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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
3
Notice of Application for Permission to Appropriate the Public Waters of the State of Nevada states that on the unspecified date an entity seeks legal authorization to divert or use public water resources under state law. The notice informs the public to review the application and participate per regulatory procedures and deadlines.
On June 21 1918 Fernando Guilc ovehea of North Fork Elko Nevada filed with the Nevada State Engineer a request to appropriate public waters. The plan uses med creek and springs feeding Lot 4 Sec 1 TW RWNLA SE MOD M with 0.1 to 0.2 cfs conveyed to Lots 5 6 Sec 1 SENN Th 42N R55 BE Mo Ib M via ditches for irrigation and domestic use from April to October each year with no return to streams. Signed Seymour Case State Engineer. Publication dates June 28 and July 5 1918.
Notice invites bids for the regional school district project in the Metropolis district of Nye County Nevada. Bids to be received before noon on Monday at the clerk's office at the main school board building. Specifications and forms available as directed by the district.
Metropolis Nevada board invites sealed bids for school repairs with five percent certified check. Lowest and best bidder awarded but board may reject any or all bids. Publication dated May 27 1928 and June 25 1928. Estate administration details accompany the notice.
Notice combines a sales ad for Joel J Minckburn estate near North Fork Elko Nevada with a water appropriation application from Jack Creek and a land entry protest in Nevada. It names executors Frank E Humphrey and Henderson Banking, Washoe County Bank Reno, plus state engineer Seymour Case and Register J E Robbins, with dates in 1918 and officials in Reno and Cave Creek.
Public notice invites sealed bids for finishing the basement room at the Elko County Court House in Nevada. Bidder must submit a certified check and bond, with right reserved to reject bids. includes administration of estate claims in a separate Nevada notice.
Desert land entry and water appropriation notices from Elko and Tuscarora Nevada detail applications by Ercolina Dutta Brevlina Botta and Frank L. Mickey for irrigation and domestic uses. Notices cite dam and ditch methods, flow rates, seasonal use, and nonreturn of water, with multiple signatures and publication dates in 1918.
Public notice invites sealed bids for one portable gravel loading machine to load trailers hauled by tractor. Bid opening at 2 PM July 8, 1918 by Elko County Nevada Highway Commission. Includes plan, manufacturing details, and a 10 percent certified check. Right to reject bids reserved.
Nevada on September 14, 1917 filed Desert Land Application No. 639 for lands in Mt. Diablo meridian in Elko County. Notice of intention to make final proof set for July 11 before the Elko U.S. Land Office Register Joane Rollins. Claimant witnesses include Jacob Rew Charles J Miller Jamie Wallace George H Vailigan, all of Tuscarora Nevada. First publication June 6 1926 last publication July 6 1926.
Notices detail James Claithant and John Mites with several witnesses from Charleston and Charlton Nevada. Filings reference June 1915 and May 1918 deadlines for final proof and entry actions under the 1909 act. Names include Joseph Bailie Tom Prenine Hele Brows WH Graham and Joan E Robbins among others in Elko Nevada.
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