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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
MANY RECISTUANTS ARE
LISTED AS DEL|NQUfNTS

Although the time has expired for
the return of the questionnaires, the
Local Board is daily In receipt of
belated returns from registrants in
more distant localities II has been
the policy of the Board to extend ev-
cry possible altitude to these delin-
quents, as it is realized that most, il
not all. are due to misunderstand-
ing or to the fact that the registrants
have ignorantly neglected to ac-
quaint the Board of change of res
idence and hence have not received
their questionnaires.
However there is a limit to the
powers of the Board in this respect
and IL has no choice but to send the
following names up to the Adjutant
General as delinquents within the
next few days. BY this action all
these young men will lose their
rights and automatically be induct-
ed into the military service of the
United States Here is the list of
those whose questionnaires have
either not been returned to the
Board properly filled out or which
have been delivered by the postmas-
ter at their last known address
Friends or acquaintance of these
men knowing their present where
abouts should Immediately notify
them of the seriousness of their pre-
dicament:
Sabine Carral, Tom Takeuchi,
Juan Toribio. Louis Ramioez, Felix
Brzyski, Bartolo Murillo, Angel Bas-
ques, Frank Roldez, Arthur Beier.
Charley Dill. Wong Sing, Adolph
Lemke, s. Toksota, Antonio Bello,
Andres Barirentos. Chas. II. Doty,
Catasino De La Tore, Pascuale Con
zalis, Otto B. Anderson, Martini
Ortega, William ]. Simpson.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
SALE OF FRUIT CAKES
FOR THE RED CROSS

Under the direction of the local
Red Cross Chapter a sale of fruit
cakes will be held next Saturday,
January 10, at Mrs. Ferguson's 8
store.
These represent balance of the
large number prepared and for
warded to the soldiers for Christ
mas, but the frequent transfer of the
boys in the various camps. made II
difficult to obtain correct addresses
to which this number could have
been sent.
1t is needless to add that these
cakes we're perpared with the one
thought of making them a tooth
some morsel for the boys in camp.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
REDUCTIONS ORDERED IN
PRICES OF MILL PRODUCTS
Action Taken as a Measure for the
Relief of Poultry Raisers and
Stockmen OF the West

The following bulletin has been
sent out by Henry NJ. Hoyt. Federal
Food Administrators for Nevada, fix
Ing the prices on bran. shorts, mid
diings, as the result of a meeting re-
Gently held in San Francisco. which
was called to remove the confusion
existing in the minds of consumers
regarding the rules and regulations
lar No. G. and are applicable to all
Nevada mills:
As measure for the immediate
relief of California farmers, poultry
raisers and stockmen. new maximum
prices at the mill on bran, mid
dlings, shorts and mixed feeds were
fixed at a conference between S. B..
McNear, Chairman of the Milling Di-
vision of the United States Food Ad-
ministration for the State, and a doz
en- representative millers.
The new prices became effective
Tuesday, January s, and show an ay-
erage reduction on each class OF
feed of approximately 81 per ton
over prices three weeks ago when
rules were promulgated regulating
prices of wheat by-produets based on
the price of wheat itself, and are as
follows:
Bran ........... s34.35 per ton
Shorts ........ 1856 per ton
Mixed Feed ....ss37.3s per ton
Middlings =. s4f.5o-42.50 per ton
These prices applicable 10 San
Francisco. Sacramento and Stockton,
are for cash at the mill In carload
lots, and include sackihg, with an ad
ditiohal rate of 30 cents per ton In
less than carload lots. Consumers
will be able to purchase the classes
of feeds enumerated at these prices,
which are based on costs plus
lust" profit to the wholesaler.
When purchases are made through
dealers. 1t was announced, the deal
ers' reasonable profit will be added
II believe that with sensible oper-
alton of the milling industry ard
proper distribution, eliminating the
speculative element, the output of
mill feeds will be sufficient to keep
poultry and dairymen supplied" Nc
Near said.
In reply to reports that bran and
middlings were scarce. the meeting
developed that bran was In sufficient
supply at the present time to meet
the demand. The output of mid
dlings apparently is slightly less
than present demand, but increased
production of middlings is expected.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
DISCOVERY OF OIL SHALE
NEAR EAST GATE RANCH
Surface Samples Tested Said to
Yield Eighty-fiye Barrels Oil
to Ton of Shale

