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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27

Foss Hardy has been quite sick
but is now reported to be much bet
ter
Miss Nellie Wightman has been
visiting her cousin Miss Velma Mark
well the last week. Miss Wightman
leaves next week for Salt Lake where
she will attend school this winter.
Mrs. A. Lata and daughter have
returned to Winnemucca after spend
ing several weeks visiting the family
of S. B. Smart.
Mrs. w. II. Purinton is cooking at
the experimental farm, while the
cook is taking her vacation.
Mrs. Henry Cirac. of Saltwater,
is visiting relatives in this district.
Clare and Roy Williams have been
reported on the sick list but are bet
ter.
| Mrs. j. A. Volkerts pleasantly en-
| tertained the Ladies' Friday Club
| the last meeting. The next meeting
will be with Mrs. w. White Septem-
ber IL.
| Miss 10 Erringer has been visiting
Miss Gertie Whip.
Everyone in this district is busy
putting up their second crop.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Eighth judicial District
Court of the State of Nevada, in and
for the County of Churchill.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Joseph H. Douglass, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Mrs. Kate Douglass,
was on the 10th day of August, A.
D., 1918. duly appointed by the
above entitled court as administra-
trix of the estate of Joseph H. Doug
lass, deceased, and thereafter duly
qualified as such administrators.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to file the
same with the proper vouchers and
statutory affidavit attached, with the
clerk of said court within forty (40)
days from the date of the first pub
lication of this notice.
Dated August 27th, 1918.
Date of first publication, August 27
MRS. KATE DOUGLASS.
Administrative
T. C. Hart, Attorney for estate.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
WILL HAVE MUCH DIFFICULTY
Owners of Soda Lakes May be
Barred From Receiving
Damages

1t would seem that the owners oi
the two soda lakes north of town
in their suit to recover from the
Truckee-Carson project fund the ag-
gregate sum of $205,000 for alleged
damages to the properties, are up
against difficult task when they at
tempt to prove that the water dis
tributing sysem in their districts is
responsible for the raise in the lake
levels. This matter is up now for
presentation to the government court
of claims and the argument of the
government authorities will be, while
admitting the raised lake levels, that
it is the result of the increased ir-
rigation within this valley in a gen.
eral sense and is not attributable to
a single lateral system. In other
W rds that the underground waters
of the entire valley have been raised
by the more general use of irrigation
water and that the levels of the two
soda lakes simply reflect condition
tha<is uniform over the entire pro-
ject. 1t is averred that the water
pereolation from west to east, the
natural drainage direction, has
brought about the conditions COM
planned of by the lake owners.
This proven will resolve the suit
into one for consequential damages,
and inasmuch as rulings are uniform
against the collection of damages in
such instances, it would certainly ap-
pear that the government has all the
best of the argument. Consequen-
tial damages always ensue as a Sc
quel to great public and private en-
terprises and If complainants we're
awarded judgments in these cases
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
To Resume Railroad Work.

DR.. c. A. Hascall informs us that
work will be resumed upon the Fal-
Ion Belt Line grade with the advent
of cool weather. He Is laying plans
calculated TO make possible the buy
ing of the rails, ties and rolling stock
and the farmers are making ready
to do their part in completing the
road bed, which has already assumed
proportions that make II a highly
tangible asset.
Though the matter of moving the
beet crops from the farms this fall
TO the factory will not be possible, DR.
Hascall is positive that team trans
portatlon will be thing of the past
by next season.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
INSPECT LIME ROCK DEPOSIT
Frllon Party Makes Auto Trip
To Thompson to Determine
Deposit for Factory.

