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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
Financial Briefs

The average price OF twenty active In
Iustrial stocks advanced 0.46 per cent
yesterday to 1850, while the twenty
rallroads declined 0.l0 per cent to 77,45.
The government will withdraw $12,-
,aO. 600 from member banks in the New
fork district today
The New York Subtreasury lost S675,-
700 TO the banks yesterday, making a
ash net loss since Friday OF Sl,S46 900.
West & Co. state in their December
pond letter that when the year 1920
ends there will close in the history Of
finance and investments a chapter in
which there will be recorded unpar-
alleled events quotations and interest
rates The high peaks of income returns
md low prices for high-grada bonds
will be looked upon as a landmark by
bankers and investors.
Charles B Pearson was elected di.
rector Of the Ninth National Bank yes.
terday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
Today's Range In Liberty Bonds
cuba's Sugar Stock Below Estimate

Havana. Cuba. Dec. 2.-Sugar stocks
In Cuba at present total 270,0Oo tons.
according TO official figures OF the Cuban
government. This In 10000 tons less
than former reports have indicated. or
this amount, $4,000 tons, II Is estimated,
will be required for home consumption
up to January l. and approximately
100000 tons OF the remaining $4,000 II
In the hands OF the Cuban sales commit.
tee Of the Association OF Planters and
Producers, TII r'-I-s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York. Dec. 2.-The feature of the
foreign exchange market at the opening
this morning, as In the late dealings yes
terday, was extreme dullness The course
Of rates was irregular. Sterling. COM
pared with yesterdays finals. showed a
Scandlnavians were steady and un-
changed. while Belgians gained 4 points
and marks lost point.
Quotations were:
Demand sterling 3.4Sh. cables 949k {;
franc cables 6.07, checks 6. .05; lire cables
3.67%. checks . GIN Swiss cables 16. 81,
checks 1870; guilder cables 30%, checks
80 " pesetas cables 1910. checks 1903 !:
Stockholm cables 1910, checks 1890 !;
Christiania and Copenhagen cables 1875,
checks 1855 Belgian cables 6.45, checks
6.44h marks 1.45.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02

.5h per cent on paper secured by bh per
cent certificates. and per cent on paper
fDlscount rate eorresponds with interest
rats borne by certifca'es plesged as collat'
sTaI with minimum of per cent In the case
Of Philadelphia,, Atlanta, Kansas City snd
Dslias and bh per cent In the case OF
cleveland, Richmond, Chicago and San Fran
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
Raw Sugar Steady at 4.75o

New York. Dec. 2,-The raw sugar
market continues quiet and about steady
at i,75c, cost and freight, for Cubas.
equal to ste, duty paid. The demand is
limited. There were no sales reported
Yesterday. Importations consisted
$4,000 bags Brazils consigned 10 tne
National Sugar Refining Co. The Mein,
erath Brokerage Co. estimates the United
States beet sugar crop, as OF November
20; at 2O,602, 900 bags, or 9ls,?32 long
tons. The local refined market un-
changed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02
Reserve Banks Discount Rates

Official redlscount rates at the twelve Fed
raj Reserve banks are as follows:
Treas LIB. Com'I Bkrs
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
.Sl0,0O0,OOO Mine
MERGER EFFECTED
LARGEST ORE WORKING PLANT
IN THIS PART OF THE STATE
WILL BE ERECTED DURING
THE PRESENT SEASON
FIVE MINES FIGURE IN DEAL
Wonder Mining Companies Combine
to Prosecute Work. Camp
Will Revive

Churchill county's mines, former
ly deemed among the most import
ant in the state by reason of min
eral production that for many years
placed this county we'll up in the
list Of the precious metal, producing
counties of Nevada, are again at
tracing attention and 1t now seems
highly probable that earlier day i'm
portance will be eclipsed by impend-
ing events. Yesterday what is term
ed $10,O00.000 merger of Wonder
mining properties, was effected, in
which the Dickey ", Golconda, Vul-
ture, Bald Eagle and Spider Wasp
groups of mining properties are
amalgamated under a single head,
George A. Manning, New York min
ing man, being the central figure in
the consolidation.
1t has been announced that Won
der is to take on degree of bona
fide mining activity unparalleled in
the camps previous history A
great ore working plant is to be
constructed during the present seas
on greater in capacity than the mill
recently dismantled by the Nevada
Wonder Mining Company and dem
.onstrated ore bodies carrying high
values in both gold and silver will
be worked co-incident with the pros
ecution of further development op-
erations.
Wonder is generally admitted to
be the center of this county's most
highly mineralized district and a
cessation of activities there resulted
entirely from causes arising from a
demoralized metal market.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
THIS Is BUSY TIME OF YEAR
PHONES ARE FOR BUSINESS

