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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
FRANK G. H0UGH Is NOW
LOCATED IN NEW POSITION

4 letter posted at Pittsburgh, Pa.
from former Project Manager Frank
G. Hough, just received, announces
that he is on his way to Billings
Montana, to assume the duties of his
new position after a month spent at
headquarters in Washington, D. c..
after a few days spent in Denver.
Mr. Hough writes Interestingly of
his months sojourn in Washington
and states that his observations led
him to the conviction that there is
less attention paid to food conserva-
tion at the Capital than in any part
of the country he has visited.
lie also says that the department
at Washington is greatly interested
in the progress of the irrigation dis
triet movement and cannot under
stand the apparent lack of interest
on the part of the settlers in this
very vital question touching the fu-
ture success of the project.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
IFALLON IS IN Line FOR A
VILLAGE MAIL DELIVERY
Arrangements Can Be Made ii Pa
irons VIII Evince a Desire for
Its Inauguration

Postmaster Likes has received ad-
vices from Washington that Falion
is in line for village delivery sys-
tenn as soon as the people conform
to certain civic Improvements, such
as sidewalks, cross walks and street
signs and numbers.
After application for this service
is received a postal inspector will
make an investigation and If con-
vinced that the requirements will be
met within a reasonable length of
time will recommend its Inaugural
ton.
Patrons of the service must agree
to provide a suitable receptacle for
mail or a slot in the door, so that
delivery may be made by the carrier
even when the householder Is alb
sent.
The government will also provide
sufficient number of mail boxes in
which mail may be deposited and
collections made by the carrier at
regular intervals.
What is known as a village deliv-
cry includes all offices at which the
postal receipts aggregate $1,000 per
annum. Fallon is now a second class
Office and the postal receipts are
nearly double the requirements
necessary for a village delivery.
The salary of the local carrier for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1918,
is fixed at $50 per month and no
uniform Is required. After one
years satisfactory service this is in
creased at the rate of $50 per an
num- Parcels not of prohibitive size
are delivered, and IL too large. no.
tice of Call for Package" is left
with the mail.
No special form of application is
necessary, but 1t should be shown
that the service is generally desired
by the residents. Postmaster Likes
is especially interested as it will re-
lease a large number of boxes in the
local Office and thus lessen the de-
mands upon the general delivery
window, and at the same time practi-
cally providing him with the services
of an additional clerk.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
SUGAR FACTORY TO END
SEASONS RUN SUNDAY
Company Already Planning to Oper-
ate Next Year: Many Improve
ments to be Added

Next Sunday the Nevada-Utah
Sugar Company will shut down its
factory thus bringing to a close the
campaign of 1917.
The total output will be approx
mately $4,000 sacks and although
this is below the estimates made in
the early part of the season it aver
ages well with the production in
other sections, notably Utah.
The many difficulties entering into
this falling off in percentage in this
section are familiar to the growers
yet it is the belief of the officials of
the company that a repetition of
these may not again occur.
The problem of labor retarded the
proper cultivation of the crop at the
most serious period of it's develop
ment but reports from farming sec
tions in every state prove that this
trouble was not peculiarly a local
one
The officers of the company are
so optimistic regarding the future
of the industry in this valley that al
ready they are planning extensive
improvements in many departments
of their plant.
These officials claim tn, , when the
farmers realized the bene IS to their
Iand frop, tho cultivation of ouuar
beets in rotation with other crops
that no further inducement need be
offered for increased sugar beet ac-
rage. From reliable statistics at
hand they assert that the yield of
farms so cultivated show an increase
In productiveness of from 25 to 35
per cent.
The company has been greatly
encouraged the past week through
the voluntary pledges of many beet
growers to not only plant beets next
year but to largely increase their
acreage in this crop. Contracts for
the season of 1918 will soon be ready
and it is the intention of the COM
pany to confer with the growers with
a view of perfecting business rela-
tions between them and the company
that will prove both beneficial and
harmonious.
The financial benefit to the COM
munity at large of a factory with
monthly pay roll totaling thousands
of dollars should not be overlooked
and 1t is hoped that the new con-
tracts may be so framed as to induce
the growers to do their part toward
continuance here of this industry.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
WORKERS ARE NEEDED At
RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS

