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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-11
Protect The Birds

Do you want to help in the great
movement for the preservation of
bird life in America? Uncle Sam is
offering you the opportunity. Under
the new Mclean Law, the first fed
eral bird protection law ever passed,
certain regulations for closed sea-
sons, etc., have been proposed to go
into effect on, October 1. But before
these regulations are finally adopted
the Department of Agriculture will
conduct hearings in various arts of
the country to discuss the effect of
the proposed rules, and what addi-
tlonal regulations may be needed If
you are interested in this subject and
have any practical ideas to submit,
here is your chance to have a share
in the conservation of bird life.
Every good sportsman, every farmer
who realizes the value of birds in pre-
venting crop-destruction by insects,
and every lover of outdoors ought to
cooperate with the government in
this work. If you have any sugges-
lions to offer communicate with the
Secretary of Agriculture and he will
notify you when the hearing in your
section is to be held.
The value of agricultural products
destroyed by insects every year
amounts to the staggering sum of
100000. Birds are the great
destroyers of insects. 1t would I'M
doubtedly bring a tremendous CAL
amity upon the country if the insec-
tivorous birds were to become ex-
tinct, yet wholesale butchery of
many species threatens this very
outcome. The Mclean bill for the
first time recognized migratory birds
which cross state lines as a federal
government care, and the new feder-
al law will supercede all state regul-
ations except as specifically provid-
ed for in the regulations.
The regulations to be adopted un-
der authority of this law will be RI
gorously enforced, since Infringement
of these regulations will become an
offence against the United States,
and it is proposed to enforce
the law as drastically as the laws
against counterfeiting are now adj
ministered. The game wardens will
be United States officers.
The regulations VIII also pre-
scribe what varieties of birds will
come within the meaning of the
act. These are waterfowl such as
brant, wild duck, geese and swans;
cranes;rails, including coots, gall
mules, and sora; shore birds, includ-
ing avocets, curlew, dowitchers,
godwits knots, oyster catchers, pha-
laropes, plover, sandpipers, snipe,
stills, surf birds, turnstones, willet,
woodcock and yellow legs; doves
and wild pigeons; and the following
insectivorous birds. ..-..
Bobolinks, catbirds, chickadees,
cuckoos, flycatchers, grosbeaks, hum
ming birds, kniglets, martins, mea-
dow larks, night hawks or bull bats.
nuthatches, orioles, robins, shrikes.
swallows, swifts, tanagers, titmice,
thrushes, vireos, warblers, waxwings.
whip-poor-wills, woodpeckers and
wrens, and all other perching birds
which feed entirely or chiefly on in
sects. The killing of these insectiy-
orous birds is to be prohibited at all
times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-11
CARL BROWNE COMES BACK

Originator of "Coxy's Army" in
T. Washington to Plead for Bill. ID
Washington, Aug. 11.-Carl Browne,
originator and second in command of
Coxey's army which marched from
Massilon, o., to Washington early in
1894 to petition congress on behalf
of the unemployed, appeared at the
Capitol to urge amendments to the
Owens-Glass currency bill.
He is also seeking support for the
bill introduced by Senator Poindexter
organizing the unemployed into an
industrial army" for the construction
of reclamation works and road i'm
-prOvements.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-11

They do have good times at these
Farmers club meetings, judging by
the way some of the city fellows chit
the grub when the dinner bell
rings.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-11

Wonder who will offer to keep the
road across the corduroy west of
town in the best condition for the
least money? Don't all speak at once.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-11
Hard Luck

Colerine Optic-It seems to be the
irony of fate that while the grass
widow is in clover, the real widow is
in Weeds.-EX.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-11
EsI:Izia3GI illzD.SI5JaZSlIII)

II you want to know facts about
farming in this county ask the man
who owns one. .--
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-11
Added to Holocaust Victims.