Manager H. C. Korn, of the coun-
ty telephone system, has about con-
cluded that the only long winded
conversation to be properly tolerated
in this fast moving age must pass
over the front gate between folks in
their adolescence. Feminine ener
gy, he says. must not be expended
on the ad finitum plan over the
county's telephone lines. And he
sounds warning that business must
have the right of way over social
matters insofar as the telephone is
concerned. or course, women are
not to be denied the right to call up
their neighbor folks and find out IL
Johnny is fully recovered from the
mumps or II the baby's tooth has fin
ally broken through the gums or
any one of the thousand other
things that enter into the mental
processes of inquisitive womankind,
but Mr. Korn most earnestly So
licits a waving of this form of con-
versation for actual business. 1t Is
pointed out that the irrigation seas
on is on, farmers usually want to
put in their orders for water prompt
ly and get to doing whatever expedi-
ency seems to dictate. yet he Is at a
loss TO deal with the situation unless
loquacity can be ubo.din-tcd to
business requirement.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
BEN NICHOLS MANAGING TWO
HIGHLY PROMISING BOXERS

In Solly Burns and Barney Mey-
ers. Ben Nichols. of the Big Four Oil
and Gas Company. of this city. be-
lieves he has pair of lightweight
boxers who can outstep anything in
the west. Meyers is now acting as
boxing instructor of the Fallon ath-
letic club, while Burns is down in
Fort Worth. Tex. and will be here
in a few days. Mr.. Nichols has
challenges out on behalf of his prote-
ges for any of the nit artists in this
state who may aspire to meet the
Fallon boxers at anything like their
poundage.
So confident is Mr.. Nichols that
Burns is to be the leading Nevada
lightweight that he has offered to
form a pool of 81 900 of Fallon mon
ey to bet on the outcome. He Is es-
pecially anxious to match this fight
er against Chris George, Reno
Greek lightweight who has been
topping over all comers at the Reno
boxing shows.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
HOT WATER WELL IS
NEW DRILLING SITE
OIL Well Drilling Started Today At
Saltwater By the Wheeler
OIL Syndicate

]. M. Vogeli. fiscal agent of tn.
Wheeler Oil Syndicate, returned yes
terday from a several weeks stay II
California cities where he made sub
stantial connections for the sale OF
his company's treasury stock and ef.
fected many stock sales as well. He
will be here for some time attend
ing to business matters for the
Wheeler OIL Syndicate which will
be drilling on the company's ground
near Saltwater today where the
most auspicious oil Indications ex-
ist. s
The Wheeler Syndicate drill il be-
ing sunk near the Park Wheeler hot
water well which has attracted
widespread attention by reason OF
the fact that It's flow has constantly
carried a heavy oil sludge, In addi-
tion to being of temperature that
is generally considered to indicate
geological conditions that augur for
oil In paying quantities. The oflc-
iels of the company propose to go to
depth with the drill that will defi-
nitely determine whether vast un-
derground pools of oil underlie the
neighborhood where development
work has been undertaken, where
the seepage that has been In evil
dence since the Wheeler we'll was
struck may have its origin.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
F. N. WICHTMAN
BOUGHT FINE farm
PURCHASER WILL MAKE NEW
PURCHASE HIS FAMILY HOME
AND WILL FURTHER DEvEL-
OPE THE PLACE
PAID $4,000 FOR $40 ACRES
f. M. Wightman Bought the Fine
Pete Mori Ranch, the Deal Being
Closed Last Monday