A party composed of |. II. Kent,
Ira Kent, Rudolph Stock, sugar fac
tory superintendent, and A. c. James
travelling saleman, made the trip
Wedneday to Thompson, near where
deposit of lime rock exists. Their
visit was for the purpose of deter
mining its value as a factor in this
falls local sugar manufacturing
campaign They found large deposit
and $4,000 plant one mile this
side of Thompson and took samples
for analysis to determine whether
the lime rock has the proper constit-
uents for local uses. If so, it will
be used at the factory, which will re-
quire about 900 tons of the COM
modify for the 1913 campaign
AT Thompson the party was shown
every courtesy by Manager DeGrath,
of the smeltcr. The plant is a gi-
gantic one. costing 100000 and it
is being worked continuously on OF es
from many Nevada mining districts.
The refractory rock from Mason val
ley and Rochester are among the
customs business handled, which av-
erages in amount some 500 tons
aaily.
Going on over to the Dayton sec
ton the party found the beet fields
In a healthy condition, but sadly in
need of work. The absence of an
agriculturist in that section has
meant the loss to the factory of a
couple of hundred tons of excellent
beets, for the farmers have allowed
the beets to grow improperly thinned
with the result that no size has been
attained by the roots.
A stop was made at the Towle
ranch, where dinner was had. Later
the party picnicked above the La
hontan dam, returning home leisure
ly.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27

there would be no progress possible.
On the other hand, if the lake own
ers could prove that their lakes are
situated without the zone of the gen.
eral percolation and seepage of the
project and that one lateral system
built too near their property, is re-
sponsible for their Losses, the project
would in all probability be compelled
out of fairness to meet their de-
mands.
The concensus of opinion, how
e~er, is that this is difficult to prove;
neither is it fact, and the lake own
ers, in all probability will be COM
PEELED to submit to a regime, which
has as one of its fundamentals, the
doctrine of the greatest good to the
greatest number.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
.FALLON'S MUNICIPAL WATER
Recent Analyses Show Local
Supply to Be Free From
Dangerous Germs.

/ City Electrician l.. w. Crehore has
received returns from o. p. john
ston, bacteriologist and pathologist
of the state university, giving the re-
suits of the recent analyses made of
three samples of Fallon's municipal
water, which while though not al
together fattering. indicates that the
local water supply is probably as
good as any desert water. AS COM
pared to the last samples submitted
an increased amount of vegetable
matter is shown, which condition was
anticipated, owing to larger use of
water in this valley during the sum-
mer season. Naturally, there is
teaching of the soils during the sum-
mer period, which precipitates the
vegetable matter into the under
ground flow that precolates as wat
er table underneath the entire val
ley.
The gratifying features of the an
alyses is that no deleterious substan-
ces were disclosed. The samples
showed plainly an excess of bacteria
but not of harmful character, milk
coagulation being wholly absent at
the end of 24-hour test. Had ty-
phoid germs been present the results
would have been the reverse. Neith-
er was there indol production, which
is also highly gratifying to local us
ers of water. These are the two best
commntaries that can DC made up
on the Fallon supply.
Prof. Johnston, writing in an adj
visory strain, admonishes the city
authorities to send frequent samples
to the university laboratory for tests
in order that the public health of
this community may be conserved. In
this admonishment he has the COM
plete sanction of the city authorities
who have no disposition to do other
than watch carefully for any premon-
itory indications that might affect
the health of Fallon folks. Should
the local water supply at any time
show matter injurious to public
health, remedial measures would be
taken Immediately. At the present
time, it would seem that the last
analyses made, and the testimony of
the numerous physicians of the town,
should be satisfying, and that Fallon
water should be quite popular. In
truth it must be stated that of the
several cases of typhoid that have
developed lately in and about Fallon
none can be traced to the municipal
supply, but that unsanitary condi-
tions have wholly contributed the ty-
phoid cases via the typhoid fly route.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
SECRETARY LANES STATEMENT
Said Recently That He Would
Recommend New Laws For
Homesteaders.

