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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
WELL KNOWN FALLON MAN
DIED AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Paris T. Markweli, one of the
best known citizens of this communi-
ty, died at the family home south OF
town Sunday morning, December
7th, after an illness extending over
several years. The deceased was 40
years of age and had resided here
for l6 years. He was a native Of
Missouri, coming to Nevada when s
years of age, locating first at Love-
lock. He later went to Trinity
county, Calf, where he was united
in marriage with the surviving
widow. Three children are left,
Mrs. Velma Hawley. of San Fran
cisco, Gladys and Tracey, of Fallon.
In addition are two sisters, Mrs. l..
l.. Downs, of this city, and Mrs.
Florence Wilson, of Joblin, Mo. A.
r. Jeffrey, of Long Beach, Calf, is
an uncle
The funeral services occurred in
this city Tuesday and were held
from the Baptist church. Burial
followed in the Fallon cemetery. :
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
ALFALFA MEAL MILL STARTED
CAMPAIGN LAST SATURDAY
Fallon's Largest Alfalfa Meal Meal
Resumed Operations, Smaller
Mill to Start Soon

The Western Meat Company's al
falfa meal mill on North Maine
street was set in motion Saturday
by Manager Warren. after a shut
down of many weeks. during which
effective dust retaining machinery
was installed. Manager Warren
stated Monday that the machinery
added to the regular equipment has
served to eliminate the dust nui-
sance ordained against by the city
council and that no further trouble
is expected from this source. A
campaign of several months has been
started, according to Mr.. Warren, in
the course of which the Western
Meat Company's hay supply in this
valley will largely be ground into
meal. The concern is buying no hay
from project farmers at the present
time.
A statement has been issued by
the management of the Fallon al
falfa meal milling company that it's
plant in the northern part of town
will be made complete by the addi-
ton within a short time of dust re-
tanning equipment of the kind just
installed by the Western Meat Com
pany when it will also be set in op-
Grafton. Thus it seems that one of
Fallon's industries, e m gl
threatened with extinction. has again
come to life and it promises to pro-
vide e sv and profitable marketing
means for the hay producers of the
Newlands project.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
BIG TRUCKS ARE HERE FOR
USE ON ROADS OF VALLEY
County Has New Nash Quad Trucks
Furnished BY Federal Govern
ment For County Uses

County Commissioner w. III. Will
liams returned from Reno today
where he went to take over two
Nash Quad trucks. recently award
ed Churchill county by the state
highway department officials for use
on the roads here. These are among
the trucks sent out by the fedora
government for use in highway de-
velopment. This county is entitled
to one more of these trucks but mas
not get it due to the fact that the
commissioners will probably con-
clude that two of these machines
will eat up the money outlay avail
able for their maintenance. The
trucks brought down by Mr. Will
liams have carrying capacity of
three tons and in addition will pull
a dump wagon.
Walter McCaw and Arthur Har-
mon have been engaged to drive the
new trucks and accompanied Mr.
Williams to Reno. driving the We
hicles to this point. 1t is understood
that some work will be undertaken
on the Leetville-Hazen road within
the next few days. the need for road
being imminent there
according to travellers.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
HoME-MAKING IN THE DESERT