The Churchill County Red Cross
Chapter which meets Tuesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays, 1880 D. N.
to 6 p. m, asks all patriotic women.
whether members of the Red Cross
or non-members. TO come to the
Chapter building on those days to
give their aid in the splendid work
being accomplished by the Red Cross
and which is so urgently needed for
the welfare of the brave men and
boys in the American Army.
There are various kinds of work
SO that all may help, and no one
need remain at home because they
are not expert needle women.
MRS. A. J. AIKENS,
Chairman of the Work Room.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
HAzEN SCHOOL FINISHED;
EVENT TO Be CELEBRATED
Social Dance Next Saturday viii
Mark Informal Opening of Hand
some New Structure

The new Hazen School is complet-
ed and nearly ready for occupancy
there remaining but the class room
equipment to be installed before as
sembling the pupils in their differ
ent classes.
The building itself is a credit to
our neighboring district, its interior
arrangements having been designed
with a view toward the comfort OF
pupils and teachers and the exterior
finish of stucco giving a most pleas
ing effect to its outlines.
The site was wisely chosen it Ie-
ing centrally located carrying out the
purpose OF making the distances
from the homes of the children
equally just to all.
The school trustees are to be
commended for the patience and per-
sistenee displayed throughout many
trying months of difficulties that at
times threatened to indefinitely de-
ley the completion of the building,
but these were finally overcome with
the result that the Hazen school dis
trict has a structure that will serve
its purpose for many years
In the nature of dedication cere-
monies, a social dance will be given
in the new building next Saturday
night the proceeds from which will
be given to the Red Cross. A large
number from Fallon are planning to
attend the opening on that night and
a record attendance is looked for.
A supper follows the dance. Jew
etts orchestra will provide the stimu-
lus for dancing and the hospitality
for which Hazen is known gives
ample assurance of delightful
evening.
The school trustees ere George
Dobbs, president, Mrs. A. Pyle, clerk,
and e. Heidenrich
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
BIG CHRISTMAS DRIVE FOR
RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP
Nation Wide Campaign to Add Ap-
proximately 100000 Names
To Muster Roll

A nation wide Christmas member
ship drive has been planned by tn,
Red Cross war council The buildinl
up of Red Cross membership to o.,
! 10000 in the United States is tho
i goal of the compaign. This mean.
an addition of approximately To-,
100000 names to present muster
roll.
The drive starts December II
and will continue increasingly to
| Christmas eve. The general fea.
lures of the membership campaign
were worked out and approved at a
conference at national headquarters
of Red Cross in which representa-
tives of each Red Cross division OF
continental United States partici-
pated
A national Christmas membership
drive committee has been appointed
by the war council to have general
charge of planning and later con-
Quoting the whole campaign. Theo.
n. Vail, president of the American
Telegraph and Telephone company,
has accepted the chairmanship and
DR.. H. N. MaeCracken, president of
Vassar college. will be executive sec
retary.
Other members of the committed
are: His Eminence, Cardinal James
Gibbons; Bishop William Lawrence,
Boston; DR.. Henry Van Dyke, former
minister to the Netherlands, Prince
ton, N. j.; John A. Britton, San
Francisco; Benjamin Gratz, st.
Louis; Ban Johnson, Chicago; Her.
vey Lindley, Seattle; John Mitchell.
New York City
Make 1t a Red Cross Christmas
is to be the recruiting slogan. Ev-
eryone taking out membership in
the Red Cross during the drive peri
cd known as a Christmas Member
and efforts practically will be limit
ed to securing annual members pay
ing annual dues of 81, or 50 in case
of subscribing for magazine men,
bers.
During Red Cross week in June
the s100.0O0.000 mark set by the
war council was oversubscribed and
gave assurance of a national interest
in Red Cross work, which should
make the Christmas membership
drive fully as successful.
1t is felt that people will be think
ing of service rather than festivities
and that minds generally will be
turned to the battle fields of Europe
and especially to our own soldiers
and sailors. It Is believed therefore
that the country will be in frame
of mind at Christmas time to give
expression TO all its anxiety and hope
by showing and renewing evidence of
its support of the Red Cross.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
EXHIBITS WORKING MODEL
OF WALKING FARM TRACTOR
Many New Mechanical Features Are
Embodied In Machine Which
Will Soon BE On Market

