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The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
Prospect for Big Year in Turkey Industry Says
Cline; Afford Greatest Profit of all Meat Animals

ton of all meat animals. We had
our low price of turkeys in 1918.
The industry has gradually recover
ed each year since that date until
last year we had 1894 turkeys on
the project or a trife more than
one-third of what we had in 1916,
the year of the largest production.
Good Margin of Profit
There is perhaps more net profit
per pound in growing turkeys than
in any other class of meat animals.
There is only a small amount of
data available to show the feed cost
necessary to produce growth in tur-
keys. This is due to the miscellane-
Gus way in which turkeys are gem
orally grown. This accounts for the
variety of opinions people have re-
garding the cost of growing turkeys,
Hogs are considered the most eco
nomical producers of meat, when
the amount of pounds increase Ia
weight for the amount of feed con-
sumed is considered. while fowls re-
quire more feed per pound gain in
weight than any other class of ami
| mails. This is thought to be due to
the very high normal temperatures
maintained by fowls. The price oi
poultry, however, is so much higher
| than any other meat product thai
CONTINUED on page 81
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
Ask Directors To
Purchase Explosive
T.. T.. osgood Sends Open Letter to
Board Asking IL to Take Advan-
tage of Government Offer

The following letter from r. p.
Osgood to the board of directors of
the Newanlds irrigation district was
read at the meeting of the directors
last Monday. No action was taken,
however, at that time.
Reno, New, March 4, 1922.
Board of Directors, Truckee-Car-
son Irrigation District, Fallon, Ne
vada.
Gentlemen:
The most important question fac
ing us. as farmers, outside of devel-
oping marketing possibilities and
cheap pasture for large essential
increase I'm our stock interests, is
that of extension of our drainage
system. Even though we restrain
ourselves to digging only those
drains manifestly necessary at the
present time, nevertheless, there
will remain an immense amount OF
work to be done when we have ex-
hausted the funds. voted by us.
There will be miles of ditch to dig
or clean in the way of connecting
up our present drains and our own
places with the deep system.
The cost of this is likely to divide
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The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
Girls Team
Wins State Honors

The girls basketball team of the
Churchill county high school won
the state championship by defeating
the Reno team by a score of "a to
II last Saturday afternoon in the
interscholastic tournament held by
the Block ''N'' society of the Uni
versity of Nevada.
In the first game of the series the
Fallon girls won from Yerington by
a score of 29 to 90. In the follow
ing game they defeated Gardnerville
SO to IS. The final game was
against Reno.
The Fallon boys defeated the
team from Wells 34 to l in the first
game of the tournament and were
defeated by Tonopah IS to s, the
second day.
A large number of Fallon people
and high school students were pres
ent at the games.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
Resident of Fallon
Sixteen Years Dies
Herbert l. Morton, Well Known
Pioneer Of Town Passes Away
Saturday Afternoon

Herbert l. Morton, we'll known
resident of Fallon died last Satur-
day afternoon, following an illness
of six months. Death was due to
cerebral hemorrhages. causing par
alysis.
The deceased had been a resident
of Fallon for sixteen years, having
come here in 1906. He was sixty
two years of age at the time of his
death.
The funeral was held Monday af-
ternoon at the Methodist church,
Reverend p. K. Petersen officiating
Interment was in the Fallon ceme-
terry.
Mr. Morton was born in Old
Town, Maine, in 1861 He came
to Nevada sixteen years ago and i'm
mediately established his home here
and has lived here since that time
He was well known throughout
the county and host of friends
mourn his loss.
He had been engaged in the trans
fer business for many years.
Relatives of the deceased are
Mrs. Ora Morton, the widow, Mr.
and Mrs. AL Morton. Mrs. Ella Rhea
and Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Frost
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
School Operetta Is
Pronounced Success
All Departments of School Contrib
uting to Affair; West End School
to Give May Day Festival

