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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
4
Town talk from Elko describes frequent visitors from Deeth Arthur Mountain City and Clover Valley plus residents from Ruby Valley Lamoille and Tonopah. A war bond drive update, a Fourth of July parade plan, a band rehearsal and a Christian Science lecture headline a busy civic week.
In Springfield a navy recruiter rejects Charles Zubr for color blindness. He returns the next day claiming to have learned colors from a hired helper at a ten cent store. He says the woman taught him color names and ribbon shades, then he bought her candy as thanks.
Paris June 15 President Wilson of America Premier Salandra of Italy and Cardinal Mercier Primate of Belgium have been unanimously elected to the French Academy of Sciences.
Washington state must supply 1 250 000 tons more coal this year than in 1917. The Washington State Fuel Administration urges consumers to stockpile coal during the summer or face coal loss this winter if shortages persist.
In Albany on June 17 New York state promotes a war aid effort by stocking abandoned Erie and Champlain canal waters with perch bass and bullhead. The Conservation Commission endorses the slogan Each pound of fish caught means a pound of meat saved as canals, once unused, now supply food fish for the war.
Corvallis Oregon June 17 Ernest Chase rural mail carrier enlisted in the navy but was discharged as physically unfit after final examination. He then bought a $400 rig with horse and outfit to resume rural delivery. Twenty days later he was drafted, passed by the exemption board, and ordered to camp. He now contemplates selling his rig or taking a layoff, hoping for an army rejection like the navy.
Meridian Nevada files notice to make final proof to establish land claim with witnesses John H. Carter Arthur Toyn George W. Hanna and William J. Toyn before the Register on July 26 1918. Also State Engineer Seymour Case notices March 5 1918 application for permission to appropriate Meritt Creek water for irrigation via dam and ditches near Mountain City with first and last publications in May and June 1918.
Application No 4977 filed March 26 1918 by Union Land and Cattle Company Reno Washoe Nevada to appropriate public waters per Statutes 1913 section 59 chapter 140 seeking water rights approval from the State Engineer of Nevada.
Paul Stark Seeley, member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church in Boston, will speak at the Bradley Opera House on Monday June 17 at 8 15 P M. The public is cordially invited.
Notice published by the Department of the Interior Elko land office announces Pearl Town of Lee Nevada filed desert land entry No 01266 on January 9 1914 for sections in township 31 north range 66 east Mt Diablo meridian incl 80 acres and 80 acres in S by SW and SE of section 34 paragraph details. The notice provides public proclamation dates and entry specifics.
WANTED An small cottage of three furnished rooms for house keeping. Send price and location to Box 428, Elko. TWO FURNISHED housekeeping rooms for rent. Light and water furnished. Apply at 810 Commercial Street. FOUND A par of rimmed spectacles a case. Owner may have same by calling at this office and paying for, Act-m set.
State of Nevada allocates water from Jack Creek through a dam to multiple parcels in sections 14 15 22 23 25 26 27 34 35 36 in township 41 north range 52 east M D B and M. The conveyance totals thirty cubic feet per second for irrigation from April 1 to September 1 each year with no return flow to the stream. First published June 10 1918. Last published July 10 1918.
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