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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
Well Known Promoter Visited Fal.
lon This Week.

E. N. Richardson, who spent few
days in Fallon this week looking af-
ter his various business interests,
mere reports work on the Sunbeam
Divide progressing rapidly. A num-
Der of Failon people are interested
In this property. Mr. Richardson
states that the mine is fully equipped
and shafe is being sunk between two
we'll defined contacts and is now
down about 35 feet. Values have
oeen encountered at various depths
assaying several hundred dollars and
showing the presence of ore In the
one or both of the contacts. He
states that the management will
crosscut at the 100 foot level and
that the Sunbeam's chance of strik-
ing ore on one or both of the con-
facts is equal to that of any prop
arty in the Divide. The contact run
ming through the Sunbeam, he states,
can be traced on the surface through
the Sutherland and the Divide Ex-
tension where the recent rich strike
was made.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
FALLON OIL CLUB GIVEN
BOOST BY OIL PUBLICATION

Under the Caption. "Stra,gli,
Goods" the Texas Petroleum News
of a recent~date, put forward the fol-
lowing aestrophe to the Fallon oi
Club:
Behold an Israelite in whom
thsre Is no guile. john 1:47
Iioes 1t sound incongruous when
quoted In connection with a wildcal
oil speculation Let's SEC;
Up in Nevada there is bunch
ilalting on an oil development,
scheme, under the name of the Fal
loa oil Club. and whils their adver.
tisement is not the first of its Kind
that has appeared. II is so out of the
ordinary. so beautiful naive and
lfaak in it's expressions Of aim ane
intent, that we think portion of
worthy of quotation. The adver-
tisement follows;
I'VE have 1000 acres under lease.
we want 500 men who are willing tC
gamble $4,000 each In jackpot on
these holdings. as this is entirely a
speculative proposition. we want NJ
hardearned money. this is gamble,
but the game Is straight" :.
I'VE want no Hardearned money!
Get that?
No stenographers' wages solicited. /.
no old-age savings wheedled out OF
palsied hands; no poor widows mite
extracted by smooth promises o.
large returns,-just a plain state
ment of put up your ante. boys, Ia
you are able, and get in the game.
Contrast this with the usual every
day bombastic full page cry of Civ.
me a hundred and I'll give you a
million.s and 1t sounds like a high
true note amid discordant strains
Whatever the outcome of the ven
ture proposed by these gentlemen
the gamble is at least a legitimate
one, II such a paradox may be. and
It's a double riyeted cinch that they
won't have anybody come back al
them about being skinned.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
.FALLON IS NOW NEvADA'S
POTENTIAL OIL Center
More Organizations Effected for the
Purpose Of Developing Gushers In
the Oil Fields East of Here.

New oil companies are born In
weeks and the promoters all boast
land holdings in the district east of
saltwater as the nucleus from which
fortunes will issue in due course of
time. People no longer talk about
just plain petroleum-daily flow
and specific gravity are the vital talk
ing points now and the race to reach
the subterranean supplies Will be
on in earnest within short time.
The Travellers oil company sent out
several loads of equipment to Its
land holdings southeast of Saltwater
Monday morning and as the heavily
laden wagons passed through town
photographs were taken to perpetu-
ate the initial activity in oil devel-
opment in this section.
Among the late companies organ
lied here are the Fallon Pioneer
and the Paramount. The officers
of the Pioneer are: c. l.. Benadum,
president; J. L. Heady, vice-presi-
dent; Ira L. Kent, treasurer; F. F.
FRANKIE, Secretary; s. c. Durkee, ].
c. Jones, w. II. williams and e. L.
Bingham, directors.
The Paramount Oil and Gas Cam
pany effected an organization Mon
day evening, stock books have been
ordered and officers and a board of
directors will be named at meeting
to be held this week.
All told there are about dozen
companies either perfected or in
prospect, which will be operating
within short time and they are all
backed by men of splendid reputa-
tion whose names are guarantees
that money put forward by the pub
lie In the form of stock purchases
will be intelligently expended In bona
fide development
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
LARGE REPTILE HAS LAIR
THE ST. CLAIR DISTRICT
ella Monster of Gigantic Size Now
At Large South of Town and Or
ganized Hunt May be Made.

