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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-15
CHAPTER III.

BIZ a FALSE aALLoP OF MEMORIES.
a a churIish fate decreed it turn
ga ed out that Blount was not to
"a have Gantry for a travelling
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To be Continued.)
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13
Visiting Here From Scotland.

John Houston. brother of Mrs.
Mary Eason arrived in Fallon We'd
nesday from Dumferline, Scotland,
for an extended visit with his sister
and other members of the family
who are local residents. Mrs. John
Oats is a niece of Mr. Eacons, while
the Eason ~ others, owners of one OF
the finest ranches in the valley are
nephews. Mr.. Houston looks for
ward to a pleasant period in this val
ley. II is his first sally forth from
his native heath; likewise, he is the
only relative of Mrs. Eason's in this
country. They were separated many
yosrs ago, when Mrs Eason came to
this cohntrY 20 reside. never having
seen each other until last week. The
renewal of family ties and the dis
cnssion of sTents that have eonstitut-
ed their respective lives will bring
both eladness and sadness.
Joe Eason met Mr.. Houston at
Hazen Wednesday and accompanied
him home.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13

has been known to catch hot meters
from Mars, nonchalently poled out a
double and the game was won, when
Snyder, Lahontans twirler, crossed
| the pan.
The first half of the game was
played in a drizzling rain and the
afternoon was dark, precluding
heavy hitting Fast balls were the
rule and excellent pitching allowed
but few hits and these were scatter
ed. Thompson's heavy hitting nine
connected safely but twice, while La
hontan's pole wielders are credited
with nine safeties by the official scor-
err
Powell, for Lahontan, played the
first base position like a veteran. He
hit safely once and took bad throws
| without an error. He is a ball play
er to his finger tips and lends a
world of strength to any aggregation.
The following is the lineup and
pdltihS Oiuei VI lhe leSpeetiNe
teams:
Lahontan; Powell, 1st base; Doug
lass, catcher; Cassel C. f.. Murray,
3rd base; Allen, r. f.; Blackwood, IS;
Poultney, End base; Johnson, l. f.;
Snyder, p.
Thompson; Bateman, catcher; All
ern, 2nd base; Flynn, Srd base; Con-
don, C. f.; Kamm, 1st base; Warren,
|. f.; Voight, S.; Stuart, r. f.; SEN
ner,p.
Two base hits, Douglass. First base
on called balls, off Snyder, Senner,
two. Struck out by Senner, 16; by
Snyder eight. Passed balls, Bateman.
Double plays, Blackwood to Poultney
to Powell ca; Flynn to Ahern to
Kamm Left on bases, Lahontan u,
Thompson five. Runs, Snyder for
Lahontan. Hits for Lahontan, Pow
ell, one, Douglass, two, Murray, one
Allen, three and Snyder, one. For
Thompson, Condor, one and Stuart
one.
Notes of the Game.
Lahontan roundly deserves the
championship of the state. Probab
ly no aggregation knows this better
than Lovelocks, whose ball team
'flunked" out Of the game with ths
dam builders and repudiated a gam,
date. Game sports, those Love
lockers, but the gameness runs IL
yellow streaks.
Slim Hough, the effereseent sport
ing editor of the Eagle. was dread
fully fused up at certain stages o
Sunday afternoons proceedings
Slim is some fan and quite a book
keeper too. oh, yes, and some scribe
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13
|LAHONTAN
ENTERTAINED
Sunday Being Dam Builders
Day Brought good Crowd
Hither For Athletics.
The Government Boys Won Ball
Game. Foot Races and Tied
In Lawn Tennis Contest.

Sunday was Lahontan day 1t was
so completely Lahontan day that it
took our breath away. also some of
our small change. The way the boys
from the government works run
bases and foot races warrants the
conclusion that they are not dam
builders. They are simon pure ath-
letes. In truth they took everything
we had to offer. They took the base
ball game, they took the foot races
and If the continued toot, toot, of
the special trains engine had not
called them from their tasks they
would probably have been taking
something" yet. But we are ahead of
our story.
The Thompson puddlers and the
Lahontan muddlers brought two
carloads of baseball to town with
them Sunday and they spread
IL over nine of the most beautiful
frames ever witnessed on the Fal-
Ion grounds. For eight consecutive
innings the score board gave us a
chill and froze the marrow within
our bones for 1t registered nothing
but zeroes, but in the ninth the La
hontanites, three of whom had pre-
viously died on third base for the
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13
THE 1918 FAIR.
VIII BE Amply Financed And Priz,
List Will BE Liberal.

