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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24

At the close of the service DIR. KEN
per spoke OF the splendid work done
here by DR.. Weeks and asked that
every man who would lend his aid
toward making the closing midday
service today an overflow meeting
hold up his hand. 1t appeared that
every hand In the house went up at
this request. Consequently 1t IL well
to remember that the service will start
continue until 1870. It Is expected to
be the most uplifting service that has
been held at the Y. NJ. G. A. since
the campaign started.
At todays meeting the Rev. j. j.
Scherer. of the First Lutheran Church.
will preside. DR. Weeks will talk on
"A Look Into Heaven"
AT the Young Woman's Christian
Association yesterday there were
number of women present. The ser
vice, conducted by Miss Smith. was in
spring.
The Great Joint Meetings.
Especial attention is again called to
the great joint meetings to be held
Monday evening at Grace-Street Bap-
list Church. There will be two meet
ings held at this church, one for
older people In the main auditorium
of the church and the other for young
people In the Bible School auditorium.
Fully 1900 people can be accommo-
dated in the two rooms. DR.. l.. T.
Wilson, pastor Of Graee-Stfeet
Church, will be In chhrge of the SER
vi, for the older people. DIR. George
w. Kemper, pastor Of Hanover
nue. Christian Church. win be in
charge of the service for the younger
people. While the full program has
not been completed for these two SER
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
GIVE AND TAKE ON

GIVE AND TAKE ON
BELGIAN FRONT.
Paris. March 23.--Belgian official:
On the greater part OF the Belgian
front. the artillery activity was nor
mai on both sides today. but north OF
Steenstraete, the artillery duel assumed
unusual violence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
AMERICANS ENCOUNTER

Continued From First Page)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
TO DISCUSS TO-DAY
CONTINUED From First Page.J

pthe Senator" demanded Senator PEN
ross.
Senator James rebuked Penrose for
the slight upon the patriotism. OF the
writer. The man, he said. had Of
fered his services to the government
through the channel he knew best.
and he deprecated the effort to ridt-
Guile him.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
ADOPT CLEVER DEVICE
TO BEAT SLOT MACHINES

II is alleged by the police that a
new device has been found to beat
he slot machines of Reno. 1t was
irst thought that another band of
,ounterfeiters had struck town.
Yesterday morning Officer Lee
Walstrom placed Allen Clark, 2S
years old, and giving his occupation
as a mechanic. and j. c. Freitas, 90
years old. giving his occupation as a
grocery clerk, under arrest on
charge of investigation. Freitas had
a box of 1000 aluminium chips, bear
mig on one side the stamp of an eagle
and the other side being blank. The
chips were the same size os a quarter
dollar piece of United States money.
II is alleged that the men had been
Using the chips TO play in slot ma
chimes at various places in the city
and when the chips were placed in a
machine. with the eagle side in front.
they had the appearance of quarters.
There is n question as to what can
BE done with the men.-Journcl.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
LINCOLN HIGHWAY WILL
BENEFIT BY FEDERAL AID.
States Should Endeayor to Have
Funds Apply ON Routes Already
Approved.

With the passage of the Bankhead
Shackleford Bill providing Is million
dollars as Federal aid for state high
ways in the next years, matter of
considerable interest to the entire
motoring public of the country is
brought up, including the possibility
for furthering improvements of the
Lincoln Highway and other trans
continental routes. The IL states
through which the Lincoln Highway
runs will receive over $4,000, 600
for road improvement from the Fed
eral Government during the next five
years, under this act. and with an
equal sum to- be provided by the
various states individually, in accord
ance with the provisions of the bill,
a splendid opportunity for greatly
needed improvements is provided.
The money will be spent by the
Highway authorities of the different
states, subject to the approval of the
Secretary of Agriculture. The opin-
ion is expressed from the greatest
good roads authorities that the major
ity of the states having provided for
definite systems of state highways
which they are constructing as rapid
ly as available means permit, every
effort should be directed now towards
having the Federal funds apply on
these state systems, and not frittered
away on countless disconnected local
roads.
II is the duty of those who wish
to see tangible and lasting benefit
derived from the Federal aid to shape
public sentiment so as to have it sol
idly back of the policy of applying
Federal aid to the completion of the
state highway system and to the con-
Meeting up of these systems with each
other, SO that while serving the prim-
ary interests of each state we shall
proceed RAPIDLY toward the acquire
ment of a comprehensive national
system.
At the present time the Lincoln
Highway is the most advanced step
in the direction of such system, and
it is up to the people Of those COM
munuities through which this great
artery of traffic passes to see that the
Lincoln Highway receives its proper
proportion of the Joint fund.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
POPULAR FkLLON Citizen
SUCCUNBS TO TYPHOID.
Will Murray Dies Sunday Afternoon
After Short Illness. Body Taken
To Reno.