A discovery that promises to out
rank in Importance to the State of
Nevada any that have been made in
the mineral field, is that of rich
oil bearing shale about 5S miles
east of Fallon and about three miles
south of the Lincoln Highway near
the East Gate ranch.
The belt of oil shale lands has
so far been traced over a length of
about ten miles and has a known
width of about four miles. The dis
eoyery was made by Messrs. George
Baker, George Schweiss, F. NJ. Dun
can and Ed Cavanaugh recently and
they have interested a number of
Reno people with them.
Diamondiield Jack Davis, who has
recently visited the scene of the dis
eovery states that he is informed by
one of the discoverers that tests re-
Gently made at the University show
SO gallons of oil to the ton of shale.
The samples so far taken are from
the surface and as the oil is volatile,
it is only reasonable to presume that
there has been a considerable loss in
natural teaching and that depth
would increase this yield to more
than double. Such is the lay of the
land that the material can be hand
led by steam shovel and experiments
have demonstrated that it can be
treated for about one dollar per ton.
AS the supply of the oil bearing
shale is practically inexhaustible, 1t
would seem that the developments
of the field presents great possibili-
ties and will solve the fuel problems
of this great inter-mountain region
now dependent on outside coal and
oil fields for their supply.
The extracted oil Is said to have
a parafne base and is high grade,
while the shale burns readily and
can be used for fuel in the process
of extraction.
A large section of the country has
already been located, but naturally
the value of these lands will depend
upon the erection of a distillation
plant, The plans for which are said
to be already under way The peo-
pie of this section will watch devel-
opments with considerable interest.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
District Court Calendar

In the matter of the people against
Antonio Almada. argument was had
on demurrer filed by E. E. Winters,
attorney for plaintiff.
Demurrer overruled and trial set for
January 16.
Clerk was ordered to draw 30
names for jury duty.
Letters of administration were is
sued to Flora Morriss in the estate
of Charles Morriss, and bond was
filed in the sum of $4,000.
In the matter of Anton Christen-
sen VS.. VIM. c. Boman ct al, judg-
ment was found for plaintiff in the
sum of $4,000 and interest amount
ing to s403.20. and costs of action.
together with attorneys fees which
court fixes at $4,000.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
THE THRIFT STAMP SPEAKS

l go with the soldier across the sea.
And a hundred million fight through
me,
l carry the gun for his hand to hold,
And the blanket TO shield him
against the cold.
Where blood and anguish and fire
are blent,
take him food when his strength
is spent.
I stand by his side when his senses
reel.
And the wounds that he bears
haste to heal.
| am Duty, armed for a bitter fight,
l am freedom, holding the torch of
light;
am Sacrifice, bringing a priceless
gift
am Love, In the form of a Nations i
Thrift.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
CREENHEAD CLUB TO HOLD
BIG RABBIT DRIVE SUNDAY
Plan to Market Carcasses and Pelts,
Donating Proceeds to Local
Red Cross Fund

At first glance it would seem like
far cry from a rabbit drive to pa
| triotism, yet the Greenhead Club has
proven the intimate relation between
these two objects. in the many sided
event planned for next Sunday.
The club is completing arrange
ments for a rabbit drive on that day
that will be more general In its
scope than any ever before attempt
ed In this section the intention be-
ing to cover various parts of the
valley and SO far as possible make a
thorough clean up of the pests that
have wrought havoc in the crops and
are multiplying to an enormous ex-
tent.
In addition to the great benefit to
the farmers resulting from this cam
paign the club plans to sell the car
casses and hides, the proceeds from
the sale to be donated TO the Church
Ill County Red Cross Chapter. Al
ready officials of the club have tax
en- the matter up with one of the
large dealers In San Francisco with
view toward obtaining the top
market price for the results of the
days shooting, and to receive the
promise to accpet deliyt.y of what
is expected to be total Of not less
than a thousand CT these voracious
animals.
II is also planned TO give three
prizes for the best shooting of the
day, the first to be of $500; second,
$500; and third, s2.0o,
The club views this drive as one
In which every farmer In the valley
Is pecuniarily interested and there
fore urges the attendance next Sun
day of every one who feels himself
capable of reducing the rabbit cen-
sus.
Boys who are willing to act as re-
of battle in cars and many such lads
are needed.
The cavalcade will meet in Fallon
at o'clock Sunday morning and
will start for the hunting grounds
about 8 o'clock. but if any persons
living at distance prefer to meet
the hunters in their districts 1t is re-
quested that they notify members of
the club in order that their services
may be utilized as captains, these
residents no doubt being better in
formed as to their respective locali-
ties.
No more beneficial or worthy un-
dertaking could enlist the attention
of our community and there is no
question but that the results will
fulfil the expectations of the origi-
nators of 1t.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
WALSH BILL NOT A MENACE
TO NEVADA SHALE CLAIMS

