The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-02-02
PETITION.

In the County Court of the State of oregon,
for Wasco County.
In the matter OF the petition of j. H. Shoe
maker and others for the formation Of
an Irrigation district in the county of Was
90 and state Of oregon, under the provisions
of chapter V of Title XXXlX of BellingeT u
Cotton's Annotated codes and statutes Ofthe
state of Oregon.
10 the honorable county court of the state
of Oregon for Wasco county.
The undersigned petitioners respectfully
show to the court:
First-That said petitioners, whose names
are subscribed hereto, hereby propose the
organization of an irrigation district I'M
der the provisions of the act OF the legislative
assembly of the state of oregon approved
February 20, 1895, the same being chapter V
of Title XXXIX OF Bellinger Il CoIton's an
notated codes and statutes of Oregon and said
district whenso organized to have the powers
conferred, or that may hereafter be conferred,
by law upon said irrigation district, and said
petitioners hereby pray for an order OF the
court that said district be organized under
the provisions of the law above mentioned
Second-That said petitioners are major
ity and more than fifty of the holders of title
and evidence of title to lands situated In said
proposed district hereinafter described which
are susceptible of irrigation from common
and combined source and by the same system
of works and propose the organization OF an
Irrigation district, as hern fLer described,
for the purpose of irrigating the lands within
said district.
ThIrd-That said proposed district lies
wholly within Wasco county, state of oregon
and is more particularly described as follows,
to-wit:
Commencing at a point on the south bank
of the Columbia river where the same inter
sects the section line between sections 81 and32,
| in township north, range 10 east and run
ming thence south to the quarter-sectiOn
corner between sections and in township 2
| 10 east thence west mile In
| the Quarter-secti0n corner between section
| @ in tOwnship2 north range 10 East and sec
| tion in township north range east;
| thence south two and half miles TO the sec
| tlon corner common to sections Is and -
| in township2 north, range 10 east and l3 and
| "a in township2 north, range east thence
west one,half mile TO the quarter-section cor
ner between said sections IL and "a; thence
south one mile to the quarter-section corner
| between sectionsA "a and % in township2 north,
range, east; thence west to the section cor
ner common to sections %, a. 20 and 20 in
| said township and range; thence southwest
| TO the center of said section 26 thence south
| one and one-half miles to the township line
| at the QuarteT-section corner between section
| 35, township2 north, range east, and section
| 2, township north range east; thence east
along saidtownship line to the point where the
same inte rsects the left bank of the stream OF
| Hood river; thence down along the left bank
| of Hood river to the point where the same
| intersects with the irrigating ditch of the
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| north and west line of said irrigatihg ditch
| to the township line between townships
2 north and three north to the section
| corner common to sections 80 and "a in
| township north, range lU east and sections
| 3 and 4 In township 2 north, range 10 east;
| thence north one mile to the section corner
| common to sections q, ,2S, 80 and "a in township
| 8 north, range 10 east; thence west on the sec
/ ton line TO where the same inteTsects the
/ south bank OF the Columbia river; thence
| down and along the south bank OF said
| river TO the place OF beginning.
| The petitioners whose names are hereto
| subscribed, hereby represent that they are a
| majority of the holders oftitle and evidence OF
| title TO the lands situated in the proposed dis
trict above described, and they hereby petition
| for the formation and organization of said
| district under the provisions Of law above
mentioned and referred TO, and that the
county court above named make an
| order that there shall be three directors
| for said district and that they shall
be elected by the district at large, and
| also for such other and further relief as tC
the court may seem just,
Said petitioners also hereby give notice that
the foregoing petition will be presented to the
| county court of the state of Oregon for Wasco
| county at the regular March term thereof
| and that the same will be so presented on
| Wednesday, the first day of March, 1905, at
| the hour of 10 O'Clock a. m, and that this no.
| tice will be published for four consecutive
weeks prior to said date in the Hood Rive
| Glacier, q weekly newspaper of general eli.
| culation printed and published in Wasco coun
| ty, Oregon, the date of the first publication
| thereofbeing stated below