The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-09-16
Miss Gladys Maxwell ratu.
Sunday from a visit with ra,a,,..u
Trinity county, Cal. ~

week with his brother. C. NJ. wav
DR.. and Mrs. c. II. Lehners >.
turned home early Monday mor,,u
from their trip by auto to yarI0rs
points in California, where rs
visited relatives.
Mrs. l.. L. Downs and sons Art ana
Ray and niece Miss Velma Markwor
left recently for Reno, where H.
three last named are in attendanoo
at school and will remain in Rom
throughout the 1914-19I5 term
Assemblyman j. w. Ferguson ro
turned Thursday from a visit IN nj.
boyhood home in Sonoma county
Cal. lie was accompanied on his 70.
turn trip by Mrs. Anna Mathies his
aunt, who is s3 years of age and win
make her home with Mr.. and Mrs
Ferguson In the future. The aged
lady withstood the tediousness Of tbe
TIP very We'll.
Supervising Engineer e. G. Hon.
son left yesterday for his home IN
Portland, Ore, after spending sew.
eral days in Fallon and nearby look.
ing over project conditions. Mr.
Hopson stated that money conditions
in the northwest are as deporable as
at any previous time In its history
and that no single section has mo-
nopoly on the scaraeity of the where.
with
Jack Mcsorley. who recently en-.
ged in a row In Fallon and re.
ceiyed a beating at the hands Of J.
l.. Boyd, for which the latter is now
being held under bonds to await the
grand jnry's action. recently raised
a rough house in Wonder. according
to reports from there. Mcsorley
evidently Is a bad hombre when an.
der the influence of John Barley.
corn.
Rev. II. r. Wilton, pastor Of the
East Ely congregationalist church
arrived in Fallon the first of the
week and is arranging his affairs 10
allow of his returning to his charge
within the next few days. He will
be accompanied on his return trip
by Prof. r. c. Wilton, late OF the
local high school faculty. who, TO-
gether with the other members Of
the family will call East Ely home
Francis Harrigan. Republican can.
didate for short term county COM
missioner. was In town yesterday.
Mr.. Harrigan depends largely upon
the bee industry for revenue and
stated that the honey crop this
season viii not he one-third normal.
The cause. he said. appears TO arise
from the fact that grasshoppers COM
peted with the bees for the nectar
from both the alfalfa and sweet
clover The long hot spell, he
thinks. had a deterring effect on the
activities of the bees. In the Mason
valley section beemen lost from one
half to two-thirds OF their aplaries
through disease. n condition that
happily did not reach this section.
Washington adviees received 10
Fallon from the treasury depart
ment of the government are to the
effect that the site for he proposed
s55.000 Fallon federal building will
be seleced as expeditiously as cir
eumstanees will allow. II is pointed
ont that the Winnemucca site was
recently selected. a project that had
previously kepe pace with the local
undertaking and that there should
be no great delay here, though II Is
pointed out that several hundred
authorized sites are to be selected
by the treasury officials and that the
work proceeds slowly.
Mr.. Clarence Browne, manager oil
he |. II Kent Dry Goods denar'-
ment of Fallon. Nevada, and VINO
has been acting In the same capacl-
ty for the Wood-Clifton Mercantile
Co. of Provo during the absence Oh
T.. e. Brown In New York. leaver LOT
Salt Lake Sunday. where he VIII
spend some time studying the sys'
tenn of the big Keith-o Brien store
afr Browne has made many friena'
here and pronounoes Provo the mos'
progressive town of its size THIS sue
of chicago.---Provo. Utah, Post
Mr. Browne will be home sohe
time next week from his stay III
Mormonland and will resume charge
of the Kent store dry goods depart
ment.
Leon Cirac was In town Mohua'
from saltwater He reports the ha-