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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
Killed By Fall From Buggy.

Mrs. Pearl McCollom, the daughter
of ]. C. Thompson of Gardnerville
was accidentally killed Wednesda.
on the grade twelve miles above
Markleville by being thrown from
the buggy in which she was riding
With her husband she was enroute
from their former home in Calave-
ras county to Gardnerville, where
they henceforth intended to reside
In coming over the steep grade the
husband got out of the buggy and
was leading the horse. when the lat
ter became frightened and unman-
ageable. Cramping of the wheels
upset the buggy and Mrs. McCollom
was thrown to the ground, her skull
being fractured by the impact. Mrs
McCollom was nearly 26 years of age
and was born in Carson valley. Sur
viving her are her father and step
mother and a brother and sister,
Carson Appeal.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
SAYS GOVERNMENT SHOULD
LEVEL LAND FOR SETTLERS

In an interview in the Reno Even
ing Gazette. upon the return of the
Congressional patty who recently
visited this project, Senator Key
Pittman expressed his views as fol-
sows:
II have come to the conclusion
that it is the duty OF the government,
when IL undertakes q reclamation
project to level the land and COM
plete the drainage district before
surrendering the project, because
the project is not completed until it
is in condition to farm. If the gov
eminent insists on retaining control
IF the reservoir sites and prevents
private enterprise making business
out of these projects, then IL is the
luty of the government to make bus
ness enterprises out of the projects.
"Under the present system the
government scientifically stores and
puts the water on the land and al
egs unscientifc men to finish the
project by leyeling and draining.
The government should level the
land-it could be done on a large
eale by machinery at one-third the
price at which an individual could
do it.
at is apareat now that the great
est obstacle to the settlement of
land is the unpreparedness of the
settler to level and drain the land
properly. All these matters will be
taken up on the opening of congress
in the hope of bringing about better
business methods and relieving the
unfortunate business conditions that
now prevail In the formation of rec
lamation projects in this state"
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
TO PREVENT RAVACES OF
WORMS IN SWEET CORN
Plant. Corn Plenty of it and Then
Come and Buy a Can of Cayenne
Pepper For Protection.

One of the most aggrayating gar
den pests is the corn ear worm. The
earliest planting may escape these
worms entirely but there has been
hope for the second and later plant
ings and large part of the pleasure
of raising sweet corn for table use
is taken away by the presence OF
these worms in the ears.
A request for information that
will enable US to circumvent this
pest brought the letter below which
viii no doubt be thankfully read by
readers ali over the state who raise
garden sweet corn.
Mr. Editor: You ask how to pre-
vent green corn in the garden from
becoming wormy.
Here is a remedy, simple but. sure
When the silk appears. sprinkle well
with cayenne pepper, and you will
have clean roasting ears.
II, L. McGINNIs,
San Bernardino, Cal.
Don't it make your mouth water
to think of nice fresh, sweet corn
picked from the stalks in your own
garden and not worm in it, There
surely is nothing quite so delicious
as this And this should remind us
all to plant some sweet corn, tomor-
row morning and if some has al
ready been planted all the better for
no garden product will stand repe-
tition any better than sweet corn.
Golden bantam is an excellent va
riety to begin with and then there
are several other varieties for later
paintings that are all so good that it
is safe to shut ones eyes and select
1t random.
In the suburban or country home
sweet corn is a most satisfactory gar
den product always. There is no
waste for the COW, or the rabbits or
the horses or the pigs will eat all
that is not used at the dining table
And now that there is a prospetc OF
mo worms" we may look to 1915 as
a great corn year.-Exchange
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07

A placer is an unconsolidated de-
posit accumulated by mechanical
processes, carrying one or more min
erals in commercial quantities. All
placers are secondary deposits-that
is. the material of which they are
composed was originally derived by
erosion of bedrock. Although il is
undoubtedly true that under certain
conditions nuggets of placer gold
have been enlarged through chemi-
cal precipitation, yet this action is a
negligible quantity in placers.
Placers may be derived solely by
rock weathering without water sort
ing. but more commonly are the re-
suit of water transportation, sorting
and deposition. Many of the rich
est placers are those formed by the
erosion of older placers and the re-
concentration of their gold.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
Miners HOLE THROUGH TO
BOTTOMLESS PIT AT VOLCANO
Leasers at Volcano Believe They
Have BY Far the Deepest Shaft In
the Entire State OF Nevada.

