f
Tha Juig a matt o and long sta
tah Hdha a in a ~ attic
Swnnt ntmonyrea riding is e a h committee
Tfa the mn in the suit is hhh IN y corrupt motives The n1untnna
lii enimUt adgh force uig L
dby wornto tmny cng ii record o he bench f ears"
Judges like Hk cas- l owe / % Berger pn ghsrS
hn nfrd cu onrup e this remarks several ent
repeat his nada rents npef fprhe tons sBrgrn ninud:
thhang E o
10
sctahcM of sac to an Bgs d d by inserting the word alleged
misconduct Bcgcag to an s heeaIuhn nwa
deued to he h
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
DECLARES HANFORD is TOTALLY UNFIT FOR BENCH


Washington andte
judiciary
recommend Hanords impeachment
SCATHING ARRANGEMENT
When the resolution referred committee Berger
in pa
accuse Judge Hnod Of being haina dnar charge that he
o
charge that he issued use suit Of August Peabody against the Seattle
1911
Of Seattle agany violating and law
ally hold judicial him with OF
lawful decisions"
directs the il
i o mibehayior for which he impeached"
DETAILED
towns.
preliminary
the qucso recommending Judge IIaniords
In OF
UNLAWFUL USURPATION
tho Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
Cartoon

!, narr 8 today shows Just
'.'s,, ~ Colonel Bryan thinks OF
~' ,he republican situation
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10
MERRITT Tells HOW ROCKEFELLER
SW1PED AN $50, 100000 Mine

! The Merritt brothers and their chill
I dren worked together, shoulder to
shoulder, for five years. 1t was hard
struggle. They went through many
dalgers and endured many priyations,
but by the fall of '92 they had proven
up over loo, 600, 900 tons of hgh-grade
soft Bessemor ore. 1t lay very near
the surface, and by stripping off from
mined at a total expense for stripping
and mining of 25c ton. The ore was
mined by steam shovel. The railroad
cars were run into an open pit and a
30-ton car could be loaded in five min
utes. We had built over 100 miles of
railroad to the three principal mines.
Our line joined with the Winnipeg r.
Il. at Stonybroak Junction, 26 miles
from Duluth. The Winnipeg r. r.
was under contract to build an ere
dock at Superior, Wis, and to furnish
the rolling stock and haul our ore from
Stonybrook Junction to the proposed
orc-dock.
In the winterof 1852 the Winnipeg
road went into the hands of receiver
and was not able to carry out its
contract In order to carry out our
contracts with different mines and
make our mines and railroad a success,
it was necessary to build a line from
Stonybrook Junction to Duluth and to
build ore docks. In order to build this
26-mile extension and the ore docks it
would be necessary to have about So,
900, 900. Our mines and railroad, in
which the Merritts owned the controll-
ing interest, was considered worth at
that time from $50, 00O 900 to $50, 000,-
900. An old time friend of ours advis-
ed US to open negotiations with John d.
Rockefeller. This was in January,
1893. Immediately after we had open
ed negotiations with Mr.. Rockefeller
the Duluth and Iron Range people of
fered US $7,000,000 for our property,
which we refused, knowing that it was
too cheap. The negotiations were car
ried on through c. w. Wetmore, tool
of Rockefeller. Messrs. Wetmore and
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10
MAN WITH JIMMY GETS BUSY
He Visits Two Local Saloons and
Fries Open Cash Registers
When No One is Looking

A jimmy-man visited Fallon the last
of the week and left his card in two To-
cal saloons, the Palanee being robbed
Friday night of the change in the cash
register, amounting to Sc. SO. As no
locks were broken, it is presumed that
the thief hid away until the night bar
tender had left, when he leisurely emp
tied the cash register and made his way
outdoors, leaving the front door open.
On the following night the Hub saloon
was entered through a rear window,
which was broken, and the Gosh regis
ter was rifled of $40 No clue in either
case has been had of the party or par
ties responsible for the thefts, but hard
looking, suspicious characters have been
numerous hereabouts for some time.
The proprietors of both places, how
ever. unite in the opinion that the ma
rauder was no gentleman.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10
The Upbuilding of Lahontan Dam.

Structural work on the Lahontan
dam for storing the flood waters of the
Carson river was started Saturday
morning. Though preliminary work
has been in progress some months, the
actual work of uphuilding did not start
until Saturday, when concrete was first
placed in the bottom of the cutoff
trench, 30 feet below the deepest point
in the river bed. In this concrete there
are being placed standard galvanized
we'll castings, manufactured by Jones &
Mccall, imbedded for a depth of so
feet. 1t is the plan to bore holes in the
bedrock into which cement grout will
be forced by pneumatic pressure caus-
ing the cementing material to fill all
crevices and seams in the bedrock,
making the foundation of the dam i'm
pervious to water.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10
WELDED A KNIFE
As Result of Row Over a Game OF
Cards.