The entertainment given by the
Fallon elementary school last Fri
day night at the Rex theater was
enjoyed by all who attended. The
varied activities of the school were
represented and each contributed
its part to the success of the pro-
gram.
The domestic science department
furnished the costumes, under the
direction of Miss Newman, the in
structor The manual training de-
partment, under Mr.. Bell, supplied
the bows, arrows and spears of the
huntsmen and Mr. Johnson and Miss
ers which were displayed in the
store windows.
The Oats Park orchestra, under
the direction of Harold Johnson
made its first public appearance. L
is planned that the orchestra vii
continue to give public demonstra-
tions frequently.
The operetta, Snow White" was
presented in a creditable manner
and the audience was highly pleased
with the work of the students.
Dorothy Sell, the Queen Mother
Norma Van Drielen, the wicked
queen, Olga Pirtle. the queen dis
guised, Urilda Stevens, the Mirror
Florence Porter, the Snow Fairy
Gwen Vannoy. the Prince, Billie
Winder, the Chief Huntsman, th'
Seven Dwarfs, the servant and th'
hunters all did ther parts exception
ally we'll Miss Cliff played for th
operetta and Miss Burnett and Mr.
J. ]. Beatty directed the staging.
May Day festival and schoo
day is planned for the first week il
May at which time the West En-
school will present an operetta.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
(By l.. e. Cline)


There is every indication that the
turkey industry in the Newlands
project will be of greater Importance
this year than ii has been since the
year 1916 when the turkey produc-
tion was the largest in the history
of the project. The margin of prof
IL last year was very good, perhaps
better than for any previous year.
There is every reason to believe that
the margin of profit for the coming
year will be equally as good. There
the very few farm activities that
can be carried on with so small an
initial outlay and yield so large a
proportion of net returns in such a
short period as can be done with the
turkey industry.
The turkey industry on the New
lands project began to assume some
importance in 1914 when % tons OF
dressed turkeys were shipped out of
the valley. In 1915 there were 81
900 turkeys grown on the project,
and 81, 900 pounds of dressed tur-
keys were shipped out. The prices
received that year were Sc to 23c
per pound. In 1916 there were 15,-
239 turkeys raised on the project
almost half of the project farmers
we're raising turkeys that year. One
hundred and fifty thousand pounds
were shipped out. The price paic
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
Popular Student of
Fallon School Dies
Students of High School to Act As
Pallbearers in Funeral of Ida
May Wills Today

Ida May Wills, fifteen-year old
daughter of f. e. Wills of this city,
died at the Fallon hospital Monday
night.
Miss Wills was a student in the
Churchill county high school, being
engaged in her second year of work
there and was one of the most pop
ular girls in the school.
The deceased came to Fallon with
her parents when she was five years
of age and all her school work has
been done in the local institutions
Glasses at the high school will
be dismissed this afternoon in order
that the faculty and students may
attend the funeral. 1t is expected
that large number of her school
mates will gather at the Methodist
church for the services.
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted by Reverend p e. Petersen
High school boys and girls will
act as pallbearers. The boys, who
will serve as active pallbearers are:
Cornelius Fort. president of the stu
dent body; William McKinnon
president of the junior class; Frank
Nelson, president of the sophomore
class; Paul Osgood, president OF
the freshman class and Wayne
Wightman and Carleton Ferguson
representing the sophomore class
The girls who will act as honorary
pallbearers are: Julia Theim, Betty
Carmieneke. Ruby Buerer, Helen
Smith, Agnes Ahern and Sylvia
Howard.
The relatives of the deceased are:
Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. Wills; Helen
and Lucille Wills, sisters; Wesley
Wills, brother; Mr.. and Mrs. Ham
bitzer, grandfather and grandmoth.
er; and Mrs. w. X. Mccarthy, Mrs
A. e. Price and Mrs. Ida Hoge
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
To Reopen Lahontan
Gravel Plant Soon
Plan To Use Two Shifts of Labor; 20
Furnish Sand and Gravel for all
State Road Construction