Binghamton, N. Y, Aug. 1.-THE
thirty-second name was added to the
list of those who persisted in the
fire which destroyed the Binghamton
Clothing companys plant two weeks
ago when Mrs. May Layton died at
the city hospital from injuries re-
ceived In jumping from the fourth
floor of the burning building.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-11

That man Chandler is making
quite a hit with his plum orchard
across Lake Bemidji.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-11

An incident that happened at
~Montclatr, New Jersey, shows how
little he valued his own finished
work. When out walking one day he
was overtaken by thunderstorm
and was so impressed with it's fury
and grandeur that he rushed home
to pain it while the memory was still
fresh. Arrived at the house, and un-
able to find canvas large enough
for his idea, he took down a ten
foot picture of Mount Washington
which he had painted years before.
In two hours the mountain scene was
replaced by striking representation
OF the storm just over. That picture,
with the outline of Mount Washing
ton still traceable by RIGGS Of paint.
now hangs in the museum at St.
Louis. .a~ 49,. s@
Men of great energy often wear
themselves out early in life; yet
George Inness kept on painting to a
good ripe age. AT sixty-nine he died
in Scotland, where he had gone for
his health. .@ .,s.. e.. 81
Everyday different human in
terest story will appear in The Pho
neer. You can get beautiful intaglio
reproduction Of the above picture,
with five others, equally attractive,
z x 9 1-2 inches in size,a with this
weeks Mentor" In "The Mentor
"a well known authority covers the
subject of the pictures and stories of
the week. Readers of The Pioneer
and "'The Mentor" will known Art
Literature, History, Science, and Ira
vel. and own exquisite pictures. On
sale at Abercrombies Book Store.
Price Fifteen Cents. Write today to
The Pioneer for booklet explaining
The Associated Newspaper School
plan.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30

The remissness of the Western
Engineering and Water Supply Co.,
of Oakland, Cal, contractors who had
the construction of the Fallon mu-
nicipal improvements in hand is ap-
parent from time to time. Lately
the heavy rains have brought about
a settling of the earth covering the
sewer and water trenches, necessi-
tating additional expense on the part
of the city, proving as we'll that the
trenches should have been more
thoroughly tamped in the filling pro-
cess. AS a whole, however. the work
of the contractors was satisfactory
Lister Wheeler, c. G. Cogswell
and Leon Whitsell were over from
Fernley Saturday in attendance upon
the water users meeting. They
stated that crops Fernley way were
in excellent condition generally
speaking and in advance of crops
in other parts of the pro-
ject. Though the drouth burned in
spots, the recent prodigality of nat
ure has sufficed to infuse new life
everywhere in the district, with the
result that the spirits of the farm
ers over there have risen.
J. w. Horn, of the Petaluma, Cal,
Realty Co., and VIM. Ayres, express
agent at Petaluma for many years,
we're in Fallon the last of the week
looking the country over. While here
they bought 160-acre tract of land
in the Island district from Mrs. Min
ME Hunter, sister of Bud Kinkaid.
Mr. Kinkaid was the intermediary.
The new owners of the tract propose
to place a good portion of it in cul-
tivation right away.
Hon. r. L. Douglass returned Sat
urday from San Francisco. He
brought with him few copies of the
San Francisco morning papers bear
ing date of the same day, which he
says could be distributed in Fallon
on the day of publication, if arrange
ments were made in the city to have
the paper bundles mailed on train
No. 10. This would be an added To-
cal convenience.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30


The following letter is self explain
atory:
During the several weeks past, at
the earnest and repeated solicitation
Of various water users and business
men. the Project Engineer has been
preparing new farm unit plats with
view 10 the reopenine to entry of
several thousand acres of land In
line for showing visitors at the Fair
In September IL has been repre-
sented by various citizens that this
would b a most auspicious time for
attracting new settlers, and. there
fore. il would be to the advantage
of the community and the project to
have some lands ready for settlement
with a view to furnishing such wat
er as might be necessary for use
on these new lands next year.
With this in Wow the Project En-
rlneer had finally persuaded the Sup
ervislng Engineer to join In a rec
ommendation for reopening of five
thousand acres of land at the time
of The fair.
The recommendation to the de-
nartment had been agreed upon In
the project Office on Saturday, July
9eth. during the afternoon OF when
day a mass meeting of water users
by n majority vote decided to ask
the Secretary Of the Interior to post
rome any reopening until after COM
nletion of Lahontan Reservoir.
II has been with some reluctance
that the project management mas
proceeded toward a reopening at TINS
time. for while we entertain no
doubt whatever that the Lahontan
reservoir will be in shape to hold
analeient supply of water for the
season of 1914, yet our inclination
has been to wait until the water De-
came actually in sight and available
ana II was only a disposition to ac-
oommodate local sentiment that
nromnted us to recommend reopen
Ing just now
since il now appears that the wat
or users. expressing their views IN
macs meeting, are opposed to taking
opv chances whatever, the project
- oo,,ant ia quite willing TO de-
far 70 this feeling and to postpone
tho recommendation for reopenine
until next year.
d. w. COLE. Project Engineer
rallon. Nevada, July 2sth' 1919
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
A HEAVY RAINFALL.
Every Day Last Week Saw Neadea
Rainfall.

