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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-03-22
DEVELOPING SUDSURFACf
WATER IN Dixie VALLEY
W. ID. Spencer Is Satisfied With the
Results of Crop Experiments
Made Last Season.

". d. Spencer of Dixie Valley,
was in town the first part of the
week for supplies and brings good
reports from that section. Mr..
Spencer and family were among
the earliest settlers of the valley
and among the few who have held
out, Of the number who went into
the valley about three years ago to
take up desert claims under the en-
iarged homestead act and endeayor-
ed to reclaim the fertile although
gatefless lands by means of a mix
ed system of dry farming and the
development of subsurfaee water
by artesian wells.
There is now on the Spencer
place an artesian we'll that flows
about five miners inches of water
through a pipe that was driven to
a depth of SIS feet. This has been
found sufficient to irrigate about 20
acres, as the land. while friable and
loamy is not sandy and does not
absorb water as freely as the more
porous soils. In addition to this
advantage the water table is found
to be but from three to five feet be-
low the surface and by a careful cul-
tiyation and mulehing of the top
surface it has been demonstrated
by experiments conducted last seas
on, which was unusually dry, that it
Is possible to mature wheat, barley,
oats sugar beets and many other
ef the staple crops Sugar beets
have proven exceptionally we'll
adapted to the soil and specimens
weighing 10 pounds we're raised
last season. This without irrigation.
The work OF last season on the
Spencer place was largely of an ex-
perimental nature and the results
have justified them in determining
70 go more extensively into cropping
is year, when the heavy snowfall
insures more plentiful supply of
Is7hsurface water than existed the
Est season. Mr.. Spencer states
1t for the first time in the menu
ory of the oldest settler snow fell
and laid on the floor OF the valley
during January.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-03-22
HIGH SCHOOL TAX LEVY
IS EXPLAINED BY. BOARD
Reasons Given for the Increase i'm
Amount Required to Properly
Conduct School This Year.

In the 1916 tax levy published
in our last weeks issue appears an
item for the Churchill County High
School of $18,181, or 25 cents on
the 500. This levy is based on
a complete detail estimate of ex-
penses OF the High School prepared
by Principal j. X. McKillop and the
Board of Education, DIR. G. M.
Gardner, A. d. Drumm, and #. G.
Hough. As this estimate, and the
statement accompanying it, show
how our high school funds are be-
ing spent, and give figures compar
ing these expenditures in Churchill
County with other County High
School costs. il is believed that it
will be of interest to our readers.
1t will be impossible to print here
the entire estimate and statement,
but a summary of the same, show
ing the main features, will be given.
Estimates of Costs
1856 Term
Actual operating costs for
1866 term thus far,
plus estimate of liabilities
to end of term. ........$9 1000
Domestic Science Equipment $50
Total for 1876 term. - s9.750
Total attendance . ... .95
Number instructors . ... 5
Pupils per teacher ......19
Total of teachers salaries $1,000
Salary cost per pupil per month 81
Cost for previous term. =. $4,000
1867 Term
One additional instructor in
academic and commercial
branches ....... l,lVO
Increases in teachers salar-
les, books and supplies due
to increased attendance. =. 500
Total regular expenses for
continuation of work as in
previous term ~ ,.S10.70O
Number instructors ... -. 6
Pupils per teacher ........1S1s u
Total of teachers salaries $3.50
Sal. cost per pupil per month s7.43
The above estimate covers the
same work as was carried On in the
1866 term.
However 1t is necessary TO pro
vide additional temporary quarters
as classroom for the new teacher
in the regular branches. and the
board proposes to make the begin
nings OF an Agricultural Course dur
ing the coming term II possible.
With these added expenses the costs
will be as follows:
Total shown above 49,. =. s1O,7OO
Temporary classroom =. 1850
Agricultural course:
instructor -. .#.'' ...#.'. A'f"V
Equipment and supplies =. LOO
Total for 1916-17 term. sl4,450
Total estimated attendance Iii
Number teachers .....s .....
Pupils per teacher ........,.. 10
Total teachers salaries $9650
Cost per pupil per month $50
The averages for County High
Schools of the State are as follows:
Attendance ...... ....... ...oo "
Teachers 5000. ...... -. "a
Pupils per teacher ........13 10
salaries ..s... ...... -. Sooo'
Cost per pupil per month $s.67
Thus the plans for the Churchill
County High School provide for
greater number of pupils per teach
er by 3. and cost per pupil per
month of 81 90 less than the aver
age for the County High Schools for
the State, while at the same time
providing for courses in domestic
science and agriculture, the latter of
which Is not given in any of the
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CONTINUED on page two
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-03-22
Holds a Record

