The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-06-25
INLAND NORTHWEST

at Reno last week
The recently organized Spanish
| War Veterans of Nevada have taken
active steps to complete permanent
organization.
During a tough battle lasting one
hour and thirteen minutes Charles
Rentrop threw julius Johnson twice
| in the wrestling match held at Reno.
Nearly 1000 residents of the Ogden
and North Weber stakes who are 20
years Of age or older were entertained
at the annual old folks outing at La
/ COON.
George McNair. the 12-year-old son
of Mr., and Mrs. G. t. McNair of Pay
son, suffered compound fracture of
his left leg when the horse which he
was leading fell on him.
On account OF the heavy tourist
travel through the west, the Union
Pacific has arranged to put on two
new trains each way daily between
/ Omaha and the Pacific coast, June 20.
The financial condition of the Ne
! vada Good Roads club, as set forth in
the clubs report by Treasurer Charles
j. Miller, is satisfactory and shows
that the people Loyalty are supporting
| the movement for better roads.
1 Nevada can produce and ship an
nually 100000 tons of alfalfa meal
with an added expense of very few
dollars in machinery The quality,
color and extreme dry clean hay can
compete with any alfalfa produced in
the world.
i c. R. Matthews is in hospital at
Vale, Ore, with two bullet wounds
in his hip and c. o. Bogart is held
in the county jail as the results of a
fight over irrigation rights. The men
are ranchers who live eighteen miles
north of Vale.
The state of Nevada and a large
number of mining companies and in
dividuals received gold, silver and
bronze medals and honorable mention
for exhibits of economic minerals
made at the Panama-Pacific exposition
in San Francisco.
Francisco Martinez, alias Alfred
Aragondez, an ex-convict, who served
two terms in San Quentin, and Juan
Malino, both Mexicans, are being
held at the city jail at Reno, on sus-
picion that they held up Frank Jack
man and Joe Prato.
Sam Weyman, a Mexican sheep
herder and cousin of Juan Chacon,
who is alleged to have been murdered
by Tse-Ne-Gat in San Juan county
more than a year ago, will testify
against Tse-Ne-Gat in the federal
court in Denver, July 6.
Damage to the amount of $1,000
was done by fire in the Mecca cafe
at Reno. The cafe had just been re
papered and decorated and photo
grapher was taking a fash light pic
ture of the interior, the flash ignitine
the paper mache decorations.
A new postoffice. to be known as
Callister, has been created in Uinta
county, Wyo. The office will be es
tablished and the postmaster named
about July 10. 1t is located -four
miles west of Spring valley at the
east portal of the Casper tunnel.
Joseph F. Smith, president of the
Mormon church, and Charles w. Nib
ley. presiding bishop, have returned
to Salt Lake from a trip to Honolulu
San Francisco and Portland. The of
ficials of the church made the trip tc
Honolulu and the Hawaiian islands tC
inspect the 6,000-acre plantation which
the Mormon church owns at Laie.
In furtherance of the work of the
University of Nevada, for the benefit
of Nevada ranchers, c.. S. knight
dean of the University School of Agri
culture, and Professor ]. G. Scrugham
head of the engineering department
will visit Las Vegas to look into the
possibility of developing water in tht
Las Vegas and Indian Springs valleys
The body of Fred Weiss, the tailol
who has been missing since June
when he left his home at Olympia
Wash, to go to Gate on business. wa;
found in the woods by a searching
party A bullet hole was in the bacl
of his head and the front of his heat
l was bruised. His watch, $25 in casl
| and other valuables had been takei
| from his pockets.
| State Printer Farnsworth has jus
4 COIuplelSu the printing OF d laTSe eul
ton of synopsis of the water law o
| Nevada and turned it over to Stat
| Engineer Kearney. This pamphlet i
for free distribution and anyone in
| terested may secure copy by writing
| to the state engineer.
| The smallox situation in Ely, New
1 has ceased to be source of worr
1 ment. There is not a single hous
II quarantined in the Ely district. No
II a single case of the disease has man
! tested itself recently and the few pa
tients who were in the isolation hos
pital have been released.
Denver. Craig and Steamboa
Springs. Colo, are at present maxim
u concerted effort to capture tn
y trade of the Uintah basin from Sal
y Lake and Utah. For the purpose o
a stimulating Denver business in tn
o Uintah basin the Denver e Salt LAX