Show NORTHWEST the union pacific system went dry on january 1 by order ot of the general offices in omaha which pro hibits the carrying of intoxicating laiq bors on the dining cars of the union pacific since the inception ot of the harrison anti inti drug law the consumption of opi ates has been reduced from 50 to 70 I 1 er cent in salt lake according to estimates made by a number ot of local druggists an examination of 0 all brands ot of butter made in nevada conducted by the extension division of the sity has resulted in the highest score being won by the lamoille creamery of lamoille the score being 94 3 the eiko elko nev board of county commissioners has accepted the bid of the state board of investments tor for the two issues of school londs bonds total ng 15 the bid was 16 75 with interest at the rate of 3 5 1 per cent per annum two men have been arrested in lovelock nevada on suspicion of 0 plan ning to loot the southern pacific prem aises at that place in their pockets were found plans showing the ground floor windows doors and interior of the southern pacific depot the mormon church through the northwestern states mission has bought a chapel in tacoma where w re meetings of the members of the chu church in that city will be held in the future the building was formerly the cen aral christian church of tacoma leasing of lands of the clarion lands pluto project in utah has been abandoned by the state land board though the policy will be continued n other 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 AIm quist to the care of mr and mrs L P kimball of springdale be declared void the pa pers ders of adoption were signed several years ago A rancher near lag las vegas nevada has found a fairly large lump of in dian than mortar on the road between his ranch and the town indian mortar is common in southern california and arizona but Is rare in nevada i 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 the V U S department of agriculture was instantly killed by a tall fall on ice at his ranch home near welser weiser beginning in january and contina ing in february and march a series of suits will be brought against the southern pacific company in love lock to recover land on which it la is alleged mineral character can be brov ed according to reports from love lock nev A number of stockmen and ranch ers of eureka and adjoining counties met at the court house in eureka nevada last week and organized zed under the name of protective range association tor for the purpose ot of taking steps toward the better protection of the public ranges of the state more turkeys were sold tn in salt lake during the past holiday period than in any previous yuletide Yule tlde according to reports from local commission mer chants despite the in price over that of a year ago the demand did not decrease it is estimated that more than 9 of the birds were con can fumed in salt lake C constable on stable george cotant of elko township nevada who took office last week has issued a statement to the effect that he will immediately pro aeed to clean up the town all un dest drug fiends those who have no visible means of support and men who live off vice will fat once be driven out ol 01 eiko elko mrs catherine engle pioneer den 3 of heart ver woman died january disease at the age of 74 she came to denver from st joseph mo in 1858 she was married to philip furlong in at joseph two days before they start ed west with a wagon train furlong died at denver in 1872 and tour four years later his widow married Aloys aloysius lus engle the value of the mineral prodie tion of wyoming tor for 1916 was 56 an increase ot of 13 over the value of the mineral production of the preceding year and 22 greater than the value of the prodie tion during 1916 of agriculture the second most important division of the industrial activity of the state although wyoming coal mines dur ing 1916 produced almost forty tons ot of coal for each inhabitant of the state ites during the closing months of the year were confronted by a fuel famine and only with ex difficulty were the people of many communities able to secure meager supplies of coal for domestic purposes |