a telegram was received by Frank
Middleton from Senator Pittman in
which the latter says that the Walsh
oil land bill, which recently passed
the Senate, in no way affects this
section. Senator Pittman's telegram
came in reply to a telegram signed
by fifty citizens. nearly all of whom
are interested in shale locations, ask
ing that the Nevada representatives
in Congress use their endeavors to
defeat the bill, as 1t was believed
that all locations of shale made since
the first of September would be
rendered invalid should the bill be-
come a law.-Elko Independent.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
BANK OF fALLOh HOLDS
ITS FIRST ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders Of the Bank OF Fallon was
held on Monday of last week, at
which a board of directors was elect
ed for the ensuing year. With two
exceptions the old board was re-elect
ed and is now composed as follows:
|. H Kent. F. NJ. Wightman, E. l..
Bingham. e. s. Hartman, w. c..
Grimes, Thos. c. O'Connor. Jr., and
c. E. Towle. w. c. Grimes was
elected to the place made vacant by
the resignation of ]. w. Yannoy and
C. e. Towle succeeded DR.. A. Gibson,
now In the army.
I. H. Kent was reelected presi-
dent and F. M. Wightman vice-pres-
ident, Fred Brob. cashier and C. E.
Bingham. assistant.
Although In business but six
months the Bank of Fallon has had
q remarkably healthy growth. show
ing deposits of $141.02S34 at the
close of business December S1st,
and loans TO the amount of s86,-
20515 on the same date. with total
resources of s191.44S.S6.
Perhaps no better index of the
vastly improved financial condition
of this section over that of former
years could be offered than that af-
forded by the Increased deposits in
our banks and the effect is notice
able in every line of industry in the
valley
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
WELCOME STORMS DRfNCH
THIS VALLEY AND STATE
or Untold Value to Stockmen; Bright
Outlook For Next Years
Crops

Nature smiled generously on this
valley and upon the state generally
through the storms of Saturday and
Sunday.
The benefit to the entire state is
of untold value and to none were
these storms more welcome than to
the stockmen.
Sheep and cattle have been hard
pressed to find feeding ground and
this drenching of the ranges will
supply an abundance of pasturage
that comes most opportunely. as had
the storm been much longer delayed
enormous losses of stock was inevi-
table.
Farmers generally are rejoicing
over the prospects of the coming
year as while they were not In dan
ger of loss as a result of the long
continued dry weather yet there was
fear fer the young alfalfa lest frost
should come in advance of the
storms. Freed from this dread an
other year of bumper crops" is
confidently looked for.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
MOVING N.-C.-O. SHOPS
FROM RENO TO ALTURAS

Fifty-fve carloads of machinery
and supplies from the MOO. shops
were shipped from Reno to Alturas
last Saturday and another large
shipment was started on its way to
the new headquarters of the COM
pany Monday. The machinery is be-
ing cleared out to allow the West
ern Pacific to start bringing in equip
ment. According to Manager Cox
all of the machine shop machinery
and supplies of the MOO. will be
In Alturas within few weeks.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
Investigating Humboldt Project

Under date of January Sth, 1t is
announced from Washington that
Secretary Lane has approved a plan
OF cooperation between the Reelama-
tion Service and the State of Nevada
for a comprehensive investigation of
the Humboldt River basin. The in
yestigation Is for the purpose of de
termining the feasibility of irrigat-
ing large areas of land in the valley
of this stream.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
DIR. AND MRS. G. NJ. GARDNER
ENTERTAIN THE 500 CLUB

