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The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
1T WOULD BE INTERESTING
TO KNOW WHAT WATER COST

After much excursioning and fit
ting about and innumerable con
ferences with other reclamation Of
ficials and California owners of
Lake Tahoe rights Project Mana
ger John f. Richardson finally Sc
cured the release from Lake Tahoe
of approximately 600 acre feet of
mountain water which suffice 1t to
say never reached here but was di-
verted by the enterprising Truckee
Meadow farmers for irrigation pur-
poses. This water came tumbling
down the mountain sides after the
project manager had removed GER
tain debris from Lake Tahoe's out
let including golf stocking, a
swagger stick and lady's handker-
chief. OF course, the project ar
chives are for the eyes of the few,
but would Mr.. Richardson be good
enough to Jet the local public know
the exact sum that Is charged ON
his records against this 600 feet of
water. Mr.. Richardson expected to
get 1900 acre feet from the oper-
ations at the lakes outlet.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
LAND BEING TAKEN UP
UNDER THE PITTMAN ACT

1t was reported at the local
United States land Office today that
seventeen applications for land un-
der the Pittman act, embracing 49,
$40 acres, received some time ago,
have been returned from the gener-
al land Office at Washington. as ap-
proved.
The land sought is mainly locat-
ed in Clark and Lincoln counties
and the applications come from res
idents of those counties. in Ely and
in San Francisco and Los Angeles
Among the applications is one
from Senator Pittman himself for a
stretch of land in Clark county.
The senator thus proves his faith
in the measure he has so assidu-
ously championed and which was so
violently assailed in the senatorial
campaign of 1916.--Appeal.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19

History is against the probabili-
ty of the creation of an Arabian
empire. The Semitic mind does not
lean toward system or organiza-
tion,' said Colonel Thomas E. Law
renee recently.
THE Semites are represented by
very little art, architecture, philo-
sophy. But we find an amazing fer
tility among the Semites in the Gre
alton of creeds. and religions. Three
of these creeds-Judaism, Christi
anity and Mahomedanism have
become great world movements.
The broken fragments of countless
other religions which have failed
are found today on. the fringes of
the desert.
''The desert seems to produce
only one idea--the unyersality of
God. We, who have gone out to
discover the meaning of the desert.
have found only emptiness-noth-
ing but sand. wind, soil and empty
space The Bedouins leave behind
them every extraneous comfort and
go to live in the desert, in the very
arms of starvation, that they may
be free. The desert exacts price
for its secret. 1t makes the Be-
douins entirely useless to their fell
lowmens- There has never been a
Bedouin prophet. On the other
hand. there has never been Sc
mitic prophet who has not, before
preaching his message, gone into
the desert and caught from the
desert dwellers reflection of their
belief The Idea of the absolute
worthlessness of the present world
lis pure desert conception, at the
root of every Semitic religion.
which must be filtered through the
screen OF non-nomad prophet be-
fore 1t can be accepted by settled
| people From Thomas Lawrence
the Man, by Lowell Thomas In Asia
| for August.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
CALIFORNIANS QUICK TO
GRASP LAND OPPORTUNITIES

The keenness of Californians in
realizing possibilities of exploita-
ton of lands has been well exem-
plified through the many applica-
tions for lands under the recently
enacted water prospectors law, in
the opinion of Receiver Gray of the
u. S. Land Office. When this act
was passed by congress Neyadans
paid but little attention to it, fur
ther than the interest shown by
those who saw fit to file entries and
begin prospecting for water under
the conditions of the law requiring
the securing. within two years, OF
sufficient water to irrigate twenty
acres in order to secure deed to
$40 acres. Several shrewd Cali
fornians, however, have been able
to build up lucrative business in lo-
eating lands under this law for
people of their state.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
Facts and Fiction
Cleverly GarbIed
Novelist Tries His Hand at Propa-
ganda in Lake Tahoe
Controversy