Inc Truckee-Carson fair dates
have been changed from September.
9Th to 18th, inclusive, to September
18th and Goth and October l, 2. 3.
and 4. The reasons assigned for the
postponement is unpreparedness for
the earlier dates and the fact that
the project land opening will not oc-
cur And further, the racing features
could not, ii Is said, be so complete
ON the earlier dates as the horse
owners could not come here from
outside points until after the con-
clusion of the Reno fair.
Meanwhile. committees represent
ing the fair and jockey club as
soeiations are busy and the progress
made meanwhile warrants the state
ment unqualifiedly that this falPs
events will be the most eomprehen-
siVe and interesting of any put for
ward locally. The county commits
sioners have tentatively agreed to al
low the lair association $1,000 at
their regular December meeting, at
which time the county treasury will
be able to stand the touch" 1t is
correctly figured by the authorities
that the money disbursed through
the medium of the association will
find its way Immediately back into
the pockets of the producers OF the
county with no consequent loss and
the board is unanimous In the derirs
to further legitimately In every v y
the interests of the fair. This amount
added to the $500 that will be forth
coming from the state treasury, to-
gether with incidental moneys com
ing from various sources will
make possible the most liberal list
of cash premiums ever disbursed in
the county.
The work of preparing the fair
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13
TURBULENT
MEXICANS
Shoot City Marshal vOlkerts,
Fire Shots Over Town
and Disturb Generally.
City Authorities Have Taken Action
Looking To Curtailment of
Nuisances.

Fallon is the scene of an active
vendetta and as evidence City Marsh
al Ahrend E. Volkerts lies at his
home suffering from serious
wound in his right thigh. received
in an encounter with three Mexicans
shortly after 12 o'clock Sunday
morning. The officer had followed the
inebriated Mexicans from their
drinking places on Maine street down
Center street to the Howser livery,
where they discharged their revol-
vers and headed towards the brick
building on east Williams avenue,
near where number of their coun-
trymen reside in shack. Summon
irg as aides two young men In at
tendance at the dance in the pavi-
lion Mr.. Volkerts proceeded on to the
vicinity of the shack, where he found
the Mexicans. While searching them
one broke and ran and when the off,
Ger discharged his revolver in the air
end commanded the fleeing Mexican
to hault, he turned about and opened
up with an automatic. one shot taxi
ing effect in Mr.. Volkert's right
thigh, but luckily missed tho bone
and large arteries. He will soon be
around again.
Meanwhile every effort was made
to apprehend the guilty parties with
the result that it is believed that the
man who did the shooting is in jail
with one of his companions. The
two have given numerous names
when questioned. One was recog-
nized by Mr.. volkerts as being in
the party creating SO much pande-
monium Saturday night and Sunday
morning. Following the shooting
the men evidently changed costumes
TO bewilder identifiers and the guns
were probably hidden away. These
Mexicans are among a bunch recent
ly arriving here from Idaho.
The city authorities are making
strenuous efforts to keep down in
fractions against the city's -ordinan-
ces, the police force being doubled
One Martinez, Mexican boss. has
been the target of random shot or
two taken at night by follow coun-
trymen and he is in greet fear of
bodily harm. He resides with his
wife across the street from govern
ment headquarters, where they con-
duct Mexican boarding house.
Never in Fallon'3 history have the
authorities been subjected to the an
noyances that have been the rule
since a few incorrigable Mexican3
came in to work in the beet fields.
These parties peddle whiskey pro-
miscuously to the Piutes who are
drunk and disorderly in greater num-
bers than ever before. Unless the
situation improves radical action
will be taken to quell the more tur-
5ulent Mexicans, who by continuing
the mischief will probably earn
''fioaters" in considerable numbers.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13
SODA LAKE SUITS.
Evidence Taking Has Been i'm Pro-
gress this Week. Concluded
Temporarily.