The national reclamation policy
has resulted in an annual crop pro-
duction of 500, 100000 or over
from lands which a short time ago
returned nothing says Director
Arthur p Davis of the u. s. Recla-
nation Service, Department of the
Interior, in his annual report. To it,
he says, must be attributed also the
establishment of more than 100000
people in prosperous and contented
homes on the land and an equal
number in the cities, towns and viii
lagos which are effected by this ag-
rieultural development. The prog
ress being made by these communi-
ties equals that of the most prosper
GUS regions of our country. Mr..
Davis points out that with millions
of acres of equally favorable land
awaiting development and thousands
of citizens clamoring for farms, il is
most important that liberal policy
in providing funds to construct the
necessary works should be followed
by Congress.
During the present year the Ser
vice is in position to deliver water
to about 100000 acres of irrigable
land, covered by crop census. of
which about 100000 acres are now
being irrigated. Besides this stor-
age water is delivered from perma-
nent reservoirs under special con-
tracts to about 100000 acres more.
The projects that nave been under
taken have been planned to provide
for an area of about 100000
acres"
Agriculture in the arid region"
says Mr.. Davis, where irrigation is
feasible has several important ad
vantages over that in the humid reg
ion. The soils of the arid region by
the nature of the case have general
ly not been leached of their min eral
plant foods as have those ia the hu-
mid region, and they are therefore
much richer in this respect on the
average and are seldom or never
acid, as are soils of the humid reg
ion. There is much advantage in be-
ing able to apply water to growing
crops at just the time and in just
the quantity needed, and to with
hold il at will. Where the water
supply is ample this constitutes
very important advantage in arid
regions.
another striking advantage is
the preponderance of clear days in
an arid region, where the absence
of rainy and cloudy weather affords
a much larger percentage of sun
shine than is found in humid reg
ions.
Resulting from these advantages
Ii appears that the average gross
product of agricultural crops on rec
nation projects is just about
double the average yield from non
irrigated lands in the country at
large. This means that as much
product can be obtained from a 40
acre tract under irrigation as from
the average S0-aere tract in the
humid region.
mo new projects have been un-
dertaken within the past year, as
there have been no funds available
for this purpose. The reason for
this. as Mr.. Davis points out, is the
1~adual decline in the receipts from
the sales of public lands which form
the basis of the reclamation fund
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
Canal Broke

On Wednesday afternoon about
three O'Clock the government canal
washed out large hole in the north
side of the bank and flooded several
ranches in close proximity TO the
break The ranches of Messrs. Nc
Partland, Gomez, Martin and Miller
and the Rose B. Austin ranch were
considerably damaged Rudolf Mil
er reports the total loss of all his
a"iatv. con8irting of about 10p
stands of hives. valued at $500
Manuel Gomez's ranch was washed
to such an extent that it is consider
~ t"teil' rninod for farming. Mr.
Gomez also lost his hogs and a bi
Fl Of iskens and considerable
stacked wheat in the straw wa
washed away. We have not learned
tha 'osses of the other ranch ers. IT.
writer was out after ducks and r.
bits and was pretty near marooned
in tho fields but hiked for the rai'
road track about mile awav bu
fortunately the food had not reach
ed the 70 d that passes c. w. Stock
ranch but we saw the waters comm
behind US and as we struck the roef
NE roffooted II 10 town. hut soon af
ter the waters came rushing acros
the road. down through the Stool
fields and to the railroad under
which it passed through the big cul-
vert and into the fields of Mrs. Fay
Boles rarch. where it flooded the
public road going to Wadsworth TO
a depth of three or four feet Man
uel Gomez ard Rudolf Miller are re-
ported the heaviest losers.-Fernley
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17

A daughter was born to Mrs. z ]
Robinson at the family home in this
city, Wednesday, December 3rd,
1919.
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In addition the small payments pro-
vided by law from the irrigated
lands have kept the returns from
the constructed projects to q low
point. and it is also now necessary,
under the provisions of existing law,
to set aside $1,000,000 a year from
these receipts to repay the advances
to the reclamation fund which were
provided by the act of 1910.
"The demand of the soldiers for
opportunities to acquire land over
shadows everything in connection
with settlement work. says Mr..
Davis, but it will not be a wise pol
icy to overlook the very urgent and
increasing call for similar opportun-
tiles from citizens who were unable
to wear the colors. Every consider
alton, of. good policy that can be ad-
vaneed stresses the need of inereas-
ing greatly the acreage for settlers
on all public land projects as well
as the taking up of new projects
without delay
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
AND IT WASN'T PONCE De
Icons FOUNTAIN EITHER
County Officials Conducted Raid on
Churchill Hotel Saturday Even
ing Making Arrests

