New 320 Acre Homestead Law Expanded Entry Areas
A new provision in the homestead law allows qualified entrymen to enter 320 acres or less of non-mineral unreserved public lands in several western states and territories if designated not suitable for irrigation. Applicants must swear to land type, pay fees, and meet cultivation proofs, with limits on concurrent entries and commuting rights.
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United States
Colorado
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Arizona
New Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
The Divining Rod and Water Witch Experts
The United States Geological Survey reissues Water-Supply Paper 255 stating no device reliably detects underground water without observable signs. Trials show divining rod movements arise from unconscious muscular action, biased by experience, not external forces. The method works mainly in porous sheets or clayey deposits where wells form, offering limited value but occasional useful craftsmanship.
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United States Geological Survey
Heaters Placed for Winter Ore Run at Butters Plant
At Virginia City heaters were installed at the Butters plant to enable a full winter ore run from the Chollar property. The Nevada State Sheep Commission, meeting in Reno, announced tax relief reducing the sheep tax from 10 mills four years ago to 2 mills for the 1913 tax year aimed at inspection and disease prevention.
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Butters
Virginia City
Chollar
Nevada State Sheep Commission
Reno
Cups Replace Metal Caps On Southern Pacific Trains
The Southern Pacific orders 400000 oiled paper drinking cups to replace metal caps on all trains and boats at year start. Passengers pay one cent and may reuse cups three or four times, collected from a penny slot in a metal car. Government quarantine rules bar common drinking caps under interstate regulations.
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Southern Pacific Company
Notice of Application to Appropriate Public Waters Nevada 1912
Notice of application for permission to appropriate public waters of Nevada. Applicant T B Kelley of Salt Lake City seeks to divert Boulder Springs water in the Humboldt River drainage by pipeline for mining and domestic use. Water not returned to the stream. First published November 30 1912. last publication December 24 1912.
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State of
Nevada
T. BR. Kelley
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Utah
State of Nevada
Boulder Springs
Humboldt River
T. 36
Restoration to entry of lands in national forest
Lands of 36.47 acres in Toiyabe National Forest Nevada will be opened to settlement under homestead laws. Location Carson City land office January 20 1918. Preference rights exist for prior real agricultural claimants if qualified and exercised by January 20 1913. Boundary details and parcel description follow as listed in public notice. Listings show Mina Elizabeth Morrison of Eureka Nevada and official approval dates in 1912.
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National Forest
Toiyabe ‘National Forest
Nevada
United States
United States Land Office
Carson City
Mina Elizabeth Morrison
Eureks
Proudfit
Asistant
Nevada Public Waters Permit Notice for Agnes Morrison
Application 2539 reports Agnes Morrison of Eureka County Nevada seeks to appropriate public waters from Deer Spring for stock watering. Water conveyed by pipe to wooden troughs, 0.01 cfs, no return to stream. Notice dates November 9 to December 7, 1912.
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Nevada
Agnes Morrison
Eureka
State of
Deer Spring
Nevada State News and Local Railings in Reno Area
State news notes 13000 cattle killed for market by Nevada Packing Co in Reno and a 1 cent beef rise while sheep drop 50 cents per head. Lovelock builds a large reservoir head of valley to store Humboldt River waters for summer use, solving water shortage. Pirmean trial in Elko sees courtroom acoustics fixed by crossing wires. Lovelock suit against Pacific Reclamation Co likely settled out of court as Humboldt farmers align with the company. Allen family marriages in Reno and Fallon involving Bessie Fortune, Sheriff Conniff, and Cecil Allen weave local social tides as Cunningham faces white slavery charges in Winnemucca.
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Reno
Nevada Packing Company
Lovelock
Humboldt
Elko
Averill
Accoustick
Pacific Reclamation Company
Metropolis
Nevada
Fallon
Lem Allen
Carson
State Senate
Bessie Fortune
Allen
Conniff
Churchill County
Cecil Allen
Johnson H. H. Cunningham
Barber Canyon
Winnemucca
Moore
Nelse C. Christensen
Victor
Colorado
Cunningham
Belva Christensen
Christensen
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