After an illness of three weeks,
VIII Murray, one of the most popu-
lar business men OF rallon, passed
away last Sunday afternoon OF
typhoid fever. To his immediate
family il was known that his condi-
ton was serious, as he was not a
strong man physically. but to his
wide circle of friends his sudden
taking off came as a shock and sur
prise, since the report of his condi-
ton as given out were of hopeful
nature.
Will Murray was born at Reno
and was 49 years of age at the time
of his death. About four years ago
he located in Fallon and conducted a
general tailoring business. He was
a companionable man and numbered
his friends by the entire list of his
acquaintanceship. Although in poor
health for several years past, he bore
his Affections cheerfully and never
complained He was member oi
Reno Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagle.
and of the local lodge Knights oil
Pythias, in both of which he took an
active interest
He is survived by a wife and a
brother, J. J. Murray of T. no, who
1rrived Sunday evening - take
charge of the funeral proceedings
and accompanied the body to Reno
last Monday, where interment will be
made in the. family plot and where
services were held yesterday.
In the death of VIII Murray Fal-
lon loses one of its most esteemed
citizens and to the sorrowing widow
he sympathies of the entire COM
munnity will go forth in fullest
measure.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
.P|TTMAN AND HOWE CARRY
CHURCH|LL'S DELEGATIONS
No Returns Received From Fairyiew,
White Rock and Lahontan, But
Cannot Change Result.

The Primary Election passed off
quietly in Churchill county yester-
day Only on the Republican ticket
was there an open contest for the
delegates to the State Convention,
fourteen names were filed, with five
to be elected. 1t was understood that
each of the Republican candidates
for u. s. Senator, Howe. Platt and
Norcross had delegation favorable
to their candidacy. On the face of
the returns, it would appear that
Howe has carried the county by an
easy majority. Eight candidates
filed for the Democratic State Con-
vention and were unpledged, but it
is known that at least six of these
are for Pittman as first choice for
Senator The totals for the various
candidates, with Fairview, Lahontan
and White Rock to hear from. are
as follows:
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
ISLAND DISTRICT.

The Merritt ranch has again chang
ed hands, Messrs. jewell and Jones
being the happy purchasers.
j. H. Dalton of the Island district
has purchased the so acres of Gro
fut and Dibble at Saltwater.
The Ladies' Circle met at Mrs. T
V. Conncrs. After a delicious lunch.
con plans we're laid for an entertain
ment at the Island Chapel Aug. Is
A very entertaining program will be
given free and ice cream and cake
and coffee sold at low figure.
Grain harvesting has begun and
promises we'll as does also the eN
ceptional large second crop of al
falfa.
This district has been fortunate
In securing Miss Ruth Douglass OF
Virginia City as teacher for the en-
suing term.
Quite a number OF our farmers
have signed up for a considerable
beet acreage for next year.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
RABID COYOTE ATTACKS
MAN ON TUsCARORA RANCH.

While sleeping In the open, sur
rounded by wire netting, ]. E.
Gordon of Tuscarora, an employe OF
the Nevada Land & Cattle company
on the Spanish ranch, was attacked
by a rabid coyote Sunday night and
came to Reno Wednesday morning
to take the Paasteur treatment for
rabies, says the Gazette.
Gordon says he thought the wire
netting would be protection enough
from coyotes, but the mad animal
jumped over the net and attacked
him. He grabbed it by the throat and
succeeded in killing it before II bit
him. His hands were scratched and
it was feared he might have been
infected.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
SUCAR BEET CAMPAIGN
NOW DRAWING TO CLOSE.
Rut One More Week Remains in
Which Farmers Must Decide Fate
of Industry Here.

