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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
HARMON DISTRICT ITEMS

Mrs. C. E. Glazier is on the sics
list.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Johnson and
family spent Thanksgiving with M
and Mrs. Dan Evans.
Mrs. j. F. Mason who has been
on the sick list for the past three
weeks is much improved.
Mr.. Roach made trip to Reno the
past week to attend to business sf-
fairs.
Mr.. II. c. Hancock and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Baker from South
of town spent Thanksgiving with
Mr. and Mrs Hiram Hancock.
Mrs. E. E. Freeman is working
for Mrs. Will Conrad of Saltwater
who is suffering with a felon on her
thumb.
Mr.. John Thorn who has been very
i'll is some improved at this writing,
also little Allen o'dell who has been
sick with para-typhoid.
Mrs. S. L. Parsons of Old River
spent the first of the week with Mrs.
l.. E. Freeman.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. l.. Thomas of the
Sheckler district spent Thanksgiving
with Mr. and Mrs. Roach
Word has been received from
Hamburg, Illinois, that c. w. Grader
accompanied Captain Selby Grader
on the Belle of Calhoun down the
Mississippi to st. Louis.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
RJNORED REDUCTION IN
CONSTRUCTION CHARGES
anagcr Hough States that Matter
l. N3w Under Amusement by
Secretary Lane.

The Reno Gazette of last Saturday
contained an article to the effect that
{ a=e would probably be reduction
in tie construction charges for the
Truckee-carson projeea from $50 to
S42. When asked as to the correct
H IS of this report Project Manager
Tough made the following state
uent:
THE report evidently has refer
enee to the report of the Local
r1ard of Review, published about
I rec months ago in the Fallon pap
ers, in which a similar reduction in
the construction charge was recon-
VS. addressed to the Secretary of
the Interior, Hon. Franklin X Lane.
r. retired it to the General Board
Of Review for all projects, composed
of Elwood Mead, Chairman, and
rfig. Cen. VIM. l.. Marshall and /
- O'Donnell. II is understood that
t s general board has considered the
report, but no decision has been an
nannced by the Secretary of the In
terror"
with regard to the article in the
same issue of the Gazette regarding
. a Beach" lands around old Car
son lake. the Reclamation Service
is. for some time, been working on
q plan to bring this land under cul-
tiyation, and its is xepected that this
will be accomplished in the near
future"
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
POSTOFFICE HOURS

For the accommodation of the
public the parcel post and general
delivery windows will be kept open
until 8 o'clock p. m. beginning De
cember goth until December 27th.
These windows will also be open on
Sunday afternoons, December oath
and 31st. 1t is requested that so far
as practicable patrons of the office
will secure their money orders and
mail their parcel post packages in
the forenoon to avoid the rush after
arrival of the mail. 2t.
G. w. LIKES, Postmaster.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
A Little Discipline For Churchill
County High

Last Saturday the Fallon Boys
Basketball Team played the Sparks
boys In Sparks. AS always hereto
fore, on their own floor, the railroad
boys won. At the end of the first
half, the score was IA to in their
favor, at the end of the second, 95
to 10. The lineup of Fallon was:
Bendle, center; Young, Weaver and
Mccarthy, forwards; Hartman and
Dudley, guards. Mccarthy dis
placed Weaver at the beginning of
the second half. Young and Harri-
man were especially applauded for
their good playing. Henderson, of
the Y. NJ. C. A. refereed very salts
factorily. Kaiser aud West accom-
panied the team.
The next game Of the season will
be on the home floor, on December
16, between the Reno and Fallon
girls.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
DISCUSS ORGANIZATION
OF IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
Superiority of Plan Over Water U.s.
ers' Associations Made Plain BY
Reclamation Officials.