Pete Mori sold his 320-acre ranch
located three miles southwest of Fal-
Ion to F. M. Wightman. the deal be-
ing concluded Monday. The consid-
Grafton figuring In the transaction Ia
$4,000. according to the announce
ments made by the seller and buyer
The ranch Is considered one of the
best and most productive in the
state and 1877 acres of the total carry
a recognized water right. Practical
ly all of the area is under cultiva-
tion and during his ownership Mr..
Mori has added materially In ranch
betterments.
Mr.. Wightman will further i'm
prove the tract and will shortly es-
say residence there, according to the
announcements made. He is to have
possession on May 1st.
Mr.. Mori says he is getting old and
that AZ years of farming in this state
entities him to a rest period. He
owns 40 acres near the place he
sold Mr. Wightman and is starting
to put up fine residence. He will
confine his efforts of the future to
developing this tract up to the high
est point possible and plans to make
1t one of the show places of the New
lands project.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
]. w. FLOOD STARTS
WORK ON THEATER
Starts Work ON Theater Auditorium
That viii Seat One Thousand
People

J. w. Flood has announced his
intention of starting work at once
on his projected theater building to
take the place of his present Rex
theater building, which will be turn
ed into a storeroom for purposes of
trade. He expects to have work un-
der way within another 80 days. Mr..
Floods theater plans call for a
structure As feet In width by 1873
feet in length with an interior "a
feet in the clear. 1t will have a
seating capacity of 1000, the main
floor being planned to seat 700 peo-
pie and a balcony an additional 800.
Work ON the theater lobby is now
under way. This will be full SO feet
in length and overhead Mr.. Flood is
to have a five-room apartment con-
structed for the use of his family.
lily.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
BETS MADE ON WELLS
AT FALLON AND ILLIPAH

Richardson and Foster report that
the Okell Drill campany has sent an
expert up from the Fallon fields to
handle its drnl which Is now down
over 400 feet. A depth of so feet
was made on the first day and it is
predicted that the 1000 feet neces-
sary to strike the oil bearing sands
will be reached by June LIST, says the
Tonopah Miner.
Some little rivalry Is being shown
by the crews driving the drill al
Fallon and the oil drillers at I'LL.
pah basin In White Pine county
Nevada.
Mr.. Richardson. from his head
quarters at Ely. is confident that
the Illipah, the White River, and
the Current Creek sections will
bring In the first producing oil vel
in Nevada, but the other members oi
the firm believe that Fallon and the
Western Nevada oil fields will pro-
duce the first gusher.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
A ROCK CRUSHER IS
BADLY NEEDED HERE
Shortage of Gravel Operates To
Retard Building Enterprise
In FallOn

Building enterprises in this pro-
ject are being greatly retarded
through lack of suitable gravel for
concrete mixtures. This handicap
operates against projects wherein
buildings, sidewalks. other munici-
pal improvements and roadways are
concerned. and the-shortage is more
Iacute now than at any previous time
in local history. 1t will be remem-
bered that the quarry at Reservoir
hill was Withdrawn by interior de-
partment officials 16 years ago and
the rock obtained from there subse
quently has altogether come through
the sufferance of the government.
This dispensation is generally ap-
preciated but it does not constitute
warrant for the financial outlay
that would be necessary ii big
rock crushing plant is to be estab
lished at the hill.
There Is a state gravel plant at
Lahontan where the highway au-
thorities recently installed expensive
machinery, but the state highway
commissioners lately met and is
sued an order that no gravel could
come from this plant for other than
state highway purposes for a period
of at least two years.
Just now the city has an extensive
sidewalk building program in con-
temptation and will start work with
in a few days upon a second unit to
the municipal sewerage disposal
system and a large swimming tank
for the youth of the community. pri
vate building enterprises are numer-
Gus and the streets must be graveled
in this city in many instances.
Crushed rock at $500 per cubic
yard. the present price of the materi
ais coming from the Reservoir hill
quarry, are said to be almost pro-
hibitive in cost, and the city author
tiles are putting forward earnest ef-
forts to effect savings for the tax
payers of the community If such a
thing is possible.
1t is pointed out that Fallon's in
terests and the interests of the pro-
ject are Identical and that the pro-
ject authorities may properly install
a big gravel plant on the govern
ment reserve at Reservoir lhii for
project and town purposes.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
SOLDIER SETTLEMENT
NEAR WADSWORTH
Lands In Vicinity of Pyramid Lake
To BE Thrown Open to
Soldiers

