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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
MORE INTEREST IN OUR OIL
POSSIBILITIES Than EVER
Oil District Activity Greater Than at
Any Previous Time Since First
Discoveries We're Made

Oil activities are more general
now than at any previous time since
the exploitation of the district was
undertaken and the new week prom
ises to add more interest for rigs will
hen be operating in every part of
the field. Further interest has been
lended by the published report of A.
E. Wiley, who recently spent two
weeks here in making determine
tons for the Lindner Oil and Refin-
ing Co., which has copyrighted the
report and thus secured the exclus-
i've right TO its use. Prof Wiley
conclusions were summed up as fol-
lows:
After having made an examina-
ton and careful study of the geol-
ogy of the district, | have reached
the conclusion that oil Is likely to be
found at an approximate depth Of
field the oil may be encountered a.
a lesser depth, and in others the dis
tance to the oil sands may run up to
1000 or $500 feet. One of the reas-
ons for the difference in the depths
in which oil is likely to be encount-
cred, is the great depth of alluvia
soil which has been washed from
the surrounding hills and has set
tied in the basin, covering the sands
in some places much deeper than
others.
81 believe that the district is a
very promising one for exploration
for oil and that sinking of wells in
The most favored places in that dis
trict is likely to yield fabulously rich
returns for your company.
From geological conditions as
hey are found in that district, | can
reach only one conclusion and that
is that the chances for bringing in
one of the big oil fields of the ma
lion are most promising and | would
recommend drilling as soon as it is
practicable and believe that you will
'ot be disappointed in getting oil in
large quantities.
Professor Wiley is endeavoring tc
induce Professor Jones of the Uni
versity of Nevada TO bring his class
in geology over to the Lahontan oi
field to study the conditions there
He states that he believes that Pro-
fessor Jones owes it to the people Of
Nevada to make most thorough
and detailed examination of the re
sources of the state and that there
is nothing in the state that warrants
his attention more than the Lahon-
tan oil field.
County Recorder +. F. FRANKIE Is
meanwhile rushed to distraction TAX
ing care of the certificates of oil To-
cations which are being offered for
record in larger numbers than ever
before and yesterday bunch of S2
of these documents were filed for
record by c. w. Skeen, Southern
Pacific land agent, who recently
spent considerable time going over
the local field.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
.fALLON TO BECOME GREAT
SALT MARKETING CENTER
Plan to Erect Salt Grinding and
Sacking Plant I'm FallOn and En-
ter Markets With Local Product

c. S. Boden, of Oakland, Calf.
and w. H. Robinson, of Los Angeles,
have associated themselves with the
c. w. Kinney Salt Company and will
undertake in the most active manner
the work of marketing the wonder
fully pure salt of the great deposits
% miles southeast of Fallon, where
an inexhaustible supply is available
for export. It is proposed by them
to erect a tramway that will lead
from the center of the deposits for a
distance of about one and one-half
miles to the higher ground to the
east where the state authorities have
highway building project in hand.
The completion of the projected
roadway promises an economical
method of transportation for the
salt, inasmuch as 1t will make en-
tirely feasible the operation of heavy
motor trucks that will be depended
upon to carry the salt from the end
of the tramway to Fallon until such
time as a railway has been complet-
ed to connect Fallon with the de-
posits. project that has been seri-
ously considered at different times
in the past DR.. c. A. Hascall and
E. s. Berney completed 27 miles of
railroad grade and the necessary
bridges for the laying of the ties and
rails several years ago, the promised
tonnage of the salt deposits forming
the incentive for their efforts and II
now seems highly probable that
Messrs. Boden and Robinson will be
able to interest capital in the scheme
of completing the building plans
thus undertaken. With this idea in
mind an option was taken by them
Saturday on the line of grade lead
ing from Fallon through the project
farming district to the south right
up to the very edge of the salt de-
posits and Cleveland, Ohio, capital
lists will shortly be here to make
plans for financing the 81 miles of
proposed railroad.
The erection of a salt grinding
and sacking plant in Fallon is a part
of the plan being considered by
Messrs. Boden and Robinson, who
are certain they can reach the mar
kets of the west with their product
III sufficient volume to make the un-
dertaking pay handsomely from the
start, in which event Fallon will be
favored with an industry that will be
of the utmost value to the communi-
ty, while salt consumers in western
states will be assured a household
commodity of surprising excellence.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
DON'T FORGET THE DINNER
TO BE GIVEN SAT. EVENING