A meeting was held at Saltwater
last Thursday evening for the pur.
pose of arousing interest in the mat
ter of sugar beet planting next sea
son. The meeting was well attended
and a number of the active workers
in the sugar campaign from Fallon
drove down to meet the farmers and
talk things over, among whom were;
|. II. Kent, Mayor H. S. Berney, Dr.
c. NJ. Gardner, John Oats, Thomas
Dolf, w. p. Hambitzer, e. e. Win
ters, John Hanson and Mr.. Nishi-
yama.
Addresses were made by |. II
Kent and Fulton II. Sears. who ex-
planned the offers of the Nevada.
Utah Sugar company and the neces-
sity of procuring the required acre
age If the country is TO enjoy the
benefits that inevitably follow the
establishment of the industry in
this section. The question of trans
portation was thoroughly discussed
and the liberality of the company
contracts were apparent.
c. f. Kent. f. j. McDermott, w. S
DeArmond and r. II. Sears we're ap
pointed a committee TO interview
prospective growers and solicit acre
age and 1t is understood that approx
imately FIVE hundred acres have teen
signed up The people of Saltwater
are very anxious to secure promise
from the factory management OF a
railroad TO that community, but ii is
obvious that the first requisite to tho
end would be the signing up of G
sufficient acreage to warrant the ex
penditure before 1t could be made
possible.
The prospects for the operation OF
the factory next year are mucl
brighter than at any time since the
Inauguration of the campaign and
the comittee I'm charge of the work
of securing the required acreage are
much encouraged, and are working
industriously to meet the company
requirements They find it practical
ly impossible to make n ranch to
ranch canvass of those wko are de-
sirous of signing contracts and hence
make the request that those who will
plant beets to advise them by phone
either 20 aayor Berney or 10 Agrl-
culturist John Hanson at the over
land Hotel.
II should be borne in mind that
all contracts must be signed up by
August 18th in order to assure the
running of the factory. II would
seem that our people have had suffi-
cient time to think the matter over
and certainly there can be no ques-
tion as to the necessity of straining
every nerve to insure tie establish
ment of the industry in this valley
Hence every farmer in the valley
should make ii point to plant a
few acres If it can possibly be done
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
Democratic
The Republican delegation to the

The Republican delegation to the
State Convention will be made up as
follows: c. c. Everett, T. F. Fraz-
ier, Ira NJ Hamilton, NJ. II. Mead
L. c. Weaver, all of whom are for A.
H. Howe for u. S. Senator.
With five votes difference between
Fulton II. Sears and Dr. G. NJ. Gard
ner and Fairview, Lahontan and
White Rock to hear from the follow
ing will constitute the Democratic
delegation TO the State Convention,
all of whom are unpledged, but will
favor the candidacy of Senator Key
Pittman: E. S. Hartman, Joe Jar
Wis, F.. ]. McDermott and either Dr.
Gardner or f. H. Sears.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
Child Has Narrow Escape.

Helen Herstine, Sparks child re-
Gently had a narrow escape from
death by drowning in large drain
pipe. She was playing on a bridge
md fell into the ditch, being car
ried to the mouth of the pipe by
the swift current. She was caught
and dragged from the water as she
was about to enter the pipe.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
County Conventions

On the face of the returns the fol-
lowing will constitute the Republi-
can County Convention: E. S. Ber-
ney, j. w. Ferguson, A. r. jeffrey,
A. ]. Johnson, L. L. Leonard, c. A.
Morriss. A. L. Baker, J. B. Comfy,
Chas. Cress, c. II. Hoover, Elizabeth
Mason, John Oats, C. G. Swingle,
Ed. r. Morgan, j. A. Eason, Ethel
M. Frey Lulu E. Langford, G. S.
Wardle, A. II. Westall, c. A. Lamb.
The Democratic County Conven-
tion will consist of the following:
A. F. Branch, A. C. Burton, Cora B.
Wampler, E. L. Bingham, Thos. Dolf,
Jay L. Heady, Fred A. Nelson, NJ.
II. Wallace, Geo. H. Dobbs, j. b.
Cushman, G. w. Goebel, C. E. Kent,
John Brogan, D. Angus Smith,
Socialist
The following will constitute the
delegation to the State Convention,
there being no contests: c. M.
Beeghly, Florence M. Redmond, j.
]. Wood
The County Convention of the
Socialist party will consist of the
following: Geo. d. Gregg, Kurt G.
Lohse, Mary York, C. II, Hancock,
Mrs. C. II. Hancock, Artie B. Riggle,
C. w. Hyatt, W. G. Barker, E. F..
Kilker, II. N. Light, w. A. Morgan.
The State Conventions will be
held at Reno on Tuesday, September
5th. The County Conventions will
be held in Fallon on Tuesday, Sep
tember 10Th.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
r. and n. Drilling for Water.

