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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-06-24
FIXING COST OF THE PROJECT
hstimating Board Here Working On
"Details of Water Right Costs
And Other Matters.

me secretary of the Interior re-
hehtiy appointed d. c. Henny.. act
ing chief engineer of the reclamation
service. Z. G. Hopson, supervising
engineer Of this district and d. W.
Cole. engineer In charge of this pro-
Jeet' board to estimate the cost of
this project ehargeable TO the land
and to carefully cover other matters
OF vital project Importance. Though
Mr. Henney Will not be here, but
VIII depend upon the reports of his
associates for his conclusions. .Messrs.
Hopson and Cole have been working
assidneasly all week upon thse mat
ters and will continue their labors
until the end of tie week. Mr..
Hopson arrived here LAST Sunday.
Though no statement has been is
sued. II Is reasonable 10 assume that
the water rights of the future will
be sold in this project for around
$50 per acre as stated by this paper
several months ago.
\ review OF the projects finances
Is also being made and with the for
warding Of the boards findings to
the secretary Of the interior import
ant innovations for the Truckee-C Car
son project viii probably be insti-
tuted
Another matter now occupying
the attention OF Messrs. Hopson and
Cole has 70 do with thedamage suits
OF +. 6riswold and John Horstman,
owners OF Big and Little Soda lakes
for alleged injuries to their proper
ties as a result of the installation Of
the Truckee-carson project system.
The extrayagant claims of the plaint-
ms In these suits now pending before
the government court Of claims. are
being reviewed and they will be
Joined by ]. Jacobs. a government
engineer, who will be
here tomorrow and will comprise
the third member of a board that
viii determine several vital matters
for the benefit OF 5. s. Ashbaugh.
special government attorney hand
ling the projects interest before the
court.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-06-24
OUR INDUSTRI Il INSURANCE
Proves OF Great 'alue To The En-
ployers and En- ployes OF The
Sta e.

During the " months the Ne
vada Industrial In uranee Commits
sion has been in a lstenee total of
1903. .210.70 has 'een paid In as
premiums by the arious industries
allied with the cof omission. A con-
densed financial report has been
completed and tho figures show dur
ing the ten montt !. covering July.
1913. to May 81, 1914. the premium
income will read- t227.2Io.70. as
the estimated way premiums ac-
erued will reach 7 1900.
During the life II the commission
the compensation paid totals s37.-
i24.77, and tse compensation
awarded and pal bile in monthly
installments fros the pension re-
serve fund reachss s34,3g0.o0.
The expense q conducting the
commission totals s23.37lss and
for furniture and fixtures s3.g4s.41
has been paid. The organization
expenses reached g2,os3.7T.
In the asset col mn OF the report
the cash In the 20, eraI fund IS given
as 1.4374s. CT h in the pension
reserve fund s3f@5 5000 and cash in
the Insurance fsserxe fund s20.-
s2f.04 The totA cash 4 given as
as si36.14s.4f.
4 total Of l20a accidents we're re-
ported TO the com. lisslon during the
past ten months. OF this number
6sl accidents ines 1aeitated injured
persons for less n two weeks: 4ss
accidents incapaclf ated persons for
more than two VT ks and a total OF
43 accidents vert reported but the
hles were incompls te at the time the
report was compls ed.
Tweniy-nine 1. cidents resulting
fatally. were repdF ed 10 May 81.
The number + claims fled 10
May 81. reached 9 81. while cases In
yolving 2sI dis lbilifies and Ia.
fatalities have ,een disposed Of
fifty-four elaine ave been rejected
and eight claims dthdrawn
The gross eoLl fbutions to the
state insurance 4. I'd for the period
OF ten months a. counted 10 s2o3.-
2io.7o. OF this s167.6272s or SO
per cent Of the ross income, was
contributed By t. mining Industry
of the state In luded in the min
Ing industry are mills and smelters.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-06-24
PEPPER CASE TAKES TURN.

