The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-24
PETITION.
In the County Court Of the County Of Wasec
and Htate OF Oregon

In the County Court Of the County Of Waseo
and state Of oregon.
In the matter Of the petition Of Claude Il.
Markham and others for the formation OF
an irrigation district in the county Of Was.
20 and state OF oregon, under provisions Of
chapter Of BelllngeT's and COttons Ammo
tated codes and statntes Of the state OF Ore
gon.
To the county court Of the county Of Wasco:
The undersigned petitioners respectfully
show unto the court:
First-That they are deslrous OF forming
and propose to form an irrigation district Hn-
der the provisions OF chapter OF Belinger's
and Coiton's annotated codes and statutes OF
oregon.
second-That your petitioners are majors
ity and more than fiftv Of the holders OF title
TO lands susceptible Of irrigation from com
mon source and by the same system of works,
and desire 10 provide for the Irrigation OF the
same.
Ihrd-That the land to be irrigated is all
situate In the county OF WAsco and state OF
Oregon, and Is more particularly bounded as
10 said proposed district AZ follows, to-wit:
Commence on the Columbia river, south
bank, where the section line between sections
81 and 81 township north, range 10 east OF
the Willamette meridian intersects the Colum
bia river, then south along said section line
and the section lines between sections and6
and to the A-sectiOn corner common to
said sections and g. township2 north range 10
east, W. NJ. thence west 10 the center Of said
section thence south TO the A-section corner
COHlHO1 W hHlu stCtlOAl anu bcEilOu 10 Sdlu
township and range, thence west TO corner
common to said sections and IL and sections
II and l3 townshp2 2 north, range . east W. NJ,
thence south along the township line between
ranges and 10 east Aforesaid, to corner COM
mon to sections Is, Is, 10 and "a, township 2
north, ranges o and 10 east, w. M, thence
west to the corner common TO sections l3 and
III " and q, township north range east, W.
NJ thence south TO corner common TO sections
q, ,25 and 20 last named township and range,
thence in said township and range as fol-
lows: west 10 corner common To sections 22,23
% and 27, south to corner common 10 sections
26 "a, "a aud 3j, west to corner common to
sections 20, 30, 81 and 80, thence south 10 cor
neF common TO sections 81 and 81 aforesaid
and To sections5 and @, township i, north,
range 0, east w. NJ, thence east along the
township line between townships | and 2
north. range east 10 Hood river thence up
the west bank of Hood river and its forks to
the most suitable place for taking out the
water from Hood river, thence down said
river 10 section line between sections and
township north, range 10 east, thence east TO
u section corner common TO sections and 7
thence north TO "a section corner common TO
sections q, 81, townships and north, range
10 east, thence along said township line To
corner common to sections and D, ~ and 80,
townships and north range 10 east thence
north TO where the section line between sec
tons 10 and 10, township north, range
east intersects the west line OF the right ol
way OF the ditch OF the Farmers lrrigatinL
Co.. thence following down said west ana
north line Ofsaid right of way of said ditch to
a point on same in section 81, township 3
north range 10 east; thence along the section
lines between sections 81, "a, ~ and 2S, town
ship north, range 10 east to the south bank
of the Columbia river thence down along the
South bank OF said Columbia river TO the
point OF beginning.
And your petitioners do pray that the sal,
irrigation district be organized under the
provisions OF said act, and for general relief
This petition will be presented TO said county