1t is announced from the land
Office in this city that on May 10th
about 10000 acres of land in the
Newlands project and located in the
vicinity of Winnemucca lake will be
thrown open to soldiers and sailors
OF the late war. They will be given
preferential rights and sixty days in
which to make their filings, says yes
terday's Carson Appeal.
II at the end of that time. on July
9Th. the land has not all been filed
on the balance will be thrown open
to the public for entry.
Much of the land contained In the
tract is hilly md runs up into the
mountains, but there is also a vast
stretch of level land.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
ENGINEERS WILL
DETERMINE CARSON
RIVER WATER RIGHTS

All users and claimants of, In or
to the waters of the Carson river
and its tributaries have been noti-
fled that pursuant to specified sec
ton of the 1915 Nevada session laws
the state engineer will consider any
and all maps, plats, surveys. and
evidence on file In his office relating
to any proof of appropriation in
volved in the proceedings for the de-
termination OF the relative rights in
and to the waters of the said river
and its tributaries in Churchill.
Douglas. Lyon and Ormsby counties.
and that he will submit his findings
to the court under the provisions of
the law, says the Carson News.
The users have been notified, fur
ther, that they may, within sixty
days, or until June 10th of this
year. file with the state engineer
any additional or supplementary
maps, plats, surveys. or evidence, or
objections to the admissibility of any
evidence hitherto presented and
filed in relation to claims of water
right, or adverse to the claims of the
water right of any other party, In
order to protect claims, and that the
whole will be considered in render
ing the order of determination, and
shall become part OF the record
which shall be submitted to the
court as provided by law
The principal reasons for the engi-
neer's determination to take this
step are:
1. The fact that Italian ranchers
along the lower part of the river
are preparing to bring suits against
water users higher up in an effort to
get more water.
2. Threatened litigation because
of opposition to the Springmeyer
application for permission to change
the point Of use.
regard to water available for stor-
age purposes.
4. Under the supreme court de-
cision handed down few weeks ago
In the Scossa case 1t Is necessary for
the court to issue an original decree
covering the facts before an adjudi-
.
cation is finally valid. 1t is claimed
that as the matter now stands no ad-
Indication has been accomplished
along this river. as the findings
made by A. e. Chandler about fifteen
years ago have never been passed on
by the court.
The state engineer has announced
that Il will be unnecessary for users
to appear or make any further show
ing In the case II they are willing to
have the water distributed as under
the Chandler findings.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
DRAINAGE WORK
STARTS SEPT lST
MACHINERY WILL BE BROUGHT
HERE FROM OTHER PROJECTS
RATHER THAN BUYING AT
PRESENT COSTS
RECLAMATION OFFICIALS ACT
Reclamation Authorities Are Moving
to Hasten Taking Up the Work Of
Building Drainage System

John l.. Burkholder, reclamation
drainage construction engineer. at
tached to the Denver, Colo, Office of
the department, arrived in Fallon
last Friday and spent the time until
Monday comforting with Project
Manager John F.. Richardson relative
to the preliminary tasks involved in
starting work on the Newlands pro-
ject's proposed drainage system. re-
Gently authorized by decisive vote
of the water users. These plans are
largely tentative. according to Mr..
Burkholder, who said Monday that
no time is to be lost In starting work.
The prompt ratification of the cleo
ton proceedings will be necessary
before the government authorities
can act to give the proposal definite
ness.
According to Mr.. Burkholder, the
utmont economy is to govern in the
work of installing the 100 miles of
open bitches which 1t is believed can
be constructed for the 800, 900 that
will be advanced by the federal rec
lamation service. and wherever pos
sible machinery now In use on other
projects will be transferred for use
here. Emphasis is given to the con-
gestion that exists in the factories of
the countries and the resultant i'm
possibility of getting early deliveries
OF materials; and 1t is further stated
that buying costs are now at a peak
that makes highly desirable the use
of machinery already owned by the
service. This departure will result
in very substantial savings to the
projects land owners who will pay
the costs of the enterprise.
Dragline excavators will be used
in constructing the system bitches.
four now being available for early
transfer These have a monthly ca
pacity of $4,000 cubic yards and the
authorities figure that this compile
ment OF excavators viii allow of the
completion of the system within two
and one-half years from the start OF
work
The work should be under way
not later than next September list.
said Mr.. Burkholder, 1T being esti-
mated that from three To four
months will be required to complete
the legal formalities incident upon
the enterprise
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
A THOUSAND ACRE FEET
ADDED TO RESERVOIR DAILY