The muckers who followed the
miners on shift yesterday in the Nc
Carly Mooney lease at Volcano had
an easy task, for when they went
down the hole after the shots were
fred there wasn't no muck. :"
Mother Earth had swallowed it uD
in her capacious NAV, says the Ton
opah Bonanza.
But what the leasers found they
mad was what may prove to be the
deepest shaft in the district, state or
nation. In fact it was dug already
for them and there is nothing to do
but lower themselves to any desired
level and cut stations.
The miners suspected something
like this would happen, for one of
the drills went through yesterday
and 1t may be falling yet. The shaft
is so feet deep and is equipped with
100 feet of extra rope. Johnny
Musser, the discoverer of the dis
triet. had the honor of paying the
first visit to the cave that had been
tapped. He attached the rope at the
bottom of the shaft and made
perilous descent to the end of his
string. He says that rocks which
iS diSiOuSeu lnef6 went rafting
down and down until silence again
reigned. There came back no thud
TO show that they had touched bot
tom. 1t was rather creepy sensa-
ton that crawled up and down his
spine as he hung there over an
abyss that seemed unfathomable.
A long rope was taken out today
and an effort will&be made to explore
the cavern. The air in the shaft is
pure, causing candle to burn freely,
5ut the flame fiickers as in a breeze,
showing that there are other open
ings to the cave than the shaft itself.
The walls are beautifully lined with
caleite stalactites. The width of the
cavern as far as explored is several
feet, while its length has not been
determined, although it extends as
far as a candle throws it's beams. A
careful study of the walls will be
made to discover If they contain any
naturalization This cave runs
northerly and southerly, while the
trend of the ledge that was follow
ed down in the shaft is easterly and
westerly. A slight crevice between
the andesite and the porphyry on the
contact shows all the way down the
shaft, SO that the cave was not en-
tirely unexpected.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
CLAIMS PRACTICE WAS
RUINED BY ARREST.

DR.. Clinton Merrill yesterday filed
suit in the district court at Reno for
$32,,270 damages against Joseph
Stern, sheriff of Ormsby county. and
his bondsmen. DIR. Clinton Merrill
alleges in his complaint that in April
1914, he was arrested without a war
ant and lodged illegally In the
Drmsby county Jail. Owing 10 the
aotoriety attached to his arrest, he
says, and the false charge of having
murdered Mrs. Abbie Cowing by
poisoning. his business in Nevada
md California was damaged and his
practice as a physician completely
-nined. Sheriff Stern's bondsinen,
lamed in the complaint, are II. f.
3artine. Steve Bell, John Anderson.
Edmond James, w. Brougher, f. l..
Wildes and William Mckinley.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
MOVEMENT STARTED TO AID
IN REPAIRS ON HIGHWAY
Reno Commercial Club VIII Solicit
Aid From California Towns for
Work At Sand Springs.

Last Fridays Reno Journal has
The following:
AT a meeting of the directors of
the Commercial Club held in the
club rooms last evening, movement
10 repair the part of the Lincoln
Highway passing through the Sands
springs country in Churchill county
was started.
MANY tourists arriving in Reno
lately have complained of the con-
dition of this stretch of road and
nave informed their friends to such
IN extent that a portion of the trans
continental travel 10 going south by
way of Los Angeles, said w. II. G.
Buck, Secretary of the Commercial
Club.
The directors have decided to ask
the cooperation of California cities
in repairing and maintaining the
stretch of the highway.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
POPULAR fALLON COUPLE
Welded LAST WEDNESDAY
Alice Gertrude Taylor Becomes
Bride of Emil Morris Hansen at
Pretty Church Wedding.