The arrest of James Pepper, of
Fairview. charged with the crime of
incest, has brought to light an un-
usual situation. Olave, the IS
year old daughter, charges her par
ent with an unnatural crime, but
developments prove that if the crime
was committed as alleged by the af-
fidavit of the daughter, it was COM
mitted without the confines of this
state and as a result Nevada authori-
ties have no jurisdiction. District
Attorney T. c. Hart has given the
facts surrounding the case much
study He has gone further and
submitted them to .he federal au-
thorities. and according to Federal
District Attorney VIM Woodburn,
neither has the United States a
charge against Pepper. inasmuch as
the latest rulings of federal courts
upon white slavery charges under
the Mann act, set forth that white
slavery is constituted only when
women have been imported for i'm
moral purpose and for purposes of
profit, which apparently excludes the
case In question.
Unless the Utah authorities can
be induced to prosecute Pepper up
on the daughters statement It would
seem that he will soon regain his
liberty. Feeling at Fairview
against Pepper. as a result of the
daughters statement. is at fever
heat A new phase has been added
to the case by bringing to light that
the girls mother is now an inmate
OF an insane asylum in England and
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-06-24

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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-06-24

The local project management
has been advised from Washington
that the request of the citizens of
the several school districts south of
town for the use of farm unit d, sec
tion Is, township Is ", range 20
E., as a school plant for CONSOLE
dated school district, yet to be ere
ated. has been granted by the recla-
nation commission. which has ord
cred the continued withdraw of the
tract in question that the school pa
irons may have its constant use.
This unit comprises 40 acres of land,
33 of which are irrigable, and the
reclamation commissions order not
only contemplates the free and un-
interrupted use of the tract for
school purposes. but il carries the
right TO the free use of a sufficient
amount of water to irrigate ten acres
OF land surrounding the school plant,
yet 10 be established. And further.
whenever the need of additional wat
er is made manifest. 1t will be forth
coming. for plainly the reclamation
commission places the fullest i'm
portanee upon the establishment OF
adequate school facilities within the
government projects and purposes
to aid legitimately In the fulfillment
OF the task.
Those behind the scheme of the
consolidation of the three districts
lying south OF Fallon propose that
she broadened opportunities ensuing
with the consolidation shall make
possible the teaching OF agriculture.
domestic science and manual train
ing It will be, pleasing to them to
note the governments aIacrity in
complying with their recent request
To- the land involved by the COM
missions late decree.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-06-24

Someone had advanced the opin-
ion that the letter "e" is the most
unfortunate letter in the English
alphabet, because it is always out
of cash, forever in debt, never out
of danger and in hell all the time.
For some reason he overlooked the
fortunes of the letter as we call his
attention to the fact 'e'' is never in
war and always in peace 1t is the
beginning of existence, the COM
mencement of case and the end of
trouble. Without it there would be
no meat, no life and no heaven. 1t
~,--~--~~~-~~--->~--~e~~>
that the girl has been regarded as
queer. 1t may be that an obses-
sion has taken firm hold of her
mind aud that due consideration
has not be given by the Fairview au-
thorities to the different phases of
the case before entering a charge
against Pepper. In the meantime
the Utah authorities have been COM
municated with. Peppers prelimi-
nary has been postponed until next
Monday.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-06-24
DISCOURAGES LAND OPENING
Director +. III. Newell Decrys Pro-
ject OF Making Land Opening
And Fair Co-Incident

1t may be that the exigencies of
his strenuous official life are not
known to the residents of this sec
ton, which fact within itself makes
it hard for the settlers here
TO feel a common bond of fellow
ship with Francis H. Newell, direc-
tor of the U. S. reclamation service,
but the fact remains that Truckee-
Carson project settlers generally re-
gard Mr.. Newell in the role of a man
who has little If any sympathy with
those who are engaged in the con-
quest of the desert and whose re-im-
bursements to the government go
partly to pay Mr.. Newelrs salary.
Presumably he Is the peoples ser
want, but contrariwise he is more or
less despot and rules, by reason of
a strong political backing, the af-
fairs under his control with a pc
euliar nonchalance, which to say the
least Is irritating and tends to chrys-
talize sentiment agsAns him.
Mr.. Newell has never been a pop
ular official. His stands on matters
affecting the government settlers
have convinced the men of the soil
of his utterly unsympathetic conclu-
sions. Not the least of these is
voiced in letter to the local fair as
sociation, which body, as well as
other project organizations has put
forward good conscientious endeavor
directed towards a combined project
opening and fair events, and local
project interests are well known to
most every observer hereabouts
Project Engineer ID. w. Cole favors
combining land opening and fair
dates and other high officials con-
yersant with the projects needs CO.
incide with him. 1t has remained
for the austere Mr.. Newell to place
a decided dampener upon our ambi-
tions which was done very effectual-
ly by the following letter which wa
4 a0NtifCa III Il dilOu SATURDAY.
Your letter of June 9Th to Sec.
retary Lane has been forwarded tC
this Office for reply. In it you asl
that the lands in the Truckee-Car
son project be opened in time 70
lour fair, ct a date between the
first and middle of September.
I'VE are desirous of getting these
lands opened at the earliest practi
cable date, but the time is short be
tween now and early in September
to go into all the details of the open
ing of these lands, especially in view
of the fact that the twenty-year ex-
tension bill has not yet been passed
While it is highly probably tha
the bill will be passed within tn
next few weeks, yet this condition
has existed for several months
Every week that passes makes
feel more and more certain that tn
bill will be passed.
Even after a bill is passed how.
ever, there are innumerable detail
with respect to the application of the
terms, some of which may require
legal Interpretation. For these
reasons it does not seem wise to at
tempt to set a date as early as that
desired by you"
Cordially yours,
F. II. Newell, Director.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-06-24
BETTER MINING CAMP ROADS
Public Spirited Citizens Cooperate
To Make Mining Camps More Ac-
eessible To This Place.


