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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
NO WATER HAS Been GIVEN
AWAY SAY OUR OFFICIALS
Upper Valley Irrigation District
Given Conditions Rights to
Carson Water

The secretary of the interior re.
Gently entered into an agreement
with Truckee-Carson irrigation dis
trict No. One, wherein the privilege
Is accorded of impounding $4,000
acre feet of the annual runoff of the
Carson watershed for uses in the up
per valley, contingent on the non
existence of need in the Newlands
project for this surplus. When i'm
portuned for the dispensation the
secretary is reported TO have advised
the upper valley representatives
that he has no authority to give
away any of the rights of the federal
government, only an act of congress
sufficing in such an instance.
1t will be remembered that the
Newlands project scheme formerly
embodied $4,000 acres of public and
private lands in the upper Carson
valley which were later released up
on the petition of the residents of
that section. Between the years
1913 and 1920 $4,000 was expend-
ed on reconnaissance work by the
government in the upper valley and
this sum has been assumed by the
iuhuo "hCio tneIt III TttuTu LOT the
privilege accorded by the secretary
of the interior. They have agreed
to go ahead with the storage scheme
first outlined by the reclamation de-
partment officials under an irriga-
tion district organization yet there
is much misgiving in the upper val
ley mind, according to reclamation
officials, over the advisability of pro-
ceeding with the construction of an
expensive water impounding and dis
tribution system with assurances of
water for the lands to be served only
in the event that the water is not
needed for the Newlands project.
This history of the transaction
should serve to allay the fears of
project water users that something
that belongs to them has been given
away, for nothing of the kind has ac-
tually happened, according to recla-
nation officials, who asseverate that
no rights have been given away be-
longing to them and that in the
years to come when the total runoif
of the Carson watershed is needed
here that it will be appropriated and
stored within the great Lahontan
reservoir.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
MASONS GETTING READY TO
IMPROVE LODGE PROPERTY
Fall0n Masonic Temple Association
Meeting Occurred Thursday
Evening

A meeting of the members of
Churchill lodge, No. '26, F. & A. M,
actively associated with the under
taking to provide the Fallon lodge
with home, occurred last Thurs
day evening when an organization
was effected which was designated
the Fallon Masonic Temple Associa-
ton. Judge T. A Jones was elected
association president, George B.
Snow, secretary and treasurer and
other directors named at that time
are B. C. Archer, l. L. Kent and DR..
Ed F. Dunbar.
The temporary organization that
has for several months been prose-
cutting the work of getting quarters
for the Fallon lodge had previously
purchased the Phil Hursh building
on Maine street and something more
than 900 has been subscribed
by Masons here for the purpose of
paying for and equipping the prop
erty acquired.
The first floor of the building pur-
chased by the lodge will be given
over to rental purposes while the
second floor will be utilized for lodge
purposes. An architect has been en-
gagged to supervise the work of re-
modelling the second floor interior to
conform to the needs of the lodge
and it is believed that this work will
be undertaken within the next week
or ten days. When plans in con-
temptation have been fulfilled the
Fallon lodge of Masons will have one
of the most creditable fraternal
homes in the state.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
NO CONTRACTS ARE
TO BE ADVOCATED

March 13, 1920.
Mr.. c. e. Coe, Secretary,
Truckee-Carson Irrigation District,
Fallon, Nevada.
Dear Mr.. Coe: Pursuant to the
request of the Board of Directors for
our opinion as to whether or not
the proposed contract between the
United States of America and your
district will in any way alter, change
or nullify any contract that any of
the individual water users of your
district may have heretofore enter
ed into with the United States, we
will say that 1t is our opinion that
IL the proposed contract for the con
struction of the general drainage
system with the United States is en-
tered into, that it will not in any
way or manner whatsoever alter,
change or nullify any contract which
now exists between the United States
and any individual water user in
your district.
Yours truly,
COOKE, FRENCH & STODDARD,
BY r. w. Stoddard.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
"THE WAY OF A WOMAN

