The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-09-06
fernley Holds
Big Celebration
Many Visitors From Surrounding
Country Entertained at Fern
ley Monday
EXHIBIT OF PRODUCTS
AROUSES ADMIRATION
Governor Boyle Principal Speaker;
Political Candidates of All Par.
ties In Evidence

Fernley's Cantaloupe Day celebra-
tion was huge success. big del
egation OF visitors from Fallon, Yer
ington, Reno, and other nearby
towns attended the celebration and
all expressed themselves as highly
pleased with the entertainmnt and
exhibits. There were free iced mel
ons for everybody.
Food Products Shown
Besides the cantaloupes, large
hall was attractively filled with 9TH
er products of the project, all grown
in the immediate vicinity of Fernley.
Ffrst-class potatoes OF several varie-
ties, corn, beans, wheat, squashes,
pumpkins-everything grown on the
farm--was represented with prime
specimens. Among the fruits, there
were Strawberries, apples, peaches,
pears and berries. with a hand
some exhibit of canned stun.
There was large display of
needlework, and other examples of
the skill of Fernley housewives In
domestic arts. The Fernley schoo;
was represented by neat display of
darwing and manual training work
The candidates were 80 numer-
Gus that they found themselves CIV
ing each other cards, and one Fern
ley farmer said he never shook
hands SO much in one afternoon In
his life. There were candidates for
senator, for congress, for governor,
for lieutenant governor, for state
printer, for the state legislature and
for the various county offices.
Candidates Appear
At meeting held In the Fernley
hall, which was crowded to over
flowing, the farmers of the district
received congratulations from a long
list of speakers over the success of
their venture in melons, and the ar
guments were attuned to the
thought that Fallon and Fernley
have shown the rest of the state
what may be accomplished with the
aid of irrigation, and that Nevada Is
both proud and grateful In return.
says the Reno Journal.
G. w. Rawles, acting as chairman,
first introduced III. w. Huskey, can
dfdate for the democratic congress-
ional nomination, who spoke brief
ly on the unlimited resources OF the
state which he has Just covered in
his campaign.
Sam Platt, Republican candidate
for the senatorial nomination. was
the next speaker and stated that af
ter the thrilling aeroplane expert
ence through which he and Mrs.
Platt had Just passed he was prepar-
ed to testify that "the state is just
as high as it is broad" Sam per-
petrated one vary atrocious pun but
redeemed himself with a real sermon
on optimism which deserved the ex
cellent reception 1t secured at tn.
hands of his audience.
Senator Miller, the Republican
'favorite" in the gubernatorial race,
spoke pleasantly and effectively OF
the possibilities of reclamation in
the west; stated that he believed in
promoting project electric power to
ing and stated that he expected next
year to be raising cantaloupes him
self on property that he has acquir-
ed. He was we'll received.
Col. Scrugham Speaks
Col. Jim Scrugham, the state en-
gineer and the leading democrat In
the governorship fight, reviewed the
efforts of his Office in caring for wa
ter shortage in the Fernley district.
and urged the irrigationists to COM
pose their differences and carry the
dream of a n-million-dollar
farm" on the Newlands project to
completion before priorities in Cali
forpia made the problem more diff
ficult of accomplishment. He. too.
received very cordial reception.
Scrugham was followed by VIM.
NJ. Kearney. who stated that he was
not candidate; that he was there
Ito put water on no mans wheel and
to tread on no ones toes"
He reviewed his early knowledge
of the district, gained when an engi-
neer on nearby works, and express
ed his appreciation of the energy
and intelligence which had convert
ed Fernley from a wilderness of
sagebrush to a community of fertile
fields.
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