IL is noteworthy that Stewart Ed
ward White, the writer, who has
given much time and little logical
study to the Lake Tohae question
as it affects Nevada and California.
gained his reputation as a writer of
fiction and not of facts. Those
who read the Saturday Evening
Post, the most widely circulated
journl on the face of the globe,
and are familiar with the question
discussed by White will accord him
further credit as fictionist. But
these arc greatly in the minority.
The Saturday Evening Post pub
fishers have in times past been tre-
smendous factors in maintaining
nationwide interest in the federal
governments arid land reclamation
plans and the editorial support put
forward has been of great value to
the west and to the nation. 1t Is
paradoxical with the Posts past
PoiiSy thdt w ultc dl JnAb JunCtUIo
should interpose his personal opin-
ion as an idealist and conservation
ist to bo given the widest possible
circulation through journal that
presumably stands for greater food
production and enlarged home
building opportunity and the utili-
cation of the nations resources In
the fulfillment of these aims.
Those of us who know the New
lands project and Lake Tahoe know
that Whites Saturday Evening Post
articles are propaganda pure and
simple. No truth was voiced; no
wholesome purpose served
A correction Is due the Newlands
project interests which are growing
in number and Importance Facts
and not fiction are due US and 1t IL
respectfully suggested that the Cur
It's Publishing Company send one of
its stan, possessed of fair degree
of practicality out into this little
known part of the world to look US
over and give corrected version of
situation that was garbled and
yarned about by White.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
Bruner Mine Key
Is Now Known
Geological Key to Situation Has
Been Found and Mills VIII
Start Again

The Kansas City Nevada Consoli
dated mines are located about sew
enty-three miles southeast of Fal
lon, and until few years ago wer'
known as the "Paymaster, an,
prior to that were known as "Phon
olite" because of the character of ;
dyke" of rock found on the prop
erty.
This dyke was considered goot
omen by the old-timers, especial,
when found in conjunction will
quartz stringers and veins, and Of
which quite few were followed
but with rather Indifferent success
although some small shipments oil
high grade ore was made, but the
time was so far back as to be con.
sidered almost legendary.
The present corporation acquired
not only this but other property
and showed their faith by not only
mining, but in extensive improve
ments by putting in pipe line al
an enormous cost, and in one of the
most up-to-date little mills in the
state, an Al boarding house, and
went to it," but in spite of good
mining operations the ore was toe
broadly disseminated through a
large area, and proved to be trad
ing dollars, which considering the
enormous difficulties and hardships
encountered warranted the closing
of the mills. but exploration was
continued with the result that the
geological key to the situation has
been discovered, and the mills will
soon begin to grind again, and amp
ly reward those who poured in their
own finances, and those who be-
lieved in their friends acumen, and
who risked their little on the
strength of the representations that,
Some time this property will pay
big" And will in small measure,
Justify the native sons of Nevada,
their belief in Nevada as a great
mining state.
The writer on trips to and from
Fallon by way of Broken Hills, sees
steady influx of workers, that
have an object in view to do some
thing, to develop, to prospect, TO
show ore, and IL by sny means pos
sible, to produce and in way with
its brilliant possibilities is the most
unique young mining camp without
exception the writer has ever visit
ed. No whoop and hurrah, no wild
tales of "Golconda' finds, but a
businesslike determination to de
liver the goods"
The Broken Hills is still sinking,
and undoubtedly, along with the
Silver Trailer, which is sinking an
incline shaft under Supt. Frazer,
will in a short time make the doubt
ing Thomas sit up and take notice.
C. G. KEETON,
Bruner, Nevada.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
PLAN RESERVOIR SITE
ON TRuCKEE RIVER
Lemon and Spanish Springs Valleys
Now Under Investigation to
Provide Storage