} A ella monster. said TO be four
feet in length, is reported to be at
large in the vicinity of the f. G.
Norton farm south of Fallon. 1t
will be remembered that number of
reptiles took French leave from an
exhibit showing in Fallon several
years ago. These included the Gila
monster and number of big snakes.
As long as booze held sway on Ne
7ada the big snakes were seen fire.
quently by certain of our we'll known
residents but the four footed reptile
vas presumed to have succumbed to
the rigors OF past winters or to have
died of old age. Indubitable evil
dence to the contrary, however, was
produced Tuesday by r. c. Coglan,
lessee of the Norton ranch, who came
to town with the Gila monsters skin
in shoe box, covering that was re-
moved by the lizard of his own free
ill in favor Of new suit of clothes
which he is now wearing.
Mr. Coglan proposes to organize a
hunt for the monster, run him to his
liar and then dispatch him, because
he is presumed to carry enough poi
on in the region of his gills to kill
multitude. He also comes from
family highly aggressive in attack
1ere, in fact is very bad hombre
nd the county commissioners should
put a price on his head that will in
sure his demise.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
SALTWATER RESIDENTS
PREPARING FOR THE 4TH
cal,xater Folks Will Celebrate the
Fourth of July and Invite
Everybody to Come

saltwater residents have ma.nred
nlaos for a grand celebration on
The Fourth Of July which will he
ne of the n,iit unique ever held IN
tho county II q every ~ is invited.
The eelebrat' STAR ut noon with
a barbecue ich viii be in charge
Of Joe FraY Tho will be assisted by
Kentucky farky wl) has arrival
and IS maArg prepa 'rtionS for the
lig dinner. A dancing platform Is
heing constructed and dancing VII
commence II noon. Music Is 10 be
f,ir3ished by Fallon orchestra which
IL TO be gotten together by J.C. Jones,
who In uu'.Gg II forwari claims 1t
Ia be the hes. in the county's his
tory. Spots will alsc have gen
aroas place in the daY's program
and the day rs to be uads one long
TO be remembered.
large number of Fallon people
Will celebrate with their neighbors
and from announcements made It
seems fairly certain that Reno's rodeo
show and Stillwater's barbecue will
Jraw very heavily on our population
FOR 9ALE-Seven first class
dairy cows See c. p. whitney.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
Entertained Her Little Friends.

Laurada Jarvis, three year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Jarvis
discharged her first role as hostess
to a number of her little friends last
Thursday afternoon, that date being
her third birthday. The lawn at the
Jarvis home was utilized for the fes-
tivities which were featured by
games and refreshments. Those
present were: Fredda and Edora
Bingham, Ruth Coleman, Mildred
Ogden. Mayjean Dunbar, Robert
Black, Robert Cress, John Marean,
Stanley Ogden, Charles Ferguson
and Joe Wallace.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
TUUCKEE FLOW RUNS Low
AND CROPS NAY SUFFER
That Part of Project Served From
The Truckee will BE Short Of
Irrigation Water.


Project Manager JOINT ni'n-
ardson has notined iand owners In
the Fernley, Hazen ana owins'e us
tricts that water Tor irrigat'oh WIN
probably be short during the iatter
part OF July, throughout August anu
september, as q result OF the iack
OF stored supply IN AaAe ianoo'
Notification to the same eHect mas
also gone forward TO the manage
ment OF the nevada yaileys rover
Company, supplying tne towns oi
Failon, Loveiock ana hazen Win
light and power. The policy mas
Deen nxed OF giving the farmers tne
preference over tne power campany
IN the use OF water ana IL now seems
hke'y tnat the government nyoro-
electric plant at Lanontan VIII Do
very seriously nampereu IN opela'ion
curing 'ne ia.e summer just now
tue 'niee unisS arc oe"s a.eo
ny "a''' io'n 'n
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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25

line Ranch Sold 10 Mreal Parties.
e. H. Hursh sold the W. d. Cook
s0-acre tract of land lying south of
town to Joe Pappas and Martin Kan-
oyich last Saturday. The consider
alton is stated at $500 Tho place
Is nicely improved By Mr. and Mrs.
Cook during their more than 10
ears of residence after taking it as
a homestead. 1t will be divided be-
tween the two purchasers and made
do double duty as a place of resi-
dence.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
In the District Court.

