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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1916
Page
2
The Daily Independent lists its price for a one year subscription by mail and notes it is entered at the Elko post office for transmission as second class matter.
Governor Emmet Dasso proclaims rabies controls banning dog importation and outgo except by permit, designates quarantine districts, and empowers the State Quarantine Officer. Governor L Emmet D Boyle then proclaims Western Consumers Week urging loyalty to home and state products with priority to home town goods.
March 25 report details why the United States Army has not purchased new machine guns for three years despite annual appropriations of 50 000. The Bureau of Ordnance rejected Col Lewis’s quick firing gun after tests, with controversy over reliability and possible officer jealousy cited as factors. The piece also notes an annual Nevada Humboldt Mining Co statement with cash and expense items.
Public notice from the U S Land Office Elko Nevada dated March 18 1916 declares Sarah Ann Irland of Mountain City Nevada has a 158 acre homestead claim in Humboldt National Forest filed February 29 1912 for final five year proof to establish ownership by May 4 1916 with witnesses William P Young Albert M Olin Eugene M Arthur Jerry Roselind and with John E Robbins as Register and published March 20 1916 and April 21 1918.
A mash of property listings and legal notices from Elko Nevada includes homes for sale on Court Street near school and various Idaho and Humboldt River parcels. Also appears Notice of Public Sale in the Fourth Judicial District for the estate of Joy Abel with a March 1916 sale date and a separate Notice for Publication of desert land claims in Elko.
Notices record final proof filings and public land claims in Elko Nevada, naming claimants Grover F West and Kath erine Scollard Phillips estate matters with witnesses and filing dates, plus land survey details and notice to creditors and probate actions across multiple Nevada counties. Ranging items include homestead applications, estate administration, public bidding for jail construction, and land entry protests with dates from March to April 1916.
Notice published by the U S Land Office Elko Nevada announces a public sale directed by the General Land Office Commissioner. Howard C Murphy of Deeth Nevada holds Serial 02041 and bids start at 3 50 per acre with sale set for 10 o clock A M on March 27 1916 at the Elko office for the NW10 of Section 10 Township 4 Range 4.
Nevada Land and Livestock Company warns hunting fishing and shooting strictly prohibited across all its ranches near Marys River and the Seventy One Ranches. Trespassers will be prosecuted according to law.
Application No. 3815 by David Dorwitt Clan of Gold Creek Elko Nevada seeks 310 water appropriation from flood waters in Sections 20 26 and springs Sections 26 2 T 47 N R 56 E for a reservoir delivering one cubic foot per second to fields in Section 27 and conveyed by ditches for irrigation from May to August each year water returned to stream State Engineer W M Kearney administers First publication March 8 Last publication April 1 1916.
Elko Nevada February 28 116 Notice given by Indart of Whitestock Elko County to enter under the Revised Statutes Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter Section 7 Township 44 North Range 68 East containing 400 acres. Adverse claimants or objections due in this office before April 4 110.
Pedra Orbe emails notice to Alu L Brush and others that in Lyne Mining District Eureka County Nevada the Bull Dog No 1 Bull Dog No 2 Legal Tender Fraction and Dobe placer claims have Four Hundred Dollars expended in 1915 labor improvements and development. If coowners fail to pay their share within ninety days after the last publication the interest will be forfeited and become the sole property of the undersigned under Section 2324 Revised Statutes. Publication dates Jan 4 1916 and Apr 4 1916.
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