A movement for better roads be-
tween Fallon and the mining camps
has been under way for some time.
The county commissioners have gone
as far as finances would permit at
all times. but lately another element
has been introduced into the situa-
ton. 1t has to do with the cooper
alton of public spirited citizens, a
most important factor always, and
in the present case this aid will re-
suit in substantial Improvement to
the thoroughfare, where otherwise
il would be next to impossible.
when the county's limited resources
are figured Lately the Churchill
County Chamber of Commerce has
hammered away ON the Importance
of good roads and the example of
the body must prove beneficial. In
deed benefits have already accrued.
Through the efforts of the local
commercial body the active aid of
aAFHaA . ~ L. i8tiitAAhih anu a. -
Tedford. both of whom use the min
ing camp roads continuously, and
both of whom are extraordinarily
public spirited citizens, has been en-
listed in the plan of keeping the
roads in better repair and that their
aid will be real will be known whe n
. IL r4a haf RIr nana1atra will
attach his specially constructed road
drag TO his teaming outfits covering
the distance between Fallon and Salt
Wells, where Mr.. Tedford's outfits
viii take it on to Sand Springs and
return TO Salt Wells, where it will
again be taken up by the Benadum
outfits for the route between there
and here This process will be con-
tinued indefinitely at a probable ex-
pense to Mr.. BeDadum and Mr.. Ted
ford each of several hundred dollars,
though IT is being done without COM
pensation beyond that afforded by
better roads
III the meantime the Nouiaf
board of commissioners has hired g.
J. Lehman and his outfit to follow
up this task with scraper work,
filling in where necessary and reduc-
ing grades in other instances. In
the meantime If public spirited
farmers living along the way be-
tween Fallon and Grimes ranch
will cooperate with the county and
Messrs. Tedford and Benadum, their
agency viii prove vital in correcting
an aggravating situation.
II must be remembered that the
route in question is a part of the
Lincoln Highway. 1t surely should
be worth something to every farmer
TO have his premises bordering the
Lincoln Highway and in lieu of
funds for road improvement the
farmer may well assist whenever the
occasion demands and his time is
not otherwise occupied A few
hours a few times a year will cor
rect many ehuckholes, If land owners
work in concert and the improved
impression of our section that will
go abroad viii be ample recompense
for the extra effort.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-06-24
LAKE LAnONTAN A VAST SEA
A Place For Future Pleasure Seek
ers As Well As A Great Project
Utility.