The ladies in charge of the cafe
tain they are going to have the fin
est spread at the high school audi
torium next Saturday evening ever
gotten together in Fallon and those
who have been eating in this town
for any length of time will know this
Is going some. to use the small boys
yernacular. Not only will there be
long list of distinctly fine favored
dishes in the many booths represen-
tative of national customs, but there
will also be dancing afterward, for
you If you are not too full for utter
ance," or terpsichorean effort. If
this sort OF misfortune befalls, you
may in all of your torpidity and
languor, loll over to either of three
wheels of fortune and pay your mon
ey and listen to the sing song of the
fine looking lady presiding, and be
minded of the days when Nevada was
great contemporary OF Monte Gar
10. Unlike the old Nevada days,
however, you won't be able to lose
but this won't rob the games of their
zest, for although there will be no
blank numbers. the prizes will be OF
varying value, and for the nominal
sum of five, ten or fifteen cents you
may be able to win something pretty
for your best girl, or even a neck
tie for yourself.
The five cent wheel will be con-
Quoted primarily for the little folks,
although the grownups will not be
excluded from playing It, And on
the juvenile wheel of fortune will be
many objects of the child's hearts
desire. The other tables will offer
prizes of real value and the ladies
of the committees In charge assure
the public that all are worth totine
home.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
CITY COUNCIL LICENSED
ALL LOCALIZED GAMBLING
Card Tables Operated in Fallon For
Money Profit Must Now Re Sinh.
ject to $500 Quarterly License

The city council met last evening
and passed ordinances affecting the
conduct of gambling games within
the city, the issuance of $25,000 in
SIX per cent bonds for the creation
OF what will be known as a "perma-
nent improvement fund" and one
authorizing an emergency loan Of
s2,7OO. which sum is needed to meet
the city's immediate needs.
A gambling license of $500 per
quarter will be exacted from al
gamekeepers who operate for money
or tokens convertible into money
which means that local citizens who
have In times past sought secluded
spots for temporary diversion and
excitement and slightly pecuniar'
gain will be subjected to the classi-
fication of spnorts and will have tr
reimburse the city's treasury.
A protest was filed last evening
with the council against the build
ing of sidewalks on the east side o.
Taylor street but no action was TAX
en- by the towns officials on the re
quest. In the meantime work will
proceed with the building of the
walks projected for Maine stree
from Center street to the railroad
right of way on the east side and
from Williams avenue to the rail-
road on the west side
The city engineer was authorized
o construct $50 feet of sewer main
necessary to connect the Bert Day
residence property In the Verplank
addition and the city clerk was order
I'd to pay the |. II. Kent COMPANY
the s5s1.71, balance due Contractors
Parrott & Thompson, who built the
Maine and Center street sidewalks
recently.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
MEN OF COMMUNITY ARE TO
Be GIVEN ThEATER EVENING
Highly Interesting Commercial Club
Meeting Is Promised For Next
Monday Evening

The meeting to be held at the
Rex Theater next Monday night,
October 18th, as arranged by the
Commercial Club. will hold great in
terest for all local citizens from the
start to the closing, according to
those who have the affair in hand
It is expected that every man in the
valley will be present.
The program as provided calls
for moving pictures for one hour,
commencing promptly at 7:30 p. IN.
Following the pictures. the Booster
Quartette will be heard in local
song hits. Then comes the real
feature of the evening. Members of
the Reno Commercial Club will be
there to tell US what they can do to
help us market the products of this
valley. J. M. Fulton. district freight
and passenger agent. will be present
to offer suggestions In the matter of
freight rates and other transporta-
ton facilities. Members of the local
club will be on hand to explain the
matters already undertaken. particu-
larly that of finding a market for
the present hay crop. The subjects
for discussion are vital to every
man in the valley, but the commerce
ial club can accomplish but little un-
less 1t has the hearty cooperation of
every farmer and business man on
the project The meeting Is called
for men only, to whom the admis-
sion will be free
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
SOUGHT ARTESIAN WATER
AND FOUND PETROLEUM
Oil Was Discovered Friday on Geo.
b. Williams Farm Five Miles
East of Fallon