DR.. and Mrs. G. M. Gardner enter
tanned the Five Hundred club at
their home last Saturday evening
and the occasion was one of unusual
enjoyment.
Miss Geissler had the distinction
of leading the ladies scoring K. r..
Bendle holding a similar position on
the gentlemen side.
Dainty refreshments were served
and the gathering tarried until a
late hour.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
VI. Il. Church

You will always be welcome at
these services. They are for your
benefit. Will you be present next
Sunday? The pastor breaches 80
minute sermons at IL a. m. and
1880 p. m. The choir directed by
Mr. w. K. Davis will furnish excel
lent music. Sunday school at 10 a.
M, league at $50 p. m. Come
J. A WACH0B, Pastor.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
Arrested for Having Powder

The first arrest under the new
law prohibiting the handling of ex-
plosives without a license was made
a few days ago at Ely, when a Mexi-
can was arrested on an executive
warrant
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our thanks Il
the many dear friends who extended
aid and sympathy to us on the oc
casion of the death of our little sor
Rolly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolly Ham
and Thelma
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16

BEN HECKLER-The Boot and
Shoe Man, one door south Of Fal.
lon Realty Co.'S office. will repair
your leather footwear and make
II as good as new. All work
qua, anteed.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16

l.. j. Coverston and family who
have been located at Lahontan have
taken up their residence In Lovelock
where Mr.. Coverston has accepted
position with Nevada Valley Powers
Company.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16

Get your plumbing done by a II.
censed plumber. J. p. Doyle 34tf
Phone 64.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16
Smoke Ell Tropico Cigars.

Read the classified advertising
,olumn
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-01-16

Smoke Ell Tropico Cigars.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08
YOUTH is VICTOR
OVER NOTED HUN

turn home with their engines full Of
lead. The third was the boy from
Elton.
Voss and Rhys made duel Of It..
The Hun was In triplane. and there
was a most tremendous fight. The
story of 1t was afterward told to the
family by an officer acquainted with
the facts.
Il want to give voss all credit"
says Miss Rhys Davids, sister of the
brave young airman, in repeating the
story. "He had fearful fight with
the three for twenty minutes, and
then my brother and voss wheeled
round and round; and then, suddenly.
Voss crashed to earth.
Yes, my brother spoke of one or
two narrow escapes. On the very first
time he went up 'out there something
made him turn round, and to his as
tonishment he saw q Hun on his tail.
II he had not glanced round at that
moment he would have been killed.
Worse still, his gun jammed, and for
ten minutes~he had to get out of this
machines way by rolling and turn
ing. Then suddenly, to his amaze
ment, the Hun turned tail and went
home. That was one of the narrowest
escapes he had.
my brother was inclined to fly
recklessly low, and that is probably
how he met his death In October, last
year. We knew he was missing, and
we hoped and hoped for eight weeks
before we had any practical certainty.
Shot "Palnted Banana"
'He had very often been In a big
fight Of 25 on each side. and when he
wrote home about such, he said: All
you can think of Is pumping lead into
any machine you see and looking out
and avoiding collisions, just missing
each other by perhaps a couple OF
feet. He used to laugh when he saw
the German machines painted up like
an unripe banana. He described one
of these machines, and said that when
1t came toward him he chuckled with
laughter at the curious appearance Of
it, and then let fly. He brought the
painted banana down."
And now young Rhys Davids has
himself been brought down. But he
lives memory of schoolboy British
pluck that can never die.
Among other raiders mentioned in
the Gazette Is Lieut.. r. II. Ayre, r. r.
c., who during one of his 'many sue
cessful aids" bombed an enemy air
ship shed. and on another occasion
bombed Il railway station from a
height of 500 feet. He also derale,i
part OF train and poured machine
gun fire on It's occupants. The mill.
tary cross is awarded to him.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08
MAKE PEANUT FLOUR BREAD
Florida Baker Expects to Market II
at Price Below That of
Wheat Flour.

