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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
2
The notice states Keith and Russell George Rugmeil as editors and proprietors. It indicates the publication is entered at the Elko post office for transmission through the mails as second class matter.
Governor Emmet D Boyle urges Nevada churches to support the Red Cross Fund on Sunday June 21 1919 and asks for special collections to aid the Red Cross. He notes the cause’s evident worth and appeals to patriotic citizens to contribute.
Detroit June 23 A girl has been elected general manager of the Detroit Armory with a monthly salary of 100 dollars. Miss Elsa Beck age nineteen will serve while troops are away and the home guard uses the armory. She has worked as a stenographer for the armory corporation for a year.
Dr. Arturo Gramajo former Mayor of Buenos Aires says there are no German U-boat bases along the South American coast while in New York with his family He asserts Buenos Aires is Englishward in its outlook and beliefs reflect his view in this report
A brief observer remark praises the government for forebearance and persistence to achieve a proper moral plane before taking swift action amid allied tensions and attacks on ships. The tone urges measured response.
The White Pine News critiques a Cleveland Plain Dealer editor who labeled Nevada a scrub state in a rambling piece. It derides the misquote about Nevada’s contributions and mocks the page’s rhetoric as absurd and unreliable.
A satirical critique attacks an editor and political figure, labeling them false and parochial. The piece mocks language, ethics, and intellect, likening prose to junk and lampooning imagined harm from editorial work. It suggests experimental science could “improve” such editorials.
On June 1 1917 S B Eleroth of Rowland Elko County Nevada filed with the State Engineer for a permit to appropriate public waters from McDonald Creek Elko County Nevada The flow of two tenths cubic foot per second would be conveyed to parts of W 1/2 of SW 1/4 Sec 33 T47N R55E and used for irrigation from April 15 to October 1 annually Water not returned to stream First publication June 15 1917 Last publication July 15 1917.
Estate of Bernardo Altube in Elko County Las Vegas district court appoints Julius John Altubeh as executor with a three month claims period. Also notices Claude L. Womack Moon City Nevada for homestead application 08196 land in Elko region as per 1906 act with 39.94 acres described and filed May 28 1917 with the General Land Office.
Filing notices cover land claims and irrigation water appropriation in Elko and Carson City districts. Names include Dave Kunz Sr and Jr, Laula Wells, Jesse Womack, and others from Mountain City Nevada. First publications run May 29 to May 31 1917 with last on June 30 1917.
Elko district office records show J R Kunz of Mountain City Nevada filing notice of intention to prove a land claim 159.71 acres in unsurveyed portions of sections 8 17 and 14 Township 47 North Range 64 East Mount Diablo Meridian with witnesses Dave Kunz Hugo Schlag Lowla Wells and Burton Jarvis. Final publication dates noted as 1911 and 1917.
Application 4465 filed June 13 1917 seeks a water appropriation by Ethel L. Carter from Battle Creek in Elko County Nevada. Dam proposed to divert three cubic feet per second from April 1 to October 1 annually for irrigation and domestic use with water not returned to stream. Public notices ran June 18 to July 18 1917.
The Nevada Fourth Judicial District issues a summons to Charles Webster Hurley in Elko County. The action seeks a divorce on grounds of neglect to provide for the wife and asks for custody of their minor child Charles Wesley Harvey Hurley. Dated June 18 1917 with last publication July 31 1917.
Louis G. Wells of Mountain City Nevada files intention to prove up a 136.32 acre homestead claim at Elko Nevada for H G Survey 110 and Sections 12 13 Township 47 North Range 63 64 East Mount Diablo Meridian before the Register and Receiver on July 18 1917. Witnesses are Dave Kung Sr Dave Kung Jr Dave Helms Burton Jarvis and John Be Robbins with last publication June 26 1917.
Application No. 4366 dated March 19 1917 by Fred I. Tyler of Valmy Humboldt County Nevada seeks approval under Section 69 Chapter 140 Statutes 1913 to Blaze Ensinees of Nevada for por.
Notices from the Nevada State Engineer and U S Land Office announce water right applications for irrigation stock and domestic use in Elko and Ruby Valley with seasonal dates. Samuel Wines seeks final proof June 27 1917. witnesses listed. Also probate administration for David Lindsay estate with three month claim period ending July 19 1917.
Application 4446 seeks state approval to divert Chimney Creek water for irrigation and domestic use from a dam and ditches in Elko County from April 16 to September 20 annually. Separate notice records a 1917 homestead claim by Clark Kleckner et al with July 12 1917 final proof date, plus a strict prohibition on hunting and trespass on Marys River and Seventy One ranches.
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