The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-05-16
EAST SIDE DITCH
INC0RP. ARTICLES

tlon were read before the meeting of
the East Hood River Irrigation Co. at
its last meeting. The articles cover a
wide field OF operation. Ii. Il. David
son explained that it was much easier
to cover this ground in the original
articles than to amend them in after
years:
Know all men by these presents;
That we, the undersigned persons, all
adults, male citizens of the United
States, ana residents OF the state OF
Oregon, have this day voluntarily as
sooiated ourselves together for the
purpose OF forming private corpora
tion under the laws of the state OF Or.
egon, relative to private corporations,
title MI, chapter |, Beilinger & Cot
tons annotated codes and statutes of
oregon volume 2, miscellaneous laws
and acts supplemental thereto, ana
do hereby adopt the following articles
of incorporation:
Article l. The name assumed by
this corporation by which it shalt be
known is the East Hood River Irriga-
tion company and the duration OF
said corporation shall be perpetual.
Article z. The enterprise, business,
pursuit and occupation in which said
corporation proposes to engage is to
buy, acquire, take over, use and op-
crate all the property, real and per.
sonal, of the East Fork Irrigating
company, OF Hood River, corpora
tion here iofOre organized and now ex
listing under the general laws OF the
state OF Oregon, and heretofore en-
gagged in the business of supplying
water tor general purposes of irriga-
tion to all persons desiring the same,
whose lands lie adjacent to and with
in reach of the ditch and canal and
tiume heretofore operated by said East
Fork lrrigating company.
10 buy, acquire, own and use all
the rights, franchises and easements
and all water rights, and rights to di
vert water and to use the same for
distribution through said fiume and
ditch for general purposes of irriga-
tion heretofore owned or used by the
said East Fork lrrlgating company.
10 take any and all conveyances
necessary to convey 10 this corpora
tion all real property, including the
main ditch and tlume and all laterals,
bitches and fumes, together with the
rights Of way therefore now owned or
operated by said East Fork Irrigating
company; and any and all other con
veyances and contracts necessary to
convey to this company all of the
property, rights and privileges here.
tofore and now owned or used byssaid
East Fork lrrigatiLs company.
NJ
maintain and operate water canal,
composed in whole or in part of a
ditch, hume, pipe line or other con-
duit, from point Oh the east fork of
Hood river where said east fork cross
es the northwest quarter CT the south
west quarter of section four, town
ship one south range ten east of the
Willamette meridian, in Wasco coun-
ty, state of Oregon thence in gen.
eral northerly aud noItheasteriy
direction, and in accordance with the
maps Of definate location fled by
said East Fork lrrigating company
and the supplemental maps aud plate
of definite location to be filed hereat. |
ter continuing, enlarging and com
pleting said watel canal or other con-
tion of the stream known as HoCd |
river with the Columbia river, in sec,
.tion 30, township three north range
eleven east of the Willamette merid- |
ian and section % in township three
north of range 10, east of the William
ette meridian, both of which said |
termini are within Wasco county, Or
egon.
10 buy, acquire and appropriate
water and water rights, to divert the
waters of said Hood river, running
stream of the state of Oregon and OF |
its tributaries, and to use the same
for general sole rental, sale and dis
tribution for purposes of irrigation |
and supplying water for household
and domestic consumption and water
ing live stock upon dry lands within |
said county and state, and ito collect |
rates and compensation for such use
of said water to rent, sell and dis
tribute said waters of Hood river for
purposes of irrigation and watering
live stock upon dry lands within
said county and state to all persons
whose lands lie adjacent to or within
raech of the line of the ditch or canal
or tiume in which said water is con-
veyed, without discrimination other
than priority of contract; to constr uct
and maintain water canals for genei al
irrigation purposes and for other pur-
poses above prescribed; to buy, con-
denim and acquire the right to divert
the said waters.of Hood river from its
natural channel or bed, to buy, con
demn and acquire the rights of way
for the said water bitches of said cor.
poration and to buy, condemn and
acquire lands for sites of reservoirs
for storing water and for rights Of
way for feeders carrying water to said
reservoirs and for bitches carrying the
same away and distributing bitches
to buy, acquire, construct, maintain
and operate water cauals, composed
in whole or in part of bitches, fumes,
pipe lines or other conduits and res
ervoirs for distributing and storing
weters; to buy, construct, acquire,
maintain and operate hume or canal
or other conduit between said termin
al points hel eleinbefore particularly
mentioned for the transportation of
lumber, wood poles, and all kinds of
timber; to buy, sell, manufacture and
deal in lumber, wood, poles, and all
kinds of timber and to transport the
same by means OF canals and fumes;
to buy. sell, deal in, own and operate
farms aud all kinds of farming lands
and farm products; to operate saw
mills or other manufacturing plants
necessary or convenient to the puI-
poses for which this corporation is
formed; to supply water for power
and other purposes and to charge and
collect rents or tolls Tor the same; to
supply the city of Hood River and its
inhabitants witt water for manufset-
uring, fire, domestic and irrigation
purpose and for such purposes to &C
auIe, own and use franchises and