The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-17
PETITION.

In the County Court of the County OF Wasco
and State Of oregon.
| In the matter OF the petition OF Claude E.
Markham and others for the formation OF
an irrigation district in the county Of Was
90 and state of oregon, under provisions OF
chapter of Bellinger's and Cotton's Ammo
tated codes and statutes OF the state OF Ore
gon.
To the county court OF the county of Wasco:
The undersigned petitioners respectfully
snow unto the court:
First-That they are deslrous Of forming
and propose to form an irrigation district un-
der the provisions OF chapter v OF Bellinger's
ana Cotton's annotated codes and statutes Of
Oregon.
Second-That your petitioners are majors
ity and more than fiftv OF the holders OF title
10 lands susceptible of irrigation from COM
mon source and by the same system OF works,
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 as
to said proposed district as follows, to-wit:
commence on the Columbia river, south
bank, where the section line between sections
81 and 81 township 3 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 5 and g.
and to the A-section corner common to
said sections and s, township2 north range 10
east, W. M, thence west TO the center Of said
section thence south TO the A-section corner
common 10 said section and section Is said
township and range, thence west to corner
common to said sections and IS and sections
l2and IL tOwnship2 north range east W NJ,
thence south along the township line between
ranges and 10 east aforesaid, TO corner COM
mon 10 sections l3, Is, 10 and "a, township 2
north, ranges . and 10 east, w NJ. thence
west to the corner common TO sections 10 and
"a, 23 and 2i,township north range 9 east, W.
M.tthenee south TO corner common to sections
1924, ,25 and 20 last named township and range,
IngnEt tnWnAhin a n
lows: west TO corner common to sections q, %
~ ana ~, south to corner common to sections
20, n, "a and 49, west to corner common TO
sections29, 30 81 and 81, thence south 10 cor
ner common to sections 81 and 81 aforesaid
and TO sections and g. township /, north,
range 3, east W. NJ, thence east along the
township line between townships l and 2
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 and
township north, range 10 east, thence east TO
u section corner common to sections and
thence north to "a section corner common to
sections ., 81, townships and 2 north, range
10 east, thence along said township line to
corner common to sections and g. 81 and 3d.
townships and north, range 10 east, thence
north to where the section line between sec
tions 10 and 10, township north, range 10
east intersects the west line of the right of
way of the ditch OF the Farmers Irrigating
Co., thence following down said west and
north line ofsaid right of way OF said ditch to
point on same In section 33, township 8
north, range 10 east; thence along the section
lines between sections 81, "a, 27 and 49, town
ship 3 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 under the
provisions OF said act, and for general relief.
This petition will be presented to said county