A working model of the Walking
Farm Tractor abs been on exhibition
at local store during the past week
and has attracted a great deal of at
tention because of the novel mechan-
ieal principles involved and the sim
plicity of construction
The new tractor is correctly nam
ed, inasmuch as it actually walks
over the ground and is literally a
steel horse with sixteen legs propell-
ed by a gasoline engine, although
the model is operated by a small
electric motor. The particular mer-
its claimed by the inventor Mr.. Lou
Gardner, for his machine over the
tracklaying or wheel type of tractor
lies in the increased tractive power
resulting from the combination of
units always in contact with the
ground, much as horse pulls, or as
stake driven in the ground is
stronger than a corrugated wheel in
its pulling power.
Tie machine can be opearted up
en- wheels when travelling along a
road without a load. but in active
service the wheels are raised from
the ground. The tracl.Ye power of
the model driven by a miniature mo-
tor is remarkable even on i smooth
cloth covered table and it can be
readily understood that the power
would be infinitely multiplied in a
full sized machine.
The machine is adapted to al
classes of work which the ordinary
farm tractor is called upon TO per
form, giving, according to the in.
ventor, at least 80 per cent more
traetive power with 90 per cent less
gasoline consumption.
The walking tractor is not an ex
pertinent, but is now In practical op-
GRAFTON in Germany, where 1900 Of
a similar model we're in use before
the war a number of Fallon peo-
n.e are interested In the new tractor
md before long a practical machine
iii be placed upon the market, be-
ing calculated to sell for approx
mately $1,000.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
ANOTHER PASSENGER AND
MAIL TRAIN REQUESTED
Movement for Early Morning Train
To Reno. Returning to Fallon
Same Night

The question of additional passen-
ger and mail train service between
Fallon and Reno is being seriously
agitated, and it is determined to
bring the matter before the railroad
officials and urge immediate relief
Those who have given thought to
the problem claim that there are
many reasons for favorable action
by the Southern Pacific company
upon the presentation of such a petit
tion chief among them being the
growing Importance of Fallon as a
shipping point
Tonnage reports on file give evil
dence that this terminal has long
since shed its swaddling garments
and town that averages daily, for
several months of the year, 7 full
car loads of outgoing freight is en-
titled to rank with cities bearing an
important relation to the transpor-
talon company.
The objection has been raised at
times by the railway officials that an
additional train would be run at a
loss and while not admitting the cor
rectness of their judgment in this,
the leaders in this movement con-
tend that our Importance as ship
ping point entities us to a better
train service
The need of an additional passen-
ger train is undisputed as under ex-
isting conditions any one having
business in Reno, no matter how
simple its nature or brief the time
required in closing it, the trip now
involves a matter of two days be-
tween the two cities.
The plan as outlined is to have a
train or motor leave Fallon at an
early morning hour making suitable
connections at Hazen with a train to
arrive in Reno at the opening of
business.
Such an arrangement would allow
for full day in that city and enable
one to take advantage of any theatri-
cl attractions or for social visits in
the evening and return the same
night to Fallon even though the
hour of arrival be late.
1t is beyond argument that the
growth of a city has never yet been
developed by poor train service and
it is equally true that in the growth
of community the railroad shares
abundantly.
The commercial development of
Fallon has been so gradual as to pass
almost unnoticed by our own citizens
and recently upon the publication of
outgoing tonnage reports from Fal-
Ion, these were of such large totals
as to astound many who considered
themselves familiar with our bust
mess activities.
Another point which should not
be lost sight of and one of equal
benefit to Reno, is that under the
present conditions our merchants can
receive as prompt service from San
Francisco as from Reno with which
city their preference as trading
center lies.
A committee will undertake the
presentation of this petition to the
Southern Pacific Company, and con-
fidently believe that with united ac-
ton on the part of this community
that relief will be granted.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
LETTER FROM GEO. KENEIPP
TELLS OF BOY SCOUT WORN

