The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-02-16
PETITION.

In the County Court of the State of oregon
for Wasco County.
In the matter of the petition of ]. H. Shoe.
maker and others for the formation oi
an irrigation district in the county of Was.
60 and state of oregon, under the provisions
of chapter V of Title &NXlN of Bellinger 4
COtton's Annotated codes and statutes OF the
state Of oregon.
To 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, un-
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 XXXlX of Bellinger x Coltons 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
are susceptible of irrigation from "A common
and combined source and by the same system
of works, and propose the organization OF an
irrigation district, as herin fier dt scTibed,
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 point on the south bank
of the Columbia river, where the same inter
sects the section line between sections 81 and32,
in township 3 north, range 10 east, and run
ming thence south to the quartersection
corner between sections and in township =
north, range 10 east; thence west one mile to
the quarter-sectiOn 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
ton corner common TO sections Is and 10
in townshtp2 north, range 10 east and IL and
"A in township2 north, range east; thence
west one-ha II mile 10 the Quafter-section cor
ner between said sections IL and "a; thence
south one mile to the quarter-sectton corner
between sectionS2i and % in toWnship2 north,
range, 8 east; thence west 10 the section cor
ner common to sections 70, "a, 25 and 26 in
said township and range; thence southwest
to the center of said section 20; thence south
one and e-half miles to the township line
at the Quarter-sectiOn corner between section
Is, TOW Anship 2 north, range east, and section
2, township north range east; thence east
along saidItownship line to the point where the
same int 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 irrigatinB ditch of the
Far ers' Irrigating Co., thence along the
north aud west line of said iris atihg ditch
to the township line between townships
2 north and three north to the section
corner common to sections 33 and "a in
township 3 north, range 10 east and sections
3 and in township north, range 10 east;
thence north one mile to the section corner
common to sectons27,2S ,2S 30 and "a in township
3 north, range 10 east thence west on the sec
ton line 10 where the same intersects the
south bank of the Columbia river; thence
down and along the Snutn hank
river TO the place Ol 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
tTict above described and they herebylpelitIun
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 to
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 q. M, ana that tins no.
tice will be published for four consecutive
weeks prior to said date in the Hood River
Glacier, a weekly newspaper of general cir
culatiOn printed and published IN NasCO cOun-
ty, OREGON, the date of the first publication
thereof being stated below.