In order to afford relief for the
water users of Western Nevada
who are now dependent upon Lake
Tahoe storage, and to make possible
the irrigation of at least $4,000 ad-
ditional acres of land in this sec
ton of the state. Governor Boyle
and State Engineer Scrugham have
proposed to the irrigation service
the construction of a large storage
reservoir for the flood waters of the
Truckee river that are now going
to waste each spring and winter
II is estimated that such a reser-
veir and its main canal system can
be built for approximately $780,
10000, one-half of which cost, II is
proposed, shall be advanced by the
state of Nevada and the remainder
by the federal government, all of
which would ultimately be repaid
by the present users and new set
tiers upon future reclaimed land.
The irrigation service has al
ready indicated favorable attitude
toward the project but has not yet
given definite assurances as to the
amount of money that the govern
ment would advance in co-opera-
ton with the state.
Two sites for such storage res
ervoir are being considered and
have been given preliminary exami-
nation, Lennon Valley. directly
north of Reno, and Spanish Springs
valley, lying north of Sparks, both
of which are capable of large stor-
age.
Lennon valley, according to En-
gineer Serugham, is capable of sew
eral times the storage capacity of
Spanish Springs valley, but as the
latter, If damned. would contain at
least 10000 acre feet of water and
could be converted into reservoir
at much less cost than the form
er, il is believed to be the better Sc
lection. Engineer Sorugham left
this afternoon for Spanish Springs
valley to continue a reconnaissance
of the site there. Later COM
plete suhvey of both sites will be
made which will be participated in
by L. II. Taylor of Reno and b. G.
Mcbride of Elko, who will assist the
state in the matters--Reno Gazette.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19

Democratic nomination for the AS
sembly. Mr.. Gummow sailed with
a unit of the A. Il. r., as n replace
ment to the 42nd Division, and saw
service in the second and third
Meuse-Argonne offensives in France,
being attached with the First and
Second Armies in the respective
offensives, and whilA with his tri-
umphant comrades marching into
Germany. after the armistice, con-
tracted the "hu", and was invalided
at Mars-laTour. In the many
postwar matters which will engage
the new legislature, Mr.. Gummow
will be in position to speak first
hand for the returned soldier, and
being one of the most energetic
workers In the county farm bureau,
his service at Carson City should be
of most efficient nature.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
More Activities
In Fallon Field
Despite Uncertainties Over Pending
Permits, Work Is Not
Halted
tBy r. w. Nutten

by X. w. Nutten)
Taking a swing over the oil field
visited every outfit whose stack
was smoking or whose engine was
hunning | started out expecting
to see q lacking of activity on the
part of many crews, but was agree
ably surprised to find most of them
not only working but really accom-
plishing something.
Driller Turner and crew were
busy at the well of the Fallon Oil
but took time TO give us line on
their formation. He is very en-
thusiastic over the prospects in
their locality and has no doubt that
the deeper strata will prove big
things for the Fallon Oil. The eyes
of the world are on this we'll and
while they are in very hard forma-
ton yet every working day puts the
hole little deeper.
The property of the Lahontan is
taking on new activity. The as
sembling of new tools Is taking
place and it was noteworthy that
everything was new and standard
in every respect. 1t looks like the
officials of this company mean busi-
ness.
The Diamond is one of the newer
rigs in the field but are surely
starting out in an auspicious man
ner Their first four days of drill
ing put them down 125 feet and
they are putting up good run.
The property of the Fallon Pho
neer is again the scene of intense
activity. The 16-inch easing is on
the ground and new crew rushing
work to get down and get the des-
ert wash effectively cased off
The Churchill County Oil has
landed its 10-inch case at 450 feet
in blue shade. Two heavy marine
beds of shale have been penetrated
and oil and gas has been encount-
ed at various depths. The Church
i'll people will Immediately erect
their derrick to handle the next
string of casing This will be un-
derreamed to the big sand which
Driller Gregory thinks lays at 1900
feet.
Driller Forbes of the Carson Sink
is on the ground and will continue
the drilling of their well from its
present depth. This well is on the
Clark Lease where heavy gas was
The Big Four and Weaver are
still held up awaiting casing but
promise an intensive campaign
when shipments arrive. Several
new companies will soon appear in
the field announcements of which
will appear later.
The hot wind and blistering sand
has made work for the crews
whitening ordeal for the last few
days. The desert is literally scorch-
ing but work has been going on
just the same. A feeling of opti-
mism seems to prevail throughout
the field and the general opinion
is that the near future will develop
big things for Fallon. Oil drilling
is slow business, but Burkburnett
was four years in the making and
local fields will doubtless be pro-
ducing at a period when the famous
Texas property was just getting
started.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
FALLON BUSINESS MAN
MARRIED In DENVER. COLO.