Sheriff G. NJ Way led small
army of deputies on the Churchill
hotel early Saturday evening and
using the yernacular of the western
criminoiogist, caught the proprie-
tors red handed. Booze of the
forty rod variety. guaranteed to in
dnee a joyful death. If used with
persistence. called white mule" BY
It's deyotees, was unearthed by the
bombing squad from cache in the
rear of the hotel where they $50
found a half dozen bottles of Old
Taylor and Sunnybrook, names tha
command more or less respect
among those who call themselves
eonnoisseurs OF liquor good and
bad. Sheriff Way employed only
those who had been subjected to tie
stfictest conJuration In making Il.
sally on the alleged habitat of Kin
Alcohol and he led them in suflie-
lent numbers to guard every point
of egress about the hotel and to
keep those who We're apprehended
within at a safe distance. G. Gee
chitini and A. Matteuci. the hotel
proprietors. We're paced under ar
rest al d a half dozen others, al of
Italian origin, were detained as wit
nesses.
The most careful search vas made
OF the hotel interior and the back
yard was prospected thoroughly f0r
possible additional supplies OF liquor.
fol owing which the results of the
raid, men and booze. were taken to
tie court house where Judge T. A
Jones held Gecchitini to q cash bail
OF $4,000 aud Matteuci $1,000, botn
men responding TO the official de-
mand with alaerity. Included IN
the legal tender put forward by the
defendants in order to enjoy further
liberty was a considerable amount
of 20 d. the $4,000 in coin and cur
rency beiag passed on to Sheriff
Way as custodian.
The sherin and his deputies also
found that the Churchill has only
been d polite term applied to Fal-
Ions underworld -Four gaily be-
decked and paint besmirched sirens
were interested spectators OF the
bombing operations. They were in
structed to leave town on Sunday
afternoon and to forget Fallon
geographical location for all time.
The Churchill hotel is owned by
A. Burrelli. of Dayton, 1t being as
serted that the Burrellis furnished a
part OF the bail money in order TO
protect tho hotel tenants.
Exponents of law and order be-
lieye that Sheriff Way struck at the
chief source of Illicit whiskey In
fal,on. which during late months,
they affirm, has been the cause oil
co siderable drunkenness about the
town.
Il is said that the defendants in
this whiskey case have gagged
counsel. The hearing will be had
on January 5th.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
ANOTHER BIG RIG FOR THE
fALLON OIL DISTRICT
Silver State Oil Company Received
Standard Rig ON Today's Freight
For Use Here

The Silver State Oil Company, one
of the strongest financed companies
in this district, received standard
oil drilling rig on today's freight. Ii
will be taken at once to the COM
pany's ground four miles south of
Saltwater and work set in motion
for the purpose of making the most
- e"e"~h denominations of the oil
resources of the land holdings con-
trolled by the Silver State Oil Com
pany. This concern was lately re-
organized and is now amply backed
to allow of the completion of the
fullest plan for exploitation.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
KEEP LIBERTY BONDS UNTIL
PAR VALUE IL REacuEn

interest on Liberty Loans now
amounts to between $500 600 00o
and $90O,O00,000 per year.
lhe population of the limited
states Is estimated at something un-
der lit, 100000 persons.
The United States Treasury tbera-
fore is disbursing investment nrofits
averaging S8 each 10 every man
woman and child in the country.
More than 20.000,000 persons
were listed at the close of the Vic
tory Loan as holders of war bonds
indicating an average family hold
Ing which just tallies with the above
figures--some $500 worth of Liner
" or Victory boids, producing an in
come of $S per year.
hundreds of thousands of persons
who never saved money before did
so through the purchase of Liberty
Bonds and War Savings Stamps. As
ne f'e war ended. this accumu-
lated money burned their pocket
.lae the small Boys first dollar.
fhey began to sell their Liberty
Bonds. a very few. proportioeataly.
because they actually needed the
we proportioi
sold them, at a loss of few dollar
----. i,,.-su 10 spend the
money.
A far too great proportion traded
them for stocks which, in man
cases, will prove a total loss. Other
sold to invest in stocks of the SANE
lack of worth. Because of the pres
sure of sales from these motives
Liberty bonds nave been selling be.
low PER. and persons compelled b,
circumstances to sell have been
forced TO accept a loss of none.
tley could IL afford. This has bee
fhe more regrettable because t.
depreciation in price was artificial.
What becomes of the Libert
bonds sold below par?
The strong boxes of the wise in.
yestor are the answer.
He IS absorbing more and more Of
them, knowing that a Governme-f
security. absolutely loss proof. and
bearing four To four and three quar-
ters per cent interest, is q marvel
ously good investment
In tie meantime, the Government
is continuing the sale of War Saw
ings amps. which oEss q SAFE and
easy way to save money. They are
alwavs redeemable at 10 days no.
tice, In case of need. at cost plus in
terest earned.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
FALLON Is WITHOUT COAL
AND RATIONING II ON