In the cases of the Natron Soda
and John Horstman soda companies.
eight witnesses for the complainants
were examined Monday and yester-
day by Geo. S. Brown, of Reno, for
the first named company and Attor-
ney Allen of San Francisco, for the
Horstman interests. S. S. Ashbaugh,
government attorney, cross examineg
for the government. The burden of
the evidence submitted to date would
tend to show that the big and lit
tie soda lakes, located north of town
have been shorn of their commercial
values by the rise of water due to
the Introduction of the projects ca
nal system. This evidence will con-
stitute part of the data to be con-
sidered by the United Circuit Court
of Appeals, when it passes upon the
claims of the plaintiffs for damages,
though it would seem that much re-
mains to be done before the case is
finally submitted to this tribunal.
Further evidence taking will oc-
cur in Fallon next summer, when the
government will build it's case.
Much of the evidence introduced
then will be of an expert character.
j. Lozano, of Reno, was here in the
capacity of official reporter.
Should these cases be decided in
favor of the plaintiffs the expenses
resulting would fall upon the pro-
jeet water usars.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13
THE SALT AND BRoMINE IN.
DUsTRY IN 1912
ION umption of Salt in the United
states Amounted to Nearly 81
100000 tons.

The production of salt in the Init
ed States, including Hawaii and por.
u Rico, in 1912 according to an ad.
vance chapter from Mineral Re-
sources, 1912" on the production of
SAT- and bromine, by w. c. Phalem
OF the United States Geological Sur
yey, was 53,324,SOS barrels of 28o
pounds each, or 4.665,47S short tons
valued at s9,402,772, which is a
gain of nearly 7 per cent in quantity
and nearly ! per cent in value rs
compared with 1911.
In addition to the domestic prodne-
ton of salt amounting to 33,324.80s
barrels, 99S,664 barrels were import
ed. These imports were in part Off
set by exports amounting to AS
7s5 barrels, leaving an excess of i'm
pots over the exports of 552.S79
barrels. This figure added to the
domestic production brings the total
salt consumed up to 33,S77,687 bar
rels, which is a substantial increase
OF 2,o27 .ss5 barrels over the con-
sumption OF 1911. The imports
were 2.s per cent OF the domestic
consumption for the year, fraction
less than the corresponding ratio for
1911. Thus the United States sup
piled al per cent of the salt she
consumed during the year.
This country Is not dependent up
on any foreign country for any por-
tio of its salt supply, as the capacity
Of its active mine and manufacturing
Llants is greatly in excess of the out
but n tpresent There are many plants
running at less than their full capa-
ely. while some are now idle tina.
could readily resume operations If
trade would warrant It.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13

short time probably and probably a
week or two
when ! go back to Washington
expect to serve not 30 much on the
floor. possibly as in the party eoun-
ellis In the meantime I am paired
with Senator McCumber, a stolid Re-
publican OF North Dakota"
Questioned as what limitations
were imposed by the senatorial eau
Gus on the activity Of those who did
moi agree in all matters passed up
on in caucus, Senator Newlands said
the resolution among other things
declared the bill party measure"
and he voted against the resolution,
giving his reason at the time.
in that statement printed in an
interview in the Congressional Rec
ord" said Senator Newlands, my
/ language was in part, as follows:
Il voted against making the bill
party measure" Senator Newlands
said. because, while It is superior
TO the existing tariff. II has certain
defects which should be remedied. II
dlserimlnates against far western
products. The reductions should be
apportioned over a period OF three
years instead of taking effect immedi
ately. Further reductions on a slid
Ing scale should be provided for, par
ticularly on food products and cloth
ing. There should be a tariff board
with power to ascertain facts, make
ecommendations to congress, and
make further reductions under a rule
established by congress.
"While our duties on sugar
and wool should be materially re-
duced. we should not take the risk by
precipitate action, by re-adjusting in
iuriously the sugar industry in our
insular possessions. Or of checking
the beet sugar industry or the wool
industry of the far west. Such ae-
ton Is likely TO make us dependent
upon foreign countries and ultimate
ly raise the price of both sugar and
WOOL
q am opposed to the binding OBJ
legation of a caucus, and so voted
but | believe in party responsibility
and while have protested against
going too far in some directions and
not going far enough in others /
can see no contingency that VIII sepa
rate me from my party associates IN
legislative action. trust that dur
ing the coming period of protracted
debate the democrats will in con-
ference improve the bill in the par
tieulars referred to and | shall use
every effort in that direction
"Now," continued Senator New
lands. "I can only repeat that can
contemplate no contingency when
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13
NEVADA METAL OUTPUT IN 1912.
Increased Production Shown i'm all
Metals Except Gold.