John c. Dickinson of the firm of
Dickinson Bros. q Co., claimed a
bride recently in the person of Miss
Bernice Deming of Denver, Colo
RADIO, the wedding ceremony occur
ring at the home of the brides par
ents in the Colorado metropolis.
They arrived home Sunday and
proceeded on TO the coast Tuesday,
expecting to visit In southern Cali
fornia before returning here.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
LIVESTOCK AND LAND MEN
ORGANIZE TAX COMMITTEE

One of the direct results of the
dissolution of the Nevada Taxpay-
ers' Association was shown yester-
day by the announcement that a
land tax committee had been form
ed as part of the Nevada Livestock
Association by land owners of this
state, says the Reno Journal.
The land tax committee consists
of three members selected by agri-
cultural and land interests and
three members appointed by the
executive committee of the Nevada
Livestock Association to represent
grazing land interests.
Vernon Metcalf, secretary of the
livestock association, will act as
secretary of the committee.
''The policy of the committee,
said w. G. Noteware, lis primarily
to complete survey and classifi
cation of the lands of the state o.
Nevada for the purpose of equaliz
ing the taxes of the land interests
The committee will also undertake
general survey of all other classes
of property in an endeavor TO Sc
cure the equitable distribution o
their taxes.
"The committee win endeavor L
secure all necessary reform
through legislative action, but be
fore this can be accomplished
will be necessary to secure the co
operation of every land owner i
the state to be assured of adequat
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
Marketing Must
Be Up to Farmers
Markets Must BE Taken Out of The
Hands of the Piratical
Middleman

Food production is the crying
need of this and every other nation
on the face of the globe, yet para
doxically craftsmanship is lacking
among the leadership of the race
that is equal to full appreciation
of this need and how to secure its
fulflllment. In this country we are
told that production has broken
down because booze is denied the
workers yet in Europe where John
Barleycorn still holds sway indus
trialism has been lost.
1t seems impossible for the popu-
lation of the earth to pick up the
ends of the pre-war fabric and pro-
ceed with due normality. Millions
who were producers in pre-war
times are now parasites in the
sense that productive walks of life
no longer appeal to them. Weaned
from the farm and its menial tasks
they propose to pursue roles in life
that adds to the general distress.
After all is said and done the
farmer must be further elevated or
paucity of his kind will become
more and more acute. Already the
struggle between the urban and the
rural is distinct and in European
countries open hostility between
the two classes is a condition that
troubles patriotic men because
homogeneity of national population
is the one vital prerequisite to ma
tional strength.
The United States has enjoyed
greater degree of immunity from
this breach between the city an1
country than any of the nations of
the world, yet if we are to continue
on amicable terms with the produc-
ers of products of the soil we must
accord them recognition that has
never been theirs Marketing con-
ditions must be improved; there
must be stable insurance of profit
paying prices for ell things that
move off the farm and effort put
forward in years of drouth must be
compensated for in a fair measure
Ten cent spuds in the spring when
the middle man sells and two-cent
spuds in the fall when the farmer
is ready to dispose of his seasonal
crop represents a disparity that is
too apparent to the farmer to al
low of a satisfied state of mind. And
production cannot be stimulated or
renewed under a plan of marketing
that will tolerate the manipulation
of markets by middlemen who an
nually exact a tremendous toll from
both producer and consumer. These
men have grown in number and
power in exact ratio with the
growth of the worlds methods of
distribution. The canal boats
spawned many of his kind, the
steamboats, increased his tribe and
the railroads added to the general
discontinue of people by giving the
middleman added excuse to operate
Yet the time is near at hand when
methods of marketing, entirely new,
must be introduced Farmers must
sell at fair prices and consumers
must buy at fair prices If the price
cycle is to be shortened and the
long list of middlemen must be
very materially reduced. Specula-
tion in food stuffs must be placed
in the same criminal category as
house burglary and public senti-
ment must be created that will en-
force drastic laws for regulatory
law is potent or impotent just as
public sentiment favors or frowns
down on law enforcement.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19