c. NJ. Way returned last week
from San Francisco. where he has
been for a couple of weeks attend
ing a meeting of the insurance men
of the Coast on vacation at the
expense of his company. Mr.. Way
enjoys the distinction of being the
writer of the largest amount of life
insurance in the Pacific Coast terri
tory in the past year.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-03-22
FIVE COYOTES ARE KILLED
IN LAST sundays DRIVE

The coyote hunt which took place
last Sunday according to schedule re-
suited in the killing of five of the
animals. AS all of the hunting was
done south of the river and In the
districts which have so far been ex-
empt from the appearance of the
rabies, except in one instance, it
would appear that the theory so far
held that so far all the rabid ami
mails are north of the river. would
appear to be the correct one. or
the coyotes killed, one was shot
while the hunting party was this
side of the Hartman ranch, one
north of the Harmon district and
three in the Lone Tree district.
Owing to a misunderstanding, the
party working the Island district
failed to connect and as conse-
ouence although couple of the
normally elusive animals were seen
there they managed to pass the
posse by running around the ends
of the line and escaped to the hills.
None of the parties report having en-
countered animals affected with ra-
bies so far as could be determined
Read the classified advertising
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-03-22
s. P. COMPANY MAY BUILD
RESORT AT PYRAMID LAKE
VIII Ask Permission of Government
to Make Improvements at the Will
lows for Excursionisfs.

4 party of Southern Pacific ofIie-
ials headed by Vice President E. o.
Mccormick and accompanied by
District Freight and Passenger Ag-
ent j. M. Fulton of Reno, are max
ing a tour of inspection of the COM
panys lines in Nevada They are
travelling in private car, which, on
last Sunday was attached to the
northbound local at Fernley and
dropped off at the Sutliffe place on
the west shore of Pyramid lake,
where the party spent the day.
1t develops that the object of the
visit has to do with the project now
in contemplation of building hotel
and resort at the Willows, as the
Sutliffe place is known. The Will
lows has long been a favorite camp
ing place for pieknickers and fish
ing parties. but until the completion
i of the Fernley-Lassen branch line
has been inaccessible to all except
owners of automobiles or parties
who could spare the time to indulge
in few days spent on the road in
/ teams. The great attraction of the
plate has been the fishing, and in
this respect is probably without a
peer in any body of water in the
vest. Although the shores of the
lake and the surrounding noun
tains are totally devoid of trees or
yerdure OF any sort, they still pos
sess charm and attractiveness all
their own. The changing hues of
the water, as it is rippled by the
passing breeze, the Kaleidoscope
colorings of the surrounding noun
tains, with their fantastic rock for
nations, softened and blended by
the indescribable purplish haze that
is characteristic of the desert atmos-
phere, make a picture that has a
strange appeal, and explains why
many prefer Pyramid lake to famed
Tahoe.
Vice President Mccormick ex-
pressed himself as very favorably
| inclined toward the proposition of
making improvements at the Sut-
life place which would include a
new and commodious station house,
with shelters, a substantial hotel
Nth trees and shrubbery, a pier for
fishing and pleasure boats and
walks along the beach. There is an
ample supply of good water at The
willows for drinking and irrigation
purposes and the location would
end itself admirably to general
scheme of Identification The main
and only possible drawback to the
project lies in the fact that the land
is on an Indian reservation and it
would be necessary to secure per-
mission from the government for its
occupation before anything could be
done along these lines It would
seem that this should be easily oh
tanned since it would provide a way
for the Indians to earn money from
fishermen in the capacity of boat
men that are now absent
1t would also seem to be a good
investment for the railroad com
pany, as it would undoubtedly re-
suit in many excursions from the
surrounding towns both north and
south and along the line of the
railroad as far east as Winnemucca,
since close connections could be
provided on train No. from the
East and train No. 6 from the west
at Fernley.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-03-22