Last week broke all meteorIog;oa1
records for it rained every dav com
mencing Sunday and ending satnr-
day The precipitation varied At tho
government farm, where the records
are Kept, as will be seen from tha
weather statement published else
where from trace to .S5 of an inch
the latter occurring Saturday. The
precipitation varied also In the val
~ Tor in some parts. particularly in
the neighborhood of Hill and Still
water, the rain assumed the propor-
tions of cloudbursts.
But the general results have been
excellent. The farmers are reioic-
ing and for the first time in the his
tory of this section are compelled
TO admit that Jupiter Pluvius has
been generous unto prodigality and
are quite willing to dispense with
this funetionery for a period at least.
Had 1t not been for the rains this
Wiley rather than being a place of
smiling plnty would be in the throes
OF drouth with consequent hard
times for many late ron. AS 1t is
the crops are made, including sugar
beets, grain, gardens and alfalfa and
he marketing of these products will
mean abundance for all thrifty souls
this fall
And what is still better the rain
has been so general over western Ne
yada that the watershed of the True
kee has sent its food down the river
10 be taken up and sent hlther by
thee government canal.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
In the District Court

The attention of the district court
was occupied large part of Monday
by the divorce case of Helen Heisel
VS.. P. E. Heisel. The plaintiff to the
action resides in Wonder, where the
family home was established several
years ago. Later Keisel went to Cal
ifornia, where he now maken his
residence. Following the institution
of the action he filed a cross COM
plant, alleging infidelity, and back
ed UP his contention by filing letters
as exhibits that are about the sris.-
est documents the county clerk h1s
lcen privileged to have in his GUS
ody. Elsie Heisel, the 17-year old
daughter of the couple, accompanied
her father to Fallon and testified in
his behalf at Mondays session of
curt. The case was continued TO
August 7th.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
FINE HOME BURNED.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T.. Branch Lose Res.
idenee Together With Most of the
Furniture.

The fine ranch home belonging to
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Branch on their
farm west of town burned to the
ground about noon Sunday. The
members of the family were visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mclean and
had been absent several hours, when
smoke and flames We're seen issuing
from the roof. Messrs. Mclean and
Branch proceeded with all haste to
the doomed home, arriving in time
to save the valuable papers in the
house, together with several articles
OF furniture, including a piano.
The house was insured for $2,500.
while 800 was carried on the fur
niture. Mr.. Branch will rebuild at
once.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
STATE SCHOOL MONEYS READY.
Superintendent Bray Announces The
Distribution of Large Sum.

John Edwards Bray has announc-
ed the distribution of the state school
moneys, giving out the following
statement
Following is the statement of the
second semi-annual apportionment
of state school moneys for the cal
endar year 1913, on the basis of
$114.64 for each teacher, and ST.
32225 for each school census child !;
70 per cent is apportioned to teach
ers and 80 per cent to school census
children. The apportionment to the
teachers is made on the basis of one
teacher to each 80 school census
children or fraction thereof in each
district of the state. A school of a
given number of children, under the
present system, gets the same
amount of money from the state in
every county of the state:
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
Our Latest Battleship.

