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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1917
Page
2
Subscription details list a mall and carrier pricing for Keith and Russell editors and prepristers with afternoon delivery excluding Sunday. It notes mail transmission as second class matter and references annual and monthly rates.
Washington announces rapid building of sixteen new cantonments to train and house about 600,000 recruits by September. Plans include water, sewerage, streets, rail access, barracks, and officer quarters with strict contractor checks and seven percent overhead limits to ensure timely completion.
Local merchants promise top value to readers in this issue with notices urging shoppers to compare prices and seize bargains across multiple stores and product lines.
In the Ninth Circuit District of Nevada Joseph Gutman et al sue Pacific Reclamation Company. Receiver Cole L. Harwood seeks discharge and directs payment among claimants with Intervenor Columbia Knickerbocker Trust Company. A hearing is set for July 19 1917 with notices by mail and publication in the Elko Daily Independent. Application also notes a separate water appropriation petition by B Hieronith for McDonald Creek Elko County Nevada with a June 1 1917 filing and a ditches project under Section 69 Chapter 140.
Public notice from the U S Land Office Elko Nevada June 2 1927 announces Clarence R Kleckner of Lee Elko County Nevada filing intention to prove up homestead claim No 2942 for a parcel in Mt Diablo meridian. Witnesses listed and final proof set for July 12 1917 before the register and receiver at Elko.
In the Fourth Judicial District of Nevada Elko County executor Julius John Altube notifies all claimants to file with the court clerk within three months from the 61st publication date or be barred. First published June 7 1917 last July 12 1917.
Claude L. Womack of Mountain City Nevada applies for final three year proof on land described as H E Survey 91 and adjacent parcels in sections 18 and 11 township 46 north range 66 east Mount Diablo Meridian. Witnesses Laula G Wells Dave Kunz Sr Dave Kunz Jr Jeane Womack. Register John Er Robbins. First publication May 31 1917. Last publication June 30 1917.
Application number 4442 filed May 1917 under 1913 statutes seeks permission to divert public waters of Nevada from Bruneau River at a specified section by dam and flow control. Petition lists Phipps of Charleston and Biko County as parties and details dam construction and water use.
Legal notices from Elko and Carson City detail conveyance of water rights for irrigation and domestic use from April 15 to October 15 annually, prohibition on returning water to streams, with publication dates in May and June 1917. Also listed are probate notices for James Squier estate with a June 18 1917 proof date and filings for Dave Kunz Sr homestead entries in Mountain City Nevada.
Department of the Interior announces Kunz Jr of Mountain City Nevada filed notice of intention to prove a final three year claim to 159.71 acres in unsurveyed public domain portions of Sections 17 and 18 Township 47 North Range 64 East Mount Diablo Meridian. The filing lists witnesses Dave Kunz Sr Levin G Wells Burton Jarvis all of Mountain City Nevada. First publication May 26 1917 last publication June 26 1917.
Public notices warn strict enforcement of a law banning under sixteen from driving. Legal notices include probate order for Christine Huber estate and distribution hearings in Elko County Nevada. Land claim and water rights filings list witnesses and parcel descriptions in Mountain City and Humboldt County.
Entries record desert land applications and proofs in Elko Carson City for Samuel Wines and Rafael Figueras, along with an application for water appropriation from Chimney Creek by F W Burner. It lists witness names, locations, and publication dates between May 1917 and June 1917. The notices cover final proof deadlines and multiple land parcels amid Mount Diablo Meridian references.
Frank J. Landon of Lee Elko County Nevada filed a homestead application No 01936 for the southwest quarter Section 4 Township 31 North Range 66 East Mt Diablo Base and Meridian. He has Sled Rothe of Intention to make final proof before the U S Land Office at Elko Nevada on June 26 with witnesses Charles OC Crown John H White Scott Griswold George H Clayton. John B Robbins Register First publication May 2 1917 Tart publication June 2 1917. Warning planting fishing and phynteny id strictly prohibited on all of a
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