The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-06-21
the LOCAL C0MPANYS
OFFER TO The GOVERNMENT
What the Washington Irrigation
Company Wanted i'm Exchange
for Its Property.

The following embodies the pro-
visions of the proposition made to
the officials of the government recla-
nation bureau by the Washington
Irrigation company. This is the
tender which was submitted early in
June. 1t is published for the infor-
nation of number of interested
parties who desire to know the
terms of the offer:
The Washington Irrigation COM
pany. a corporation organized under
the laws of the state of Washington,
hereby grants to the Hon. r. A.
Hitchcock, as secretary of the in
terror of the United States of
America, the option to purchase. on
or before Dec. !, 1905, its canal
and lateral system, including all it's
rights under water appropriations,
owned or controlled by 1t out of the
Yakima river, also including the in
take of said canal. the grounds Oc-
cupiei by it's headquarters building
at Zillah and the building thereon,
all patrol houses. telephone lines, all
rights of way and all maps and field
notes relative to said canal system,
provided said secretary of the in
terror or his associates in Office shall
on or before said Dec. l, 1905,
notify said Washington Irrigation
company of the election on the part
OF the United States to exercise this
option, and shall further on or be-
fore said date pay. or cause to be
paid, to said Washington Irrigation
company the sum of two hundred
and fifty Thousand dollars (250,000)
i'm cash as the purchase price for
the conveyance Of said property.
This option is given and any sale
OF conveyance OF said property
hereunder shall be subject to the
following terms and conditions:
1. That there shall be reserved to
the Washington Irrigation company
its successors and assigns as appur-
tenant to any and all lands now
owned by said Washington Irriga-
ton company and not covered by
existing contracts of sale, said land
amounting in the aggregate to ap-
proximately thirteen thousand (13-
O00) acres, such water rights as
have heretofore been conveyed by
the said Washington Irrigation COM
pany in connection with it's sales of
lands, such water rights to be upon
the basis of one cubic foot of water
per second of time for each one hun
dred and sixty (160) acres of land
and to be upon the customary terms
and conditions. And in this connec.
ton the Washington Irrigation com.
reserves the right to convey such
water rights together with and ap.
purtenant to any and all lands now
owned by it, conveying such water
rights by any number of several
conveyances in connection with
separate parcels of such lands, as il
may see fit. and for such considera-
ton, and to such persons, firms or
corporations as 1t shall deem
proper; the conveyance of such
water rights, however. to require
the payment Of the usual main
tenance fee of one dollar ($1.00) per
annum for the water furnished such
lands. provided. however, that no
maintenance fee shall be charged
for the irrigation season Of 1906.
in furnishing water to lands now
owned by the Washington Irrigation
company, the present lateral system
shall be used as far as practicable,
but all other necessary laterals for
the watering thereof shall be built
by the Washington Irrigation COM
pany, or its assigns.