Fallon has been without coal in
any of it's several yards for several
days, although several, hundred tons
of the needful article is expected
here this week. Upon its arrival To-
cal dealers will apportion il out af-
ter the fashion in vogue for several
weeks. An order for a ton will
probably insure you in the neigh
borhood of five hundred pounds and
in this ratio orders are being filled
as it is possible to do so. There has
been no actual suffering. however,
and IL the present cold snap should
abate within a short time fuel deal
ers will have their troubles greatly
modified.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
WE'RE GRANTED DIVORCES IN
THE LOCAL DISTRICT COURT

District Judge T. c. Hart granted
a decree OF divorce TO Mlrgarez f..
B nks from her former spouse. Nn.
A. Banks. making the order Aopd3y
after oon. Maude Scott was grant
d Ike decree by Judge Hart, sit
ting yesterday morning. from Albert
S oft. giving Mrs. Scott the custody
of the minor chi d. a small son, anG
awarding. her $4,000 per month ior
the child's maintenance
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17

II meant arrest and a prison cell,
but she slapped a masher in the face
He thought because she was Choir
us girl he could take liberties He
found he was wrong. Learn the
story of clean girl raised in the
city's slums. See the incompatible
Nazimova in a drama of incredible
power, "The Brat" at the Palace
Theater. Thursday and Friday. De-
cember 25th and 26th.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
PROMINENT YOUNG PEOPLE
MARRIED THIS MORNING

Miss Fay Moody, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. ID. Moody, of north of
town, one of the charming young
women of this community, and
Radph Davis, we'll known here as an
enterprising young farmer with a
valuable land holding north of Fal-
Ion. were united in marriage this
morning at the Episcopal manse,
Rev. e. II. Price, Fallon rector per-
forming the ceremony. The bride
was accompanied by Miss Zelda
Reed, former school mate, while
the groom was attended by Howard
Young. Following the ceremony Mr..
~ Mrs. Davis took train for Reno
where they are spending few days
before essaying home life on the
farm. Both count many warm
friends here who will take great
pleasure in extending them express
sions of the heartiest good will.
WANTED TO LEASE Farm
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
CARD OE THANKS

We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the many kind friends who
assisted in our late bereavement,
the loss of our dear husband, father
and brother, in so many acts of
sympathy, and kindness and the
many pretty flowers.
Mrs. Margaret MarkwelI and Family
Mrs. l.. l.. Downs
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
Scouts Elect Officers

Members of the Fallon Boy Scouts
organization met Monday evenin.
and elected the following Officer
scribe, Henry Osgood. treasurer,
Wendall Nelson, patrol leader. La...
renee Baker, assistant, Harold
Spoon, beaver patrol leader, Henry
Osgood, assistant, Harry Clinton.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
rERNlEY NOTES

e. S. Funk has rented the ". ".
Cogswell ranch for the ensuing
year and will take possession Janu-
airy |, 1920.
c. w. Stock reports that the ther-
mometer at his ranch home adjoin-
ing town on the west, registered ten
degrees below zero at $3.50 Monday
evening. Some cold for Fernley
valley
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17
We're Married

Ev II. swa- ger end Leo /. Can
terbury we're married Tuesday even
ing. December 9th. Judge 7. A.
Jones performing the ceremony IN
the presence of near relatives and
intimate frier ds. Both are vel.
known in this city and enjoy large
number of warm friendships among
the towns younger set.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17