The stored water supply within
the Lahontan reservoir is now being
added to at the rate of 1000 acre
feet daily and the spring run-off
from the Carson watershed has not
commenced Monday the reservoir
withheld 215.000 acre feet. The
daily intake is now coming from
both the Carson and Truckee rivers,
the former furnishing about 800
acre feet and the Truckee about 700
feet. The big flow is yet to come
when the SHOWS OF the Sierras are
turned into liquid by the warm tenn
peratures which are about due.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
LITTLE DAUGHTER OF MIR. AND
MRS. NICHOLAS JEsCH DIED

Lucille Elizabeth, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. N Jesch. passed away at
the family home In this city last
Friday morning following an illness
lasting for about three weeks. The
little girl was about six year of age
and was a bright and winsome little
body generally beloved by the ac-
quaintances of the family Her pass
ing has brought grief to many, in
cluding her little friends Of the Cen
trail school where she was very pop
ular with teachers and students.
Funeral services were held at the
Catholic church in this city at 2
O'Clock Sunday afternoon, interment
in the Fallon cemetery following.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
WENT TO SOUTHERN CALF.
TO BUY OIL DRILLING OUTFIT

W b. and A. b. Nichols left Sun
day for southern California where
they expect to close deal this week
for the purchase of a standard oil
drilling rig to supplement the equip
ment already In operation on the
company's ground In the anticline
district. No time will be lost in get
ting the second outfit in opera
tion and an additional drilling crew
Is to be engaged by the Big Four's
officials on their present trip to the
coast.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
CITY COUNCIL MET LAST
EVENING AWARDING CONTRACT

The city council met last evening
and provided for the early compile
ton Of the automobile, tourist
kitchen proposed for the city park
grounds by awarding the contract
for the construction of the kitchen
to d. s. Davenport for ss56.2S.
No protestants appeared at the
meeting last evening to the side
walk projects under contemplation
and these will be rushed to the
earliest possible completion.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14
Visiting Daughter

Visiting Daughter
Francisco bay last Wednesday.
He is spending part OF his
time away visiting his daughter
Charlotte, a member of the Cali
fornia state university freshman
class. Miss Towle recently rode In
the regatta. stellar student body
event and qualified also as mem
Der of the first year girls rowing
crew.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14

FOR SALE-Chicken Wire and
Chick Wire, all sizes and heights,
SO per cent of. Phone 37x2.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-14

Now is the time to order your hay
derrick. George s. Spreyer.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-20

will receive from Secretary Baker
gold. silver or bronze medal, suitabi,
engraved. They will also be preseus
ed with silver cup to be taken t.
their school.
The local prizes for Salem are:
Salem statesman-s25 cash prize for
Marion and Polk counties.
Bligh theater-Daily admission for
two months. Student under 13 Of Sa-
lem.
Hartman Brothers-$15 ring il girl:
monogram if boy.
Gardner & Keene jewelers-si5
necklace il girl; watch chain if boy.
W. H. Prunk--s2 bottle of Pransr
perfume.
Patton's book store-1 copy of "our
Muddle."
Meyers drug store store sultcases.
for girl, I for boy OF Salem; value
$3.50
Ladd G. Bush bankers-$1 each to
girl or boy writing best essay in Mar
on county.
L. S. National bank-s1 each to girl
'r boy writing best essay in Marion
county.
Y. NJ. c. At months membership
or boy of Salem between the ages of |
4 and 10; months membership for
10Y in junior department for boy un-
er IA.
Marion hotel-s2 cash prizes.