The total value of the mine out
put of gold, silver, COPPER, lead and
zinc in Nevada in 1912, according to
V. c. Heikes. of the United States
Geological Survey, was $3S,358,732,
against $33, in 1911, show
ing an increase of $4,406,203, or
rearly 13 per cent.
The total production of gold in
1912 was 65O,942.7O ounces, valued
at s13, ,456,1SO. decrease of $4.737-
217 or 35 percent loss than the 1911
production. OF the gold output, Il :
206.21 ounces came from the placers
tmainly in Nye county,, COS, 1926
ounces from siliceous ores, 23,511.61
ounces from copper ores and $685.
.03 ounces from lead, zinc and cop
per lead ores. Siliceous ores yielded
over SO percent of the entire gold
production. From bullion in gold
and silver mills was recovered $685.
611.94 ounces, concentrates produc-
ed 63,344.08 ounces, and crude ores
shipped to smelters contained &c.
996,68 ounces. The largest produc-
tion of gold was in Esmeralda coun-
ty-s7,014,559 in 1912 against SILL
19S,602 in 1911. OF the production
the Goldheld district yielded s6,239,-
TAT, a decrease OF s4,047,32S or
over 80 percent from the output of
1911. Nye county produced s3,-
123,935 in gold in 1912 against s3,-
617,276 in 1911. The Tonopah dis
trict yielded s2,223,s7s in gold,
decrease of s142,617, or over 6 per
cent less than in 1911. The Com
stock mines produced $S55,494 in
gold against s977.349 in 1911.
The silver production of Nevada in
1912 was 14,36s,063 ounces, valued
at sS,s3s,974, against 13,184601
ounces valued at 6,987,s39 in 1911.
OF the 1912 output, 13,135,677 oun-
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want of pinch hitter, sent the win
ming run across when Douglass doub-
led into left field and that one score
looked as large as does in our
minds eye the picture of what the
Lahontan dam will be when COM
pleted, for Senner for Thompson and
Snyder for Lahontan were at their
best and with perfect support in the
field were handing out air tight ball.
The contest was devoid of the u.s.
ual spectacular fielding stunts but
three balls being knocked into the
outfeld, though Blackwood, Lahon-
tan's short stop, entertained the
crowd with some clever piekups and
throwing to first base. This young
man is a clever performer at the in
field station and his Sundays work
could hardly be more than duplicat-
ed in organized baseball. Some ex-
ceedingly putreseent umpiring feat
ured several close plays, the Thomp-
son scorpions being the victims, nut
inasmuch as no runs resulted the re-
suits were negative. However, the
Thompsonites, who have been sting
ing everything in sight all season,
concluded they were badly stung in
the eighth and sat on their launches
at their respective stations until Dill
liary put the reverse english on his
worst decision and the game proceed
ed. The stinging was only delayed
however, for with two men on bases
in the ninth Red Douglass, who
could not only catch ball dropped
from Fallon's highest skyscraper but
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13