A letter from Geo. Keneipp brings
the information that on his arrival
in Oakland pleasant surprise
awaited him in the form of being
designated Office Secretary, giving
him entire charge of Office work and
IS he states an opportunity to de-
yelop his own ideas of Office routine.
He writes that Oakland contrib
ties $4,000 yearly for the work of
he Boy Scouts, pay all expenses of
&c boys on their camping trips, pay
alaries of officers and maintain
BEAUTIFULLY furnished Offices. He
1romises to spend his vacation In
Fallon hoping to renew the many
riendships formed during his stay
here.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
NJ. +. Church Services

Mrs. l.. L. Brigham will have
charge of the music and singing at
morning and evening services next
Sunday. You are invited. Sunday
school will commence at 10 a. m.
sharp and league at $50 p. m. c. A.
Dimond has taken charge of the Boy
Scouts and will teach the class form
erly taught by Geo. Keneipp.
]. A. WACHOB, Patsor.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
HARRY MORRIS BUYS DRUG
STORE AT SANTA MONICA

Harry B.. Morris, formerly with the
Morris & Loring Drug Company of
this city, has recently purchased a
drug store at Santa Monica, Cal, and
writes that he is doing a good bust
ness and living in the incest place in
the world. He is located but one
block from the ocean and on Decem-
ber 5th they were enjoying summer
weather with lots of people in bath
ing.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
WARNING TO RfCISTRANTS
UNDER new REGULATIONS
Ignorance Cannot be Pleaded as an
Excuse for Failure to Comply
With the Law

There seems to be q misundeI-
standing in certain quarters regard
ing the provisions of the new Selec-
tive Service regulations insofar as it
affects registrants who have not been
examined or called to the service
Some apparently have the impress
sion that a Reorganization is re-
qaired This is an error The same
serial numbers will govern as in ali
previous calls, and the only change
made insofar as it affects the status
of the registrant is that all previous
exemptions are revoked and rendered
void. On next Saturday a certain
proportion of the registrants viii re-
oeiye a booklet containing a list of
questions which they are required TO
answer and return TO the Local
Board within seven days from its re-
ceipt. These questionnaires will be
mailed out from time TO time until
each of the 476 registrants in this
county have been called in tho order
Of their serial numbers.
In order that no one shall lie de.
prlved of an opportunity to avail
themselves OF all their rights under
the law, legal advisory committee
of three attorneys has been appoint
ed in each district, who will serve
without compensation to advise al.
iegistrants and assist them in max
ing out their answers to the ques
tions. Judge T. c. Hart, George J.
Kenny and A. L. Haight comprise
tie advisory committee for church,
county. incidentally II may be stat
ed that the members of the Loca
Board are expressly prohibited from
assisting registrants In the prepara-
ton OF their answers.
A recent letter to the exemption
board from Adjutant General Su II
van warns all reglstrants who may
have changed L cir residence or
postoffice address to conimunioata
Immediately with their local boards
so that questionnaires may be mailed
to them starting December 15.
Registrants are bound by the law
TO keep themselves advised of all
proceedings in respect TO. them and
failure TO do so may result in their
losing right to claim exemption or
discharge. AS under the former
rules governing the draft ignorance
of the new regulations cannot be
pleaded as an excuse for disobeying
them and valuable privileges will be
forfeited by persons who fail to keep
themselves informed and In this way
fail to observe the provisions of the
new regulations.
1T will be observed that the new
selective regulations apply to every
person who was of draft age on June
8. 1917 who has not been sent to
mobilization camp, and specifically
provides that all those heretofore ex-
amined. selected, exempted or dis
charged by local or district boards
MUST fill out and file the question
naires, which will be mailed to them
by the local boards; and the respon
sibility for obtaining the question
naire rests solely and entirely with
the registrant."
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12