Expectancy has been gratified and
oil as genuine as the combustible
that propells your automobile is
now issuing from a four-inch well
on the George b. Williams farm five
miles east of Fallon. The discovery
was made last Friday during the
progress of sinking for artesian wa
ter when a depth of about It's feet
had been reached. On the following
day the sl1dge became more pro-
nounced at the 190-foot depth and
Monday sixty feet more of sinking
served to further increase the oil
flow, which may be seen in it's in
solubility on the top of the water is
suing from the we'll. A great many
people have made the trip to the
scene of the oil strike and all agree
in the main that the oil evidences at
the Williams we'll indicate with alb
solute certitude the existence of oil
pools in the vicinity of the manifes-
tation.
The usual sands and shales, ac-
compartments of petroleum where
ever found. come from the well and
numerous samples of a black gum
my and combustible admixture has
also issued from the depths of the
well which is indeed a popular OBJ
jective at this time.
Oil experts who have had much
experience in other fields agree that
the sludge and formations encount-
cred at the primary depth of less
than 200 feet bear altogether salts
factory evidence of the existence of
a vast and what must become a shall
low oil well field, which may include
the entire valley in its scope. I'm
no instance" said Mr.. Clark, who is
engaged in charge of the activities
of the Silver State Oil Company,
should it be necessary to go deeper
than 1900 feet" and Driller r. E.
Freeman, who has had the unique
experience of seeking artesan water
and finding oil, is as firm in the con-
viction that a gusher will be develop
ed on the Williams tract with less
than a thousand feet of depth. Mr..
Williams INDUCED the following bit
of nonehalence when congratulated
on the discovery Monday: Seems
like I'm going to have some good
luck at last"
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
NOTICE TO PARENTS AND
EMPLOYERS

BY enactment of the Nevada
Legislature of law entitled AN Aci
to provide for the establishment OF
part-time schools and classes and
to compel attendance of minors up
on such schools and classes which
went into full force and effect on
and after September /, 1919, al
children of Consolidated District b
Churchill County. Nevada, who are
between the ages of fourteen and
eighteen and who have entered upoI
employment are required to attend
part-time classes which shall be il
session not less than four hours :
week between the hours of a. N
and p. m. within the school tern
of ten months.
The object of the law is to provide
an education for children who hav5
entered employment which shall be
either supplemental to the work ir
which they are engaged, continue
their general education. or promote
their civic and vocational intelli.
gence
Every parent, guardian, or other
person in Consolidated District b
having control of any child or chill
dren between and including the
ages of fifteen and seventeen at
work shall be required to send such
children to such part-time school
or class unless excused in accordance
with subdivisions 1. 8, and of Sec
tion 203, chapter 1873, Statutes of
1911. The act provides for fine and
Imprisonment in case parents and
guardians fail to comply with these
requirements.
Any person. firm, or corporation
employing a child between the ages
of fourteen and eighteen years shall
permit the attendance of such child
upon a part-time school. Refusal to
permit such attendance renders such
persons, firms, or corporations Ii
able to fine and imprisonment. The
employer of such minors shall keep
4 list of all such employees and shall
keep on file the certificates issued
by school authorities showing age.
grade in school last attended, and
residence, and shall notify the
School Board of Consolidated Dis
trict B of such employment.
Therefore by virtue of the power
and authority vested in Elementary
School Boards by said Act the
Board of Trustees of Consolidated
District b. Churchill County. Nevada,
do hereby notify the parents of all
employed children in the said school
district between the ages of fourteen
and eighteen who are not now at
tending school to cause such chill
dren to report at once to the Church
i'll County High School for enroll
ment in part-time classes.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CON-
SOLIDATED DISTRICT B.
Mrs. Edna B. Cam, President,
T.. y. Mclean, Member
#. Is. Headley, Clerk.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
LAHONTAN OIL SYNDICATE
OFFICIALS HURRY EQUIPMENT