Joseph and Adolpho Romeris. two
Mexicans bearing the same surname,
but not related, eagaged in an alterea-
ton at the sugar factory boarding
house Saturday evening, and Joseph
welded knife on his namesake, in
flicting superficial wound in the lett
shoulder The trouble was sequel to
card playing for beer in the Burr board
ing-house.
The wo ,nded Romeris had his assail-
ant arrested and the hearing occurred
Monday morning, at which time JUS
tice Jones sentenced the knife-wielder
to six months in the county Jail. In
the meantime, the county Jail had been
without an occupant for two weeks and
the chores had fallen upon the sheriff S
office. Now, Joseph Romeris will have
to pack water and coal and do the jani-
tor work until some other unlucky Of
fender joins him.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10
LEvELING AND GRADING

Do plant beets land that is properly eveled
few properly eved far better than which have
been only partly eveed Without eveng and grading the
applied uniformly plants will be killed
by drowning scdng in the low places while others will not
grow in the higher places from lack of water.
Where considerable grading deal of the
ganc matter ground should manured put
other cultivated for two before being planted to
sugar beets.
ONLY PRACTICAL METHOD
The method is the only practical way of applying
Nevada The the soil
beet plants ground bakes badly and greatly
Injuries the growth of the beet This be prevented only with
burrows on land properly leveed.
PREPARING FOR HEAD DITcHEs-
common method is plow ditch parallel to the field
with earth dams each section certain number OF
according grade of the ditch connected gate the
ditch The bank the burrows cut for either
burrows and the water turned m By having head bitches the
well distributed sections the
time there be sufficient Allow only small amount
of for each row that will slowly and
good sauon This also prevents weng the soil over the seed
PLACING THE CROSS bitches
At intervals of 300 to 500 feet dches which will
catch the above also supply the
lengths below length of the
field than 500 because the upper end will become
before the reaches the lower With considerable
aer areas will be sufficient Cross bitches
made by simply powing out dead burrows with goodsxed
plow.
IRRIGATION BEFORE SEEDING
powed the spring often requires irrigation before
This when the do
enough moisture keep the bee growing from four weeks
heavy soils gae burrows about four inches deep after the
ground powed and thoroughly narrowed Light sells be
powed hold the Give ground thorough working
destroy the weeds during their early growth After the weeds
have been entirely destroyed pack the ground we'll with the roller
to a strong termination of the seed.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10
FIRST WHITE MAN
THAT STRUCK NEVADA

In bulletin recently issued by the
census bureau some interesting facts
are given out by the census director. In
speaking of the history OF Nevada the
bulletin says that Nevada is Spanish
word signifying snowelad or white as
snow. The first white man who ever
came to Nevada was probably Francis
Garees, a Franciscan friar who passed
through Southern Nevada in l775 on his
way to Sonora, Cal. Other friars fol-
lowed him, but no settlements We're
made Mt that time.
In 1926 the Humboldt river was dis
covered by Peter s. Ogden Of the Hud-
son Bay Company, and in 1889 a trad
ing post was established at Genoa. Al
though settlements grew mp in Nevada
ut that time, there was never much OF
a population until the discovery OF the
Comstock lode in 1859.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10
GRINDING OUT THE GRAhULATED
The Factory's Run Proves that
Sugar-Making is a Successful
Nevada Industry.

The great Nevada Sugar Company
plant operated from Wednesday of last
week to yesterday inclusive, and during
this time large numbers of local and
outside people availed themselves Of
the opportunity to witness the sugar.
making process. The working eff the
machinery was remarkably good, the
finished sugar being produced in four
days. Usually week is required to
get this result, though when thorough
ly adjusted the sugar-making machin-
cry is calculated to produce sugar reg
larly from the raw beets in twenty-fonr
hours.
So thoroughly did the mechanics put
the factory together under the direc-
tion of Manager Hnze that the power
was shut down but three times after
starting, which is undoubtedly a record
in beet sugar factory construction. Just
what Fallon really possesses in this big
industrial enterprise is evidenced by the
remark of gentleman, the other day,
who is well qualified to pass an opinion:
Il have seen most of the important su-
gar plants in the country, and | can say
without hesitation that this beats them
all for efficiency and economy of ar
rangement.
Those who visited the factory Sunday
were presented with a small sack of
sugar with the compliments of the Ne
vada Sugar Company. Though small,
the sacks contain quite enough to com
prise substantial memento of the oc-
casion.
The management of the factory re-
ceived the following telegram Saturday
evening from the Reno Commercial
club:
Fully realizing what the completion
of your enterprise means TO Nevada at
large, and to Churchill county in par
ticular, the Reno Commercial club,
through its board of directors, desires
to express its sincere congratulations
upon the completion of your magnificent
sugar factory and to give full praise
to the enterprisipg and public-splrited
citizens of Fallon and to your able man
ager for the good work done.
at is such enterprises as this that
make for Greater Nevada. adds to its
wealth and population, and paves the
way for the successful launching of
other enterprises. Its utmost success
is the sincere wish of the
"RENo CoMMERCIAL. CLUB,
.By F. M. Lee, President.
&c. T. Stevenson, Secretary.
The closing down of the factory for
the season occurred last evening, every
thing have been thoroughly oiled and
put in shape for this years campaign.
A small force of caretakers, including
the superintendent and chief engineer,
will remain throughout the quiet sea-
son. A profitable campaign this fall is
confidently looked forward to by the
factory officials.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10