The first of the series of meetings
arranged for this week by the Cen
trail Water Users Board was held
Monday evening at the Sheckler dis
trict school house. Practically every
water user of the district and some
from other localities. were present
to hear the discussion of the pro-
posed Irrigation District by promi-
nent water users and representatives
of the Reclamation Service whose
assistance was secured by the Cen
trail Board.
G. Budd Williams, who presided
at the meeting, opened the proceed
ing by statement regarding the ef-
forts of the Central Board to effect
a permanent and representative Of
fetal organization to participate in
project affairs and to secure deep
drainage. He explained that the
lack of funds by the present volun-
tary associations, and their desire
for economy. as we'll as their purpose
to organize in such C way as would
secure recognition from the Secre-
tary of the Interior, prompted the
Central Board to seek the assistance
of the legal department of the Rec
lamatian Service in determining the
Kind OF organization best ad pied to
the local situation and in the for
nation of such organization. The
Reclamation officers were present, he
said, in response to this request, and,
after a careful study of local condi-
tions. were prepared to offer the de-
sired advice.
Project Manager F. G. Hough
briefly reviewed the efforts made in
the past to organize a water users
association and pointed out numer-
Gus advantages of an effective organ
ization participated in by all water
users.
Special Counsel S. T. Jeffreys. next
addressed the meeting, explaining
In detail the method of organization
and workings of the Irrigation Dis
trict under the State law, the form
of organization which, after long
experience and study, had been found
best adapted for conducting the bus
mess of irrigation and drainage sys-
TENS. He explained that this form
of organization is desired by the Sec
retary of the Interior who has given
assurances through the Reclamation
officials, that such an organization
would receive full recognition and
would be invited TO participate in
the conduct of project business. His
talk brought out the fact that all
water users participate in the dis
trict organization and that no i'm
portant action such as contracting
for considerable expenditures can be
taken by the directors of the district
without first submitting the question
10 popular vote.
Mr.. B. e. Stoutemyer, District
Counsel for the Idaho division in
which there are a number of irriga-
ton districts in successful operation.
was the next speaker Mr.. Stoute-
myer explained how satisfactory the
district plan is proving in Idaho,
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
9anges

English classes are finishing re-
views of the first classics of the year
and passing to other texts. Seniors
have begun to follow the lightsome
movement of As You Like 1t; Jun
iors to thread the thrilling course of
the First Bunker Hill Grafton; Soph-
omores to shiver with the remorse
of Lady Macbeth; and Freshmen, of
the first and second sections, re-
spectively, are soon to delight in the
adventure of the Lady of the Lake
or join with Antonio in his insults
of the usurious Jew.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
A New Tractor Plow

mong the freight received at the
local depot this wek was specially
designed plow for the new Kinkead
. tor I It is doing custom plowing
work. in the project. This plow Is
designed and built entirely of steel
'ar the soils on the Truckee-Carson
7 oiect by the Yuba Construction of
Marysville. California. Mr.. J. w.
Morgon special demonstrator is here
today to operate the pillow for a few
q IS and Is considered to be one of
''e hest plow experts on the coast.
l. \ Patrick the Nevada Represent
alive OF the Yuba Company is in
town.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06

The Honor Roll for the last month
is as follows: David Young, Fresh
man, $50 points; Mamie Comfy, Sop
homore, $780, Howard Young, Jun
ior 545; Lavina Dudley, senior, $40;
md Earl Seeley, Junior, $40. 1t will
be noticed that first, second and third
places are occupied by first, second
md third year pupils, respectively.
Perhaps the upper classmen will
change that the next month.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
Notes

Three seven-foot maps of the I'm
tied States have just arrived. They
come from the United States Com
mittee on States and Territories, of
which Senator Key Pittman is chair
man.
Blanche Ferguson has left school
to become Mr.. Coles assistant at the
Western Union office. Blanche's fell
low Sophomores and the rest of the
school are sorry to lose her and hope
that she will return next fall to help
fill the new school house.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
Improving City Streets

ity Engineer Crehore has been
busy the past week making some
needed improvements on the main
7e.s of Fallon. With the aid OF
the new leveler drawn by the coun
t 5 caterpil ar, the streets have been
nniked and many of the depres-
slons that would have become mud
es In wet weather have been
filed in.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
FALLON NEVADA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER g. 1916

