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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1928
Page
2
The Las Vegas Age calls for a complete probe into the oil-bound gravel paving method. A city committee and the Board of City Commissioners should personally inspect existing projects before June 21 to verify details and gather reliable information.
Congress returns in December with four major House committees led by new chairmen due to resignations and deaths. Hawley becomes Ways and Means chair. Anthony advances to Appropriations. Britten takes Naval Affairs. Colton or Smith may head Public Lands with Beedy moving to Elections.
Paris hosts the International Dance Championships where judges and competitors largely favor the fox trot. The jury declares the Charleston out of fashion and notes the fox trot and its Yale variant as future favorites. President Andre de Fouquieres calls the Charleston not dancing while praising the fox trot. A. M. Minnette, recently ill, is improving on the road to recovery.
Notice from the United States Land Office Carson City announces American Borax Company seeks a patent for Argus Lode in St. Thomas mining district Clark County Nevada. The description includes a 20 000 acre net area with boundary bearings and distances, overlapping Cotton Ball No 3 placer claim, and a 60 day window for adverse claims ending July 14 1928.
Carson City Nevada May 7 1928 notice under the act of Congress for Colemanite No 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 lodes and Midway lodes in St Thomas Mining District Clark County described by Official Plat and Field Notes at Carson City Land Office with defined survey bearings and net area 137.632 acres and other listed lode claims and conflicts excluding adjacent claims.
Legal notice describes Liberty Nos 2 through 5 lode claims in the St. Thomas Mining District Clark County Nevada. It lists the claim boundaries and bearings, references the Official Plat and Field Notes on file in Carson City Nevada, notes conflicts excluded including Sur No 4623 East ABA No 4 lode and Baracite Placer No 3, and states the claims bear borax gypsum. Last publication July 14.
Public land patent applications filed May 1928 describe Borax claims in Carson City area Nevada including Cottonball placer claims and Boraci placer No 3. Details list survey numbers, township ranges, bearings and distances, acreage about 555 023 with exclusions and conflicts noted with White Basin and Colemanite lodes. Adjacent claims are listed and dates span May 12 1928 to July 14 1938.
The Columbia River Highway is being resurfaced with oil bound gravel pavement. It carries heavy traffic at high speed through a dramatic scenic gorge noted as one of America s most splendid highways.
In Kansas City delegates from states meet to pick a presidential candidate with Herbert Hoover ahead in delegate count. The Age hopes Hoover earns the nomination early. The piece notes recent erratic weather with heat, wind, dust and snow across locales, mentioning Las Vegas and its 105 degree dry heat.
Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce says advertising is a key force in industry and civilization. The piece notes that newspaper ads create desire and goodwill elevating living standards. The publication is issued in Las Vegas Nevada by Charles P Squires with annual subscription five dollars and monthly sixty cents.
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