The Milos, a family of musical
artists will give a refined musical
entertainment at the Temple theatre
Saturday evening. March 25th. The
company carry their own scenery
and in addition to the musical fea-
lures will present roaring comedy
sketch entitled "The House of Mys-
terry Prices, 25, so and rs cents.
Reserved seats will be on sale Fri
day
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-03-22

Accompanying The above letter
to Mr.. Cam was copy of a letter
addressed by the Governor to th'
department at Washington, as fol
lows:
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-03-22
Mans Skull Punctured

Thursday hight A. C. Conrad, a
piano player at the Star Saloon, suf-
fered a puncture of the skull by
some sharp instrument welded by
S. T. Hathaway, who runs the
gambling games in the Star, says
the Las Vegas Age.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-03-22

Now is the tine for farmers to be
burning weeds ca ditch banks and
other out Of the way and neglected
spots. These places provide ideal
breeding spots for all kinds of de-
etruetive yermin that are just now
coming out under the warmth of the
past week.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-03-22

Elko has ordered a motor driven
fire engine and a hose motor car.
Goldfeld recently installed combi-
nation chemical engine and hose car
also motor driven.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21
Clydesdale Yearling.

and were in good healthy growing
condition when turned out to pasture
in the spring.
When three years old these colts
were worth $3.50 to $500 each. Colts
Of the same age and from the same
mares, but kept on the farm and Civ
en- the usual farm treatment were
worth only $125 to $140 each. Thus
a difference in value Of $125 to S16O
was due to no other reason than the
care given to the horses as colts.
''The horse is made the first Is
months of his life" says DR.. c. w.
McCampbell, assistant professor Of
animal husbandry in the Kansas state
agricultural college. IF he is stunt
ed he never reaches his maximum de.
yelOpment.
'TOo often colts are turned out to
rustic for themselves the first win
ter and all such colts can do is to
keep alive. Their growth is stunted
and they make small ordinary type
of horse"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21
HARVESTING CORN WITH HOGS
Economical and Practical Way Of Fat.
te7ing AnimaIs-Aiso Feed Al.
falfa or Glover.

HOgging down corn is an economi-
cnl and practical way of fattening
hogs and Of harvesting corn. For
best results some supplementary feed
like alfalfa or clover is advisable. If
you have such a field adjoining the
corn field the combination is ideal. If
neither of these crops is available and
you have q stand of rape in the oats
stubble or cOrnstalks, this makes a
good combination. You have to plan
ahead to get this, and many farmers
sow little rape in the corn along in
July, especially If there Is thin stand
Of corn.
In the absence of pasture good re-
suits are obtained from such feeds as
tankage, Oil meal or meat meal. These
can be fed as slop or in self-feed-
err with corn. With both available the
pig will balance the ration to suit him
self and will balance it about right.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21

A good powder consists Of equal parts
of powdered alum. camphor and
starch. Tincture of iodine is good
liquid, but it is best first to smear the
skin around the navel with some neu-
trail fat. Ligating the navel cord is
liable to be followed by serious con-
sequences if especial care in the use
Of aSeptic materials, in diSinfection,
and the above precautions are not fol-
lowed 1t is an unsafe practice for the
farmer. Infection in navel i'll gains
entrance to the cord before the latter
has dried. usually during the first day
after birth. From the navel the infec-
ton is carried to the joints, liver,
lungs. or other parts of the body by
the blood streams, producing second
airy assesses. Symptoms from the
latter may appear in from few days
to q month after the navel is infected.
The chances Of recovery are best when
the symptoms do not appear until the
foal is several weeks old. The NOR
tality is about so per cent.
SCours is common trouble that
often proves fatal in young and weak
colts. There are several possible
causes of this condition, as digestive
troubles of the mother. an overabun-
dant secretion of milk, and allowing
the colt to suckle the mare while she
is warm. The treatment for this con-
SistS of giving a purgative, e. G.. one
to two ounces of castor Oil, to remove
the irritating matter. 1t is advisable
also to give an antiseptic and sooth-
ing agent. A teaspoonful of a mix.
ture of one part of salol to two parts
Of bismuth subnitrate with half an
ounce Of Drowned -four will serve this
purpose. The white of an egg is also
good. Treatment to be successful
must be started early while the colt
is yet strong.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21
kilties the Middle Sex.