In 1.-THE Way of Woman" Nor
ma Talmadge's latest Select Picture,
in which she is again presented by
Joseph M. Schenck, and which was
adapted from the famous play,
Nancy Lee" by Eugene Walter,
the beloved screen star excels even
her own high mark in a thrilling
story of American life. The scenes
of the story are laid on Southern
plantation and in the gayest parts of
New York. 'The Way of a Woman"
will be shown at the Palace Theater
Sunday, March 21.
Nancy. the eldest daughter of the
fine old Lee family of Virginia, finds
at the age of twenty-one that her
whole life and happiness are being
sacrificed to the empty family tradi-
tions. She was made to give up
Anthony Weir. the man she loves.
because her father thinks he is not
good enough" She turns against
the family pride which has brought
them so little and decides to marry
George Trevor, an impossible New
York bounder, for the material ad-
vantages he can bring to her family.
In the end, however. Anthony real
ICES that his love Is greater than his
doubt, and the romance comes to a
happy ending.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
DISTRICT NO. 4 WATER
USERS ARE VERY ACTIVE

The water users of district No.
met at the court house Monday, or
ganizing with s. e. Allen as presi-
dent and f. nj. Murchison secretary.
After endorsing Thos. Williamson as
the drainage candidate, S. ]. Rogers
was called and responded with talk
in the course of which he told of the
projects prospects for getting gov
ernment moneys for drainage pur-
poses here. A resolution was intro
duced by Mr.. Rogers and unanimous
ly carried committing the water us
ers present to support of the pro-
posal of the Fernley water users for
relief from water shortages in the
future.
j. T. Theyer, A. E. Grinnell, J. S.
Gray, G. w. Latin and S. J. Rogers
were named as a campaign commit
tee to work for drainage and Thos.
E. Williamson, endorsed candidate
for district director, was directed to
add to the committee in his discre-
ton.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
WILL MOVE SUGAR FACTORY
MACHINERY OVER TO UTAH
Fallon Beet Sugar Factory Passes
Into Hands OF Utah
Concern

The ownership of the Fallon beet
sugar factory. building and machin-
cry has passed to- the Utah-Idaho
sugar company, according to recent
announcements and the machinery
will be taken down and moved to
Utah for manufacturing uses there
The purchasing company operated
the factory three years ago on a
lease but project farmers never took
kindly to the beet raising idea from
the outset of the enterprise. Gener-
ally, beets are regarded as paying a
less net return here than alfalfa, al
though they grow to perfection in
this valley and carry a sugar con-
tent and purity far beyond that of
those raised in humid sections.
The officials of the Utah-Idaho
sugar company will not move the
brick in the factory buildings from
this city and may decide to dis
mantle the structure in the event a
market Is apparent here for the sale
of the materials for building con-
struction in this city. Representa-
tives of the company were in Fallon
recently making a survey of the sit
uation and expressed themselves at
that time as being willing to sell the
brick as demands become manifest.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
CITY COUNCIL MET
TUESDAYr-EvENING

At the city council meeting last
evening $4,000 in city improvement
bonds were disposed of officially, the
bid of A. Huffaker, of Carson City
being accepted. His proposal is on
basis of par value for the city's
collateral, which carries per cent
annual interest and mature in 1929,
1880 and 1881.
City Engineer l.. w. Crehore was
instructed to get quotations on sew
er pipe for extensions to the city's
system.
e. E. Erickson was awarded the
contract for street .sprinkling, his
bid for the work being $3.50 per day
for man and team.
A petition was received asking
for the councils official endorsement
of the daylight saving plan and the
city clerk was instructed to write 20
other Nevada cities and learn If the
movement is general over the state.
An order was made that sewer and
water lines be extended to. the. cor
ner of Lincoln and Richards streets,
contingent on property owners bene-
fitted dedicating to the city the nee
essary real estate to straighten the
streets along which the lines will
run.
The city engineer was authorized
to buy SO water meters at cost of
$11.61, I. o. b. this city.
A special meeting of the council
will be held next Monday evening.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
WANTS NEW TRIAL