ence for several years. The Recla-
nation Service has entered into con-
tracts with two of these districts for
the construction of drainage works
and for water supply, and on the
Minidoka project has entered into a
contract under which the gravity
unit of that project will be turned
over to the district on January 1, to
be operated by the water users. In
the pumping unit of the same project
comprising about $4,000 acres, the
water users, seeing the advantages
of the irrigation district plan, recent
ly voted to change their water users
association into an irrigation dis
trict.
Mr.. Stoutemyer explained that the
irrigation district is public corpora
tion under which it is possible to in
clude all lands within the project,
whereas the water users association
is private corporation, and joining
it is voluntary, so that if some of
the land owners desired to escape
their just proportion of the expense
for drainage, or other improvements,
they might do so. The irrigation
district also has the taxing power
which may be exercised by the board
of directors when so authorized by
popular vote He explained that the
organization of an Irrigation District
is the only means by which the much
desired drainage system can be Sc
cured, as it is the only organization
with which the government is will
ing to contract for drainage work,
that a water users association being
powerless TO collect from a large
part of the lands to be benefited by
drainage and not being acceptable
to the government could accomplish
nothing toward securing a drainage
system.
Another important advantage re
ferred to by Mr.. Stoutemyer is that
II is possible for the district to as
sumo the individual obligations of its
members to the government, where
upon the lien held by the govern
ment against each parcel of land
may be released by the Secretary of
the Interior, thus placing these lands
in a position to secure loans on fay-
orable terms. either from private
'oan companies, or through the Fed
eral Farm Loan Act.
The meeting was then thrown op-
en- for general discussion and ques
tions, and many interesting points
were brought out.
Mr.. F. H. Sears appeared as the
champion of the old form of water
users association. He attempted 10
show that all water users are obli-
gated to join this old form associa-
ton, but 1t was pointed out that of
the settled vested right lands only
5677 acres are pledged in their con-
lThCtS W JUN suCh dSSoSiotioh "HiA-
1886 acres are not so pledged, and
that there is, of course. no obliga
ton to join on the part of unsettled
vested right lands or lands privately
owned but not under water right
application.
He next tried to show that if a
water users association were formed,
vested right lands paying only Ace
per acre would be compelled to pay
the same as other lands. He claimed
that the 40c vested contracts provide
for that rate until a water users as
sociation is formed" This theory
was exploded when one of the con-
CONTINUED on page four)
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06

Little Eleanor Archer gave birth
day party to a dozen of her little
friends last Saturday, the occasion
being the celebration of her sixth
birthday. Pretty favors were dis
tributed and refreshments served.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD
BERNARD KOELER, Editor

rack constructed, and the work
benches assembled and furnished
with sets of tools Instructor Brig
ham expresses himself as well salts
fed with the equipment, especially
the benches, which are both sub
stantial and serviceable.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06
In the Agricultural Department

Boys of the woodworking classes
have completed their preliminary
work In mechanical drawing and now
take up work with tools and lumber.
The implements OF service have been
placed within ready reach, lumber
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06

Daily Bread is Fallon -four of ex-
cellent quality, and each sack con-
tains ~ lbs. llt4.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-12-06

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Continued on page FOUR
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-16

in the library looking out some old
prints for a well-intentioned futurist.
We have become artistic, you know"
If there was a covert sheer in the
last words Farquhar was not in po-
sition to notice it, for he had already
begun to cross the room. One or two
people spoke to him, but he answered
absently, and they did not detain him.
A pair Of heavy tapestry curtains sepa-
rated the so-called library from the
drawing room. He pushed them softly
aside and entered.
Sylvia Omney stood at the long table
beneath the subdued cluster of electric
light, her head bowed, her back toward
him. She did not seem to hear his en-
trance, for she did not move, and he
did not seek to call her attention. She
was not looking at the great folio
which lay spread out before her, but
staring sightlessly into the shadows,
parted in breathless anticipation. A
moment later she lifted her hands to
her face, and he saw that she trembled.
He knew then that she was conscious
Of his presence, and that that same
awe and dread Of their dawning happi-
ness held her as it had held him In
paralyzed waiting.
Sylvia" he said brokenly.
She did not turn. She looked up,
and in the glass their eyes met. The
color had fed, leaving her whittier than
the dead purity Of her dress; her jaw
had dropped. For an instant it seemed
to him that veil had been torn from
her face, leaving it piteously distorted.
"Sylviap' he repeated in changed
tone.
She turned then with little stifed
gesp. Her hand with the lace hand
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-16

