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Show MILFORD FRIENDS HEAR OF DEATH OF MEEKS IN NEVADA Word has been received of the recent re-cent death of Otto Mocks of Baker, Nevada, by Milford people who knew him when he was engaged in buying horses for the government in this locality. lo-cality. Mr. Meeks was the owner of a ranch near liaker, Nov., at which a number of scenes of "The Covered Wagon," directed by James Cruze of Ogdon, were taken. A lake on the ranch was transformed into a river, representing the Platte river in Nebraska, Ne-braska, across which the ox teams and pioneers struggled. Mr. Meeks also furnished 100 ox teams and covered wagons for the picture. |