The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-10-13
Pc I'll TITO N.
In The County Court or The County or Wasco
And State OF Oregon

In The County Court or The County or Wasco
And state ofOregon
In the matter OF the petition of Claude e..
Markham and Others for the formation of
nm irrigation district In the county OF Was
90 and State OF Oregon, under provisions OF
chapter v OF Bellinger u Cotton's Annotated
Uodns and statutes ofthe State Of oregon.
10 tue County Court fthe County OF Waseo:
The undersigned petitioners respectfully
show unto the court:
FrisI-- That they are desirous OF forming
ana propose to form an irrigation district un-
der the provisions of chapter of Belingers =
ami CottOn's annotated codes and statutes OF
oregon.
Second-'That your petitioners are majori-
ty and more than nIty OF the holders OF title
TO lands susceptible Of irrigation from com
and desire to provide for the irrigation OF the
same.
Third-That the land 10 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 32 township 8 north. range 10 east OF
the Willamette meridian interseets the Co
mmbia river, then s0utll a ong said section
line and the section lines between sec
tiOns and Q, and s to the a
section corner common TO said sections
and 8, township2 noith, range 10 east, w. NJ,
thence west to the center OF said section 4,
thence south to n section corner common TO
said section and section Is said township and
range, thence west to corner common to said
sections and IS and sections Il and l3 town
ship2 north, range 8 east, W. NJ, thence
south along the township line between ranges
and 10 east Aforesaid to corner common to
sections IL, IL, 10 and "a township north.
ranges y and 10 east, W. NJ, thence west to the
corner common TO sections l3 and H. % and
"a, township 2nOrth, range 3 east w. NJ,
thence south TO corner common TO sections 23,
"A rs and 26 lastnamed township and range,
thence in said township and range as fol-
lows, west to corner common to sections 2223.
20 and q, south 10 corner common TO sections
rs, "a. 34and 2b, west to corner common to
sections ~, 30, 81 and SO, thence south to cor
neT common TO sections 81 and 81 aforesaid
and to Sc tlons5 and Q, township north,
range east W. M, thence east along the
township line between townships l and 2
north, range 0 east TO Hood river, thence up
the west bank of Hood river and It's 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
y section corner common to sections6 and7
t6 thence o north hec.ons to section corner
and north, range 10 east, thence
along said township line 20 corner common to
secti0ns4 and s, 81 and SO, townships and 2
north, range 10 east, thence north to where
the section line between sections 10 and 49,,
township north, range 10 east intersects the
the Farmers Irrigatlng Co, thence following
down said west and north line OF said right
OF way of said ditch 10 point
on same In section 80, township north,
range 10 east; thence along the section lines
between sections 33, 81, ~ and 2S, township 3
north, range 10 east to the south bank of the
Columbia river thence down along the souLh
bank OF said Columbia river to the point of
beginning.
And your petitioners do pray that the said
irrigation district be organized under the