chasing power of the dollar, while
there has been no corresponding in
crease In the pay for capital. The
worker who earned $1,000 year
before the war now receives $4,000,
and his wages will buy more, be-
cause they have advanced more
than the cost of living. On the
other hand the investor with $10,-
600 of five per cent railroad bonds,
gets the same $500 a year he re-
ceived before the war, but he finds
that his $500 will buy only half as
much as before the war.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Fallon, New. July 10th. 1920.

Fallon, New, July 10th, 1920.
Notice is hereby given that the
firm of Bryant & Saunders has this
day been dissolved by mutual con-
sent. All bills due the said firm
are due and payable at the store of
Saunders & Wightman and will be
receipted for by Fred Saunders.
f. g. BRYANT
FRED SAUNDERS
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
CLYDE GUMMOW SEEKS
NOMINATION TO ASSEMBLY y

The only World War veteran be-
for the people Of Churchill County
in the forthcoming primary cleo
tion is Clyde Gummow, the enter
prising young rancher from the Is
land District, who is seeking the
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19

finances to back the new organiza-
ton.
"To this end We are sending out
approximately $500 letters explain
ing the purposes of the committee
to every land owner in Nevada.
'.The organization Is not design
ed for the interests of the big land
owners. but for everyone alike. We
have the backing of some of the
largest land and cattle owners In
Nevada and we are confident of the
success of the land tax committee :"
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19

FOR SALE Furnished house,
bath, two lots, splendid lawn and
shade trees. John Wall. I'm.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19

Use Skeetes skoot for mosquitoes.
Can be had ut Norris & Loring
Drug Company
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19

WANTED - Single rooms, light
housekeeping rooms, and room and
board for teachers.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
Rights Challenged

"pioneer rights in this communl=
ty considered in years past to be abb
solutely secure are challenged In
this suit and the water users OF the
Truckee Meadows should fully real
ize the significance of the decree
that must follow as the result OF
this litigation In this controversy,
tho water users have been acting
individually without any harmony
or concert of action. BY this per-
manent organization that we hope
to form. the interests of the entire
community win be guarded and a
concerted action will be effected.
"The head waters of the Truckee
river are largely controlled by Cali
fornia interests in their determina-
tion to dominate these waters has
been made manifest. not only dur
ing this season. but in years past.
That powerful interests and great
combinations seek to control this
asset which ndtuidiiy hci'hbo " e'S
state Of Nevada, is evidenced by the
fact that extensive articles written
by high-priced authorities are being
published In exclusive publications
such as the Saturday Evening Post,
and issues of that paper are In some
instances put out days ahead APP
-
parently for the purpose OF aneet-
ing and arousing public sentiment.
Community Affected
"The life OF this community de-
pends to large extent on its agri-
cultural wealth and pursuits ana
those who carry on such industries
being confronted as they are by
great organizations and combina-
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19

Use Skeeter Skoot for mosquitoes.
Can be had at Morris & Loring
Drug Company.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19

DR.. G.: M. Gardner, accompanied
by Mrs. Gardner and their 6aughg-
ter Carr visited in Fallond Satur-
dray While here the doctor re-
moved tonsils and adenoids for sew
eral of the children here.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19

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The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-08-19
Benefits Apparent

''The formation of such an organ
ization has been neglected In years
past" said Judge McCarran this
morning. Its significance and ben
efits to those who irrigate with wa
ter from the Truekee river will be
apparent in the future.
"In the suit that has been pend
ing for the past six years" he con-
tinued, "the quantity of water to be
allowed to each water user OF the
Truckee Meadows and the acreage
To which that water is to be ap-
piled, is challenged by the govern
ment acting through the reclama-
tion service.