In the Supreme court today papers
were filed by the defendants in the
case of the Williams Estate company
versus the Nevada Wonder Mining
company, asking an appeal from the
decision of the lower court and for a
new trial.
The Williams Estate company suf-
fered a loss of fifteen head of cattle
through the carelessness, it is cl,. n
ed, of defendants in permitting cya-
nide impregnated water to drain
from tailings ponds without proper
protection and which the cattle drank
causing their death. In the lower
court the estate company obtained a
judgment of $3.50 and costs and a
motion on the part of the mining
company for new trial was denied,
says the Carson Appeal.
II. II. Brown of Tonopah repre-
sents the appellants and the firm OF
Gibbons, French & Stoddard OF
Reno the respondents.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
STATE is BUILDING $4,000
GRAVEL PLANT AT LAhONTAN
State Highway Engineer G. G. Cot
trell Visited Fallon and Made
Road Plans

State Highway Engineer C. y.
Cottrell of Carson City, visited Fal-
Ion last Friday in company with A.
B. Brown, an inspector connected
with the Ogden, Utah, Office of the
federal bureau of public roads. They
came here for the purpose of meet
ing with the members of the Church
i'll county commissioners board and
on Friday evening the conference
held at the court house in this city
resulted in making substantial adj
ditions to the Churchill county road
building program for the pre- sent
year. Plans as revised by the feder-
al state and county authorities call
for the completion of the Leetville-
Hazen link of the state highway,
connecting Fallon with the main
line of railroad; the section of the
Lincoln highway leading from the
Grimes ranch to Salt Wells will be
improved and five miles of addition
al state highway will be constructed,
probably following the Lincoln high
way out of Fallon.
The surface of the Fallon-Hazen
link of. the state highway will be
covered with asphalt at cost esti-
mated at $1s00.00 per mile. This
step is deemed necessary by State
Engineer G. G. Cottrell. who stated
F.iday that gravel surfaced road
or'this section of road would prop
ably break down under the traffic
requirements already manifest.
Mr.. Cottrell said that the state is
equipping a sand and gravel plant at
Lahontan where road building ma
terials are to be provided for state
highway projects In Churchill, Wa
shoe and Pershing counties, work
on the enterprise having started last
Friday. The estimated cost OF the
states Lahontan plant is $25. 900
Ii will have minimum daily output
of 700 tons or IA cars OF gravel per
day and maximum daily output of
1900 tons or "a cars. The plant will
be maintained as permanent ad-
junct to the states highway building
program and the necessary machin-
cry has been bought and Is now en-
route to Lahontan.
Lahontan was decided upon as the
site of the state plant following ex-
haustive tests, according to Mr.. Cot
trell, who said that the materials
there surpass In quality any avail
able elsewhere In Nevada and will
oe used over Just as wide a territory
within the state as railroad freight
rates will allow.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
VINCENT FULKERSON'S LIT
TIE son DIED MONDAY

William Ashley Fulkerson, Mr..
and Mrs. V. Fulkerson's small son,
passed away at the family home on
Swingle Bench Monday afternoon
following a short illness of pneu-
monia which resulted from an at
tack of influenza. Funeral services
were held for the child in this city
yesterday afternoon, interment being
made afterward in the Fallon ceme-
terry.
The deceased was five years, nine
months and IL days of age and was
a particularly bright and winsome
little fellow generally beloved by all
with whom he came in contact. His
passing has brought poignant grief
to his loved ones and regret general
ly to friends of the family who SYM
pathize deeply with the loved ones
So sorely stricken.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
PROPOSED DRAINAGE PLAN
COVERED BY PAMPHLETS
The Subject of Drainage Is Being
Generally Discussed by the Pro-
ject Water Users

Drainage for the Newlands pro-
Ject Is the big topic of conversation
among the water users of the New
lands project. The governments
plan to construct S1.2 miles of class
drains and 1895 miles of class b
drains, covering in what is deemed
very comprehensive manner the
lands of the project, is meeting with
more opposition than the proponents
of the schere had anticipated. A
number of the large and small land
owners have united in opposition
and red hot campaign is now being
conducted by the rival contingents
The proposed contract which
would, in the event of affirmation on
Tuesday, April 9Th, govern in the
federal outlay of $500, 900 for drain
age here, has been mailed out by
the project Office force in this city
and most land owners are very gem
orally giving its provisions careful
study. The salient features of the
contract are as follows:
Sixty-six thousand acres or there
abouts of project lands are to he
pledged to the repayment of the
sum of 100000.
The government agrees upon the
execution of the contract with the
constituted authorities of the Truck
ee-Carson irrigation district, to per-
form the work incumbent upon the
construction of the first and second
class drains.
1t is recited that the sum of $780,
600 will not fully drain the entire
project farming area but will suffice
only for general drainage system
with which individual and communi-
ty farming areas can be connected at
a later date.
The district would be bound to re-
pay to the federal government the
entire sum advanced in 40 semi-an-
nual instalments without interest
charge payments to be made on jan
uary 1st and July 1st of each year.
The Irrigation district is bound
to pay the entire amount regardless
of the default of individual land
owners should such defaults arise.
The federal government may use
such drains as may be constructed
and agrees to maintain them in the
event the irrigation district fails to
do so, the costs to be charged back
to the landowners.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
WOULD YOU HELP FELLOW
HUMANITY IN DIREST NEED?
Armenian Relief Drive Is On And
Local People Should
Respond