Drilling and experiments to To-
cate underground water channels
end sources in the Amsrgoea des-
ert, are TO begin next week near Le-
land, on the Tonopah G Tidewater
railroad. Officials of this road have
authorized the work. At Beatty, in
the upper end of the desert, there
are many indications of water and
an appreclable flow sinks under the
desert sands. AT the other end of the
desert are similar indications. The
location Of tho Gonnaeting under
ground channel is the goal Should
the experiments prove successful,
the desert would probably become
we'll settled as the climate Is mild
and inyigorating.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09

Would the fierce Mr.. Hughes
merely shoot up the Mexicans or
hang them and quarter them?
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09

Read the classified column.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09
Library at Round Mountain.

Round Mountain now has a free
public library. over 300 volumes,
representing the best authors, are
on the shelves. A reading room
has been installed so as to make
the library an attra1tion for the
men working in the vicinity whose
opportunities for diversion are rather
limited.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-08-09

Since the beginning of the century
over a billion dollars have been fur
nished by different governments to
enable men of small capital to own
the land they cultivate; the results
have been little less than marvellous.
In Australia 1t has created new
kind of agriculture, more than
doubled the income from the State
irrigation works and caused new
ones to be built by the State.
The principal features in all these
Continued on Page Threel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-19

room for breakfast and mother and
daughter look at each other with per
turbed faces. Scores of girls are there.
but there's not one white silk frock to
be seem Sport suits reign. supreme
gay striped white, wool skirts shjr,
waists and sweaters bright as rainbow
hues. beaEy boots for mountain climb
ing and tam-o'-Shanter or wool sport
hats. The flesh pink silk sweater
daughter has in the very bottom of ler
largest trunk is not the thing at all
The luncheon dress of dove gray tulle
is quite as much out of place, for the
rest of the girls. just returned from
a ten-mile mountain tramp, scurry in
TO the dining room, hungry as young
bears, just as they are, for there's golf
on the program for the afternoon. with
little II any change in the mornings
sport attire. The girl dressed I'D like
doll. sitting on the porch. is looked
at in wonder. Everyone knows it is
her first outing. but girls are too ten
derhearted to make cruel comment.
Evening brings out butterfly raiment
on the girls-tulle and simple organize
and ribbons. The stiff silk imported
costumes of the uewly-rich girl suf-
fer by comparison. Her parents cut
their vacation short. On the next
vacation they know what daughter
should wear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-19
NOT LIKE NEW EXPERIENCE
Butcher Had Suffered Before From
the Franks INDUCED in by His
Frisky Horse.

The eccentricities of Yankee char
acter are innumerable, and they are
almost always amusing. In a Maine
town q gentleman was standing with
some friends on his tennis lawn when
the horse of the village butcher-a
rather frisky animal-came dashing
madly over a terrace from the street,
finging the unfortunate butcher into
the tennis net with a shoulder of beef
on top of him, and a big block of ice
thumped with a good deal of force into
his side.
The fiery steed completed his work
by dragging the wagon to which he
was attached over his PROSTATE mas
ter and then flying away to demolish
it and the lawn turf together by
careening along until stopped by a
tree. The butcher was taken up in
sensible and pretty badly bruised. AS
soon as he could be restored to con-
sciOusness one of the bystanders pro-
nounced the usual conundrum whether
he was hurt.
The butcher tried to move, found
he could not, gave a sickly smile, and
then said, jauntily:
"Oh, it's nothing! 1 don't mind. I'm
used to it."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-19

