The La Jara chronicle., 1908-02-28
NOTICE.
Notice of Proposed Change
of Points of Diversion;
Proposed Location of
Headgates, Etc.
STATE OF COLORADO.
COUNTY OF CONEJOS. %

/ COUNTY OF CoNEJoS, 50
In the District Court of the Twelfth Judi,
| cial District. State of Colorado. in and
| for said County.
In the Matter of the Petition of The Con
tinental Trust Company. a Corporation.
Trustee, TO change the point of diver
sion OF the Loyviand Ditch in Water
District No q. Irrigation Division No.
| 3. in said State
In the Matter of the Petition of The Con
tinental Trust Company. a Corporation.
Trustee. for fixing the points OF diver
OF water OF Overflow Ditch No. i, Water
District No. n. Irrigation Division No.
3. in said state.
/ The People Of The State of Colorado.
To all Persons. ASSOCIATIONS and Corpor-
ations. interested and owners in any Ditch.
Canal or Reservoir. and to all Consumers
of water thcrcfrorn, in Water District No.
q. in the State of Colorado.
GREETING;
You and each of YOU are hereby notified
that on the second day OF December. y. ID.
1897. order WAS made and entered of
record in the above entitled causes in the
and State OF Colorado. and which said
order is as follows, to-wit:
ON this second day of December. y d.
1907. comes The Continental Trust Conn
pnny. Corporation Trustee. and presents
its petition heretofore filed herein setting
forth that il is the owner as Trustee of the
lowland Ditch No. 50 in Water District No
p, Irrigation Division No J. That by an
district by this Court on the Iiih day OF
July. \. u. lsss, it was found and adiudged
that said Lowlnnd Ditch entitled by
appropriation TO use of water from the
AlanIoS1 River to priority No. %. cotuput-
ed at I4g7 cuBic feet of water per second of
time; that at the time of said decree the
headgnte of said ditch the South
bank OF said River in the \. T.. 4 of the \.
l.. u of Section % y. R . E. n. NJ. Il. NJ at a
point which bears y. / degree Is minutes w.
i25l feet from the :. +: corner of said sec.
ton: that since said decree the channel of
snid river above said point, is filed with
sand and earth, SO that it il impossible to
liz a.f la lsaaua
gate at that point, but that the same can
be controlled If the point ot diversion be
changed to q point on the south bank Of
said river in the :. T.. - of the ;. W. = of
said section, and which point bcnrs \. -
degrees - minutes " 3i4l feet from the :.
+. corner ut said section ana pruying Tor
an order of this Court permitting such
change 20 bc made.
Also al the same time said The Coutiu-
entail Trust Company presents ITS turther
aud concurrent pstiii'n heTgtpi1Ie MED
herein, setting forth that Il ~ thS owner IS
Trustee OF the Overflow ditch No. / said
ditch being numbered - in said decree
with priority No. Il, in the aforesaid Wlter
District and that by the adjudication
aforesaid 1t was found and dccrced that
said the Overflow Ditch No. took its sup
ply Of water from the Alnmosa River from
a natural overflow OF said River, said over
81 7. 81 \. X. 0 l.. \. NJ. +. NJ. general course
Nnrth-earsterly length miles width II
use of water from said River by priority
Nc. ~ And by said adjudication IT was
further determined that said Ditch was
gate iiso acres OF meadow land with aver
age depth of inches. computed M liz Gu
bic feet of water per second OF time.
That at the time OF said adiudication
and ever since the said overflow has been
on both sides of the River. and that the
channel OF said river is lately much OBJ
stTuctcd with deposits ot earth ana sand.
and its application to much ot Petitioners $
land is made impossible. That SAID oh,
economic distribution of water ciiected nY M
dividing and apportioning the SAID III
cubic feet of water INTO two branch diicnes li.i
as follows; 40 cubic feet thereof to south
branch having the same headgatc as the
aforesaid Lowiand Ditch. and % CUBIC feet
TO flow through said headgate and sald
Lowland Ditch. and the remaining " Gu
bic feet Of water to How iuton North branch
of said overflow Ditch No. said North
branch to have it's headgatc at q point
in the ;. L. u of the ;. w; "a OF said section
81. which bears North 81 degrees 81 minutes
w. mob feet from the ;. E. corner of said sec
tionsnfd ditch tohccoustructedf to from thence
\. . degrees IL minutes. L. i.s feet to
another point on the North bank OF said
ri yer aud thence in "A north. .oaSterly IN,
rection along and Win me oia chamIiei is!a 9a
feet to point in the NE OF the Ne oi sad
section %. from thence continuing IN q 2
uorthcasterly direction into the lands OF
the Petitioner to-wit the y. w. l. Of section
+ 81 and the ;. W. 4 of section 30 I. ~ ~ h
adiiidged and decreed that said Overflow
Ditch No. / be divided into the North
! mat water be npportioned and that head
/ gates he established therefor respectively
as above sci torti-
| AND the Court. having read and consid-
/ ed both Of said petitions. and being now
fully advised in the premises doth order
| that
Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day Of March
1905 at the hour OF ten o'clock in the fore
noon OF that day at the Court kootn OF the
District Court Of CoucJoS County, tplpriuo.
lie and the same are hereby appointed rs
/ the time and place for connencinT to
! hear and take evidence. ana tor the hliHE
, OF any objections to such changes aud to
making such orders as may he lawful and
] proper, in the matters alleged ana prayed
/ fur in said petitions that said applications
/ be and hereby are consolidated Tor the
| purpose of notice.
! AND the Court further orders that the
! Clerk of this Court give public notice of
| the time and place so appointed Tor said
hearings in manner ana FORM IN siich
| cases made and provided by law; that said
notice contain copy of this order and he
! published once in each week until four
I stIccessiye publications shall have been
| made prior to the day 50 set for hearing
| in the La lara Chronicle; newspaper
| published in the town OF La Jara in said
| water district land in other papers If de
sired and that further notice of said pro-
ceeding be given by Petitioner as the law
| requires in such Cases. by posting ten
printed copies Of said notice in ten public
| places in said Water District not less than
/ twenty days before the day so appointed
for hearing as above mentioned
| NOW. therefore. /. I. ]. Bradford. Clerk of
the District Court of the County OF Cone
jos and State of Colorado. do hereby noti-
~ all persons, associations and corpora
| tions. who are interested as owners of any
ditch canal or reservoir. and all consun-
ers of water therefrorn in said Water Dis
trict No. q in the State OF Colorado, to ap-
pear at said fCourt on Tuesday, the 9th
DAY of March 1905, at the hour Of ten o'clock
in the forenoon of said day, the time so ap-
pointed in snid order. and FLEA statement
| of claim, under onth, in case no statement
has been before filed by him. her or them.
showing the ditch, canal or reservoir. or
two or more such in which he. she or they
l.