Quality .snes of Xmas Cards.
Booklets. Seals, Tags, Ribbons, Etc.
at Layeaga's.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Latin are the
parents of a daughter. born to them
on Sunday. December 7th, 1919.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17

FOR SALE-Fresh Holstein cows
Phone 81.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17

Smoke El Tropleo Cigars
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Downs Saturday. December 9Th.
1919.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-12-17

WANTED TO LEASE Farm
"sone 293 during noon hour.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-31
:
#t..
PLAN MAKES
LAND USEFUL
100000 Acres of Land in
Washington> Made Fer
tile in This Way.

Seattle, wash. Jani. s1-water,
mostly from the high Cascade Noun
tains, ditched and flumed to the east
ern plains below. has made over $780,
900 arid Washington acres fertile and
has increased their value at least one
hundred times.
washington is away ahead Of 9TH
err northwest states in irrigation mat
ters," declares T.. B. Hill. secretary of
the state development bureau of the
Seattle chamber of commerce, and
an authority on land settlement and
irrigation matters. This is due to
several reasons the main one being
that we have studied irrigation thor
oughly and have treated it as a big
business" =
Records on file in Mr.. Hills office
here show that the Yakima Valley, a
great area in central Washington,
rigation projects than any other part
of the state. Rough estimates show
about 100000 acres Of the valley are
under irrigation.
Private bitches in other parts Of
Washington supply water to many
acres, in the Wenatchee country, the
Walla Walla section. the Spokane
Valley, the Okanagon valley, and 9TH
er sections. -
Central Washington land. before /
was irrigated, Mr.. Hill estimates. wa.
worth from fifty cents to $1,000 PEI
acre. Now, this same land, having
felt the magic touch Of water, hal
risen in value to $3.50 to 5000 PEI
acre. The land was once used mainl.
for grazing. Now it produces crops
worth from $50 to $3.50 per acre.
Many irrigation systems in Wash
Iington are projected. Greatest of al
the projects is the Big Bend or Co
lumbia Basin to irrigate over 1000;
900 southeastern Washington acres b,
taking water from the Pend d'Oreil
river and using the Pend d'Oreil
Lake Of Idaho and the Flathead LAX
Of Montana as reservoirs. The waite
would be dropped by gravity through
a ditch from the lakes to the SOIL
Government and state money ha
made much Of the irrigation posi-
BILE. Eventually all the government
irrigation schemes will be owned b
the water users, for the government
plan. in general, is to let the user
purchase the bitches and water right
now controlled by the federal reclaim
!. alton service.
Washington's state irrigation in
stitute, an organization of leaders i
Irrigation work, has led the way i
Washington irrigation. Prominent !
the work has been E. f. Benson, nov
state commissioner Of agriculture, an
r. K. Tiffany, project manager of tn
reclamation Service of Yakima.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-31
BRITISH WOULD
CONTROL ALL
ELECTRlCP0WER
Companies Would
Be Compelled to Buy: Cur
rent From Government.

E- LtuEtS. yaE
London, Thursday. Jan. so.-con-
troll Of the generation and distribution
Of electricity throughout the United
Kingdom Is proposed by q bill now
being prepared by the government
Authority over electric supply which
now Is vested in the board Of trade
and other government departments,
would be transferred by the bill to a
small board having probably only i've
members.
The United Kingdom would be d.
vided into districts. In each q sub.
sidiary board would be appointed TO
take direct charge. All electric pow
er stations would be purchased ana
placed in the hands of the local
boards, each of which would be held
responsible for the supply Of. cleo
tricity in its district and for the es-
tablishment Of new generating sta
lions and transmission systems.
If private companies wish to enter
the electric, business they would be
compelled to buy their current from
the local board and their earnings
would be under control, The finance
ing of the plan would be in he hands
of the government except where 1t
is practicable and advisable to finance
the plan locally.
This plan is brought forward as a
compromise between public and pri-
waite. control. AVE. +.
Each experience a man has makes
him either better or worse.