District Judge Callahan, of Hum
boldt county arrived IN Fallon today
having come here for the purpose
of hearing the case of G. H. Hancock
and others against the Churchill
county board of commissioners
Judge Callahan will also hear the
suit of the Williams Estate Com
pany against the Nevada Wonder
Mining Company
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
Teachers Examination In Progress

Teachers Examination In Progress.
The examination to determine
qualification to teach are being held
ut the court house this week by the
Deputy State School Superintendent
Chauncey Smith. The lict of ques-
tIon are very interesting, particularly
TO the applicants. Could you spell
some of these? Physiology, fur
Tough, camoufiage. eommodious,
skein?. Try 1t. They are not SO
easy. And could you give a defln-
ton of food or demonstrate the right
and wrong postures, proper habit OF
breathing, tell what muscles are,
their purpose and the different kinds.
Those now passing through these hor-
rors are, Grace Mills, Jessie Sears
and Miss Patterson.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
Movement on Foot to Provide Swim

A movement is on foot among the
,itizens of Fallon to provide swim
ming tank for the youths of the
own and 1t is proposed to finance
the undertaking by public subscrip-
ton. The city park is favored for
The location and it is probable that
a start will be made on the scheme
during the present season, although
it is not believed that, the swimming
pool will be available for use until
next season.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
Merville Yetter Entertained Friends
Last Eyeuing.

Merville Yetter. well known opera
singer who is yisitfag his brother.
Harry Yetter of the Southern Pacific
station force. was a highly appre-
eiated entertainer at the home of
Mrs. Katherine Aikens last evening,
About 20 friends were present and
heard Mr.. Yetter's discourse in song.
He is highly paid soloist and is un-
der contract to the Victor talking
machine company for the produc-
ton of song records which are gain
ing great favor among the company's
patrons and are among the leading
sellers.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25

County Clerk C. g. Howard has
sued the following marriage licen-
s: TO Alexander xBaumann and
}cnita Mills. both of Fallon, on June
21st; to Benjamin Nichols of Fal-
on and Sadie Pollitzer, OF Los Angs-
es, ON June 23rd; TO G. F. Engle
and Ruth Williams. both of Fallon,
on June gath.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
THE RENO EVENING GAZETTE

Nevada's largest daily, beginning
June 10th, will be the first daily dis
tributeG in Fallon. Patrons of the
Gazette may receive their copies of
the paper at the postofiice shortly
after eight O'Clock In the morning.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25
BERRY 4 WHITNEY

Real Estate, Insurance, Auctioneers
and Resident Agents for the Fallon
OIL and Gas Company. Office: First
door East Kent's store. Phones
274 and 574. ito.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25

See US for your Oil shares--pa-
tronize your home company Bsfsy
ana whitney, resident agents.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-06-25

FOR 9ALE-Seven frst class
dairy cows. See c. p. Whitney.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20
FORBID SALE OF
IMITATION MEDAL
(By Associated Press.)

With the American Forces in Ger
many, Sept. 20.-Sale Of reproduc-
ton of the Lusitania medal, which
for time was being peddled in the
occupied areas, has been forbidden
in the Rhine province by the ober-
president. Hundreds of the medals
were bought by American soldiers as
souvenirs. Writing to Colonel 7. L.
Hunt, officer in charge Of civil affairs
in the American area, regarding the
sale Of the medal by Germans, the
ober-president says:
IT wish to inform you that such a
medal has, of course, never been
coined or caused to be coined by any
German government. The medal is
simply the outcome of misguided
thrift and greediness on the part of
certain private dealers who, in a most
unwarrantable manner, published
this tasteless reproduction and have
hawked 1t about, without considering
for onemoment that by so doing,
they stimulate the animosity against
Germany"
The story generally current with
the sale Of this issue of the medals
was that they were made in Munich
by the manufacturer of the original
which was issued in 1915 after the
sinking of the Lusitania and from
the same dies on which the original
issue was cast. These dies, according
to the story, were ordered DESTROYED
by the German government after but
twenty-eight medals had been struck
on but were surreptitiously saved by
Kari Guertz, who is reported to have
been the designer. The German gov.
eminent has several times denied
that any Lusitania medal was ever
issued with consent of any govern
ment officials.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20

