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THE STANDARD TT TF>TTT T O A 111 L A riT\ THE STANDARD %-zzizzz. LirlUKLniLL OlAJN >AKv VOL. 1. NO. 23. FALLON, NEVADA, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1904 TEN CENTS TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH Last Sunday morning there was a call issued tor a public meeting to take place in the af ternoon in the town hall for the purpose of arranging for an In dependence Day celebration. The call was responded to by a large and enthusiastic gather ing. Will Sanford was chosen president of the meeting and it was agreed that he appoint various committees to arrange for the day’s festivities. Many expressed their views, all agree ing that each and every citizen should lend his aid to make the celebration a pronounced suc cess and provide a right roval entertainment for the visitors. Previous to the meeting Ed Scbvveikert and Clias. Wight man started a subscription pap er and succeeded in signing over $200 to the fund. \t the present time considerable in exetss of $300 has been contributed and still coming in Fallon will have a rousing cel ebration, the first one of any magnitude in the history of the town. One ol the features will be a large dance hall built under the beat tilul trees opposite Jim Richards' store. I Iere the lovers of dance can drink their till in the open air. Horse racing,foot racing, baseball, etc,, will go to make up the day’s sport and a general good time is guaranteed to all who attend. Come along and bring your friends; you’ll not regret your \isit. An ex cellent opportxnitv to see the new and growing town of Fal lon and the oil well. President Sanford has thus far appointed the following com mittees: DaNCK— Misses Daisy Allen, Florence Roche, Florence Kent ; Messrs Will Loll house, Charles Hailey, Frank Coffin. Baskbai.k—Stan C. Mitchell, John Bailey, R. Leslie Srnaill. Rack—Clias. Wightnian, Lem Allen, Jr,, Henry Cirae, The above committees are re quested to meet at the town hall Tuesday evening next at S p. m. for the purpose ol entering upon their respective duties. Mining Man Leases Land. This week L. L Patrick, the To tit) pall and ('.oldtields mining man, closed a deal with Mrs. Anna Hrnwn whereby he ac quired a ten year lease of her ranch property, comprising (5-4-0 acres. Hv the terms of the lease, Mr. Patrick agrees to erect within sixty days an oil boring machine on the property for the purpose of drilling for oil. Should a Howing well he encoun tered, Mrs Hrnwn is to have a one-eighth interest in the well. The land is situated in close proximity to the Douglass prop erty and promises much in an oil way. Mr. Patrick is a man, of considerable wealth, of energy and push and w ill doubtless rea lize handsomely from his invest ment l'lii s'i ae Inundation for the! Douglass residence has been! completed. I DISCOVERY OF OIL IS CONFIRMED BY THE EXPERTS PERSONAL NOTES, H. Judd Allen drove in yester day from Hazen. Fred Steiner of Reese River is visiting in Fallon. Harness, hoots and shoes re paired xit Beach’s. Mattresses made over and to order a t Beach’s. Judge Bridges, of Wadsworth, visited Fallon this week Mrs. E. W. Black was an ar rival from Reno Thursday. Choice, fresh candies just un packed at the Fallon Bakery. Joe Jarvis was a departure for San Francisco yesterday morn ing. B. F. Thornton, of Wads worth, was an arrival yester day. Lieutenant-Governor Allen i; attending to official duties tit the capitol. John Driscoll, formerly of Wadsworth, but now of Reno, is a visitor. Dr. Reid, of Gray, Reid, Wright Co., of Reno, was in town Tues day and Wednesday. Dr. Hudgens of Tonopali and Charles Watson of (.'arson lo cated some oil laud here this week. G. \V. Clinton, the mining en gineer, has returned to Reno. He took with him several sam ples of the oil sand. Messrs. Parker ami Johnson, capitalists of Sparks. Nevada, were in Fallon this week looking over the oil situation. G. G. Hall, the oil expert, has returned to his mining interests at Hawthorne. He will return to the oil fields in about a week. Railroad Progressing Favorably. Dp to the present time, sixty thousand dollars have been sub scribed towards the building of a railroad from the main line of the?. I*, into Fallan. This sum will be greatly augmented with in the next few days. Engineer Kruttsehnitt’s estimate will be delivered early next week. R. L and W. J. Douglass, who are heavily interested in the pro posed road, have bonded from W. W. Williams his entire field north of Williams street in the sum of $16,000, as well as John Oats field east of Maine street for a large figure. E v ery t hi ng ind i ca tes t he speedy realization of a railroad to Fal lon. No doubt the oil excite ment will expedite its construc tion. Notice of Meeting. Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of all) persons contributing to the fire and police fund, in the town hall on Tuesday afternoon, Mav 24-. at 2:30 p. in. Business of im portance is to come before the meeting. A. R. J«ffj*ky. I’res. San Francisco. May 17, 1904. Faris Markwell, Fallon, Nevada. Cil and sand lo< k good. Send man if desired. Locate all land possible. John M. Wright. The above telegram was re ceived in Fallon Tuesday from John M. Wright, president of the Peerless Oil Company of Makers field, California, and is but one of many received from the out side, showing that the quality of the oil discovered here is be yond doubt of a superior grade. 