Would we let one single child
starve or go cold and unsheltered
here in our own country? OF course
we wouldn't II we knew about it.
Over yonder one of the peoples
who were our allies are starving
and 100000 of their children are
is to be started to help them. Never
was distress keener or need of mere
iful help greater Churchill county s
part is small. Twelve hundred dol
lars would do 1t and how quickly we
could raise that. If all would give,
the amount per person would be too
small to mention.
Tomorrow evening there is to be
a meeting in the court house and
you are asked to be present and talk
this over with the county chairman
and decide whether this campaign
can be put over or whether we had
better send word to the state and
national organizations that, because
the war is over, Churchill county is
not interested in the suffering that
followed in it's wake and fell upon
some of our defenseless former al
lies.
Did you know that the Germans
admit that the military help the Ar
menians, for example, gave the al
lies shortened the war by several
weeks? Did you know that at the
time it closed it was costing us $780,
900, 600 a day. If the help of the
Armenians shortened it by only one
week by keeping the Central powers
from the Baku oil fields they saved
us 100000 and our other al
lies more. So the proposition has a
business as well as charity side to
it,
big as his intellect, says, 'in the
Near East is the most desperate sit
uation in the world"
Among the members of the Ma
tional organization are: Taft, Root,
Hughes, Herrick, Morgenthau, Chas.
w. Elliot, Cardinal Gibbons, Hoover,
John r. Mott, Cleveland Dodge, DR..
Wilbur.
The Nevada State organization
Includes. Justice Ducker, Judge
Langan, Judge Lunsford, Senator
Mayor Stewart and others.
Chauncey w. Smith, who already
claims to have been a busy man, re-
luctantly accepted the county chair
manship appointment, realizing full
well that without the wartime en-
thusiasm to help the task is to be
hard. Will you help? If you would
take but few moments to look into
the facts and consider them you
would. He and his helpers are GO
ing to try their best to make this
need clear to you. A lecturer, a
soldier who has been through real
battles, will be here next Monday to
speak on this Relief subject.
Come to the meeting tomorrow
evening at 1880 at the court house
and hear the situation explained,
and see IL you can help. If you
would listen to the facts you couldn't
hold back.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
w. ID. MOODY RETURNED
FROM CALIFORNIA THURSDAY

W. ID. Moody, we'll known farmer
and one OF the pioneers of the Fal-
ion oil field. returned last Thursday
from the Coalinga, Calf, district
where he Is interested with other
Fallon parties In an oil exploitation.
Mr. Moody stated yesterday that his
careful inspection of the California
oil districts makes him more firmly
convinced than ever that the Fallon
district will become one of the big
oil producing sections of the United
States. Here" said Mr.. Moody,
you will find the same conditions
existent as at Coalinga. The same
shales. fossil evidences and other
accompaniments of oil are here as
are found at Coalinga and good,
honest effort will surely return
ample reward. | travelled more
than 600 miles in the southern Cal-
ifornia oil fields and found nothing
foreign to the Fallon field. Forma-
tions here are Just as auspicious as
they are there and | can see nothing
hut success ahead for the local
field"
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
DENIES THAT PROPOSAL
CARRIES HIDDEN MEANING