Secretary Lane of the interior de-
partment announced at Grand juno
tion, Colorado Saturday that he will
recommend to congress that an ex-
tension of time be granted settlers
on homestead property so that they
might have better opportunity to
develop their holdings and realize
profits therefrom.
Secretary Lane reached Grand
Junction Saturday after a tour of
Washington where he had been in
specting reclamation projects. He
declared that many of the complaints
received by the department from set
tiers on reclamation projects were
due to their lack of funds with
which to buy stock that might feed
upon their crops. He declared that
Il was the governments intention
and desire to see the homestea ders
and settlers contented and happy on
their property.
Sunday Secretary Lane visited the
local reclamation project and left in
the evening for Colorado Springs.
He will not be in Fallon this trip.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27

AS an evidence of the increased
prosperity Of the mining camps sery-
cd by Fallon, c. l.. Benadum, the
hustling stage operator, has purehas-
ed a Federal truck, which he will
operate between Fallon and Sand
Springs. Perishable freight, con-
signed to Wonder. Fairyiew and
Rawhide will be taken TO Sand
Springs daily, where IL will be tax
en- up by fast horse vehicles and
landed at the destination within the
day. BY using the stage station as
a base. it will be possible for Mr..
Benadum to serve all three mining
CAMPS practically as quickly as by a
through auto truck service.
The Standard editor was remem-
barod Monday by Tony Testolin, who
presented us with about the sweetest
and most brittle melon that is mas
ever been our pleasure to help con-
sume. Mr.. Testolin is one OF the
leading gardeners of the valley and
surely knows how to raise products
adapted to our soils and climate
Miss Grace Gulling left Monday
for Berkeley, Cal, where she VIII
ramain until the first of the year
when she will re-enter Stanford
university.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
RESUME RECLAMATION WORK
Gigantic Tasks Have Been En-.
compassed by the Gov.
eminent.

On June 30, 1913. the area of all
projects under construction by the
serFlee was estimated at 2.98244O
acres. Irrigation works had been
completed for 1,299,956 acres. and
the area irrigated was estimated at
fzl,410 acres in 1912 farms. In
the line OF construction work, there
mad been completed reservoirs of g.
ool,21O acre feet aggregate capacity
1861 miles of irrigation and drain
age canals, 22A miles of tunnels:
storage and diversion dams having
total volume of 9,523,652 cubic
yards 81 miles of leyees: 12,487
concrete canal structures: 3.339
bridges, 1851 eulverts; 157 miles
OF pipe lines: l,422 fumes having a
total length of 741s miles; s9s
buildings; 34S wells; G97 miles of
roads; 81 miles OF railroads: 2.331
miles of telephone line: 351 miles of
Transmission line. and Il power
plants, having a total capacity of
30,7S5 horsepower The service had
also mined 30,693 tons of coal, and
manufactured 33S.452 barrels of
Portland cement and 95,435 barrels
of sand cement.
In accomplishing the foregoing
work. there have been excavated
99,245.76s cubic yards of earth, in
durated material and rock and there
have been placed 419.790 cubic
Yards of rip-rap, 511,322 square
yards of paving and 1.344.90S cubic
yards of concrete. In addition TO
this concrete there has been placed a
considerable amount OF concrete
masonry. In this masonry and the
concrete there were used 1,533.544
barrels OF cement.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
CARE OF YOUR PIANO.

Your piano consists of about 1000
parts. The moving parts are delicate
ly adjusted like the works of your
watch. And you cannot clean or ad-
just the works of your piano any
more than you can the works of your
watch. The best you can do is to
keep the case looking nice and keep
the keys clean, the pedals polished.
Cover the piano with a sheet while
sweeping to keep the dust out.
Cheese cloth or Canton flannel to
dust off the case. Wash the starch
out of new cheese cloth to avoid
scratching the yarnish. A feather
duster is apt to leave scratches.
There is a tension of about 10000
pounds exerted by the strings of your
piano when it is up to pitch. When
the piano is out of tune this terrific
strain is unevenly distributed over
the frame which is thus racked out
of shape. In time this warped shape
becomes permanent. Have your pi-
ano tuned twice year regularly and
it may last a lifetime.
Piano tuning is a peculiar mixture
of art and science. Each chord and
interval must be scientifically tenn
pered in order that the instrument
will sound harmonious in every key.
The tuners skill proves him to be
either a mechanic or an artist.-P.
r. Hawley in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27