Walter J. Bracking, president,
and j. A Holman, a director of the
Lahontan Oil Syndicate, returned
yesterday from California where
they went to hurry the standard
drilling equipment now being
brought here by means of a tractor
In talking by telephone from Reno
today, Mr.. Bracking stated that
out a question of doubt within the
next ten days and that the COM
pany's oil land holdings in the anti
district will present busy scene by
that time.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
NEW MINING COMPANY OFFERS
STOCK TO LOCAL PEOPLE

The Copper View Mining Company
is a new incorporation, backed by
Fallon people largely with holdings
in the famous Bell (Simon) district
near Nina, which is offering limit
ed amount of stock to the residents
of this project. l.. V. Cirac, L. W
are behind the plan to develop what
Mr.. Cirac AYERS is the most promis-
ing group of claims he has ever
seen,
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
SAYS OUR GREATEST NEED
IS SYSTEM OF GOOD ROADS
Sacramento Capitalist Thinks High
ly of This Project and Declares
the Greatest Need is Good Roads

A. G. Folger. vice-president of the
Peoples Saving bank, of Sacramento.
Calf, and b. B. Green, director.
arrived in Fallon Monday and re
mained here until today going over
the valley in company with f. p
Strassburg, their loan agent for this
territory, through whom the People
Savings bank management has eff.
fected numerous Newlands project
farm land loans. This was Mr.. Fo'
gers second visit to Fallon and Mr.
Green's first, Mr.. Green having
come to corroborate and vouch to
their banking associates for Mr.. Fol.
gers highly optimistic notions re-
garding the agriculture of this val
ley.
Mr.. Green is one of the prominen'
fruit growers of the Sacramento
delta section, below the Californi;
capitol city, specializing in Bartlett
pears. Like Mr.. Folger. he l.
greatly impressed with the possib'
tiles of development In the Newland
project. which he deems merely or
the threshold of possible farmine
and fruit growing activity and tha
the very near future must witness
widespread appreciation of the re
sources of the Lahontan valley which
he AYERS are unbounded
"Your climate is superb, your
soil as good as any. taken all in all
as any in the west, and you have ar
unlimited supply of water for ever
acre possible of cultivation In the
Fallon unit. Unlike many of the
new irrigated districts on the othe
side of the Sierras, you are not be.
set with the problems that attend
irrigation of soils newer geological,
than is your valley.
THE one urgent Need, beyond
question of doubt, is good roads
Intensive farming development is a
largely contingent upon good road
for transportation as the Industrial
center is dependent upon rail or wa
ter shipping facilities. Bond your
property. utilize and enjoy good
roads, the greatest boon that can
come to any community, and let
your children and their children af-
ter them help you pay for them. 1t
is no Idle statement to say that Cal
iiornias land valuations have in
many instances even been trebled
with the Introduction of good roads
Soil incubation is generally
practieed by the progressive farmers
Of California and the increased
yields of every form of farm product
abundantly repays this form of eff
fort In my own instance | find |
am favored with nearly double the
yield of pears harvested by my
neighbors who do not use soil bac-
teria In their orchards for soil re-
jnyenation. Although alfalfa is
practically indigenous to Newlands
project growing conditions | would
very much like to see soil inocula-
tion experiments carried on here in
alfalfa culture in order to determine
the absolute maximum yield of this
form of forage possible on the farms
here. Despite the fact that lands
properly leveled and drained pro-
duee prodigious yields | am certain
that soil bacteria will prove to be
procreants so entirely effieacious
that once tried here they will be
generally used by progressive farm
ers throughout the future.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
wednesday Bridge Club Met

