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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
2
The Elko Nevada publication lists editors H Keith and Russell with owners George and Russell. It notes daily afternoon issues except Sunday and gives subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery, as well as post office filing as second class matter.
Dr C E Swezy of Winnemucca details life at Fort Riley Kansas where recruits are drilled and trained for medical service The routine is grueling with 5 15 am roll calls long days of drilling lectures and physical fatigue Vaccinations frequent and a focus on sanitation and office duties amid rapid mobilization for the draft army.
The Elko Nevada Highway Board met on June 16 1917 with four members present and approved purchasing twelve steel bridges for the county. The specification lists multiple two span lengths and beam configurations including 12, 16 2 20 24 and 40 foot spans.
Bridge purchases from Verdi Lumber at eight and a half cents per pound described by sizes and rods. Board action on bills postponed. limited to first monthly meeting. Contracts awarded to George D. Banks for Sixteen Mile Lane Mountain road work at 250 dollars and C H Lewis for Deeth Charleston road segment at 250 dollars, with 50 paid by Elko County and 200 by Union Land and Cattle Company. Board adjourned.
On June 1 1917 S B Bieroth Rowland Elko applied to the State Engineer for permission to appropriate two tenths cfs from MacDonald Creek Elko County to supply irrigation water to parts of the SW quarter in section 33 and other lands. First and last publications June 15 and July 15 1917. Another notice lists creditors for Bernardo Altube estate with executor Julius John Altube and a three month claims period. Also Claude L Womack of Mountain City filed a Carson City homestead application 08196 for unsurveyed public domain lands in Elko County Nevada with a described parcel of 39.04 acres.
The Register announces that an applicant under the acts of April 28 1904 and June 11 1906 has filed notice to make final three year proof on Lot 9 and adjacent parcels in Section 18 Township 45 North Range 55 East Mount Diablo Meridian. The hearing before the register and receiver is set for July 18 1917. Named witnesses include Louis G Wells Dave Kunz Sr Dave Kunz Jr and Jesse Womack all of Mountain City Nevada. First publication May 31 1917. Last publication June 30 1917.
Applications notice for Eva Phipps to appropriate public waters from Bruneau River for irrigation and domestic use from April 15 to October 15, with dam and ditch works in Elko County. Also notice by Dave Kunz Sr for homestead entries in Mountain City on unsurveyed public domain in Nevada with described parcel, boundaries, and witnesses. First publication May 29, 1917. Last publication June 29, 1917.
Carson City land office notices KUNZ Jr of Mountain City Nevada files for final three year proof on unsurveyed public domain tract in Nevada. The claim aims to establish rights to a 159.7 acre parcel in Mount Diablo area per survey numbers and describes boundary points and starting corner with witnesses Daye Kunz among others. hearing to be held July seventeenth, 1917 before the Register and Receiver.
The notice lists several Mountain City residents including Hugo Schlag Louis Wells and Burton Jarvis with a 1917 water appropriation project from Battle Creek for irrigation and domestic use. It also details Lulu Belle Hurley suing Charles Webster Hurley in the Fourth Judicial District of Nevada for dissolution of marriage and child custody, with summons issued and publication dates from June to July 1917.
Louis G Wells of Mountain City Nevada holds a homestead application 07514 now Elko No 0899 for HL BE Survey 110 in Mont Diablo region. He seeks final three year proof with witnesses Dave Kunz Jr Burton Jarvis and others before the Elko office on July 18 1917. Publication June 26 1917.
Application filed by Fred J Tyler of Valmy Humboldt County Nevada with the State Engineer on March 19 1917 under section 69 chapter 140 statutes of 1918 for a water right.
Public notices announce an irrigation water appropriation from Milligans Creek for several parcels in sections across townships in Clark and Nye counties, including dam and canal works and non return of water, with first and last publications in May and June 1917. Also listed are desert land final proof notices for Samuel Wines in Ruby Valley, and probate administration for David Lindsay, with claims deadlines and witnesses.
Application 4446 requests public waters for irrigation from Chimney Creek with dam and canals in Elko County from 1917. Concurrent land claim notice by Clarince H Kleckner for SE SW sections 1 and 3 4 31N 57E Mt Diablo meridian with three year proof due July 22 1917 at Elko Land Office.
Warning that hunting fishing and shooting are strictly prohibited on all ranches along Mary's River and both Seventy One ranches. Violators will be prosecuted according to law. Nevada Lang Livestock Co.
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