1 he past week has been a live ly one in Fallon. Strangers have poured in from all sections of the country and the hotels and res taurants have been taxed to their full capacity. Land for miles around has been located, the desert and surrounding hills fairly teeming with hunmnity locating ground in anticipation of future fortunes. There is oil beyond the slight est question of a doubt. The machinery at hand is entirely inadequate lor drilling for oil, but within a very short time a Standard rig will be on the ground and drilling will com mence in earnest. This morning ill Reno there will be a meeting o* the locators of the Douglass well for the purpose of organ izing an oil company to system atically enter upon the work. It is understood that an assess ment of will be levied up on each of the eight members, tfie proceeds of which will be used to purchase machinery. Wednesday noon the first whistle to blow in the camp was heard. It came from an old thieshing engine which had been pressed into service to furnish power foi drilling Thursday the machine was again started up and a few feet of ground gone through. The formation is still black sand, and much oil was brought to the surface. This oil, according to experts, is oozing from an oil deposit deep in the earth and is percolating through the sand in an endeavor to reach the surface. The ex perts are .all of one opinion that there is plenty of the precious liquid beyond this strata and that a flowing well will be en countered at depth, possibly within a few feet, but probably at considerable distance. 1 lie failure ol the machuury to work is causing a hardship to the true merits of the line], hut when the proper facilities are procured, Fallon will experience a rush such as was witnessed by the Comstock and Tonopah in their brightest days Meanwhile there will be a steady How of fortune seekers into the camp, while many are already here awaiting future developments. Have you seen that new line of samples of summer clothing at the Kent Company’s store ? Benton guarantees a perfect fit or your money refunded. Subscribe for the Standard. OF LOCAL INTEREST. Read New To-day. Delicious icecream at the Fal lon Ilakery. Best and cheapest light on earth at Beach’s. John Dolf is having a hand some residence erected on Cen ter street. Two more carloads of bees arrived from California the fore part of the week. Oil being the paramount issue this week, our sand mountain article had to be excluded. f irst class Hour can be had at the Fallon Bakery. Call and in spect the (gmlity of bread made from this flour. Walter Phillips, employed on the survey, fell into the river at Stillwater yesterday and is now suffering with rheumatism. J. J. Faust, formerly of Iilko, has opened a barbershop in the Club saloon budding. Mr. Faust is a tonsorial artist of ability and solicits a share of the public patronage. Razors sharpened and honed in a work manlike manner. Mr. and Mrs. O'Doan. Wnen Mr. Dan O'Doati and Miss Margie Dennett departed tor the railroad Tuesday evening it was whispered about town that on their return there would be a change in the name of one of the parties. Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Dan O’Doan arrived from Reno and will make Fallon their future home, where Mr. O’Doan has extensive business interests. The ceremony that made the two parties one took place Wednesday evening at the rectory of the Catholic church in Reno, Rev. Father Reynolds officiating. Miss Dennett is a native of Virginia City and is .an estimable young lady, and lias a host of friends who will congratulate her on her mar riage. Mr. O’Doan is one of Fallon’s solid business men. Like bis better half he has friends galore who trust be will enjoy a pleasant voyage on the sea of matrimony. Here's to you, Dan. The Standard joins in extending congratulations. Next Friday's Dance. The band boys are making every arrangement to entertain the dancers of this section next Friday evening. The floor will be thoroughly cleaned and waxed and put in excellent condition. Tickets are now on sale; if you are unable to attend, don’t fail to purchase a ticket and help the good cause along. Ball Supper. The Nevada restaurant will serve a first-class supper at 12 o'clock on the night of the 27th —the evening on which the hand dance takes place. The price per plate will he 75 cents, md a guarantee that you get your money’s worth. WORK NEARING ■ COMPLETION Contractor Fuller was down from the canal site Wednesday. Mr. Fuller states that his con tract will be finished within the next five weeks, after which he will prepare to take a similar contract on this end of the big ditch. He states that when the various contracts arc let there will lie between 2,500 and 5,000 men employed in this section. At the present time he estimates the number of men employed on the main canal at 1,200 and says the work is moving ahead quite rapidly. The specifications for this end are now in the hands of the Sec retary of the Interior and bids lor construction will shortly be published. Woik will commence soon after the expiration of sixt v days from the date of the first publication of the bids. Those who have already taken up homesteads and those who contemplate settling on lands under the irrigation Act will be given a chance to bid on the con struction of the lateral canals and in this manner receive much help towards clearing their homestead lands and putting them into condition. Off for Baseball Honors. This evening the Fallon base ball club will pack its imple ments of baseball warfare and hie itself to Lovelock, where a game of the National sport will be played to-morrow afternoon between the Fallon and Love lock teams; The game should prove to be hotly contested and highly interesting A letter re ceived from the manager of the Lovelock team states that there will be no “ringers” rung in, in which event the local twirlers will show the neighboring team that they are quite capable of handling the leather sphere as well as the timber. The Fallon team will line up as follows : Phillips, c\; Phillips. W., p.; Keddie, lb.; Mitchell, 2b.; Pus sell, .'{I).; Smaill, ss.; White, rf.; Fortune, e f.; Perry, I f. Grand Opening. The Hole in the Wall restau rant will have a grand opening on Sunday afternoon. Louis Orimpe, the proprietor, is a res taurant man of many years experience and bears the reputa tion of being an excellent cook. Already his place is receiving a huge patronage. His motto is “the best the market affords for the least money.” See ad under New To-day. Read the new ad of the I II. Ktnt Company. NKYV TO-DAY 0 THE O CLUB . BA It HER SHOP . Iii ('lull Saloon I’.iiiMin;.', Fallon J. ,1. FAI’ST, Proprietor 1 laii -eiitl ini' anil Kliaviim l»one in an Artiatie Manner.