The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
PETITION.


Tn the County Court Of the County Of Wasco
and state Of oregon.
In the matter of the. petition OF Clanue II.
Markham and Others for the formation OF
an irrigation district in the comfy of Was
to'and state Of oregon, under provisions ol
chapter of Bellnger's and Cottons ammo
tnted codes and statutes OF the state OF Ore
To the county court of the county OF Waseo:
The undersigned petitioners respectfully
show unto the court
FirsL-That they are desrous OF forming
and propose to form an irrigation district I'M
der the provisions of chapter V OF Bellngers
and Cotton's annotated codes and statutes OF
Oregon.
SeeOnd-That your petitioners are majors
ity and more than fiftv of the holders OF title
TO lands susceptible Of irrigation nom COM
mon source and by the same system OF WORKS.
and desire to provide for the irrigation OF the
same. -,
Ihird-That the land TO be irrigated is all
situate in the county Of Wasco and state OF
Oregon, and is more particularly bounded AZ
to said proposed district as follows, to-wit:
Commence on the Columbia river, south
bank where the section line between sections
81 and 80 township north, range 10 east OF
the Willamette meridian intersects the Colum
bia river, then south along sara seclloh ing
and the section lines between sections and6
and to the M-sectiOn corner common 10
said sections and 8, township north range 10
east, W. Nj, thence west 10 the center OF SAID
section thence south to the Asection corner
township and range, thence west TO corner
common to said sections and Is and sections
l2and 13 toTnship2 uorth, range east W. NJ,
thence south along the township llne between
ranges and 10 east aforesaid, To corner com
mon to sections 10, Is, ~ aud "a township
north, ranges 8 and 10 east w. M, thence
west TO the corner common 10 sections ID and
IA, % and a, 'ownship = north range east, W.
M M.,thence south TO corner CO mmon TO sections
49, 25 and 20 last named township ana range,
thence in said township and range as fol
lows west 10 corner common 10 sections 22,23
26 and 81, south to corner common To sections
26, n, 81 and 81, west 70 corner common to
sections 20, 30, 81 and 81, thence south 10 cor
ner common 10 sections 81 and 81 aforesaid
and TO sections and 6, township |, north,
township line between townships l and
north range east To 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 to section line between sections 6 and7
township nOrth range 10 east, thence east to
"a section corner common TO sections and
thence north to "a section corner common to
sections q. 81, townships and 2 north, range
10 east, thence along said township liue to
corner common to sections and ., 81 and 80,
townships and north, range 10 east, thence
north to where the section line between sec
tons 10 and 10, township north, range lO
east intersects the west line of the right OF
way of the ditch of the Farm ers' Irrigating
Co., thence following down said west and
north line ofsaid right of way of said ditch to
a point on same in section 49, township
north range 10 east thence along the section
lines between sections 80, "a, q 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 said
irrigation district be organized ulder the