Plans for the reopening OF tho
Lahontan sand and gravel plant OF
the state highway department. locat-
near the Lahontan dam, on the
Hazen-Tonopah railroad, are now
being completed. according to the
Nevada Highway News.
The article is in part as follows
This plant was built by the De-
partment during the year 1920 for
the purpose OF furnishing washed
sand and gravel for concrete high
way construction throughout the
western part of the state. 1t has a
capaciy of about four hundred tons
of sand and gravel per day, the pro-
portions running about so per cent
sand and 40 per cent gravel. The
sand produced at this plant is of un.
usually high test. is washed abso.
lutely clean, and is to be used ex.
clusively on all concrete highway
construction. No other sand In the
state approximates this sand in
high tests.
TWO years operation or the plan'
has demonstrated that We can de
liver materials at railroad points un-
der the price of delivery from other
local and outside points. 1t is an.
ticipated that this seasons costs will
be lower than previous years be
cause of the lower labor and sup
plies costs. The immediate reopen
ing of the plant will also help to re
lieve the local unemployment situo
tion, and as the need for more ma
terials arises the working force will
be increased to a double shift.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
Plant Will Not
Operate in Fall
Manager Hinze Receives Word from
Directors That Lahontan Valley
Sugar Factory will Not Run
WILL SUPPLY FREE SEEDS TO
FARMERS IN COUNTY HE SAYS
IL Results Are Satisfactory;
Expert to Study Field

The Lahontan Valley sugar COM
pany will not operate its plant in
Fallon next Fall, according to infor-
nation received this week by Mana
ger Fred Hinze, from the board OF
directors, in Michigan.
The directors stated that the reas-
on for not operating the plant is
the possibility of reoccurrence OF
the blight that did extensive damage
to the crop last year 1t is expect
ed that the plant will be run he fol-
lowing year, according to Hinze, II
1t is shown that the disease is not
local.
Hinze stated that any farmer who
wishes to plant beets this year can
obtain seed free of charge. Beets
planted would be for experimental
purposes to ascertain whether or moi
they can be raised in this locality
An expert, from the sugar company
will visit Fallon during the fall be
fore the harvest to examine the
crops and to ascertain the likeli
hood of the blight doing seriou.
damage in the future. The beets car
be economically used for hog ant
cattle feed, he added.
l. E. Hall will have charge of dis
tributing the seed, Hinze announc-
ed, and will aid the company in the
experimental work.
"The company is sorry to have te
take this step" Hinze said, but Il
does not consider it fair to th'
farmers to ask them to raise beet
under the prevailing conditions
However, as soon as it is learned
that 1t is safe to plant them the fac
tory will resume operations"
Hinze said that he expects Il
leave Fallon for his home in Burl
ingame, Calf, this week. He SAT-
that he was sorry to have to leay
the work here and hoped that |
could be resumed within a shor
time
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
UNION OIL COMPANY OF
NEVADA MAY ESTABLISH
LARGE DEPOT HERE SOON

The Union oil company of Nevada
has practically eonsummated an
agreement with the Nevada contract
Ing company for the purchase of a
lot on the eastern border Of the
property on which the Office building
of the contracting company is situat-
ed, for the purpose of establishing
a distributing plant, it has been an
rounced.
The lot, under consideration has
a frontage of 160 feet on the South
ern Pacific spur track, near the -four
mill and is 260 feet deep. 1t is un-
derstood that the oil company con-
templates establishing a large depot
here that will carry big supply of
gasoline and oil.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
Victorious Team To
Be Guest of Honor
To BE Entertained at Three Affairs
During Two Weeks; Big Celebra-
tion at High School Planned

The members of the girls bas-
ketball team OF the Churchill coun-
ty school are to be the guests of
honor at three dinners during the
next two weeks.
The Epworth League of the
Methodist church will entertain the
state champions and the members
of the high school faculty at a din
ner in the Methodist church Friday
evening. And the Churchill county
chamber of commerce has invited
the members of both the boys and
girls teams to be guests of the club
at the weekly luncheon next We'd
nesday. -
Friday night, March Is, a public
dinner will be given at the high
school in honor of the team, Prin-
cipal G. Il. McCracken has announc-
ed at will be for the purpose of
giving the people of the county an
opportunity to welcome the victori-
Gus basketball team, and to show
their appreciation of the work done
by the girls" he said.
A charge of one dollar a plate
will be made. The proceeds will go
into the student body treasury to
help make up a deficit occasioned by
sending the teams to Reno. The
dinner will be held in the high
school gymnasium.
A program, including popular
songs. which will be shown on a
screen talks by prominent men and
women of Fallon and musical num-
bers Is being arranged.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
Board Asks for
Reconsideration
Directors of NewIands Project Ask
Reclamation Officials to Reopen
Diagonal Drain Question
WOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO
INVESTIGATE AND TO TESTIFY
No Rent Paid on Machines He Says;
Ask That Community Pasture be
Developed Further