The following incident has been re-
lated by Capt. Alexander Weel, Thir-
teenth battalion, Canadian expedition
AIRY forces, Royal Highlanders of Can
ada:
The majority Of the people in
France look at the kiities with awe.
After gazing at Us for some time one
of the women remarked that the crazy
English We're sending women over to
fight for them; the second quickly re-
piled that that couldn't be so, for there
was Il man with beard. At that q
third woman shook her head rather
solemnly for q few moments and then
suddenly exclaimed rather loudly: I
have it; they are the middle-sex.'
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21

ANIMALS
DESTROYING VERMIN ON HOGS
Crude Oil, Mixed With Equal Volume
Of Warm Water Is One Of Best
Known Applications.

Crude oil is one OF the best appIica-
tons for killing lice on hogs. 1t is
sometimes used on cattle, though less
often. Use it mixed with an equal
volume of warm water. Apply with
~ag. sponge or spray pump.
For quicker but less thorough work
it can simply be poured on from a
kerosene cav and allowed to run down
the sides. For large number of ami
mails, use dipping tank or hog olier.
Crude oil makes dark stains, ana is
objected to by some men who keep
white hogs. One gallon of crude car
holic acid added to each barrel OF Oil
makes it more effective.
Machine oil mixed with Kerosene,
half and half can be used in the same
way. Pure kerosene is too harsh on
the skin.
Tobacco infusion is an old reliable
remedy. Soak tobacco stems for l.
hours in water. using one pound stems
to two gallons water, then bring the
water to boiling for a few minutes,
and let it cool This detection can be
used on all kinds of animals, applied
by hand or as dip.
With all these preparations, the
treatment should be repeated after
one week. Most of the lice will be
killed the first time, but not all the
lice eggs.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21
Shire Mare and Foa Waiting to Go Into Judging Ring

CBv DIR A. r. HANER. Veterinary De-
partment, Idaho Agricultural College)
AS Il general rule the handling of
the pregnant mare will not differ ma
terially from that of the unpregnaht
animal. Practices of feeding or ham
ding which are dangerous to one may
other. 1t is best to allow the mare to
perform her usual work until within
a few days of fOaling time. but in the
latter part of the period of pregnancy
prevent straining while working, and
take especial care to prevent the feed
ing Of moldy or muSty hay or grain.
Both these factors may endanger the
life of the fetuS and the mother by
causing abortion.
Where weather conditions permit,
it is best to allow the mare to give
birth in the pasture; but be sure the
pasture does not include the barn
yard. The next best place is a large
well-construCted box stall, well bedded
with bright straw. In regions where
navel i'll is frequent it would be policy
to thoroughly diSinfect the walls and
floor of the stall and the external gent
tai organs, the udder, the tail and the
hind quarters Of the mare a few days
before birth time. 1t is well to cut
the mares ration to one-half for q few
days before and after birth. '~.
In preventing navel i'll in addition
to the above some advocate the appli-
cation Of powders, others of liquids to
the navel shortly after birth. In either
case the agents are both disinfectant
and somewhat astringent. Before ap-
plying either there are two precau-
tons that are necessary: First, be
sure to disinfect your hands before
handling the navel. Second, squeeze
the jelly from the cord as is a ia
vOrable medium for bacterial growth.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21
SH0RN LAMBS SOON
REGAIN LOST WEIGHT
Experiment Recently Made al
Nebraska Station Establishes
Truth of Old Theory.

The old idea that a shorn lamb will
regain in week or ten days the
weight of the wool removed from it
at shearing time was INDICATED re-
Gently in an experiment at the Ne
braska state experiment station. Five
lots of twelve lambs each were used
in the experiment, each lot fed r. little
differently.
As the lambs were too heavy to hold
for the experiment, there was an aver.
age loss of cents per animal, but
the fact that the lambs did especially
well after the fleeces were removed
proved the old theory. The daily gain
was 81 pound.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21
CREAM GRADING HAS
BECOME NECESSARY
Better Prices Stimulate Farmer
in Obtaining Improved Breed
Of Dairy Cattle.