According TO the Department of
Agriculture, rats and mice destroy
each year property worth more than
5000, 200. 900. equaling the gross
earnings of an army of 100000 men.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12

D. c. Henny Consulting Engineer
of the U. S. Reclamation Service
18th headquarters In Portland ar
ived yesterday and will remain a
a few days
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the BANK OF FALLON,
Fallon, Nevada, will be held in their
banking rooms, Monday, January
7th, 1918, at $50 o'clock p. m. for
the purpose of the election of Direc-
tors for the ensuing year and for
such other business as shall proper
ly come before IT,
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12
NO TREsSPASsING

All persons are hereby notified
that all hunting or tresspassing on
the Freeman Ranch at Saltwater is
strictly forbidden.
John w. Freeman Co., Inc.
BY F. J. MeDermott, Manager.
Fallon, Nevada, Sept. /, 1917. 6m.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12

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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-12-12

Get your plumbing done by a II.
censed plumber. ]. P. Doyle 34tf
Phone Ga.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-30

tree. Before whipping him the leader
said:
In the name of the women and the
children of Belgium and France we
strike"
There were ten lashes across his
bare back.
After the beating his kidnapers in
structed him to go to a certain house,
Bigelow said, but fearing more" was
in store for him, he went in the op-
posite direction and finally made his
way to the office of DR.. j. II. Grant
of Florence. where he remained the
rest of the night
Bigelow returned to Cincinnati this
afternoon and was in consultation
with his attorneys He refused to
make any further statement.
BigelOw was accompanied to New
port last night by Vernon J. Ross of
Kansas City and Prof. e. j. Cantrell
of Indianapolis His friends were
dazed by his sudden abduction. AS the
automobile in which he was a captive
sped away Bigelow leaned out and
under arrest"
A few nights previous in Cincinnati
| BigelOw was stopped in the middle OF
an address by police. A day later
federal officers raided his home and
confiscated many papers.
In view of these preceding instances
his friends and followers did not sus-
pect that other than federal officials
had taken him prisoner. Therefore
no efforts were made to follow.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-30
General Greene
Makes Vice Charge
Commander at Camp Lewis Says Sc
attic Officials and Wicked Women
Are in Ring.

SEATTLE, WASH, Oct. 29.-MajOr
General II. Greene, commanding
Camp Lewis near Tacoma. has drop
ped a bomb among political circles
here today by his published state
ments that high authorities here are
mixed up in a huge vice ring. Ma
jor General Greene declared that 2400
women were plying an illegal trade
in this city and that these authori-
ties were profiting from their pres
ence here.
Unless this vice ring ISIS on sup
pressed l will order my men to stay
away from Seattle" he said.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-30
Mclean Endorses
the Storing Plan

There is no immediate relief in the
car shortage for the shipment Of
spuds," said County Agent Mclean,
land / would urge upon every farmer
and every resident of the city to store
from three to ten sacks of spuds in
their cellars as quickly as possible.
The thing to emphasize now is haste,
for a freeze is liable to do thousands
of dollars worth of damage to the pO-
tatO crop.
Il talked with the state food com
mission, and they promised to furnish
cars as rapidly as possible but they
give no definite promises. When they
do furnish cars, they will not be re
frigerator cars, but box cars, so that
tho danger Of freezing spuds is not re-
moved even after they are on board
the cars. 1t is not satisfactory to store
the spuds in pits for then they can
not be taken out to ship until in the
spring If every resident will store
sDuds to help relieve the situation the
surplus can then be shipped when cars
can be had and the price will be bet
ter than it is now