The Grit-advocate., 1904-07-01
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
Monday, June 6, 1904.

ty commissioners met III special
session pursuant to call of chaiI-
man. Present c. w. White, char
man; p. B. Upson, John Hiatt,
county commissioners; H. c.
McNew, clerk; w. H. Pound,
county attorney.
The board WAS called to order
by chairman White, and the OBJ
jcct of the meeting stated to be
the consideration of the matter of
the formation of an irrigation dis
trict within the county of Scdg-
wick and state of Colorado.
Messrs. w. E. Vaughan, John
l.. Elhart and Albert E. Pfau, as
committee representing the Pc
titioners for the formation of an
irrigation district of a part of the
county Of Sedgwick and State of
Colorado, appeared before the
board in person, by their attorney,
James W. McCreery, and pre-.
sented petition togther with the
notice of the publication of the
hearing thereof, praying that an
irrigation district be formed as in
said petition set forth; and also
presented bond in the sum of
1925 to provide for the payment
of the expenses of the said pro-
ceedings signed by the persons
constituting said committee and
by others as provided by law.
L. Darling presented d remon-
STRANGE of sundry owners of lands
within the proposed district a.
gainst the formation of such dis
trict and objected to the sutticien-
cy of the petition in that the said
petition does not appear to he
signed by the owners of the ma,
jority of the acreage Of land en-
braced within the proposed dis
trlct The board then proceeded
to take testimony and hear argu-
ments upon objections presented
to said petition and to the further
consideration Of the same.
After hearing said objections
and evidence and arguments there
on, the board decided to sustain
the petition.
On motion of Hiatt, seconde d
by Upson, the further hearing to
said petitioners was adjourned un
til the 9th day of June A. D. 1904.
The board then adjourned to
meet at o'clock Thursday, June
9lh. 1904.
The board met at 8 o'clock
Thursday, June 9th, 1904, pursu-
ant to adjournment for the furth-
er consideration of petition for
formation of an irrigation district.
Present, G. w. White, chair
man; P. B. Upson, John Hiatt,
commissioners; H. G. McNew,
clerk; w. H. Pound, county at
torney.
The matter of the formation of
an irrigation district was taken
up for the consideration of petit
ions and applications for the ex-
clusion of certain lands from the
proposed district as embraced
within the boundaries set forth in
the petition as follows, and action
of the board taken thereon as fol
lows:
Lars O. Moldc, W 1-2 Of sw IA,
section 22-11-47; John Potenski.
ne IA, S 1-2 of NV IA, n 10 of
sw IA, NV IA of Sc IA, section
28-11147; John Kashke, 1-2, al
so NV IA of sw IA section 80 and
sw 1-2 of sw IA. 2S-11-47; L.
Darling, 1-2 section 29-11-47;
Mark Gyger, all that portion of
Sc IA section 1o-11-46, lying
south of U. P. railroad; William
Epley, all that portion of sw IA
section IS, II, 46, lying south of
U. P. railroad; A. D. Gay, Sc IA
section 80, -, 45; Frank Herfort,
n 1-2 of Sc IA section 81, -, 45;
Peter j. Bangtson. W 1-2 section
80, II, II; H. S. Morrison, ne IA
sectlon ~, IL, 81; harris hlnS
Land Co., Sc 1-3 section 30, and
all section 81, II, Al; Gail Crow
foot, n 1-2 OF sw IA section 20,
II, Al; Bertha Krause Shumway,
Lots l, 2, s, section -, II, As;
Philo A. Fuller, Sc IA section 9,
and Lots 5, 6, Z, 8, 9, and 10, Sec
tion II, II, 46; Fuller Bros, W l.
2 of sw II Of section 1, II, 46;
William Ritchie was only allowed
to withdraw 1-2 of west 12 sec
ton l, II, 46; j. Porter 1-2 Sec
ton II, 46, and w 12 of sw IA
section 81, 12, 45; James NJ. Sow
der, NV IA section &, II, As; John
Hiatt, sw 4 section 5, and sw
IA section 6, II, 45; Hannah G.