Number 81. the latest battleship
TO be built for the u. S. navy, is about
TO be laid down at the New York
navy yard, Brooklyn. Sister of the
Pennsylvania, she will be the larg-
est and most powerful battleship un-
der construction. The particulars
ere: Length, COS feet; beam 81 feet;
displacement on trial S1,400 tons.
she will have a 14-ineh belt, and Is
Inches on the turrets, in which will
be carried twelve 14-inch, 45-caliber
guns. The complement will number
100 officers and men, and the ship
will cost. complete, $16,00O,000,
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30

H. G. Wilson, an inspector
connected with the Indian de-
partment at Washington, was in Fal-
Ion yesterday on an official visit, IL
the department would spend the sal
aries of the inspectors" for Indian
police in such localities as ours the
results would be better in the final
analysis. Fallon needs Indian police
more than it does kid glove inspec-
t RS. If the department. will be as
careful in its selection of superin-
tendents of reservation affairs in all
instances as it has been in drawing
". A. Vanvorhis the government
may we'll abandon inspectorships,
which after all, are probably debt
payments for political favors.
A news dispatch from visalia. Cal,
says, Inability of the growers to
secure arsenic in sufficient quanti-
ties to check the ravages of the cut
worms has resulted in practical
| destruction of nearly $500 acres of
, sugar beets in this district By reas-
on of the large per centage of the
crop which will not mature this year
the plant of the San Joaquin Valley
Sugar Company in this city win be
operated this year."
The editorial household was added
to Thursday, July gath by fine son,
whose husky physique promises to
place him in line for the fighting
editorship of this paper within a few
years. In addition to being an attn
lete the youngster is everything a
boy of his age could reasonably be.
l. H. Kent and his daughter, Mrs.
M. ii. Wallace and the latter's two
children left Sunday for San Fran
cisco, where Mrs. Wallace will spend
a couple of weeks near Mrs. Kent
who is still in Lanes hospital. Mr..
Kent will return home within a day
or two.
w. f. Kaiser attended the session
of the state enbalmers' board, held
at Elko last Wednesday and success
fully passed examination with the re-
suit that he is adjudged competent
to handle all cases of undertaking.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irvie Sanford are
spending vacation in San Francisco
and other coast cities.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. H. F. Buerer Monday, July 2S
Milk and cream from Fairview
Farm Dairy. Guaranteed clean and
sweet.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
Nevada Wonder Mining Company
Files Statement,

The Nevada Wonder Mining Com
pany filed its statement of bullion
produced for the quarter ending June
S0th with County Assessor ]. W.
Sitton Monday. The report shows
that the company production from
its Wonder property for the three
months as being s157,965 gross, of
which sum the milling company,
took S13S,935.46 as costs of reGuc-
ton and extraction, leaving a net
sum of S19.029.5s, upon which bull
lion tax was paid in the sum of
s34s.40. The Nevada Wonder prop
erty is thus shown as producing an
annual gross sum of more than 5000,
900, which warrants the statement
that II is one of the states leading
mines.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
This Office is in receipt of cop,

This office is in receipt OF copy
of the Sterling, ILL.,, Gazette, daily
newspaper which is owned jointly by
Col Lucin Dunbar and associates.
Col Dunbar is now visiting at Still
water and recently addressed a COM
munication dealing with this section,
which is contained in the issue re-
ceived. l. e.. of July nth. Col Dun
bar writes highly entertainingly ana
gives uniquely a strangers first I'M
nressions of the arid sections. In
another issue We hope to have space
% allow the publication of the lot
ter,
r. Murdoch passed through Fai-
10, Monday on his way to Fairview,
u,here he is starting operations on
,ho EAGLES Nest property. Wm'
roonors who recently returned from
Rochester. will have charge OF the
work,
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30

favor of opening additional land to
the public for the double edged good
that will come. 1t Is now known, il
is said by project authorities, that
Lahontan dam will impound practic-
ally the whole of next seasons Car
son river flow, which being a fact,
will provide ample water for all uses
in this part of the project for a num-
Der of years. Had Mr. 9wingle's
resolution dealt alone with the land
tributary 10 the Truekee canal 1t
would have been better founded per-
haps.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
COUNTY
VALUES
Will Be Increased By About
One Million Dollars Ov-
er Last Years Roll.
County's Rapid Development And
New System of Taxation Effect
ing Substantial Raise.