The following letter from A. r. Mer-
ritt apropos of his experience with the
Rockefeller crowd in the matter of the
Mesaba iron deposits, is a valuable con-
tribuiion to the literature of the period
and will be read with interest.
At your request and for the informa-
tion of many friends throughout the
state of Nevada, and to correct any
understanding that might have been
caused through the Investigations of
the Steel Trust, | desire to make the
following statements:
In the early eighties valuable iron
discoveries were made in the Vermilion
range, about 120 miles in a northerly
direction from Duluth. MINI. A rail-
road was built to transport the ore. In
crossing the east end of the Mesaba
range, about fifty miles north of Du-
luth, in making cut for the railroad
signs of iron ore were discovered. Some
gentlemen connected with the mines on
the Vermllion range took options on a
large body of land on the eastern end
Of the Mesaba range. They spent about
$4,000 in exploration work. finding
nothing of value, and then they threw
up their options and condemned the
range. The Minnesota iron mines at
Yermlion and the Duluth and Iron
Range railroad, which was built to
transport their ore, afterward became
the property of the Illinois Steel Com
pany.
In 1887 my brother, C. c. Merritt,
discovered ore on the western Mesaba
range The Merritts, who were lum-
bermen, became interested in extensive
explorations during the summer of 'Ss
and 89 and secured valuable locations,
both in fee and by lease. They were
poor men. The state biologists of Min
nesota and Wisconsin, having examined
the range, condemned IL. The Illinois
Steel Company had already condemned
1t. In trying to raise money to develop
this range we were greatly handicapped
because of these adverse reports. but
we were determined to show up the
range and prove that our judgment
was correct.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10
District Court Met Saturday.

A state record for hurry-up made
to order divorce was made in Fallon
last Saturday when Nellie M. Cregar,
who filed her complaint Thursday, was
granted decree. c. A. Cregar, the
former husband will be required to
pay $40 a month for the support of a
minor child, the custody of whom was
awarded the mother.
The John Ehrgood estate matter was
heard by Judge French.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10

H sugar requires deep mellow SOIL quite rich plant
i food and free from weeds The ground best powed IN
hard subsoi the ground should be subsoed from fon- to
inches deeper allow the penetration OF the
Pow the direction of the slope When plowed at right
angles the the dead back burrows prevent uniform
flow through the Do pow around the field
Remove all dead burrows by backrrowng into them few es
FLOWING ALFALFA LAND
Old alfalfa land should be powed the fall about four inches
Deep Keep the pow sharp that all roots will be cut below the
Harrow thoroughly bring all roots to the surface SO
raked off disposed This should be
powed again early in the from eight ten inches deep If
eveng needed should be done before this last powng
If old alfalfa land powed deep in the fall the of the
plants remain alive the ground and will start spoutng when the
spring weather sets in This makes the cultivation difficult
and the remaining alfalfa plants take the plant food that should be
used by the bee The planting should be rather late to prevent
the alfalfa from choking out the tender young plants.
FLOWING GRAIN LAND
When bees follow grain the ground should be plowed
surface cusng and give the weeds start These weeds
should be destroyed deeper powng later the ta Wnen
powed deep first the weed seeds will prout until brought to
the surface when the soil worked the spring Then they ger
should be applied evenly the land after the shallow poWug
and turned under with the deeper blowing BY powng
row the ground breaks readily and absorbs more mos
ture than with wide burrows.
When follow potatoes beets the shallow plowing is
but the ground should receive the powng
SPRING FLOWING
If the ground plowed in the a should be powed
early the spring possible This allows the ground to become
firm enough for rapid termination of the seed The weeds get an
early and be destroyed bee planting Also mos
held the soil in the early spring. when the weather COOL
than later when it becomes warmer
With spring blowing ground should be poed in
than be narrowed dragged the day In TINS cond
ton the weeds will prou and be destroyed before the seed
planted. .
Ground powed in the spring should be thoroughly pull
ST 70 ithses incheE ana co@Paeted With with a
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10
l he Contrasts
of This Life
By EDWARD N. BUCK

HE other day there died at Vir-
ginia City-in the county hos
pital, as the newspapers men,
toned two old miners of the
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-10
EXPERT GIVES GOOD ADVICE
TO INTENDING Beet GROWERS
By CHARLES S. KNIGHT
Chief Agriculturist of Nevada Sugar Company

zHE sugar requires deep mellow SOIL quite rich plant
and free weeds The ground is best plowed in
7 the fall depth less than eight inches If there
hard subsol the ground should be subsoed from o- to
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