"Of course. Sylvia and I get on very
we'll. Has anything been heard Of the
brother?"
81 don't think so. But I shall heal
tonight"
"Cut his throat probably" Sh'
glanced back at him with curious lit
tie smile on her colorless face. "All thu
same, Sylvia is lucky. I am rather
proud Of you myself, Richard. YOU
are the only man know who dresses
in perfect taste without looking vul
gar noodle. Good night"
She kissed him hurriedly as he helG
the door open for her, and for an in
slant she looked up into his face witt
curious half tender, half-whimsica
grimace. Then she was gone.
An hour later Richard Farquhar en-
tered the Omneys' drawing room. He
found his host by the fireside, some
what lone figure with the white, thiI
face of man never wholly at rest
He greeted Farquhar eagerly and
nervously. Wei expected you be-
FORE
81 have been kept at Aldershot, -
Farquhar answered. 81 came my first
free evening. 1 can't tell you how
keen 1 have been to see you both
again-and to hear your news"
The elder man seemed to shrink to-
gether. He glanced nervously over his
shoulder, and his face was gray and
sunken.
"There is no news, Farquhar. We
traced him to Marseilles, and then fol.
lowed wrong scent over to Oran and
farther south. 1t all came to nothing
the wrong fellow all the time. II
broke me up. I've lost hope-all hope
Farquhar."
Gle will come back" the other sug-
gested.
"No, no; he was reckless and obsti.
nate and-a bit of a coward. He
couldn't face the disgrace he left that
to us-and he couldn't face me. 1 dare
say 1 was harsh-but I swear I didn't
deserve this. And now I have to lie
and pretend and play this COMPOUNDED
comedy. People-the few who believe
will tell you that my son is sheep
farming in Australia. Farquhar, what
in heavens name possesses a man to
want children? Mine have been a
curse"
"You have your daughter" was the
sharp interruption.
Tie banker glanced at the man be-
side him. The thin, bronzed face was
slightly flushed, and there was a fire
in the passionate eyes which seemed to
cause the observer new emotion. He
turned away, his thin features twisted
into wry smile.
"Yes-I have Sylvia naturally she
is great comfort. But she is young
you must always remember that, and
one must judge youth by other stand
ards. We must not expect too much. "
zone might expect everything of
Sylvia" Farquhar responded gravely.
Again the swift, anxious glance
swept over his face.
"Ah, yes, you are young yourself.
Well, 1 suppose you want to see her;
won't detain you. You will find her
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-16

The red mirage blinds Far
quhar's eyes when he sacrifices
himself to protect his fathers
memory, and to protect the girl
he loves. NameIess in the For
elgn Legion, going through
worse than death at the hands,
Of those who should have been
his friends, the mirage still
blinds him, and when the mi
rage dissoIves in the love and
sympathy Of a real woman, it
seems too late. But you must
read the story to know how
completely a "perfectIy good"
wo"an may ruin the life of an
I"Puisive, chivaIrous man, and
R6W a Sympathetic, loving one
may help him to life and hope
again.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-16
CHAPTER I.
Beginnings.