cent basis of the true valuation,
which would indicate that The county
has assessable property of the total
value of s13,000,175. The fact
that values are fixed upon 40 per
cent basis of the cash or market val
ue reduces the tax rate, If figured
correctly, to an attractive figure,
both within and without Fallon.
The above figures VIII probably b
changed by deductions made fcr
widows exemptions and in certain
other instances, some Of the values
appearing upon the assessment rcll
being tentative. There will however,
be no subs.an ial Establishments TO
materially anee the results given
herewith.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
Government Canals Across Country
Roads.

Where country road is laid out
to cross an existing canal or other
irrigation work of the reclamation
service, the expense of constructing
a bridge or other proper crossing for
the public road should be borne by
the county or other municipal au-
thority and appropriate contract may
be entered into between the govern
ment and the local authority making
reasonable provision for the nonin-
reference with the United States in
the operation and maintenance, re-
building or change in location of the
canal.
When government canal or 9TH
er irrigation plant crosses an exist
ing country road, the United States
should merely build or build and al
so maintain an appropriate bridge or
other crossing, according as the one
or the other course is enjoined upon
private irrigation companies by the
state law, the United States. as a
matter of comfy, following the pub
lie policy in the matter announced by
the state laws. In either case,
whether the United States merely
builds bridge, or builds and main
tains it, an appropriate contract
should be entered into fixing the re-
spective rights and duties of the
parties, and protecting the rights of
the United States in the use, opera
ton and maintenance of the canal.
All contracts under this paragraph
should be submitted to the Washing
ton office before execution.-Recla-
nation Record.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
CHURCHILL COUNTY TAX ROLL
The 1913 Valuations Aggregate
Sum One and Quarter Mil
lions Greater than in 1912.

Churchill eounty's assessment roll
Is complete. Assessor Sitton and his
deputies, e. p Mclean and Shober
j. Rogers have succeeded in com
piling the county's values and plac-
ing their ownership. The roll, being
representative of a growing county's
wealth, is naturally the largest ever
turned out within the county. 1t
shows increase all along the line and
lew taxpayers but are accredited
with higher values than ever before
'fhis IS in accordance with the plan
OF the state tax commission, under
which the assessors of the state labor
ed this year. The county values have
been fixed upon a basis of 40 per
cent of the actual cash or saleable
values and the owners of property
have been quite uniformly fair in
their submission of statements re-
lating to their holdings. This has
been a means of assisting the asses
sor's Office materially
The total valuation represented by
the 1913 tax roll is s5,200,O70, rs
compared to $3,955,O92 upon last
years roll. The total value of per-
sonal property upon the new roll is
s790,S39 as compared to s5O5.465
in 1912. The improvements are as
4.
pared to $397.325 last year, while
the real estate values have been ad-
yanced as shown by the comparative
figures of s4,O59,724 for this year
and $3.052,3O2 for last year.
The total ASSESSED valuation of
s5,200,070 this year was made upon
what has been considered a 40 per
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27

The Washington Office has printed
new edition of the pamphlet en-
titled Measurement of Irrigation
Water" In addition to the discussion
and tables in the former edition re-
garding weirs, the new edition con-
tains discussion of orifices, with
tables of discharge, and brief dis
cussion, with diagrams, relsting to
current meter measurements. Copies
of the new edition are now available
at the Washington Office and may be
requisitioned for official use or pur-
chased by the public.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27

thereby enabling the department 10
select and designate suitable districts
for different portions of the country
and II shall be unlawful to shoot OF
NV any device kill or seize and cap
ture migratory birds within the pro
.oot,on of this law during said CLOS
al seasons. and any person VINO shai'
violate any of the provisions OF reeu-
,at,ons of this law for the protection
- MIGRATORY birds shall be deemed
eu,ltv Of misdemeanor and shaii DC
Sned not more than 500 or 'mpris-
oned not more than ninety days OF
,a,h IN the discretion of the court,
po'h - oo-o-~.~~N~s~~e~-~~~~~n-
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27

