The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-12-01


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
60 and state Of oregon, under provisions Of
chapter V OF Bellingers and Cotton's 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 un-
der the provisions of chapter OF Bellinger's s
and Cotton'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 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 as
10 said proposed district as follows, to-wlt:
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 Colum
bia river, then south along said section line
and the section lines between sections and 6,
and to the L-sectiOn corner common to
said sections andS township2 north, range 10
east, w. NJ. thence west 10 the center OF said
section thence south 10 the H-section corner
common TO said section and section Is said
TOWNSHIP p and range thence west 10 corner
common to said sections and Is and sections
l2and IL township 2 north range east W. Nj,
thence south along the township line between
ranges and ~ east aforesaid, To corner COM
mon to sections l3, Is, ID and "a, township Q
north, ranges and 10 east, W. M, thence
west to the corner common TO sections ID and
IA, 23 and "a, township north range east, w.
NJ. thence south TO corner common TO sections
2324 rs and 20 last named township and range,
thence In said township and range as fol.
lows: west 10 corner common to sections 22 20
26 and n, south to corner common 10 sections
26, q, "a and 81, west TO corner common to
sectlons29 30, 81 and 81 thence south TO cor
ner common to sections 81 and 81 Aforesaid
and TO sections and 6, township |, north,
range 0, 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
"a section corner common to sections and
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, 81 and 33,
townships and north, range 10 east, thence
north 10 where the section line between sec
tlons 10 and 10, township north, range l0
east ntersects the west line of the right of
way OF the ditch of the Farmers Irrgating
Co., thence following down said west and
north line ofsaid right OF way of said ditch to
a point on same In section 80, township 3
north, range 10 east; thence along the section
lines between sections 33, "a, q and 28, 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 under the
provisions Of said act, and for general relief
This petition will be presented to said county