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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
2
Notice announces John Quintana of Elko Nevada filed for 40 acres under Section 2306 Mt Diablo Meridian. Protest due by December 22, 1915. Also notice of Stanley L Vines of Ruby Valley Nevada filing intention to make final proof January 18, 1916 with witnesses named.
In the Elko County Nevada Fourth Judicial District a notice to creditors announces Joseph W Johnston as executor of Helena P Johnston deceased. Creditors must file claims with proper vouchers within three months from first publication or be barred. First publication date December 4, 1915.
Application filed November 18 1915 by W B Griffeth of Tuscarora Elko Nevada for permission to appropriate public waters from Jarrett Creek. Dam and 41 10ths cu ft per sec to irrigate lands Sec 12 40 N 52 W and 11 40 N 62 W from March 15 to September 16 yearly with water not returned. State Engineer W M Kearney. First publication Dec 6 1915.
Public notices from the U S Interior and Elko land office announce homestead and desert land filings in Deeth Arthur and Elko areas. Names include tra 8e pulveda Robert Anderson Lawrence Anderson Devrex Goodale and others with final proof dates set for January 12 1916 and December 29 1915. A public sale offer lists John A McBride Ashley G Dawley John E Robbins and others with land description NW NE NW etc and minimum bid of $2.00 per acre.
Katherine Hall Rutherford of Mountain City Nevada filed notice to prove a land claim on 85.13 acres in Mount Diablo Meridian unsurveyed Sec 1 and Sec 36, Township 45 and 46 North Range 63 East, before the Register and Receiver January 25 1916. Other Mountain City residents James C. Martin Thomas Stinton Albert M. Olin Henry J. Jones and John Ek Robbins listed. Publication date December 1 1915.
Readers confront college loyalty and herd instinct in a critique of campus life while a Salt Lake paper laments the Christmas rush. Notices from the Elko land office outline final proof deadlines and protests on Nevada parcels amid a busy holiday season.
Notice of Oliver Riffe of North Fork Elko County Nevada filing to enter eighty acres described as East half of Northwest quarter Section 34 Township 43 North Range 66 East M D M. Public objections by affidavit of protest to be filed in this office by the stated deadline. First published November 23 1916.
Legal notices include Charles J. Nelson estate administrator appointed by P A Nelson with letters issued December 13 1915 and creditors urged to file claims by March 14 1916. Also a Nevada Justice Court summons directed to Stephen Grimes in Elko Township demanding appearance by December 28 1915 with a $46.48 claim for taxes and improvements on Lot 4 Block 31 Elko.
The District Court of the Fourth Judicial District in Elko Nevada appoints Harry Hillman as executor of the will of William Stevens Hillman deceased. Creditors must file claims with affidavits within three months or be barred. publication dates include November 26 1913 and December 27 1915.
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