Mrs. IL. Il. Roe entertained her
associates of the Wednesday Bridge
club this afternoon, Mrs. John F.
Richardson and Mrs. c. H. Lehners
winning the prizes for high scores in
points and hcpors.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
Fallon Hay Selling at S15

We are informed on good authori-
ty that Fallon farmers are now sell
ing hay at SIS per ton in the stack
at that place. For a time the Fallon
men we're holding out for twenty
but were unable to find much OF a
market for their product at this
price. Consequently they have re-
duced the price which will be good
news for Elko county ranchmen. =
Elko Independent.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08

Charles T. Lindner, who returned
to Nevada recently from a stay in
the Texas oil fields, where he is in
terested in holdings, was in Fallon
Tuesday from his new headquarters
in Reno. He expects to return to
Texas within a short time.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08
INDIANS PREFER
FALLON TO IOyEIOCK

According to a Reno Gazette dis
patch from Loyelock. great num-
ber of the Piute tribe of Indians are
moving to Fallon from Lovelock.
They claim the advantages are much
better in Fallon because they are al
loted large tracts of land and plenty
of water for cultivation, whereby
they can be self-supporting
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08

FOR SALE-Good team, harness
and wagon. Reasonable. Phone
Janitor, West End School. I'll,
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08

PIANO TUNER and REPAIRER
Phone F. w. Hicks, janitor, West
End School. Over thirty years ex-
perience, satisfaction guaranteed.
Residence. last house south of Cath
olic church. I'm
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-08

WANTED-Cook. Phone 2S1.
Wanted to Buy-Residence lots
See w. II. Caldwell in the Bank of
Fallon building. ito.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-11-14
CALENDAR REFORM ADVOCATED BY
 ASS0C|AT | N

A bill has been introduced in Con gress having for its purpose the re- form of the calendar. The bill pro- vides that the year shall be divided into 13 mcnths of 2S days each-4 weeks each. Under the plan pro- posed New Year Day becomes an independent legal holiday, not talk en into account in the calendar, thus leaving 364 days in the calen- dar year. As will be seen, 364 is a multiple of 19-is the product of
 I'd 2S. In the case of leap year; with an additional day; there is pro- vided another independent legal holi- day, Correction Day., it is called It would not be included in any week or month. Every month under this plan would begin with Monday and therefore end with Sunday. As new month would thereby be creat- ed the order would be, January, February, Liberty, (the name of the new month"; March etc.
 
 The use of the word Liberty as the name of the new month is deem- ed especially fitting and in more ways than one. The advantages of this form-the reform-can not be overestlmated, say it's proponents. The saving of time and menial eff fort would be immense. All holi- days and anniversaries would all ways fall on the same day of the week. A promissory note given for any number of weeks, months or years would always come due on the same day of the week it was given. The plan also provides that Good Friday and Easter Sunday shall al ways be observed on certain fixed dates. This was contemplated when our present calendar was a. dopted. If the biii be"ame law the change would begin with the year 1922. The bill is sponsored by the American Equal Month Calendar As sociation, Minneapolis, Minn.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-11-14
THANKSGIVING DAY PROCLAIMED BY
 THE PRESIDENT
November 27 Set Aside By Presiden- tiai Proclamation As A Day For Observance by the Nation. Asks Reconsecration.

Washington, D. c. Nov. 6-Thurs- day, November 27, was designated as Thanksgiving day by president Will son in a proclamation, which said the country looks forward with confidence to the dawn of an era when the sacrifices of the nations will find recompense in world at peace. The proclamation says, in part:
 'The season of the year has again arrived when the people of the United States are accustomed to unite in giving thanks to Almighty God for the blessings which he has conferred upon our country during the, twelve months that have passed A year ago our people poured out their hearts in praise and thanks giving that through divine aid the right was victorious and peace had come to the nations which had cour- ageously struggled in defense of hu- man liberty and justice. Now that the stern task is ended and the fruits of achievement are ours, we look forward with confidence to the dawn of an era when the sacrifices of the nations will find lrecompense in world at peace.