silver in 1912, against 10,918,263
ounces in 1911. OF this output the
Tonopah district yielded 10,144,9S7
ounces or 70.6 per cent of the entire
silver production of Nevada in 1912.
Storey county (Comstock) produced
S06,853 ounces, against 61S.0O6 in
1911.
Copper production increased in
Nevada from 67,337,51s pounds, val
ued at $S,422.190 in 1911, to &c.
477,494 pounds, valued at $14. 4.268,-
787, in 1912. This increase was due
to the operation of the Mason Valley
plant, which sheltered ores from the
Yerington district and other mining
districts of Nevada. This smelter
and the Steptoe plant in White Pine
county, produced from the treatment
of ores and concentrates, S3,389,0SS
pounds, or 94.6 per cent of the en-
tire state production. Concentrates
yielded 64,979,22S pounds of copper
and crude ores sent to the smelter
produced 21,423,801 pounds.
The production of lead in Nevada
in 1912 was 19,500,100 pounds, val
ued at SS77,505, against 3,263,657
pounds, valued at $146,865, in 1911,
an increase in quantity of about 497
per cent. The mines of Lincoln and
Clark counties, the largest producers
yielded 17,315,250 pounds, an in
crease of 15,230,189 pounds over
the 1911 production. The mines of
Eureka county produced 230,710
pounds in 1912 and 61,136 pounds
in 1911. This increase is accounted
for by the operation of the railroad
which was washed out In 1910. The
crude ores shipped to the smelters
contained 6.558,O03 pounds of lead,
concentrates 5,913,1SS pounds, and
old tailings 7,02S,909 pounds.
The zinc production of Nevada
was 13,322,9SS pounds. valued at
s919,2S6, in 1912, against 3,54S,0S2
pounds, valued at $202,23s, in 1911.
The entire production of 1912 was
derived from Clark and Lincoln
counties from ores shipped to smell
ters containing 4,669,S16 pounds,
end from concentrates containing
S,653,172 pouds.
There were 702 producers of gold
silver, copper, lead and zinc in Ne
vada in 1912, compared with 661
in 1911. The total quantity of ore
sold or treated in Nevada in 1912
was 4,763,965 short tons, an increase
of 631,244 tons.
A tabulation of the 1912 produc-
ton of Nevada shows that some min
ing was done profitably in every
county, which instance is probably
without a parallel in the United
States. The production ranges from
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13
1852 in Douglass to $11,70e,14s

s2,852 in Douglass to $11,700,14g
in White Pine county. Nye county
is second with $9,403,534, Esmeral-
da third with $7,225,942, Lyon four
tn with s2.Ss1,609 Clark fifth with
$1,433,433. Storey, the Old Com
stock county sixth with $1,352,0S9,
while this county comes next with
a production of $1,241,422. of which
1,434,068 ounces were silver, IT,
1851 ounces were gold, 6196 pounds
were copper and 653S pounds were
lead.
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ces. or over 81 per cent came from
siliceous ores, S41,733 ounces from
lead ores and 174,545 ounces from
copper ores. Bullion at gold and
silver mills produced 10,002,279
ounces, concentrate 2,301,694 ounces
and crude ore sent to smelters con-
tanned 1,546,220 ounces. Nye coun-
ty produced 10,21O,296 ounces of
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13

The fair book of premiums will
be off the press shortly with
information regarding the premiums,
etc. Meanwhile, it has been sug-
gested that farmers, upon whom de-
pendence is placed for the agricul-
tural display, should set by their
best specimens as the are harvested.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13

programs is progressing rapidly and
will probably be published fully in
our next issue.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-08-13

WEATHER BULLETIN.
For week ending August 9Th, 1913.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-24
STATE. sANATORIUM.
Norton Men Employed TO Make Exca-
vatiOns and Deliver Stone.

Norton Men Employed to Make Exca-
vations and Deliver Stone.
Norton, Kan, Dec. 24.-The location
Of the tuberculosis sanatorium here is
certainly a great thing for this COM
munity. At the present time John
Graves and gang of six are putting
in the foundation of the farm house.
the house and barn to the foundation
across the creek. There is another
gang consisting of twelve men and
eight teams getting out flint rock
for concrete. There is a large quarry
of flint rock in the highway that is
being cut down and the rock drawn to
the building site. 1t not only makes
improves the Rock Island highway and
the road running south as that is the
only bad piece of road between Norton
and Almena. Every man at work Is q
local man and the money spent by the
state goes into the pockets of the men
who depend upon days work for a
living. We always believed this insti-
tuition was a good thing for the country
and now We have living evidence that 1t
is. Just at this time 1t is giving en-
plOyment for a number Of men who
would be out of work, and there will
be work for a few men until spring.
Said the superintendent: I'VE expect
to ask for sealed bids for the repair
of the farm house in few days. 1t
will have to be advertised for twenty
days, but work can begin Immediately
after the contract is let as the fOunda-
lions are about complete and the build
ings will be moved and placed on the
wall. We are moving as rapidly as pos
sible. The water proposition is already
solved as we have some seventeen feet
of water in the well and 1t is only fifty
nine feet Deep"