The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-04-09
GENERAL NEWS.

independent Ol olu thCoo u"'' ~ ~
new makeup. 1t Is decided change
and while strange is certainly an I'M
provement. But "Salmagundi" Is
still missing.-Goldfel Tribune.
The term electricity" was deriy-
ed from the Greek word meaning
amber. Electricity itself is earliest
described by Theophrastus (321 B.
c. and Pliny 90 A. d., who men
ton the power of amber to attract
straw and dry leaves.
Arrangements are being made for
the 1913 convention of the Nevada
Bankers Association, May 9th and
10th at Goldfeld. w. e. Johnson,
of Golnfield is president of the as
sociation; George H. Taylor of Reno,
secretary, and N NJ. Byrne, Ely,
treasurer.
A successful merchant once said:
whether | had anything to adver-
tise or not, as representative bus
mess man, should not like to pick
up a copy of my home paper and fail
to find my name and business repre-
sented in its columns. "-Clarksville
Democrat
The Nye county branch of the
Equal Franchise Association has
withdrawn from the parent body and
has formed the Nye county branch
of the Nevada Non-Militant Equal
Suffrage Society. This makes two
women suffrage organizations in
this state.
The people of the United States
pay a subsidy in artificially-high
prices to the wool industry of at
least $104, 100000 a year, according
to calculations of Hon. Oscar w.
Underwood. of AlaDama, Chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee
of the House of Representatives.
The Elko Free Press says a man
Just back from New York saw Dia-
mondfield Jack Davis alive and well
in the Hotel Bresln a short time ago
and this man does not believe Jack
was killed in Mexico He says Davis
told him he was going back to South
America, where he was doing well.
c. l.. Deadly, state register of Car
ey act lands, has received notice that
the department of the interior has
approved the temporary withdrawal
for one year of 1887 acres in In
dian Springs Valley, Clark county,
to be reclaimed by the Switzerland
Irrigation Company of Goldfield,
Nevada
Fl. NJ. Mccartney, of the Southern
Pacific land department, is spending
the day in town. He states of the plat
of $4,000 acres of Humboldt county
lands placed in the market last year
! 900 acres have been sold. This
spring the company placed two plats
of Eastern Nevada lands on sale, one
of 5000 acres at Beowawe and the
other of 100000 acres at Halleck
and Wells.-Silver State.
A woman passenger set fire to a
Pullman sleeping car the other day
when she attempted 10 heat some
milk for her baby with spirit lamp.
The car was completely destroyed.
together with the baggage of about
! forty passengers. Fortunately IL
happened in the daytime and not at
night, but even as it was the train
crew had to act quickly to prevent
the rest of the train from catching
fire.
Governor Oddie has named the
members of a board to select, with
him, a site for the boys detention
home in Elko county. Those named
were George Russell Sr., and F
Ferdinand Sr. of Elko. The three
members will merely select the site
Elko has offered 10 acres of ground
and $4,000 for the home. Later
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five members to have charge of the
construction and government of the
institution.
AS an indication of what a gooo
COW will do, we note that Guernsey
fetal record of SOC pounds of fat il
one year, which is equal to III
pounds of butter. Butter averaged
2S cents a pound last year, and a
the average value that COW made
$200.20 during the year for hel
owner. Does it pay to have good
cows? And you must remember the
man did not have to sell the COW to
the butcher; he still owns her, and
she is still producing the butter
Figure out what 20 good cows would
do for you. Better pay man to milk
than to feed steers.-Deeth Com
monwealth.
Governor Haines, of Idaho,
want to have you meet Governor
Spry, of Utah." said a newspaper
man in the wine room of the ST
Francis the other afternoon. So the
Governor of Idaho shook hands with
the Governor of Utah. "You know
what the Governor of North Carolina
said to the governor of South Caro-
| lima - Yentnred the povarnnr of Ida.