The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-05-31
NUKlf1WEST NUrES

uer CITIZENS ticket was victorious
Eight horticultural inspectors, rep
resenting as many northwest states.
viii meet at Salt Lake on June 4, 5
| and 6. in conjunction with the con-
vention Of the Northwestern Nursery
| mems association.
Thomas @. Smith, Manager William
| Horn and Joe Johns were sufocated
by gas in the Williams Luman mine
at shOshone. Wyo. The bodies were
found by Engineer McCIendon. Smith
formerly was q member of the legis.
| iature.
The Manufacturers Association of
| Utah Is preparing 10 participate in
the celebration to take place June
| at st. Thomas, New. marking the
completion Of the new line Of the
Salt Lake Route from Moapa to st.
| Thomas.
| A real estate company Of Salt Lake
has purchased a number of ranches
in Ruby valley, Nevada, comprising
| $4,000 acres of choice farming lands,
which it is intended to cut up into
forty and eighty-acre tracts for col
| oniZation.
Three million dollars is the amount
that the Baptist churches of the
Northern Baptist convention terri
tory will seek to raise this year for
the use Of the convention and its Co
operative societies. This sum is TO be
raised annually.
While a northbond Southern Pacific
train was speeding between Medtord
and Goldray, Ore. Mrs. Helen Mary
Fife and William E. Keller Of San
Francisco were married. The cere-
mony was performed in the private
car of J. w. McClymonde OF San Fran
cisco.
There was not a dissenting voice
in the United Presbyterian general
assembly at Seattle. when a motion
was adopted for the appointment of
a committee to confer with commit
tees from the other two great Presby.
terrain bodies with a view to seeking
a basis Of union.
Adjutant General Chase Of the Col
orado National Guard has left Den
yer for Washington 1t is reported
that the war department has issued
orders to the adjutaDt generals Of all
state national guards to meet in
Washington in conference as soon as
possible at the governments expense.
Boards Of inquiry will hereafter be
convened 10 ascertain the cause and
fix the responsibility. where such i'm
mediate cause is not clearly manifest,
for all accidents on the Southern Pa
cific. according to information made
public in the general Offices OF the
Southern Pacific at Salt Lake.
It's estimated that the recent heavy
rain which fell throughout eastern
Washington, northern Idaho and Mon.
tana viii be worth z million dollars
to wheat growers throughout the
northwest Experts estimate that the
rain will increase the wheat crop
from three TO FIVE bushels per acre
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
has filed a mortgage with the county
recorder at Salt Lake for s25. o00. 900
in favor of the New York Trust com
pany. trustee. The mortgage of trust
is given to protect the seven per cent
cumulative adjustment mortgage gold
bonds, authorized by the stockholders
last month,
Asking for a special election tc
amend the city charter, a petition
signed by 1887 voters has been filed
with the city clerk at Spokane. The
object OF the proposed amendment Is
70 do away with the present commits,
sion form Of government and to sub
stitute therefor the old system Of g
mayor and ten ward councilmen.
Practically the whole town OF Fair,
view, Nevada. according to a former
resident. has been hauled away 10
help build up Fallon. Whenever a
man wanted a load of lumber he just
tore down somebody's house and
and took what he wanted. The
town Of Fairview has been deserted
. and the few remaining business
houses have moved up in the hills
near the mines.
John Gregovich, a Tonopah mer
chant and one OF the pioneers o.
southern Nevada, was attacked and
fatally stabbed by a foreigner named
Murcoyich,
The Nevada farms included in the
= last census report number 2,023. or
which were raised l90,SI5 fowls. val
/ ued at S1l5,510. In egg production
Nevada reports 2.00s farms. the hen:
on which laid sT0,4Ss dozen eggs
valued at S263,S13
In shooting scrape at the Ellison
ranch, about thirty-tive miles south
west OF Ely. camp cook named
Tibhs and Familiarity known as Cot
, ton" killed a Basque sheep herder
! Bonifacio EgosQue. and Immediately
|. left for parts unknown.
Ely has an established reputation-o
! putting up the best article in the eel