La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
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STATE OF COLORADO, l..
COt,xrY or OTKRo.

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Ia the court hou.e. of said county, ON the III
day of February, A. d. 1909. the same being
,ns sitioa n, nos nssn,ed ~ 10 ~. said board S
:. Mnttsou. A. ID. Best and Others, asking for
the organizations of certain territory Of said
under 1"aer the i Name .a Of The osrro irrisniioa
District under the provisions OF nn act of
RADIO entitled An net to provide for the or
ganixntion and government of irrigation
districts and to provide for the construction
OF canals and reservoirs and the acquiring OF
canals already constructed or partly COLI
strncted; for the acquiring of rights Of way
to construct irrigation bitches. canals,
reservoir, and to acquire other property
and for the dividing of certain portions of
the Gs the | ,sats s oi Int" r.
tricts to vote bonds for the purpose of con
s;ructing irrigation canals or reservoirs for
irrigation district Of irrigation canals or
reservoirs already constructed or partially
c%ons'rne'ed. GO and Other property, psyim. Tor
to be raised by taNntion upon the property
In said irrigation districts and by tolls to
and to pay current expenses and for prop
erty acquired aud the manner in which the
in said districts for the purpose of ciectin.
officers and raising revenues; also providing
for the Increase, enlargement. dismcmber.
ment aud di-organixation Of said district,
approved April u, 1901.
That said petition was accompanied by
good aud efficient bond, which was duly APP
proved by said board of county commission
ers, nnd the said matter wa. adjourncd for
further hearing, by the said board, to the
sth day OF February, a. d. Eu1
That ON the said last named day the said
matter coming ON again to be heard before
said board found that said petition had been
duly pnblished as required by law, and
TINT the said petitioners had complied in ull
respects " ith the requirements of said act,
preliminary to and at the presentation Of
said petition, and the boundrie> of the snid
proposed district were established and de-
tt,lis follows,
Beginning AT a point where the Otcro canal
crosses Timpas creek in section twenty four
i2p. township twenty -four go south, of
range hfty-seven tj'l west. of the L, A..
running thence in general easteriy direc-
Us located aud ON record la the office of the
clerk and recorder of Otcro county, to its
intersection with, the section line between
ts6l township ~ south, OF range 5S: thence
east along said line to the Otcro canal
thence along the meanders nf said canal
Ia u general easteriy direction to its inter
section with section line between SECTIONS
fifteen tis' and s.sns.s,wo 81 ,osnship ~
thence along said section line east TO u point
where naid canal intersects section line be-
three t23i township twenty four t2p south,
of range hfty-ive (5jj west: thence along
the ineanders Of said canal in q general east
east line of Otero county; thence north
along said county line 10 its intersection,
with the center of the Arkansas river. thence
following the channel of said river up stream
to its intersection with the west line Of the
east u of the northeast a of section two ,2l.
hfty-iiye ISL west; thence south to the south
line of said section two tel; thence west
the city of La Junta: thence south to the
south line of the north !, of the northwest 4
Of Of u u wesi a% the To .ss
tion line between sections 10 iifd 3; thence
west along said section line TO Anderson
Arroyo thence in a sonfhwesterly direction
mud twenty feet west Of the east line OF the
,"n S ana se ins hansrea saa ,s isas a
south of section line between sections 3 mud
70, township 2. south. OF range 3, west:
sol to said section line: thence east 10 feet
thence north to the north line of block two
IN Lonndr ,s .ssond a; dltl"r 81 sh to the tSws
corner Of block Of said l4ohand's addition
to said town; thence south To the section
west along the line of said section to the
southeast corner of block twenty two 81 in
thence north along the east line OF said block
twenty-five tsa to its northeast corner
thence west along the north line of blocks
said Ohio addition. to the northwest corner
OF snid block twenty three l13J; thence west
to ne sa.t ie e. ?. s.,e che ,hrn IA :" ibe
"a south. Of range IS west; thence North
along said line to its insersec!ion with the
thence in u uorthwesterly direction along
said railway 70 Its intersection with the A.
a,,iers of said ditch in a westeriy direction
10 its intersection with the enst line of sec
tion 5: themes south along said line to the
tion 3: thence west to its intersection with
the Crooked Arroyo ditch In southwest a
iaximr 2, "%r, sne msmnders 81 said iseh to it,
head thence following Crooked Arroyo to
the mouth Of tho Catlii! cnnnl; thence up
said canal the north aud south center line
Of section Il. township ~ south, Of range J5
west: thence north TO the center ot said see.
tion "; thence s,,st 20 fhe ems, line o. snia
corner Of .nid section IL: thence west along
the north line of said section II to point il,
section ", where the said line interseets the
lateral ditch from the Caflin canal known as
the Boxweil. lateral ditch; thence i, ~,
ditch to the Cntlin canal: thence along the
CatIin canni TO its intersection with the Sec
tions and is, township "A south,o range 10
west: thence west to the range line; thence
south along said range line ,, Z mile; thence l,
the west line Of the southeast i OF section ID,
south to Timpas creek thence in u south
westerly. direction along said creek TO the
point Of begin,nng ai;o ; the .,, following fras,s
canal. to-wit: The north 4 OF the northeast
u of section q. und the south y Of the north
said last three tracts, or parcels Of land being
In township Y south, Of range IS west. Also
the southwest quarter Of the southwest quar-
ter section 20, township u south. Of range
IS west.
That the said territory above described
was BY said board divided into three diyis-
ions, which were also established voting
precincts Of snid irrigation district, as fol-
lows:
Division No. and voting precinct No. /,
all that portion OF said district lying west Of
the range line between ranges IS and 10.
Division No. nnd voting. precinct No, 2
all thnt portion OF said district lying he.
81 and the secfinn line running north and
south along the east side of sections 10 and
rs. township ~ south, of range rs west. q
DisvisiOf No. 3 aud voting precinct No. 3,
all TINT portion Of said district lying east of
the section line running uOrth and south
along the east side Of sectiops 10 and IS,
towiiship - south, ,sof range IS west.
That voting places were established In each
Of said three divisions. a. follows: In pres
cluct No. at the house on what Is known as
the Callie Br,ner ranch ON northwest
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