Assemblyman J. w. Ferguson has
a Buckeye mower doing duty on his
farm near town, which has been us
ed continuously for % years and
still runs SO smoothly that many
more useful years are promised for
the mower. 1t was bought quar-
ter of a century by Mr.. Ferguson
from E. Griswold, the former Wads-
worth general merchant. Mr.. Fer
guson says that machinery manufac-
turers no longer turn out mowers of
such sterling qualities.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
Employees in Reclamation Service
June 30. 1913.

On June 30, 1913, the total unm-
Der of employees holding appoint
ments from the Secretary of the In
terror was AS, the total number OF
registered employees was 1,207, and
the unclassifled or labor force was
4.926. making the total number of
all employees 6.611. The number OF
contractors employees was 1,0O5,
making a grand total of 1915.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27

Mrs. w. IL. Sifford, 511 Light
house Ave-, New Monterey, Monterey
County, California. Fine place short
distance from the bay. Rooms to
rent. Light housekeeping rooms to
rent.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27

There is a big difference in
coal. Burton sells the genuine
Rock Springs. ito.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27

WEATHER BULLETIN.
For week ending August 23, 1913.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-27
SMART DISTRICT NOTES.

Foss Hardy has been quite sick
but is now reported to be much bet
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-05

1t is not necessary to be a winner
to be hero and win the admiration
and the plaudits of the bike fans who
patronize the Velodrome. While some
riders can win a string of victories
and fail to gain more than ripple of
applause or passing recognition, there
Is one little chap who invariably fin
ishes last in the races, yet is one of
the most-talked about and most pop
ular riders at the track. You all
know him. His name is Murray
little Willie Murray pink-cheeked,
slender midget, with girlish face
and a winning smile that never
grows dim, even in the face of de-
feats innumerable.
When "Wee Willie" first appeared
at the Velodrome, with wheel that
was many sizes too large for him, and
a pair of logs so slender they APP
peared to bend when he pushed down
on the pedals, he made an instantane-
Gus hit and his efforts in the races
even at that first meet drew almost
as much attention as the great riding
of Worlds Champion Donald Nc
Dougall The bleacherites gave Muir
ray their personal attention and he
had more than q thousand coaches
shouting advice and encouragement.
To be sure, when the fans took upon
themselves the racing education of
Wee WILLIE" they saw a medium
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-05
AT TER RECORDS AT
TON|GHT'S RACES
Collins and Bedell to Meet in
Multicycle-Paced
Race.
SIX EVENTS ON PROGRAM
SIX EVENTS ON PROGRAM

The card offered for the meet at
the Stadium Motordrome tonight con-
tains a multicycle-paced match be-
tween Elmer Collins and Menus Be-
dell a handicap. an open and an
Australian pursuit race for the
pros" swhile the amateurs will be
seen in an open and a handicap race
While the match race, which is to
be paced by sextets, quints, quads
triplets and tandems has been offered
as the feature event on the card. con-
siderable interest is being evinced in
the Australian pursuit race in which
Mcnamara, Spears, Cory, Root, Hill,
Drobach, Halstead and Rupprecht
will take part.
Another assault on the track record
will be made by the "pros" in the
half mile handicap.
A short distance handicap for the
amateurs will be run tonight.
In addition there will also be a
pro" invitation and q fifteen-Ap
open for the amateurs.
The meet tonight will be the last
that is to be held on Tuesdays. Be-
ginning with week from Saturday
night next meets will be held on Sat-
urdays only.