Few spots in the west so delight
the eve as Lake Lahonan, the arti-
fetal body of water impounded from
the Carson watershed run-off by the
great million and quarter dollar
earthen structure low nearing COM
pletion Is miles west of Fallon.
From the sides of the chasm soon to
be met by the fill, which daily is COM
ing nearer to completion under the
efforts of the more than 200 en-
ployes of the reclamation service, a
truly wonderful vista even now en-
frances the eye and delights the
soul, A vast body of water, SHIN
mering in the sun, extends away to
the west for distance of more than
ten miles, while on either side in
Vulnerable little inlets mark the in
dentations in the reservoirs sides,
attesting to the erosion of ages,
clustering about the base of the hills
like servitors before their kings.
This lake has been created for utili-
zation on the alluvium of this valley
piled up through countless ages
by the snow waters from the ST.
erras. A cursory view of the reser-
yoir in its present partially complet-
ed state is sufficient to convince that
an ample supply of vitalizing water
is near at hand which will make
soluble the rich values the soils OF
this valley contain for plant life.
But 1t is about the scenic side of
Lake Lahontan that we set out to
write. There is to be found in fu-
tue times the charm of great lake
nearly hundred square miles in
area and its lure will not be resisted.
1t will have the charm of Lake Ia
hoe with its limpid waters, the
quaint beauty that comes from des-
ert settings and it will be gifted
with climate that will make it ac-
eessible at all times Of the year. The
ourists of the future who pass along
he Lincoln Highway will go thence
n great numbers and on its shores
t some convenient spot will be
built hostelry, where the material
wants of mankind will be cared for
IS he disports himself on the great
)ody of water care free for the NOM
mt at least. An air of romance will
lways surround this body Of water,
treated primarily through CONNER
cial impulses alone, and throughout
the ages the lake will endure to re-
mind us of grand task, nobly per-
formed, lest we forget. Private en-
gineers tell us the great earthen fill
with its expansive crest and its un-
derground feaures extending 135
feet underneath the river bed, where
the grouting process drove cement
into every nook and corner Of the
rocky formation, is an uncalled FOR
expensively built structure and that
half the sum would have sufficed.
But those who must live beyond
this flood within this project and
who in the end are expected to re-
imburse the government for its ex-
penditure, will not begrudge an
honestly expended cent calculated
towards the dams permanence.
1t will not be long before enter
prising local citizens will cause to
be built on the shores of Lake La
hontan pleasure lunches and many
an otherwise wearisome day will be
spent ON the waters there.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-06-24

OF Annual Meeti'n OF Hidden Treas
urc Mining Cor. ration Of Nevada.

Wonder. New. June 9Th. 1914.
The Annual Ne ting OF the Stock
holders of ths Hidden Treasure
Mining Corpora on OF Nevada will
be held at the ofse OF the company.
at Wonder. Nr, ida. on Monday,
July 9Th. 1914. "a ole O'Clock p. m.
for the electloi II Directors OF the
Corporation fot the ensuing year
and the transac, + n OF such other
business as msf properly come be-
fore the meeting.
l.. n. SH : RIPE, Secretary.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-06-24

Mrs. j. H. Scott, widow OF he late
]. H Scott, through T. C. Hart, her
attorney, last Saturday filed a pc
tition in the district court for letters
testamentary in the matter of the
estate of her deceased husband.
is the center of honesty makes love
perfect and without it there could be
no editors, devils or news.-Ex.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-26
WILLS $4,000 TO CHARITY
Mrs. Lima v. Happel Cuts on
Most of Her Relatives.

Many charitable bequcsts arc made in
the will OF Mrs. Lima V. Happel. widow
OF Jacob Happel who died on May 10 at
her home. 100 Vernon av.. Brooklyn. The
instrument was filed for probate yester-
day. As Mrs Happei cut off most Of
her relatives. who arc said TO be mem
bers Of noble German and Austrian fam
ilios. n contest Is expected.
The value of the estate is estimated
at 100000 The charitable requests
amount to 100000. The largest OF
these. $4,000. will go to the Brooklyn
Institute OF Arts and Sciences. in MEM
DRY OF the testator's son. Theodore w.
Happel The others are TO the German
Hospital of Brooklyn, $4,000: To the
City of Heidelberg. Germany. $4,000 for
charitable purposes. and 10 the village
or Enzweihingen. Germany, $4,000 for
charitable purposes.
requests OF $500 each are named TO
the Brooklyn Poor Association. the
BROOKLYN Bureau Of Charities. the SAL
walton Army. the German Evangelical
Home. the Home for Destitute Blind.
Manhattan. the Hospital for Ruptured
and Crippled Children. Manhattan; the
Brooklyn Federation Of Jewish Charities.
the F'rauen Verein Of the Deutsches Hos
pital and the Lutheran Hospital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-26
THE REV. JAMES A. REYNOLDS