A pretty wedding was solemnized
at the Baptist church last Wednes-
day evening when Miss Alice Ger.
trude Taylor became the bride OF
Emil Morris Hansen. The church
had been beautifully decorated for
the happy occasion with roses and
verted into a bower in which stood
the high contracting parties and
their attendants. The auditorium
was well-filled by friends who had
been hidden to witness the cere-
mony.
The wedding ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. F. c. Shaffer. The
bride was attended by two maids,
Miss Lucille Young and Miss Esther
Hansen, sister of the groom, while
the groom was accompanied by
Henry and Jesse Taylor, the two
brothers of the bride, as best men
Little Rita Berry and Mary Han
cock acted as flower girls and pre-
ceded the wedding party up the
aisle to the beautiful strains of
Mendelsohn's wedding march played
by Mrs. Askew.
After the ceremony the happy
young couple were the recipients of
the hearty congratulations Of their
many friends and left Friday even
ing on wedding tour to California
points and which include visit to
the Exposition. On their return
they will continue to reside here.
where Mr.. Hansen is employed at
the Churchill Creamery.
The bride is daughter of Mr.. H.
C. Taylor, one of the prosperous
farmers of the valley and has a host
of friends among the younger gen.
Grafton, who will join in wishing
them a happy and prosperous voy-
age on the matrimonial sea.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
SITE FOR CRITTENDEN
HOME is SELECTED

A lot in Burke's addition to Reno
has been purchased by the Critten-
den Home association and construc-
tion of two story brick building
for the Crittenden Home will be
commenced Immediately. The build
ing, for which plans have been ac-
cepted. will cost in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000. The lot was pur-
chased after other available proper
ty in all parts of the city had been
carefully gone over. Mrs. ]. Il
Pickard, Mrs. s. H. Wheeler, Frank
M. Lee and Walter ]. Harris were
the committee to make the purchase
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
TO FREIGHT ANT|NONY ORES
FROM MINES AT BERN|CE
j. N. Tedford Signs Contract for Big
Tonnage Over Ninety Mile
Road.

w. P. Black, of Black G. Solomon,
400 Battery ST., San Francisco, is
at the Overland hotel, having come
to Fallon to arrange for transporta-
ton of antimonial ores from Ber-
nice district, about ninety miles east
of here.
Mr.. Black states that he has closed
a contract with j. N. Tedford, the
local freighter, for the transporta-
ton of from 100 to $50 tons per
month from the mines to Fallon.
He says the Bernice deposits are the
purest he has ever seen in wide
experience in mining, containing as
they do 67 per cent antimony With
out trace of either zinc, arsenic or
iron, a rare condition. The war in
Europe and the unpleasantness in
Mexico have combined to cause
rapid rise in this metal, which is ex-
tensively used in the manufacture
)f munitions of war, notably in shrap-
ael and hardening the lead bullets
Heretofore the principal source of
supply has been Mexico, but condi-
ions there at present are not con-
iucive to the peaceful occupation of
mining, as Mr.. Black says he can
.estify, having recently been uncere-
moniously ousted from properties
le was working in Sonora.
Antimony is now quoted at 40
cents per pound in the New York
market and Mr.. Black states that a
shipment made to the Chapman
smelter at San Francisco has dem
onstrated that there is good profit
n the Bernice ores at present prices,
Notwithstanding the heavy transpor
.ation charges incident to the long
wagon haul to the railroad.
Mesrs Black & Solomon have a
force of men now at work on the
property, which is being operated
through a tunnel that taps the ledge
1t a depth of ninety feet, providing
ample backs for stoping from the
lrifts that have been run along the
vein, which is about seven feet in
width, as the ore occurs in kidneys
and is easily broken down, the main
working force will be engaged in
sorting. After being refined at the
chapman smelter the metal is
shipped to New York, where one
irm handles practically all the anti
nony for shipment. The metal
must be at least 993 fine, as tho
presence of even one-half of one per
ent zinc or arsenic renders 1t USE
ess for the purposes intended.
The opening up of the Bernice
mines means considerable tor Fal-
on as the only outlet is through
his city, which will be the head
.uarters for the big freighting out
is and the base of supplies for the
mine.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
BIG YEAR FOR
WHEAT, SAYS FULTON

According to the Reno Gazette, J.
NJ. Fulton, district freight and pas
senger agent of the Southern Pa
cific company, says Nevada will
raise and market more wheat in
1915 than in any previous ten years
and that the Southern Pacific's rates
to Reno or to Tidewater are en-
aonraging production of all classes
of grain.
Mr.. Fulton says his company has
recently published very low rates Oh
alfalfa meal. believing that was the
)nly solution of the surplus hay
problem. He says there is now in
Nevada over 100000 tons of first
class alfalfa hay, but no market
believes that if made into meal, II
would have ready market.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
RELIEVES SILVER WILL
GO TO 75 OR 80 CENTS.

