The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-10-06
P f I'll T1oN.
In The County Court OF The County OF Waseo
And State or Oregon

In The County Court OF The County OF Waseo
And State or Oregon.
In the matter OF the petition Of Claude f.
Markham and others for the formation Of
nirrigatiOn district In the county OF Was
40 and state OF Oregon, under provisions OF
chapter V OF Bellinger & Cotton's Annotated
Codes and Statutes ofthe State OF oregon.
10 the County Court ofthe County OF WascO:
The undersigned petitioners respectfully
show unto the court:
FriSt- That they are desirous OF forming
ANA propose To FORM an irrigation district un-
der the provisions OF chapter of Bellngers
and Cotton's annotated codes and statutes OF
oregon.
Second-That your petitioners are majori-
ty and more than hfty or 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.
Third--That the land to be irrigated is all
situate in the county of Wase0 and state OF
oregon, and Is more particularly bounded as
10 said proposed district, as 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 intefsects the Co
lumbla river, then south q ong said section
line and the section lines between sec
tions and 6, " and to the u
section corner common 10 said sections
and tOwnshtp2 north, range 10 east, w. NJ,
thence west to the center OF said section I,
thence south to u section corner common TO
said section 7and section Is said township p and
range, thence west TO corner common to said
sections and IL and sections II and l3 town
ship2 north, range 8 east, w. NJ, thence
south along the township line between ranges
o and 10 east aforesaid To corner common to
sections 10, lS 10 and "A township north.
ranges o and 10 east, w, M, thence west to the
corner common 10 sections l3 and IA, % and
"a, township 2north, range east, w. NJ,
thence south TO corner common to sections %,
y 25 and % lastnamed township and range,
thence in said township and range as fol-
lows, west to corner common 10 sections %, ,23.
20 and n, south TO corner common TO sections
26, %. "a and 35, west to corner common to
sections 70, 20, 81 and 81, thence south TO cor
ner common to sections 81 and ~ aforesaid
and to SET tionsb ana d, township north,
sange east w. M, thence east along the
township line between townships | 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 q and
township l north, range 10 east, thence east 10
a section corner common TO sections and
common to sessions 81, townships /
and 2 north, range 10 east, thence
along said township line 10 corner common to
sections4 and 5, 80 and 49, townships and 2
north, range 10 east, thence north to where
the section line between sections Is and 49,
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 of said right
OF way of said ditch to point
on same In section 33, township north.
range 10 east thence along the section lines
between sections 81, "a. "a and 2S. township
north, range 10 east to the south bank of the
Columbia river thence down along the souIh
bank ofsaid Columbia river to the point OF
beginning.
And your petitioners do pray that the said
irrigation district he organized under the
nrOVigiOna nf aaiA az and fnr of