A resolution, requesting that the
question of the construction of the
diagonal drain be reopened, was
passed by the board of directors of
the Newlands irrigation district at
a meeting held Monday afternoon.
The resolution stated that the dis
trict had entered In to an agreement
that In case of dispute all matters
that could not be settled by the di-
rectors and the reclamation officials
should be referred to the secretary
of the interior to act as arbitrator.
In this case, the resolution states,
the matter was referred by the rec
lamation officials to the secretary of
the interior while the local directors
were negotiating with the reclama-
tion department and consequently
they had had no opportunity to pre-
sent their case to Secretary Fall, as
they had had no notice that such ac-
tion was to be, or had been taken.
The first intimation of the action
of the reclamation officials, 1t was
stated. was a letter from Washing
ton stating that the secretary had
decided in favor of the diagonal
drain.
The resolution requests that in as
much as the matter involves the ex-
penditure of 100000 and is of
great Importance otherwise, oppor-
tunity be given to present its case
and investigate the matter thor
oughly.
Swingle Presides
c. G. Swingle was present at the
by the resignation of President Ed
mund Dietz, due to an accident
Swingle was chosen to preside in
place of Dietz.
w d. Moody presented a petition
signed by himself and other resi-
dents of his district, asking for
changes in the lower Soda Lake
drain. He said that Project Mana
ger ]. F. Richardson was favorable
to the work. The request was
bIdntcu.
Richardson stated that as yet the
cost of the drainage work was run
ming approximately twenty per cent
lower than the first estimates. He
added, however, that much heavier
work had to be done in the future
President Swingle asked regard
ing the use of redwood and concrete
in drainage work. Richardson stat
ed that concrete would not with
stand the action of alkali and thai
redwood was considered superior.
There is no charge for the drag
line machines, when they are not
operating, Richardson announced
in reply to a second question. II
was stated that many people
thought that the project was paying
rent for the machines. Richardson
said that the project paid $S5 9
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
Arsonists Enter
Pleas of Guilty
Yon, Walsh and Hill Sentenced by
Judge Hart to Serve From One
to Ten Years In Prison
RESPONSIBLE FOR FIRE IN
yON HOME is ONLY CHARGE
Hill Denies Criminal Record; Says
He Did Not Burn Illinois Hotel;
Thirteen Witnesses Named

John w. Yon, George d. Walsh
ana Wood l.. Hill pleaded guilty
before District Judge T. G. Hart yes
terday afternoon on charges of ars-
on and intent to defraud insurance
companies. All were sentenced to
serve from one to ten years in the
state prison at Carson City.
The information filed by District
Attorney George j. Kenny, charged
the men with burning and causing
to be burned, on the night of De
cember IT, 1921, the house owned
and occupied by Yon.
The men waived preliminary ex-
animation before the justice of the
peace.
Thirteen witnesses were named by
the state to testify in the case should
it have been brought to trial. They
were. Ernest Maupin, F. P. Strass.
burg, Harry F. Kendall, Frank
Vlastnik, A. l.. Strauss, j. H. Corn,
H. A. Clarke, Jim Smith. r. w. AL
lison, II. j. Sloan, Fred Claussen,
Sadie Binkley and Ed White.
Following their appearance in
court, Yon said, "Hill was innocent
of both those fires, | was guilty be-
cause | knew about the one at my
house but didn't sanction it or dc
anything to prevent it." Both men
stated that they were aware of the
fact that he fire was to be started
prior to the time, and pleaded guilty
because they had taken no steps to
prevent 1t.
When asked about the fire in Pc
oria, Illinois, which, according tc
insurance detectives he had started
Hill denied being criminally con-
nected with the affair. He especial
ly denied the fact that he had en-.
dangered the lives of any persons
saying that the hotel had not been
occupied for six months prior to
the time the fire occurred.
Hill added that the owners of the
hotel had asked him to take charge
of the property and that the fire oc-
Cured while he was renoyating the
building. Following the fire, Hill
said. he had returned to his home In
Springfield, Illinois. and had beer
arrested there and taken to Peoria
to be released within twenty-foul
hours. After that. he said, he was
only connected with the case as q
witness. 81 have been in no trouble
whatever since that time" he add
ed
Hill also stated that he had moi
set fire to the Yon house and thai
he had received no money for it.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
MAN WANTED IN FRESNO ON
BAD CHECK CHARGE TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY IN FALLON