Churchill eounty's 1913 assess
ment roll will carry greater value
than ever before by about one mil
lion dollars. This Is the estimated
Increase in the valuation placed on
the property within this county. 1t
will mean tax roll of around $5,-
100000. Likewise, 1t will mean de-
creased rates of taxation, which is
what counts with the men who pay
the tithing. The bonded indebted
ness of the county Is constantly be-
ing decreased. the jail bonds being
practically retired. while no further
efforts are being made to float emer-
gency loans and the county authori-
tis are bending every effort to-
wards fulfilling prediction promises
and are making the administration of
county affairs business matter pure
ly.
The board of equalization at its
meeting from the third Monday in
September until all business is dis
posed of may in its discretion raise
or lower the rates of taxation es-
tablished.
The city of Fallon will probably
show an increase of 100000 in val
uations, which should allow of re-
duction in the city tax rate. which
though generally regarded as high
is no more than commensurate with
the good that has come from the
city Improvements responsible for
the increased tax rate.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
LAHONTAN DAY.
Nexe Saturday Week Set Aside For
The Dambuilders.

Deploring the lack of community
intercourse between Fallon and La
hontan, the local business interests
are preparing for two gala days for
the people of both places and all
othels who want to enter into the
carnival spirit. The dates selected
are August 9th and 10th, the last
being designated "Lahontan Day."
Saturday evening will be character
lied by a great sporting program at
Temple theatre when the best ath-
letes of Lahontan and Fallon will
don the mits and tussle for grappl-
ing supremacy as well on the padded
mat. The athletic tournament will
be followed by grand ball in the
pavilion, to which all corners are in
yited. A nominal charge will be
made to defray the actual cost of
the dance.
Sunday morning foot races, bag
races. relay races and other forms
of sport will be pulled off at the ball
park, for which suitable prizes will
be given In the afternoon the mines
representing Lahontan and Thomp-
son, Neyadas two best teams of ball
players will fight IL out for first hon
ors and it now looks as though many
fans from the smelter town and Mas
on valley will be in attendance. The
crowd promises to be tie largest
ever witnessing game of ball in
Fallon and the national game will be
SO well played on this occasion that
: long trip to see it will be we'll
worth while.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30

The gasoline exeavatirg machine,
recently ordered by the project au-
thorities arrived last week from Chi
cago in charge of machinist Arthur
Jacobson. representing the manufac-
turers. The assembling process was
completed yesterday and the machine
started to the district east of Fallon
where il will be working on the con-
templated drainage work with full
crew Of men within the next few days
This machine promises to revolution
ize drainage methods in this project
and will no doubt prove a boon to
the several districts where more or
less apprehension has been manifest
regarding the underground water
conditions.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
Parcels Post improvements Planned.

Plans for the extension, improve
ment and reduction of rates of the
parcels post have been announced
by Postmaster-Genera Burleson. The
changes, which are to become eff
fcctive August 18th, include an in
crease from II pounds to 20 pounds
in the maximum weight of parcels,
partial reduction in the postage
rates in the first and second zones,
and the abandonment of the parcels
post map as a means of computing
rates and the substitution of rate
chart individualized to every post Of
fee in the United States. The plans
contemplate the purchase of large
number of automobiles, to be used
exclusively for the delivery of par
eel post matter.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
To Build Residence.

Anders Henriksen has been award
ed contract by VIM. Powell to
huild on the latter's lot facing the
city park neat five room cement
block bungalow. Mr.. Henriksen is
eating his artisan tools ready for
the task. When completed the home
will be among the neatest in Fallon'
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
OTHER
u y
III
u
PROJECTS
News of What is Happen
ing On Some Other
Systems.
Live Items Taken From The July
Reclamation Record About Pro-
gress Elsewhere.

During the quarter covered by this
80 fiscal agents; 1928 vouchers were
paid, representing and expenditure
of 1897, ,025.45, and S91 collection
vouchers were received, representing
payment to the reclamation fund
of s265,S574O.