some chickens.
When I sighted to the genial chief
Of police, outside the post office, that
Pegram by his possession of $780,.
100000 of beef trust stock might be
regarded as the common enemy, he
replied:
mo, that can't be Fred Pegram!
Fred is a very nice fellow who just
works up in a Boston bank"
This is how Pegram came into
possession Of his vast fortune, ac-
cording to report of the Federal
Trade Commission:
While the stockyards are operated
by an Illinois corporation, the own
ership is vested in New Jersey cor
poration. The letter is a creature of
Maine company, which though own
ing less than one-fourth of the stock
OF the Jersey corporation, is by rea-
son of contractual relations entitled
to receive the surplus earnings Of
the Jersey company and its subsidi
aries.
The Chicago Stock Yards Company
OF Maine is the octopus which has
fastened its tentacles about the bod
les OF the other stockyards. The
Maine company was formed by F..
H. Prince Of Boston and J. Ogden
Armour and marked the successful
execution Of the plan of these men
to acquire the control of the Union
Stock Yards Of Chicago
All but ten Of the $4,000 shares O.
the Maine company were held, the
commission discovered, in the name
OF F. R. Pegram.
BY the erection Of financial super.
structures the three big packers, Ar.
mour, Swift and Morris have, on an
investment Of $1,OOO,OOO, become the
owners of stockyard properties val.
ued in excess of $5O,OOO,OOO, and
have concealed the extent to which
excessive charges have been levied
on the public for services rendered
by operating companies.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20
MAN WHO "ONNS" BEEF
TRUST IS A POOR CLERK

Boston, Mass, Sept. 20.-The man
who towns" the Beef Trust is a poor
clerk. He lives in the town of Co.
hasset, Mass, and works eight hours
a day here in Boston.
He is a multi-millionalre who isn't.
He holds $5O,O0O,OO0 of beef trust
stock, and can't spend nickel of it.
He is the richest poor man in Amer.
lea. His name is F. R. Pegram.
Though the title Of the beef trust
rests in his name, he can't even Oh
der beefsteak without paying tri-
butte to the butcher.
The reason is that while Pegram is
technically the owner of this fifty
million, he is really only a dummy,
one Of the many dummies behind
which the big packers have hidden
to conceal the real extent of their
grip upon the stockyards interests.
Pegram Is humble messenger and
bookkeeper in the Office of F. H.
Prince, Boston and New York banker,
He comes up from Cohassett in the
morning on "the 1859 express, sticks
to his ledger all day, with half an
hour for lunch, and gets back home
In the evening on "the Sos"
Cohasset is fashionable summer
colony. 1t is dead in the winter.
Pegram lives in a comfortable, made
over farmhouse on the outskirts OF
the millionaire section. He has a
wife, but no children.
He lives quietly, take no part in
the towns social or church actiyi-
ties, and spends his spare time look
ing after his own stockyard, which
consists of one horse, one COW and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20

Seal.
The seal Of this corporation shall b. a c,r.
cular impression stamp, bearing in the centsr
the words, Seal 1919" and around the cir.
cumierence the words NTERCITY AIRLINE
CORPORATION -'A
BERT 3. BETS,
]. ]. HALDEMAN.
W. T. MILLER
ROGER Q. WILLIAMS.
STATE OF FLORIDA. ''''1AN
DUVAL COUNTY.
Before me, an officer duly authorized TO taxa
Acknowledgement OF deeds personally came
Bert Z. Belts, J. ]. Haldeman. w n Miller
Roger Q; Williams and Geo. w. Haldeman. and
each acknowledge the foregoing to he HE
AIR LINE CORPORATION.
witness my hand and Official seal this 18th
day Of August A. D. 1919.
0P.GAHILARD.
Notary Public State Of FLORIDA
My commission expires March /, 1929
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20
(By Associated Press.l

