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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
3
In Paris during wartime a U S escort, Willie Lewis, protects American women from gangsters in the Apache district. He confronts seven aggressors, fighting off knives and a billy club as he defends the group without retreat.
Work has been completed on the Elephant Butte dam a United States reclamation service project which by damming the Rio Grande 120 miles north of El Paso Texas forms the greatest storage reservoir in the world. This reservoir will feed an irrigation system that will water 185000 acres of land in New Mexico Texas and Mexico.
Application No 4005 announces a petition to appropriate the public waters of Nevada filed on June 6 1916. F G Elliott and L Z are named parties under Section 69 Chapter 140 Statutes 1913. Authorities set a process for review and compliance.
J Elliott and J Donavan of the German Empire and State of Nevada apply to the State Engineer for permission to appropriate public waters of Nevada. Water to be diverted from Bec 10 and Bec 4 and NE of dec 8 T 33 N R 67 by ditches for irrigation and domestic use from June to September each year. Water not to be returned to stream. First published June 26 1916 last July 29 1916.
Notice of application for permission to appropriate public waters of Nevada by O J Smith of Tuscarora Elko County. Proposal to divert from Wilson Creek 3.2 cfs via dam and ditch to irrigation and domestic use across sections 26 and 35 in township 44 north range 50 west. Unsurveyed land, filing dated March 29 1916 under statute 1913 chapter 140 section 59.
Public notice outlines a water appropriation from the North Fork of the Salmon River to supply 13 cubic feet per second via a dam and ditch. Land described in Sec 1 and Sec 12, T 47 N R 62 E M D B M. W. M. Kearney signs as State Engineer. last publication July 29, 1916.
Elko Nevada June 20 notice that Peter Indart of White Rock Elko County filed to enter under Sections 2306 2307 Revised Statutes the SW quarter of the NE quarter Section 19 Township 45 North Range 60 East M D B and M containing 40 acres. Protests or affidavits of objecting mineral character or other grounds must be filed by July 27 1916 with John E Robbins Register. First publication June 24 1916 Last publication July 27 1916
Notice from the Nevada Land Office dated June 20 1911 or 191 to inform that Peter has filed an application to enter land under the provisions of sections 2306 2307 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. The fragmentary notice identifies the applicant and the statutory basis for entry.
The notice states an East half of the Northeast quarter and the Southwest of NE in section 26, township 45 north, range 50 east, MD, containing about 60 acres, with a deadline to file objections by June 27. A second notice lists the east quarter of the NE in section 26, township 45 north, range 51 east, MD, containing 40 acres, with objections due to mineral rights before disposal to the applicant.
Nevada land office announces the East half of the Northeast quarter of Section 7 Township 44 North Range 50 East M D B M containing eighty acres. First publication June 24 1916 with notice dated July 4 1916.
U S Land Office Elko Nevada gives notice Alfred W Smith of Arthur Elko County Nevada who filed Denert Land Application on June 27 1912 for W% SW and E% SE Section 17 18 Township 30 N Range 59 E Mt Diablo Base and Meridian to establish claim by final proof July 1 1916 before the Register and Receiver Witnesses Samuel T Wines Thomas B Carter Edwin B Lutts Floyd B Jewkes Last publication July 23 1916 First publication June 20 1916
Mrs Mary Campbell of Hylton Elko County Nevada filed a desert land application on November 5 1913 for Lot 4 and SE% SW Section 31 Township 30 North Range 67 East before the Elko Register on July 22 1916 last publication. Witnesses named are Russell M Campbell Christian Scott Ella Chick and George Hanna all of Hylton Nevada. John E Robbins Register. Department of the Interior U.
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