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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1917
Page
3
At Camp Mills a noncom saluted a colonel who was nearby, mistaking him for the higher officer. The colonel asked why he returned the salute. The man replied, I always return everything I am not entitled to. He was dismissed.
A Utah supreme court ruling directs Carbon County commissioners to assess coal lands at proper value instead of a blanket $50 per acre. The decision states the state will gain increased revenue of 24,600,000 dollars annually and finds the county officials violated the law by under assessing land values.
Regular worship at St Pauls Presbyterian and Baptist churches with Sunday School and evening services noted. A reading room hours schedule and a public notice for water appropriation applications in Nevada are included with details on applicants, locations, and proposed irrigation use.
On December 28, 1917 Emery G Elko filed for permission to appropriate public water from unnamed springs in Nevada for stock watering and domestic uses. Water would be diverted April through October via a dam or conduit to a tract in Township 43 Range 53, with water not returned to streams. Public notices run December 28, 1917 and January 24, 1918 under Water Engineer J G Scrugham.
Public auction ordered by the United States District Court for the District of Nevada in the Turcarone Nevada Mines Company case. The receiver will sell in bulk all real and personal property, mining claims, stock in Nevada Queen Mining Company, water rights, plants, equipment, and related interests in the Tuscarora Mining District Elko County Nevada, at the court house front door in Elko on January 11. The sale will include extensive mine names, water works, and franchise rights tied to the dissolution of the Turcarone Nevada Mines Company.
Notice outlines sale of all property of Tuscarora Nevada Mines Company under Henry S Haskins receivership to satisfy creditors. Sale to highest bid not less than 2600000 subject to court confirmation. Payments may use Receiver's Certificates and creditor lists. certificates and costs of administration apply. First publication December 18, 1917. Lat publication January 12, 1918. Also notice of public land filing for James R V, of Elko, Nevada, with hearings February 6, 1918.
Notices announce grazing permit applications with required forms and residency details. Deadline approaches for submission, including fee information and official office contact in Nevada. Applicants must file complete data and pay the grazing fee to proceed.
Notice of application No 4797 by W. Mitel ot of Rika Deputy Pike and Brate for public waters of Store Helier Nevada. Details include authorized flow rates and seasonal timing from April to October, with water returned to stream. May involve legal summons in Fourth Judicial District Court at Reno for A Hanks vs M G Park and others.
The State of Nevada serves Hamilton G Park Rebecca E Hanks and all unknown claimants with a summons in a case to quiet title to the Boston Lode Mining Claim Lot 37 in Kit Carson Mining District Elko County. The plaintiff seeks a decree that the plaintiff owns the land and that all defendants have no estate lien or cloud on the land and should be barred from any claim. The land covers 20.66 acres in Sections 9 and 10 Township 45 North Range 65 East Mount Diablo Meridian. The action is filed in the Fourth Judicial District Court Elko Nevada with attorney Otto T Williams.
Nevada Land & Livestock Co warns that hunting fishing and shooting are strictly prohibited on all their ranches Marys River and the Seventy One ranches. Trespassers will be prosecuted according to law.
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