It's the girl who has never been
away from home before and is to have
q few weeks outing who is all at sea
as to what to take with her and how
she ought to dress.
The problems of the newly rich, in
this respect, are worth hearing about.
The poor tradesman who has just in
herited a windfall of wealth from an
uncle or someone else who had kept
out of his way during his lifetime is
at first too bewildered to plan how
he is to commence to get rid of it. His
wife rises to the occasion. They'll
not live over the store q day longer
than it will take to buy a new house,
furnish it, install in it servants and
move into it. The servants will be
placed in charge while the family HE
themselves to the most fashionable re-
sort she can find.
Saleswomen are rot always a help
to the newly-rich woman who brings
in her daughter ito be costumed to
appear in the best society,"" The re-
suit is, the family arrives at its des-
tination with three loaded trunks filled
with finery for daughter, one for moth
er and a suitcase for father. The girl
and her mother have read of white
silk sport clothes ar Palm Beach and
suppose the same dressing holds good
for the girls at the mountain-top re-
sort.
One glance as they enter the dining
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-19
Babies Thrive Best on SUNLIGHT.

Sunlight and sanitation, not silks
and satins, make better babies"
This maxim is contained in the lat
est official statement of the surgeon
general of the public health service,
who directs the forces of the United
States against he army Of General
Disease, just issued from his war
Office here.
The rearing of children in dark, I'M
kept homes is given as one of the
chief causes of the continued success
of the army of General Disease.
The surgeon general announces that
the enemy now claims 100000 Amer
leans a year.
Heart disease, pneumonia and tu-
berculosis are the strongest units OF
General Diseases army, claiming sc
per cent of the annual number of
deaths.
The surgeon general renews the adj
monitor to let no fly go unswatted.
He points out that every female fly
lays eggs at the rate of 100 at time
meaning that many more soldiers
for the army of Disease.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-19
Not to Be Beaten.

a Highlander who prided himself on
being able to play one tune on the
pipe, perched himself on the side of
one of his native hills one Sunday
morning and commenced blowing for
all he was worth.
Presently the minister came along
and, going up to MacDougall with the
intention of severely reprimanding
him, asked in q very harsh voice, Mac
Dougall do you know the Ten Com
mandments?"
MacDougall scratched his chin for
moment, and then, in an equally harsh
voice, said
Dye think you've beat me? Just
whistle the first three or four bars, and
I'll haze try at it."-Youth's Com
panion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-19

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
No farming people have ever been
able economically to. maintain the fer
tility of their soils without the use of
live stock. Farming without the use
of manureS is a wasCe of energy and
results in the exhaustion of soils. The
neglect in preserving and increasing
the quantity of farm manures has re-
suited in a great drain on the natural
resources of the American farm, es-
United States. The lack of intelligent
care Of the waste products and the
convenient form of commercial fertil-
izers have Jointly been responsible for
the almost general neglect of farm
manures. A much greater value can
be had from commercial fertilizers
when used wisely in connection with
manure and green crops.
The use of barnyard manure is the
best means of improving the condition
of the soils, and the Importance Of
carefully preserving all the manure
products on the farm for 'judicious use
on the cultivated fields cannot be too
strongly impressed on the farmers.
One Of the principal reasons for the
small value sometimes realized from
manure of any kind is that it has not
been properly handled and through
exposure and neglect has lost large
percentage of its plant food. Prob
ably from rs to 80 per cent of the
fertilizing value of a crop is left in
the manure after passing through the
animal. Since the fertilizer in soluble
form and the manure quickly begin to
ferment with loss of nitrogen, we
have some idea of why it is Of the
utmost Importance to protect the
manure supply from teaching by rains,
excessive fermentation, or from other
sources of loss.
The Cornell university experiment
station found that as much as so per
cent of the plant-food constituents in
manure may be lost by teaching and
unnecessary fermentation. The prob
lem is how best and most economical
ly to prevent this loss. The best plan
where it is practicable is to haul out
the manure regularly, spread it upon
the land, and pillow it under. The
best results usually are obtained by
turning under shallow. The next best
plan is to keep the stock under sheds
or in stables with sufficient litter to
absorb all liquids. This treatment will
not only take up moisture but the con-
tinual trampling of the animal will ex-
clude all air, so that the accumulation
may go on without injury to its quail
ity until a convenient time to remove