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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1918
Page
4
Local figures from Metropolis Tuscarora Bullion and Starr Valley visit Elko for business and social updates. Officials discuss 1918 election law deputy registrars and draft reclassifications while residents share military and family news. Community chatter covers chautauqua plans, sanitation humor, and local commerce.
A business urges potential customers to visit and obtain a quotation for their case. It promotes steady quality and asks readers to ask neighbors about the service.
The state will pay a 5000 dollar reward for Paul Walters who led the shooting of Sheriff Mark Wildes of Churchill county and was killed by Skinny Pascal. Governor Boyle announced the plan and the board of examiners had earlier allowed an additional 4000 dollars after an initial 1000 dollar proclamation. An attorney general opinion said no proclamation was needed. the governor will advertise claim dates and a claims panel may be formed to settle disputes.
Reports from nearly all parts of the South indicate a heavy cotton yield for the season. The staple is around thirty cents a pound at seeding time, which spurred planting despite pleas in many localities to grow more food and feed crops.
In Memphis on June 12 John Johnston a professional beggar cursed a white woman who refused to buy a pencil. He was arrested and at the city jail $500 in currency was found on his clothes.
Mrs. Martha Hickey of Altoona plans and will tend her own war garden this year. She is ninety four years old July 12 and will do all the work herself.
Robert E. Burris, superintendent, reports the Schurz Indian reservation is flourishing. He notes a prosperous year from crops and sales, with earnings exceeding $27,000, as he attends the Tom Walker assault case in Carson. Walker, an Indian, fled but was later captured in Humboldt county.
Multiple small ads include wanted a second hand refrigerator a cook on a ranch house for rent four room furnished house two room furnished near Western Pacific Roundhouse and ads for sale saddle work horses and found rimmed spectacles. Also seeks Hamiltonian Shire horses inquiries Gibson Gully Afton Nevada and contact through office.
Notice is given that on March 26 1918 Union Land and Cattle Company a Reno Nevada corporation made application to the State Engineer of Nevada for permission to appropriate the public waters of the state under Section 59 Chapter 140 Statutes of 1913 to the waters of the state of Nevada.
State Engineer Seymour Case approves a water appropriation drawn from Jack Creek for irrigation. A dam will convey thirty cubic feet per second to multiple sections in townships 41 north range 62 east for use from April to September each year. Water to not return to the stream. First published June 10 1918. Last publication July 10 1918.
Ad notices new pricing for dental procedures from Bee The Whitesides Dental Com pany. Read as a local commerce update and promotional pricing for dental services.
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