Beginnings.
And Sa~you have really made up
your mind, Richard?"
with your consent, mother"
Mrs. Farquhar sighed and tapped an
impatient tattoo on the fender with her
small, well-shod foot.
"My share in the matter has not the
slightest Importance You might have
spared me the farce"
tits not farce; as it happens, I
want your consent. It's true-I'll
marry without it-but it will make all
the difference to my happiness" He
put his head little to one side and
looked at her whimsically. "Really,
another, you are the last person to
blaiTe me for falling in love. 1t was
you who taught me to adore the SEX
She made no answer. But she
glanced up at the tall Venetian mirror
and her mouth relaxed. She undoubt-
eddy possessed charm which made it
seem scarcely credible that the man
beside her was her son. She was small
but beautifully made. She possessed
the nameless quality which excuses
everything and has sent men in all
ages from crime to great place and
from great place to the gallows. Rich
ard Farquhar bore her no resemblance,
though 1t was conceivable that without
the wig and the coating of powder she
might have revealed a certain similar
ity Of coloring. His face and broad
shouldered, narrow-hipped figure re-
vealed race, also vigor and headstrong
temperament, which a peculiar light in
the eyes accumulated. At the moment
his expression was gay, but it yelled
excitement and something obstinately
resolved.
"You are vain old woman!" he
said lightly. 81 believe you expected
me to be dancing at your apron strings
in blind alteration all my life"
81 did nothing Of the sort. wanted
you to marry-but not Sylvia Omney."
He looked at her in unconcealed sur
prise. Possibly her tone was new to
him. 1t was sharp and irritable; it re-
veaIed her suddenly as an old woman.
81 think I must be rather like my
xdIIcTt DC 81 oOh L
remember him. and have never seen
anything OF his save an old letter to
you. Here it is" From his breast
pocket he took out an old letter COW
cred with yellow, faded writing and
unfolded It, ut gives me queer
feeling, toe, when 1 read it," he went
on slowly. IL might have written 1t
mysclf-to the woman I loved. He
must have loved you madly, mother.
One feels ~ every line that you were
a religion to him-that he would have
sold himself. body and soul"
"Don't" she interrupted sharply, an
grily. Then she gave shrill, unsteady
little laugh.
"My poor Richard! Yes you are like
him-very like him. But If it's the
wrong woman-what thenw
"Of course, it must not be the wrong
woman" he said slowly. "But my IA
Their chose rightly, as 1 know I have
chosen. I have chosen a woman after
his Own heart-Sylvia is like you
mother"
Sylvia is like me?' She lifted her
Lduou, gull Ucaulilul eyes W LIS Lace
eyes, suppose she is-what men call
womcnly woman. God help men
from what they call womanly women
Well''-she turned away with a care.
less. a.i1os; contemptuous movement
of the sboulders-"I can't save. you
Take Gay blessing, Richard. That's
what you want, isn't it?"
= b~sr 1T u,
gee your
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-16
1t Is pity that some persons
Iaek %ba facf n hreak lInhannv

1t is pity that some persons
lack the tact to break unhappy
news Inoffensively. Perhaps 1t
is thoughtIessness that is re-
sponsible for a good deal Of the
sadness in the worId-especiaIly
in the cases of spoiled women
who play with the affections of
men whose love is deep.
How much sorrow might have
been saved If between Sylvia
and Richard there had been
really mutual thoughtfuIness
and effort to spare heartbreak
and souI-misery-than which
there is no greater misery.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-08
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS .
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ing or claiming an interest in the
Estate of Emnie Gibson, deceased:
Notice is hereby given that on tho
4th day of September, 1915, Alfre
Holloway filed in the County Court
of Bryan County, Oklahoma, at Du-
rant, in the matter of the estate Of
Emnie Gibson, deceased, ]. H. Hol-
land, Administrator, petition to de-
termine heirship and ownership. and
to whom distribution of the estate of
the said Emnie Gibson, deceased
should be made, and in which petit
tion it is alleged that said deceased
died seized and possessed of the fol-
lowing described lands, of which the
heirship and ownership and right to
a distribution is asked to be decreed
as follows, to-wit
S15 of oWA of NEA; SEA
of NWA; VIZ of SEA; NEH
of SWA; M of SEA of SWH
of Section 81, Township Z
South Range East, of the In
dian Base and Meridian, con-
tanning 200 acres more or less.
according to the U. S. survey
thereof;
and in said estate the said Alfred
Holloway has appeared and claimed
to be the entire owner of saia ,state
under and by virtue of conveyance
to him by and through the sole anil
only heirs of said Emnie Gibson, de
ceased. And by order of said Court
the said petition has been set for
hearing before said Court in the
County Court room at Durant, Bryan
County, Oklahoma, on the 4th day
of November, 1916, at the hour Of
ten O'Clock a. M, at which time and
place the persons named above and
all other persons and all other heirs
or devisees of said deceased, named
or unnamed, having or claiming any
interest in the estate, are notified to
be and appear and exhibit their re
spective claims of heirship, owner
ship or interest in said estate to said
court, and upon their failure 10 do
so. a default will be entered forever
barring and precluding them from
asserting any right, heirship or own
ership or interest in said estate.
Signed this 4th day of September,
1916. ]. L. RAPPOLEE.
(SeaD County Judge
.UTTERBACK G MacDONALD,
Attorneys