Paris, Sept. 20.-The French army
is at loss to know what to do with
Its vast stock of aircraft. Auction
sales of aeroplanes organized by the
government are viewed with absolute
indifference by the general public.
AT the last sale scout plane fitted
with a $50 horsepower motor found
no purchaser even at $40.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20
MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following marriage licenses
lave been granted during the week:
Marion 'Goffney and Rosa Beulah
Ruthledge.
Warren Hay and Ellie Moss.
Norman Mcdonald Hopkins and
May Emily Badcock.
William l.. Keen and Eva Mae
Mardis.
Ellis W. Buchanan and Geneva F.
Simmons.
Arthur G. Lumsford and Esther r.
Mullemnix. Barlow Record.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20
A MIGHTY MEAN QUESTION

The editor of The Florida Grower
rropounds a conundrum, as follows:
"A minister and party are out row.
ing on a lake Sunday afternoon. A
mullet jumps into the boat. Should
the fishe be taken and eaten, or re-.
turned to the water" We take the
Yankee privilege of answering one
question by asking another: what
sort of mullet did the minister find in
lake?-Plant City Courier.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20
HlLLcREsr DRIVE

4, NOTICE Is hereby given that the construc.
uon OF aspnaitic concrete pavement and con-
crete curb and gutter on Hlllcrest Driys fro,r
Florida avenue to Missouri avenue has hssn
completed mes peei'
That the total frontage Of property abutt,ns
on Hillcrest Drive between the points named
feet sieAoi Is oSV
That the total cost Of said paving q 90 /.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20

369.6O that the City Of Lakeland's one thirt
portion Of said cost Is $l,l23.2O; that the
amount claimed against the AUDITING property
therefor is $2,246.4O; and therefore the rate
Of assessment is $4.32 per front foot
That the property abutting on said improve
ment aud liable to assessment therefor is as
follows. to-wit:
Lots and 2 Of block 6 lots 9 and 10 Of
block |; all Of Drane's Second Addition to the
City Of Lakeland, Florida.
AT special meeting Of the City Commits
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20
(By Associated Press,

Paris, Sept. 2O.-Proceedings are
peing instituted in France against
ooric acid food picklers. 1t is claimed
mat yolks of eggs, literally pieqled
N Ooric acid, are being offered for
SAFE IN many markets while butchers
arg employing borates to retard put
refacion of their wares.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20

sioners at Lakeland, Florida. to be
the City Hall on the 10th day Of Ser|
1913, at 800 a. m. o'clock; the al
Commissioners will hear all legal
which the owner or owners or other
Interested In the said lots or parcels
may desire to make agains. these
mentS.
J. M. KEEN
Commissioner Of Public Improve,
ATTEST: ''0'''
H. L. SWATTS, City Clerk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20

London, Sept. 19.-In authorization
OF the time when big airships will be
regularly arriving in England and de.
parting on their long overland and
overseas journeys; officers and men
OF the Royal Air Force are being
trained to the task of landing and
putting them away.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20
STATE OF FLORIDA,
POLK C0TTNTv

sTATR OF FLORIDA,
POLK COUNTY,
Notice Is hereby given In conformity with
Section 2649, Revised Statutes Of Florida, that
we, the undersigned, intend to apply to His
Excellency, Sidney ]. Cats, Governor Of the
State OF Florida, at Tallahassee, Florida, oil
the sixth day OF October. A. d 1919, or as
soon thereafter as we can be heard, for letters
patent to be issued to INTERCITY AIRLINE
CORPORATION Of which corporation the fol
lowing shall be the Articles or Incorporation
BERT 4. Belts.
J. j. HALDEMAN.
W. T. MILLER.
ROGER O. WILLIAMS.
GEORGE W. HALDEMAN.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-20

He who walks with an even temper
and gentle patience, patient with
himself, patient with others, patient
with difficulties and crosses-he has
an everyday greatness beyond that
which is won in battle or chanted in
cathedrals.-Dr. Dewey.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-18

Orangeburg. S. c.. November IT,
Robbers blew open the safe on the
Bank of Neeses at that place early to-
day and escaped with about $4,000 cash
and some $4,000 in bonds. They missed
$1,000 in bonds. The robbers used an
automobile