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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
2
The Daily Independent opens with a Christmas greeting and moral exhortations on peace and charity. It condemns Santa Claus as deception, urges adherence to Christian teaching, and discusses prison reform, mercy, and the purpose of punishment. The page includes the carol O Little Town of Bethlehem and calls for moral renewal.
A Tonopah report said a coyote head examined by Dr. Mack was in an advanced rabies stage. Two other coyotes chased residents and were shot at. Tonopah imposed a 30 day notice period for a dog and cat extermination, with a quarantine and enforcement by authorities.
The ice harvest is underway at Truckee and other sites with cutting and storing in progress. If weather lasts ten days longer, the season’s crop will be cut and stored before year’s end. The Tree is a foot and a half thick at Truckee and is clear as a crystal.
Rev McHarness MALter announces 11 AM Christmas service with a vocal solo by Mrs J L Keyser. Sunday School at 12 05 PM. A cordial welcome to all. No evening service.
The Presbyterian Church announces a full Christmas program with Sunday School at 10 A M. Christmas sermon at 11 A M titled The Birth of Christ Its Significance to the World. Violin soloists and singers will perform. An evening service at 7 P M features readings and Christmas songs with gifts distributed to Sunday school children. An Armenia and Syria famine relief offering will be taken. Regular Sunday service at 11 A M with 12 30 Sunday School and Wednesday evening readings. Reading room hours 2 4 daily except Sundays and holidays. St Pauls Church lists rector Ernest H Price and Holy Communion at 8 A M Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 Evening Prayer at 7 Sunday School 12 30 Catholic services at Grammar School 10 A M.
Notice to creditors for the estate of John R Bradley Deceased filed December 22 1916 in Elko Nevada Probate Court appoints John Henderson as administrator. Creditors must file claims with vouchers within three months. Also a summons in Elko Township Justice Court against D D Holgate for $80 plus interest costs and attorney fees dated December 21 1916.
The regular state teachers examination will be held in Elko in the deputy superintendent office basement of the courthouse from December 27 to 30 inclusive. Examinations begin at nine A M. Signed Bertha C Knemeyer.
J D Mariner Music House offers Welte Mignon De Luxe action pianos and Edison models, plus ukuleles mandolins violins and guitars from six dollars. Band instruments and sheet music sold by mail on easy terms from Box 422 Reno Nevada.
Advertises several properties including a 390 acre ranch south of the railroad with 7 room house and water rights, a 320 acre north of the railroad with a 10 stall stable, 140 tons hay cut in 1916, and a 120 acre Starr Valley ranch with a 3 room house and fruit trees.
The State of Nevada greets defendants and summons them to appear within ten to forty days to defend a suit to quiet title to lands in Elko County. Lands described include NEQ of SW, S half of SW, and SW quarter of SE in Section 36, Township 32 N, Range 59 E, M D B and M, totaling 166 acres as per plaintiffs verified complaint and related patent recital.
In the name of Eugene H Mangus plaintiffs claim prior purchasers possess actual exclusive and adverse possession for more than fifteen years before suit. They report fenced lands with improvements and taxes paid, to be detailed in the verified complaint served with the summons. Court action dated December 4 1916 and published December 5 1916 through January 16 1917.
Public notice invites sealed bids for one hundred thousand dollars in six percent county high school bonds of Elko County Nevada. Bids due 10 a.m. December 28, 1916. bonds dated January 15, 1917 mature 1937 with semiannual interest. payment in gold coin. 10 percent bid deposit. board may reject bids. published December 6 and December 27, 1916.
Notice for scaled proposals to sell 66000 in six per cent dormitory bonds of Elko County Nevada. Bids due 10 AM December 28 1916. Bonds dated January 1 1917 mature July first yearly 1917–1936 with final principal in 1936. Interest paid July 1 each year. Priced at par and payable only in gold coin. 10 percent bid bond required.
The Elko County Board invites bids with a ten day option after acceptance, else forfeiture of a bid bond. The Fourth Judicial District Court in Elko handles a separate suit by Jennie C D Meyer Trustee seeking authority to borrow up to 100000 and secure with mortgages on Trustee's Subdivision lands and cattle across Elko Eureka Lander Counties.
J EB Williams and FLA Travis of Lee Nevada file for permission to appropriate water from South Fork Humboldt River Three Lakes Canyon for irrigation and domestic use. Dam would divert 3.2 cfs from NW of Sec 20 T31N R66E to Sec 22 T31N R66E for May to October. State Engineer W M Kearney administers notice with publications from December 7 1916 to January 7 1916.
Application No. 4216 filed November 1 1916 by Nevada Bunker Hill Mining Company of Elko Nevada requests permission from the State Engineer to appropriate public waters. Water from three springs within 200 feet to be conveyed by pipe line to a mine site for domestic and mining use with no return to stream. First publication Nov 34 1916. Last publication Dec 96 1916.
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