Washlngton.-Peanut flour bread
has been put on the market in wide
distribution by baking company In
Gainesville, Fla, working in co-opera-
ton with p. F. Williamson, chemist
Of that city, the food administration
reports.
The peanut flour used is made from
peanut cake left after oil extraction.
1t is said to contain a satisfactory
percentage Of fat and to have almost
twice the heterogeneous food value Of
dried beef, in the ratio of "A to 25.
The loaf Is made of one-fifth peanut
-four to four-fifths wheat flour, which
produces a balanced ration, supplying
both bread and meat ingredients.
Peanut -four is said to be readily
digestible, wholesome and palatable.
and the Florida company expects to
be able to market II at price below
that Of wheat flour.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08
PATHETIC FIGURE
AMONG WAR RUINS

nothing to do there. They just go to
make sure that their hostess Is safe.
had cup of chocolate with her In her
house and learned her story. ] do not
think she ever told 1t before.
Thanked by General.
when the war was just at the be-
ginning" she said In French. Il had
three sons. They hurried off to get
their uniforms and rifles. Then |
waited. One day our soldiers came
pouring into the town. They had been
driven back by the Germans. Many
were injured. took as many as
could In my house and made coffee for
them. You see my house was better
before 1t was struck by shells.
while was making coffee a big
shell struck this house and killed
some Of the soldiers. Another one had
both legs taken off. helped them all
could, but they went away and the
Germans came. They are cruel, but am
old, SO am alive. Then our boys came
again and made my house hospital.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08
English Boy Defeats Germany's
SuperfIyer voss in DeS-
perate Battle.
DOWNS q BEFORE DEATH
Lieutenant Arthur Rhys Davlds Said
to Be One Of the Three Elect
Among Bravest of British
AIrmen.

London.--When Voss, the intrepid
German airman, was brought down
there was considerable demand that
the name of the British airman who
accomplished the feat should be re-
vealed. He was Lieut.. Arthur Rhys
Davids, an Elton boy of twenty. In
the official Gazette 1t Is stated that
among his other feats he brought
down nine enemy aircraft in nine
weeks.
But after much anxiety the boys
father. Prof. Rhys Davids, and his
mother both Oriental scholars of dis
tinction, no longer have any doubt
that their son, missing since last De
cember, Is dead.
In their home on Chipstead Downs
the parents and sisters mourn the
brave and daring boy, said to be one
of three very elect among the bravest
of British airmen.
Arthur Rhys Davids, after doing
brilliantly at Summerfield, where, a
kings scholar, he won Balliol exhi-
billion and the Newcastle scholarship,
took his commission In the Royal Fly
ing corps In the autumn Of 1916, leav-
ing his civil service ambitions until
after the war.
Brought Down Twenty-Five Germans.
Young Davids had been good at
sports and he took to flying as though
born to 1t. He won the M. @. with the
bar and the ID. 8. o. after five months
In France In April, 1917. lie brought
down % Germans for certain--he
actually saw that number crash--but
he drove down many more out of con-
troll. Among the q were the German
superfyers yoss and Schafer.
The story of the defeat of voss,
who had been credited with being the
greatest airman of all the armies, Is
thrilling. When Rhys Davids went up
with a squadron of six and four Ger
mans were sighted, 1t was not so easy
as 1t seemed. for voss was among
them, and he took on three of the
British machines. Two of these he
put out OF action. causing them to re
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08

1t was struck twice more and | was
hurt little, too, but not much. l don't
want to leave. / have lived here all
my life and here Is where shall die.
The eyes Of the old lady gIowed I'M
der the spell of a thought she had not
yet expressed.
"a French general came and thank
ed me for what did for our soldiers, "
she said. Then, long after, he wrote
me Il letter saying was brave wom-
an and had brave sons. | have the
letter you may see II"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08
TELLS OF NEW GRETNA GREEN
West Virginia Town Where Nuptial
Knots Are Tied More Easily Than
Anywhere Else.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Wellsburg, w. Va,
is the Gretna Green where nuptialknots
are tied more easily than anywhere
else in America. A woman taxicab
driver meets all trains for the purpose
of taking clipping parties to the mar.
riage license Office and the altar with.
out moments loss of time.
This information was given by Mrs.
Otto Schenck, aged sixteen years,
when her plea for divorce was heard
in the divorce court here.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-08
Germany to Grow Cotton.

Germany and her allies are underrak-
ing to overcome their shortage of cot
ton by developing production In Bull
saria. Official dispatches recently said
ihe Bulgarian government has under
taken to place large blocks of suitable
land at the disposal of planters. The
principal cultivation will be done in
the lowlands and river border of the
Dobrudja and in the vicinity Of Adria-
-cple.