tBy L. G. RINKLE. Missouri College of
Agriculture)
The American farmer who sells
cream should insist that the creamery
grade his cream. This will tend to Gull
out the poor quality of cream and
make possible a better grade of but
ter. Give the creamery good grade
of cream and they can make a good
grade Of butter. Good butter sells
for high price, therefore top prices
can be paid for the cream. Better
cream prices stimulate the farmer in
obtaining better dairy cattle and in
crease the desire for a more careful
study of economical milk production.
The close grading of cream has be-
come absolutely necessary. Within
the last few years creamery butter of
the United States has been meeting
with greater competition from foreign
butter. Butter from Siberia, Aus
tralia, Denmark and South America
has come to our shores by the ship
load and sold in our large markets
alongside American made butter. 1t
has poured into the United States on
both the eastern and western coasts.
Imported butter does not reach our
markets in as fresh condition as our
own butter, consequently the majority
OF 1t sells as second grade. In many
cases it leaves the point of production
as first-class article, but is so long
In transit that it deteriorates and ar
rives as second-grade butter. Unfor-
tunately the greater part of American.
made butter is also second grade. This
Is not because 1t cannot reach the mar
ket at once, but because it is made
from q poor quality of cream. The
American farmer is not producing as
good quality Of cream as his foreign
brother.
First-grade butter is still in big de.
mand in this country and the pro.
ducers of good butter are realizing q
nice margin in price over the producers
of second-grade butter. Because of
foreign competition with our second.
grade butter the difference in price be-
tween first grade and second grade is
wide. Foreign competition has not
materially increased the supply of
first grades.
Because of our poor markets for
second.grade butter the farmers in
every community should compel their
creamery to grade the cream, and
should do all in their power to see
that every farmer produces only first.
grade cream. Then and only then
will that creamery be able to pay top
prices for cream.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21

to me at times. Lydia L. PinKham
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills re-
stored me to health and | want to thank
you for the good they have done me. !
have had quite bit of trouble and
worry but it does not affect my youth
full looks. My friends say why do you
look so young and well?' / owe it all
to the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies. -
Mrs. RoBT. SToPIEL, Moore Avenue,
Washington Park, Illinois.
We wish every woman who suffers
from female troubles, nervousness,
backache or the blues could see the let
tiers written by women made we'll by Ly-
dia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound
If you have any symptom about which
YOU would like to know write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free OF
charge.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21

only takes about three yards Of wolfe
yard wide to make the body and
sleeves. Any other sheer fabric will
answer the purpose as well as wolfe,
and there are numberless cotton
weaves, including challie, Organdie,
lawn, batiste, null and crepe, that are
printed with all sorts of flower pat
terms.
The jacket pictured is plain with
long shoulder seams and three-Quarter
length sleeves. 1t Is cut to hang
straight from the shoulders, and gath
cred in at the waistline by a ribbon
run through casing. The casing is
made by stitching q strip of the mate
rial to the under side Of the jacket.
The neck is trimmed to q V shape at
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21

The tailored suit is Of perennial In
terest for it IS much the same and
must reach the same standards in all
walks Of life. Nothing that women
wear meets SO many critical eyes, and
women step down and up to a com
mon level when they Wear correct
street clothes. Therefore the tailored
suit is to be most carefully selected.
Wherever else she may be forced to
practice economy every woman should
give as much as she can for good ma
terial and good style in her tailored
suits. Thanks to manufacturers there
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-07-21
GOOD HORSE SENSE
FOR The HORSEMAN
Among Other Things to Carefully
Observe Is Manner Of Feed
ing and Care of Feet.

(By H. PRESTON HOSKINS. Minnesota
Agricultural College.)
Don't overload your horses.
Don't feed too much corn In hot
weather.
Don't make sudden changes in the
feed.
Don't keep your horses in poorly
ventilated stables.
Don't feed grain to warm horses.
Give them hay first.
Don't allow the harness, especially
the collar, to chafe, nor neglect to
clean the harness once in q while.
Don't expect your horses to relish
their feed unless the managers are
clean.
Don't let your horses drink large
amount Of water on coming into the
stable very warm. Allow them to cool
off a bit first.
Don't allow young horses to wear a
set of shoes more than a month. Have
them removed, the hoofs leveled, and
the shoes reset if they are worth it.