Fred Carroll, State commissioner
of mines of Colorado, makes the
prediction that silver will ultimate
ly go to rs or so cents an ounce
shortly after the close of the war,
and that those then prepared to OPP
crate silver properties will reap large
rewards. OF couse no one call tell
when this condition will be brought
about, he says, because of the un-
certainty as to when the European
conflict will end, but is of the opin-
ion that the great war will come to
a close about as suddenly and unex-
pectedly as was its commencement
That is his reason for advising that
people be prepared.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
SAYS RENO RACE MEET
WILL Be A BIG SUCCESS
George Wingfield Predicts Ii Will
Attract Many Visitors to
Reno.

George Wingfield has returned to
his home in Reno from several days
stay in Denver Mr. Wingfield had
4 stable of fast horses at the Denver
race track, of which Star Shooter
and Washoe Belle have proved them
selves capable of getting in the
money with regularity that is
pleasing to man who is breeder,
not only for racing purposes. but to
improve the stock of carriage, riding
and driving horses In Nevada, Colo
RADIO and California.
Mr.. Wing6eld is anxious to inter
est Nevada ranchers in the improve
ment of equine stock and to this end
has taken an active part in plans for
the coming racing meet, which opens
in Reno on July II.
He states that the men with
strings of horses at Denver are
deeply interested in the Reno meet
and are looking forward with pleas
ure to the summer campaign in this
state and in California.
Most OF the speedy runners will
be shipped to Reno when the Den
yer meet closes.
The success of Star Shooter and
Washoe Bell in their several starts
was a keen pleasure TO Mr.. Wing
field. as he followed their progress
from their colt days with a keen eye
to perfection of form and utility as
breeders.
From 1900 to 1900 Beople will
come to Reno when. the racing meet
opens" said Mr.. Wingfleld.
'The Denver meeting was a sue
sess in every way and the Reno meet
ing is bound to be also 1t Is well con
Quoted and no one can say that
everything that goes on Is not good
and proper Denver has adopted
the same rules as has Reno, and no
person with a bad reputation is al
lowed within the track.
ION one of two occasions the jock
eys did some rough riding and the
judges Immediately set them down
for the meet. The pari-mutuel sys-
tenn of betting proved successful and
square and no one can object to
horse racing and that system of bet
ting"
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
COUNTIES TURNING MONEY
INTO THE STATE TREASURY

4 few days ago it was stated that
tie State Treasury was practically
depleted owing to the fact that SO
much of the second installment OF
taxes was tied up by reason of lid
CATION directed az the State Tax
commission. Within the past few
days, however there has come a ma
terial change in the situation and
tie counties are turning In taxes
in e gratifying manner IL Is true
that there are considerable sums
tied up by reason of suits instituted
by large property owners who claim
IN excessive valuation of thier hold
ings, especially in lands. out II
seems highly probable that all these
differences viii be adjusted shortly
by. compromises Here is the list of
counties so far reporting, with the
amounts turned into the State
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
HIGH GRADE ORE FOUND IN
new STRIKE Ar JOBS PEAK
Assay Returns from sample Give
Values of $2,2S1 go per ton, or
Over 81 per Pound.

o. f. Pierce, Familiarity known as
doc" Pierce, is the latest claim
owner in the Jobs Peak section to
bring in accounts of strike at an
entirely new point, and from which
he has received returns on a sample
sent to Reno, giving the almost fab
ulous figures of $2,2S1.66 per ton,
or over one dollar a pound.
Mr.. Pierce, who is not a practical
miner or prospector, but whose usu-
al vocation Is that of a veterinarian,
hence the professional title, was one
of the earliest outsiders in the dis
trict, having assisted the Cirac boys
in perfecting their locations before
the strike became generally known
after which he proceeded to do a
little locating on his own hook. Ac-
cordingly he staked a claim on an
entirely different vein some distance
east of the original strike and pro
ceeded to run an open cut across the
Groupings which occur on hillside
which has pitch of approximately
45 degrees. This cut is now eleven
feet in length and exposes the vein
for a height of about nine feet al
the face. He describes the hanging
wall as being of what is known as
birds-eye porphyry and the footwall
as a blue porphyry. In describing
his methods of obtaining the sample
from which the above astounding
values were obtained, Mr.. Pierce
says 1t was not a picked piece, but
came from a reduced sample taken
from several stringers of a softer
material ranging in color from vel
low to brown aud from two to three
inches in width and occurring in the
harder quartz of the vein. None OF
the vein matter shows free gold. noT
will it horn.
Two other samples taken from the
same vein at the time gave returns
respectively of 40 cents per ton and
s34.51 the former being from
sugary quartz lying against the
hanging wall and the latter from
dark brown material near the foot
wall on the floor of the open cut
He states that the quartz porphyry
in which occur the rich stringers is
about five feet in width and there
are perhaps a dozen of these softer
streaks running through it,
Mr. Pierce was In town last Sat
urday to lay in a supply of grub.
powder. etc, for an extended stay at
tn claim and purposes TO prosecute
work vigorously on his find and in
cidentally 10 take out a quantity
sample from the whole ledge that
win give him a fair estimate of what
the ore body will yield under ordi-
nary working conditions.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
Slot Machine Closed.