Roy A. Byrne of Fresno was ar
rested in Fallon Saturday by Sher-
if Jim Smith following the receipt
of a communication from Sheriff
Wheat of Fresno, that the man was
wanted there to answer a charge of
having passed bad checks.
Smith stated that the man had
been in Fallon for more than a
month.
Byrne waived extradition and
Sheriff Wheat arrived in Fallon yes
terday to return him to Fresno to
stand trial. They left on the after
noon train yesterday for California.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
Sell Plant; Vote
of Stockholders
Owners of Churchill County Coop
erative Creamery Favor Transfer
To Mutual Company
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
HELD SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Representative of Salt Lake City
Firm Assures People That Plant
Will Be Operated Here

The stockholders of the Churchill
Cooperative creamery authorized
the board of directors to sell the
plant to the Mutual creamery COM
pany of Salt Lake City, at a meet
ing held in the chamber of com
merce rooms Saturday afternoon.
In accordance with an offer made
by the Mutual creamery company,
the stockholders in the local plant
will receive stock in the larger COM
pany on a basis of ten to one. The
par value of the Mutual stock being
ten dollars and that of the local
plant being one dollar.
j. II. Mason, representing the
Mutual creamery company said that
$1,000 shares of the Churchill
creamery stock must be owned by
dairymen in order for the deal to be
made.
Mason added that the Mutual
company operates q plants in nine
states.
There would be no advantage in
buying this plant IL we did not in
tend to operate it," Mason stated.
"We will use all the butter fat we
can get and may later establish a
cheese factory here, when the coun-
try will support one"
Mason added that the company
was willing to contract and furnish
bond that it would operate the
creamery in Fallons 1t is cheaper
to ship the finished product than to
ship the cream to Reno or any other
point, he said. 1--WE make IL our
business to operate a number of
small plants throughout the west"
he added.
The Mutual creamery company,
according to Mason, eliminates the
middle man, employing its own
sales force. He said that the com
pany has purchased a three-story
building in Los Angeles and has de-
veloped a market there for the
Churchill creamery butter and ex-
pect TO ship car load of butter a
week to Los Angeles.
Mason also stated that the COM
pany would deal in poultry in the
future, buying chickens. eggs and
other products.
I'VE want to come here because
we see a future for the country, not
only because of the creamery. The
Mutual creamery company can come
in and help develop the country" "
Mason concluded.
A. ID. Drnmm urged the stock
holders not to make the sale saying
that there was no reason why they
should.
Thomas Dolf explained the his
tory of the plant and told of the
early struggles in putting 1t on its
feet. He said that the meeting had
been called in order to inform the
stockholders of the conditions and
to let them decide for themselves
l. H. Kent urged the company
not to sell the plant. He said. "the
Mutual company wants to come in
here because IL is the most inviting
country in the state, dozen com
panies could be found that would
be glad to come in"
Negotiations with the Mutual
company have not been completed.
II is expected that a meeting of the
board of directors will be called i'm
the near future to draw up a con
tract
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08
POSToFEICE WILL CHANGE
STILLWATER-FALLON ROUTE

The post Office department is ask
ing for bids by mail carriers on the
Fallon to saltwater route, to leave
Fallon in the morning and return in
the afternoon. Under the present
system the carriers live in saltwater
and come to Fallon in the morning,
returning in the afternoon.
The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-03-08

shift for depreciation when the ma
chimes were being used.
A lengthy discussion of the COM
munity pasture was entered into.
The directors urged that, If 1t is
possible, the reclamation service
take steps toward the full develop
ment of the pasture. Richardson
said that the pacture had not been
supported by the people. He added
that when the pasture had been OPP
ened the people had promised to
bring in 1900 head of cattle and
that the promise had not been full
filled.
A standing committee was re-
quested to investigate the matter
and see what steps could be taken
to further develop the pasture and
to report at the next meeting.
Resolutions offered by /. II. Kent
requesting the governor of Utah to
place the Lincoln highway on the
state system in order that it should
receive government aid, was en-
dorsed by the board.
The board also recommended
that the county commissioners pro.
vide funds to cooperate with the
state officials in a rodent contro
campaign.