Show INLAND I 1 NORTHWEST the union pacific system went nt dry on january J 1 by order ot of the general gendral offices in omaha which prohibits lil bits tho the carrying of intoxicating liquors borson on the dining cars of 0 the union racine since tho the inception of the harrlson harrison anti drug law the consumption of 0 opiates pi has been reduced from 50 to 75 15 per cent in salt lake cording according ac to estimates made by a ri number timber of local druggists an examination of all brands of butter made in nevada conducted by the extension division of the university has hai resulted in the highest score being won by the lamoille Lamol lle creamery of 0 lamoille Lamol lle the score being the elko nev board of c county commissioners has a accepted the bid of tho the skateboard state board of investments for the two issues of school I 1 bonds totaling the bid was i with interest at the rate of 51 per cent per annum two men have been arrested in lovelock nevada on suspicion us biclon of plan ning to loot the southern pacific premises at that place in their pockets were found plans showing the ground floor windows doors and interior of 0 the southern pacific depot the mormon joreh th through rough the tha northwestern states mission has haa bought a chapel in III tacoma where meetings of the members of oe the chubb in that cit city Y will be held iv ip the future the building was for formers merr the cen tra 1 christian church of tacoma fa coma leasing of lands of the clarion lands pluto project in utah haz has been I 1 I 1 abandoned by the tate state land board though the policy will be continued lu in other s sections of the state consider able acreage was leased last year but the results were not satisfactory to the board A suit has been filed in the district court at tonopah by mary almquist praying that the papers consigning her daughter alberta almquist to the care of mr M and mrs 1 I P kimball of Sp ringdale be declare void the papers of adoption were signed several years ago A rancher near las vegas nevada has found a airey fairly airly large lump of indian mortar on the road between his ranch and the town indian mortar is common in southern california and arizona but is rare in nevada the find is on exhibition at the las vegas chamber of commerce A F hitt of welser weiser idaho well known to the people of southern idaho through his activity in horticultural and agricultural circles of the state and his service as field agent for th the U B S department of agriculture was instantly killed by a fall on ice at his I 1 ranch home near weiser beginning in january and continuing in february and march a series of suits will toe be brought against the southern pacific company in lovelock to recover land on which it is alleged mineral character can be brov ed according to repots depots from lovelock nov A number of stockmen stoc kmen and ranchers of eureka and adjoining counties met at tho the court house in eureka nevada last week and organized under the name of protective range association for the purpose of taking steps toward the better protection of the public ranges of the state more alore turkeys were sold in salt laue lake during the past holiday period than in any previous yuletide Yule tlde according to reports from lo 10 local cal commission merchants despite the in price over ever that of a year ago the demand did not decrease it is estimated that more mor 0 than of the birds were con edmed in salt lake constable george cotant of elko township nevada who took office last week has issued a statement to the effect that he be will immediately pro aeed to clean up the town iown all un desirables desi dest drug fiends those who have no visible means of support and men who live off vice will at once ibe be driven out of elko mrs catherine engle pioneer denver woman died january 3 ot of heart disease at the age of 74 she came to denver from st joseph mo in 1858 she was married to philip furlong in in st joseph two days before they started west with a wagon wago n train furlo furlong rig died at denver ardenver in 1872 and four years later his widow married aloyseus Aloys lus engle I 1 the value of the mineral production ot of wyoming tor for 1916 was an increase ot of over the value of the mineral production of the preceding year and greater than the value ot of the production during 1916 of agil agriculture culture the second most important division of the industrial activity of the state although wyoming coal mines during 1916 produced almost forty tons of coal for each ea ch inhabitant of the state Wyoming ites curing the closing months of the year were confronted by a fuel famine and only with extreme difficulty were the people of many communities able to secure meager supplies of coal for domestic purposes 1 the utah mining dividends tor for the past year of which reports have been announced to the public amount io to while those for the year 1915 amounted to 10 a gain of or approximately per cent agriculture in wyoming which during 1916 recorded a production valued at achieved an increase of over th the value evalue of the production during 1916 1915 although local conditions were not for this industry nearly so favo favorable rabia during 1916 as during 1915 I 1 I 1 I 1 |