All slot machines in Washoe
county from which nickels are OBJ
tainable in payment for winning
play have been placed out of COM
mission as a result of notices served
yesterday by Sheriff Ferrel. The
sheriff conducted an investigation
on the advice of District Attorney
Lunsford and found many machines
being operated in violation of the
law. No protests we're offered by
owners of machines paying in nick
els.-Reno Gazette.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
Have just Come From Trouble Zone
In Mexico.

h. S. Craig and J. Schadik arrived
in Winnemueea yesterday from Old
Mexico. having travelled by auto from
Vera Cruz by way of Juarez to Texas.
Mr.. Craig has spent the last five
years in Mexico and while in the
trouble zone took some moving pic
lures showing General Carranza and
General Villa which will be shown
Saturday night at Nixon Opera
House. Mr.. Schadik was interpreter
for General Carranza for some time.
These gentlemen are pretty we'll
posted as to the conditions in Mexi-
co at present and are wiling to Of
fer any information desired.-Hum-
hoidt Star.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
Tex Rickard Returns.

Tex Ricakrd, famed the world
over as the promoter of the Jeffries-
Johnson fight, which was the great
est financial success, in the history
of the mitt game, vouchsafes the in
formation that Paraguay is a veri-
table paradise. Accompanied by
his wife, Mr.. Rickard arrived in Ely
last Thursday from his ranch near
Concession. Paraguay, where he
owns a ranch embracing five million
acres and $4,000 head of cattle. He
is spending several days in the Ely
district loking after his realty and
mining holdings.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07

The editor of an Illinois exchange
is a public benefactor and when he
dies the people CT his county ought
to erect a monument TO the honor
of his memory. He has discovered
new way TO get rid of mosquitoes
He tells you simply to rub alum on
your face and hands. When the
mosquito takes a bite it Fuckers his
gazoopie so it can't sting. Then It
sits down in damp place, tries to
dig the pucker loose, catches its
death of cold and dies of pneumonia.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
Government Will Sell Work
Horses At Private Sale

Project Manager Cole will receive
offers for the purchase of a number
of work animals, all well trained,
sound. select and serviceable draft
stock, weighing from 1900 to 1900
pounds, at 2 p. m. next Saturday,
July 10th. The animals can now be
seen at McLean's pasture, about two
miles east of Fallon. Terms, cash
on delivery. Here is an opportunity
to secure some good work stock at
reasonable prices.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
Prospectors Never So Busy As Now


t. j. Julian, field engineer for the
Wingfeld interests in Nevada, was a
in Carson a couple of days ago and
in talking of the mining game stated
that at no time since his connection
with the mining industry in this
State had he seen such persistent
prospecting and development of min
ing properties as is now apparent
Everywhere he has been miners and
prospectors are at work and the lat
ter. diverging from their former
course of just locating and skinning
over a new find. now put in more
conscientious work in an endeavor
to prove up something.
As a result of this painstaking care
on the part of prospectors Mr.. Julian
is of the opinion that many valuable
discoveries will be announced from
mining sections this summer.-Car-
son Appeal.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-07
Cleaning the Dogs Out of Elko,

Steadily, one by one, the dogs of
the town are being killed by the Of
tieers and not a day passes but from
one to three dogs are found unmuz-
zled and when this occurs they are
promptly killed. So If you value
your dog see that it is properly muz-
zled.-Elko Free Press.