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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
3
A wartime Liberty Loan appeal urges readers to support the effort with savings bonds. The message frames the individual sacrifice of soldiers and calls on citizens to lend money at 314 percent on what it calls the safest security in the world, the United States. The Henderson Banking Co. in Elko, Nevada is cited as the local contact.
A visiting salesman from Consolidated Wagon and Machine Co. meets ranchers in Ruby Valley with Frank Davis as the representative. Tom Short ages new shingles and a lumber pile suggest additions at the Short home. Residents plan periodic get together days to discuss views, while cattle talk and weather hints color the community update.
Rumors swirl in Ruby Valley about a mysterious “Lieutenant” becoming a chauffeur and a possible barn project delaying yet again. Summer break is set for June 8 as Ruby Central School heads for vacation. Ed Lutts buys a Holt Caterpillar engine after a brush rake purchase, while Mr. and Mrs. George Smith visit Elko.
Washington June 2 Fruit juices can be sterilized and bottled without sugar to later make jellies at home. This saves jelly glasses and allows year round sugar distribution. Unsugared juices from currants apples grapes kept 9 to 18 months yield excellent texture and color for future jelly blends.
New antiseptic solution developed by Dr. Wilfred Fralick and colleagues claims to clean brain tissue and abdominal cavities while safely entering the bloodstream. Demonstrations at Cumberland Street hospital Brooklyn show injections into veins with no pain and rapid infection control after brain injuries.
Government plans to acquire valley lands for the new state highway project via a $75 to $100 per acre appraisal. Land filings run June 15 to 20 at Salt Lake City land office, with a drawing to determine successful applicants. No maintenance or operation charges will be collected for lands entered on June 20.
Salt Lake City June 12 Four thousand acres of land will be opened for individual entry June 20 under the Strawberry Valley project. Government irrigation officers describe the farm units near West Mountain by Utah Lake as fertile with available water and low preparation costs. Settlers can start cultivating wheat this fall on land near two railroad lines and the Salt Lake Interurban.
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