The report has been circulated
that voting of the proposed drainage
contract also includes the question
of paying deficit of $4,000 main
tenance and operation, claimed To
have accrued against the project be-
tween 1908 and 1918. The question
of this deficit is in no way consider
ed in this drainage election, but must
be decided by a separate vote later
in the year. To set at rest the ru-
NOR that the drainage election re-
suit affects the contracts now held
by individual water users with the
government, especially the 40 cent
contracts, we are printing an opin-
ion given US by the attorneys of the
irrigation district. Forty cent con-
tracts would be in no way changed
by the proposed drainage contract.
G. e. COE, Secretary.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
LOCAL POST OF LEGION
HAD ENJOYABLE EVENING

On Tuesday evening. March 9Th,
a large number of Legion members
met In the commercial club rooms
to enjoy a smoker"
After short business meeting
Freddies Jazz Orchestra appeared
and added to the evenings entertain
ment
Later q gay crowd of the men,
bers' lady friends and relatives were
invited in and dancing was enjoyed.
Members not in the dancing class
found amusement in playing cards.
At midnight luncheon was
rushed to the scene and judging
from the remnants II couldn't have
been a failure.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
WOODSON'S MARITAL TROUBLES
AIRED IN DISTRICT COURT

The domestic troubles of Marie
and Dora f. Woodson, former Fal-
Ion residents, we're well aired in the
Washoe county district court last
Saturday and Monday, Mrs. Wood
son having filed suit for divorce
in which she alleged grounds of
cruel treatment inflicted by her hus-
band in Reno last month. Woodson
countered with charges of cruelty
also. After yainly trying to recon-
cile the pair, District Judge Luns-
ford ordered Woodson to pay his
wife $50 per month alimony, $3.50
as a preliminary fee for her attor-
ney and $40 court costs. The Wood
sons were married in Oklahoma in
1912 and came to Fallon about
three years ago. Woodson was an
attache of the Nevada Colony east
of Fallon in the heyday of the CO.
operative attempt and was mem
ber of the board of directors of the
colony corporation.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
SEVERAL PICKFORD
DIVORCES ALLOWED

The impression is current with
many that Mary Pickford is the first
one to obtain a divorce in Nevada
claiming a residence of about two
weeks, and it has been the belief
that Little Mary" has put OYER
something new. A local attorney in
discussing the matter yesterday said
that he recalled four or five divorces
his firm had secured during the past
year where the parties had been in
the state a short time. 1t seems that
those delegations which went to Car
son City and stormed the legislature
in opposition to the six months resi-
dence clause, when the present di-
yorce bill was passed, overlooked a
few technicalities. Little Mary"
did not even need to stay two weeks,
a day might have been sufficient
Winnemucca Silver State.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
WAR RECORDS OF NEVADA
SOLDIERS ARE WANTED

Miss Jean Elizabeth Wier, secre-
tary of the Nevada State Historical
Society was over from Reno yester-
day for the purpose of gathering
data to he used in compiling a com
plete record of the services of all Me-
vada people during the great war,
either in the military forces of the
United States or in any and all Of
the branches of war activities of all
branches, especially in and through
the Red Cross and other organiza-
tions. 1t is planned to enlist the
aid of school children in gathering a
great deal of the information de.
sired.
and from them boarding and for
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
CAME DOWN FROM RENO
SELECTED DRILLING SITE

Robert Nelson. Washoe county
commissioner and president of the
Diamond Oil Company. having large
oil land holdings IN the anticline
district, came down from Reno Sun
day in company with l.. l.. Leonard,
field manager for the company, and
selected the site where the drill will
be put to work. A standard rig has
been purchased and is now on the
way to Fallon and is expected to ar
rive some time during the coming
week. Derrick timbers are also en-
route and the Diamond Company's
officials promise some very rapid de-
yelopment work whenever this phase
OF operations has been set in mo-
tioR
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-17
BOUGHT c. l.. BENADUM
TRANSFER BUSINESS

]. H. Malloy and Dave Willis, well
known local men, concluded deal
Monday wherein they acquired the
C. l.. Benadum passenger route be-
tween this city and Hazen and the
Ford cars operated in this traffic and
also Mr.. Bendaum's Service freight
carrying truck. These they will OPP
crate under the firm name of Fallon
Transfer Company and they have
announced that a general transfer
and taxi business will be conducted
Both men are popular with the local
public and will undoubtedly succeed
in round measure in their new ven
ture.