Red Bank. y. j., May 25.-The Rev.
James A. Reynolds, rector OF st. James
Roman Catholic Church. this city. died
this afternoon after an Illness of several
weeks.
He was born AT Princeton, y. j., sep
TENDER Is, 1859, and received his prelimi-
nary education in the public schools
Later he pursued a two years course IN
St Charless College in Maryland, and in
1850 entered Seton Hall College, South
Orange: In 1855 he was ordained priest
in the Cathedral at Trenton by Bishop
O'Farrell. His first appointment was TO
St Paul's Church, Princeton. He took
charge OF ST. Jamess Church here TWEEN
ty-three years ago. At the death OF
Father VI. f. Kane the church had a
congre CATION OF 400 members and carried
a debt OF 5000 Since then Father
Reynolds had wiped out the debt, built
new church costing $4,000. rectory cost
Ing $1,000 and clubhouse costing so
COO. which, with other improvements
made an expenditure OF Sl55,Go. The only
debt now on the church is about sl2.Uo
The membership has increased 10 $50
persons.
Father Reynolds was we'll known
throughout the state and was a member
OF many organizations outside OF church
societies. including the Monmouth Boat
and Fed Bank Boat clubs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-26
TOP PRICE FOR BALzAC
$3.50 Paid for Set at Anderson
Sale of Books.

An edition dc grand luxe OF Balzac's
La Coincide Humane" in fifty-three
volumes. illustrated with 100 etchings By
Gustave Greux. Claude Faivre and others.
brought the top price yesterday at the
first session at the Anderson Galleries OF
the sale Of books and important auto
graphs from the collections OF Mrs.
Henry +. Quincy. OF Boston. and J. Maus
Schermerhorn. OF New York. L. Morse
was the purchaser. He gave $50 for the
set. Accompanying the books is fifth
set Of the plates on satin. In four green
levant morocco portfolios
For fine set OF the Joseph jefferson
autograph edition OF Irving's works. in
forty volumes. and with the frontispieces
in colors. W. Lowe gave $50. Gabriel
Weis paid $50 for an edition de grand
luxe OF ~ novels. dramas and selected
poems OF Victor Hugo. IN forty-one vol
umes. illustrated with sls etchings.
The same buyer gave sii2 81 for twenty
four volumes OF his'oric memoirs. includ-
ing Secret Memoirs of the Court OF
Europe" He also paid SOS for the COM
memorative edition. limited to ten copies.
Of The IAfe and Works Of Hogarth. In
ten volumes.
A large paper edition OF Dickens s
works in thirty-two volumes. went To
c. A. Jameson for $3.50 For the Japa n
edition o. Ainsworth's Historical Ro-
manccs." in twenty volumes. l.. Morse
gave ss5. and r Lawson paid si62 for
THE Masterpieces of DE Kock.' In TWEEN
~ volumes. The total Of the session was
si.sIs 20 The sale continues this after
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AT NEW

BY Telegraph TO The Tribune.
Newport May 25.-That Mrs. Reginald
c. Vanderbilt will return from England
sooner than she intended is intimated by
the order received here for the opening
Of Maple Hurst, on Bellevue av., which
she will occupy for the summer Word
has reached her representatives here that
the cottage must be ready for occupancy
by June 10.
Mr.. and Irs. William r. Hunter and
Miss Edith Hunter will occupy the Nor
man estate on Old Beach Road this sum-
mer. and will take possession as soon as
Mrs. Hunter and Miss Hunter return
from Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Woodward. Of
New York. will arrive in June at the
Cloisters. on Ochre Point. Among other
arrivals will he Francis A Shea and the
Misses Shea Of Boston. at Pinard Cottage
No. /. Mrs. Charles H. Baldwin. of New
York. at Snug Haroor. and Mrs. John j.
WvsonC, at Greystone.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward c. Post OF New
York. have arrived az their cottage in
Bellevue Court for the summer.
Mfr. and Mrs :. L. Huntington Will ar
rive from New York tomorrow.
Miss Dorothea Watts and Mrs. Walter
G Holcombe both went to-day for a
short visit in New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-26
HIRD-FlOW e r.

Psssaic. y. j.. May 25-Miss Mildred
Flower. only daughter Of Edwin Flower.
president Of the Passaic Board OF Eduoa-
ton and head Of the Edwin Flower Elec-
trotyping Company. New York. was mar
ri~d this evening 10 Samuel Ainsworth
ilird. treasurer OF Samuel Hird & Sons,
worsted manufacturers, Of ?S Highland
ave The ceremony was held at the home
81 Mr.. and Mrs. Flower. 3l3 Gregory ave.
The Rev. Andrew j. Turner. pastor of
The First Methodist Episcopal Church.
offciated. Miss Flowers only attendant
vas Miss Elizabeth Hlrd. sister OF the
bridegroom. Ralph c. Hird was his
brothers best man After a short we'd
ding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Hird will live
at the Flower home until their new home
10 completed Mrs Hird is graduate OF
Nassar College.