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Library of Congress1894

Map of Elko County, Nevada : showing: surveyed land, towns, mining districts, streams, rivers, principal ranches, post offices, school districts, main reservoir sites, principal roads and railroad & railroad land limits

Relief shown by hachures. Shows landownership. "Copyright 1894 by E.C. McClellan" Annotated in blue crayon; mounted on cloth. Lacking lefthand edge; two holes punched inside upper neatline. LC Land ownership maps, 422 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1903

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 30, 1903

Literary News and Notes Marjie of the Lower Ranch is the attractive title which lias been given to the story which lias hitherto been an nounced as A Ranch Romance by a Real Ranch Girl J lie 0 M Clark Publishing Company will issue this book in September Miss Cairo M Clark who is at the head of this re markably successful bouse will be the guest of Miss Frances Parker the author of Marjie on her fathers ranch in the Rears Paw Mountains Montana in May The Columbia Club of Portland which has been studying ttie Maine writers this season recently listened to a sketch of the life of Kate Putnam Osgood of Boston one of the sweet singers who went out from the historic old town of Fryeburg including a des cription of the beautiful village which was her home and the Saco valley as a setting to the famous war time poem Driving Home the Cows which was given in closing by Mrs K S Osgood whose husband is a cousin of Kate Put nam Mrs Hiram L Cox was hostess Tiie Open Air Number of Leslies Monthly justifies its name by some re markable outofdoor articles

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 17, 1908

THE CALL OF THE SEA Capt John Hill a Native of Maine After 25 Years of Ranch Life Returns to Salt Water Spokane Wash November 27 After a quarter century of struggle against the never ceasing call of the sea during which he was a rancher at Wardnerin the heart of the Coeur d Alene mining district in northern Idaho east of Spo kane Capt John Hill 76 years of age has decided to pass the evening of his life on salt water He is going to Puget Sound thence down the coast to southern California back to San Francisco sail ing thence around the Horn to the north Atlantic coast where he put out of Port land harbor for the gold camps on the Pacific 57 years ago Captain Hill sailed on foreign waters and on the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans 36 years before coming to the Spokane country and he knows every rock and inlet reef and shoal between Halifax N S and the northern straits of Alaska and now that he has plenty of money as the result of a satisfactory settlement out of court with a mining companyafter seven years litigationfor damages to his ranch

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Library of Congress1957

Image 4 of The Harlem news (Harlem, Mont.), October 4, 1957

Harlem Rod and Gun Club Plan Extermination Campaign The Harlem Rod and Gun club is planning to initiate a new pro gram in the extermination of mag pies and skunks this year accord ing to Frank McCollum Bob Thron son Cully Dolven and Frank Or lando It has been noted that this year the skunks and magpie popu lation is quite high and they have been doing a great deal of damage to pleasant and duck eggs mak ing the count of those birds very low So if these predators want eggs the Harlem club plans to give them a real feast In order for the pro posed program to work the aid and assistance of farmers and ranch ers is requested Country people having an extra dozen or so of eggs are asked to bring them in to Dons Pharmacy of the Harlem Dry Cleaners and receive in ex change the same amount of treated eggs which contain a poison These are then to be placed in the farm farm or ranch vicinity in ditches culverts or any place that skunks or magpies might inhabit The poi soned eggs will be colored with a dash of paint so that

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Library of Congress1929

Image 5 of The Wolf Point herald (Wolf Point, Mont.), February 1, 1929

LOCAL AND OTHERWISE Have Davey clean your clothes 29tf Frank Cusker of Poplar was Wolf Point visitor last aSturday Our Gang comedy Saturday night Feb 9 Mr and Mrs J J Rooney are moving into the rooms formerly occupied by Dr DeWanes offices A baby boy was born on Thurs day to Mr and Mrs Wm Vitt Sand Creek at Mrs Burnisons hospital Miss Pearl Fromdahl left last week for Perham Minn where she was called to serve as witness in a trial Mrs Geo Hagen of Stone Hill ranch came in town Friday and spent several days visiting various friends Mrs Jack Versiegen expects to leave Friday for Buffalo New York where she will remain for some time Stan Laural and Oliver Hardy the screamingly funny comedy team coming again Sunday and Monday in Should Married Men Go Home Miss Ruth L Parker of the Presbyterian Mission service re turned Tuesday evening after tak ing Birdie Pipe to the Santee Indian training school in Nebraska A M Poulson was the low bid der for the electrical contract for the work that is to be done on the rearrangement of the Penney store The Degree of Honor dance last Friday

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