The daily sentinel., 1908-10-21
---...srnI IIUN DISTRICT
ELECTION


ehard Mesa Irrigation District OF NJ
sa county; Colorado. at meeting
'u in Grand rand junction. @ Colorado, on iah Ii
29th day of September. A. ID. 1908:
Resolved. That the Board OF Direct
ors does hereby certify as follows:
/. That on August l7th, A ID; 190'
the Board OF Directors duly adopte
lion system for Orchard Mesa Irriga
tion District, and thereupon called 70
bids for the construction thereof to b
2. That on said last mentioned day
The Orchard Construction Compan!
submitted bid and proposal for con
struction of said system pursuant o
said adopted plans and specifications
Hundred and Seventy Thousand tse7o.
o0o) Dollars s. ,o,.
A. ID. 1908. said bid and proposal was
accented and a contract made thereon
between said District and said Con-
That on the same date. the Board
made a contract with The orchard Con-
.struction Company for the purchase OF
che public lands of the United States
for the sum of one Hundred and Ihir-
8. That said several contracts are
by the terms thereof expressly made
g6jeets 1e fhf sy tRe electors Of said
District having the qualifications pre-
scribed by law
That the amount of money necessary
20 be raised for the purpose of making
the payments required by said several
contacts, and for the purpose of hc-
.quiring other rights and property nee,
essary for said irrigation system. and
Years oi interest % on the bonds hereinaf-
ter mentioned and otherwise carrying
General Assembly of the State of Col
orado. entitled An Act in Relation to
Irrigatiodno Distr,ets appFoSea ts s@endatory M
thereof upon due inquiry. examination
and consideration has been and hereby
Hundred Thousand $500. 100000 Doi-
lars. ,1 nora-
hv is called to be held in Orchard Ne
sa irrigation District on october sSth;;
A. d. 1908, at which election there shall
be submitted to the electors then quai
ified TO vote thereat under the laws OF
Colorado, the following questions:
fi5fH Snail the &c contract dated September
2sth. 4. ID. 1905. between The orchard
CONSTRUCTION Company. ana the o
ing sale transfer and conveyance to
said District OF $50 second feet water
OF way over lands of the United states
for main and distributing canals OF
proposed Irritation system; syS Thirty ro Thon @
sand s13O.oOo;ool Dollars be author-
ized and ratified? -
Memorandum OF Agreement made
September 2s 1905. by and and I.e.TIoM neSweoeMH
the ORCHARD CcNS . ~ ~
the coNsTRUCTIoN COMPANY. party
fRfRiGRTioS ii sIe DisTRIcT also a corpor-
alton under the laws of COLORADO. mere
inafter called the DISTRICT, party OF
the second part
WITNESsETH:
/. The District has duly adopted q
plan for the construction OF canh
and works for the pHrR9Ssie If is 'rrngn Imits
the necessary water from Grand river
at a point In section II. township ~
south range rs, west, In Mesa county MY
fumes and syphons In the canon OF ame
Grand river for q distance OF aponr
power plant at the. eastern bonndaIry
of the lands comprising said DlSTklGI
otber canals lying within said DIS
TRICT. Said proposed canals traverse
certain lands forming, part Of, Of the pub I'
lie domain and other lands held IN pri-
q The CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
having It's point OF diversion at said
point in the canon of the Grand river
above mentioned, and also neenne enne
struction by it of said canals upon oy-
er and across the Government Iands
between said point OF diversion and the
westerly termini OF the distributing
canals respectively situated at or near
che Gunnison river which forms the
westerly boundary OF the lands includ-
ed within said DISTRICT.
3. The DISTRICT Is about 70 enter
cation system and has advertised. as
required by law, its call for bids for
precedent to entering into any contract
Tor such construction. the board OF ul-
rectors Of the DlsrRiSr mas d9Irs detTem n
water right and other property rights
which said DISTRICT is without pow
er TO acquire by the exercise OF its
right of eminent domain. under the
constitution and laws OF Colorado, and
EoNSTRUCTION COMPANY.
Now. therefore, for and in consider
alton OF the premises and tor nr tne r,nia sIl'
1t Is mutually agreed between the par
''gS FIRST. The CONSTRUCTION COM
PANY shall upon receipt of the pur-
ohuse price hereinafter stipulated de.
liver to the DISTRICT an instrument
uesscd and Acknowledged in such man
ner as to be snitlS,d to rseora; WheSS
shall grant sell and convey unto the
DISTRICT the water right herGtTtt9re or,
COMPANY by deed made, executed and
delivered to II by II, g. Eherhnrts ana
also shall assign 10 said plSTniCI Ri tnS tnS
MAY l6. 4. d 1908, by aud between the
United States OF America; acting n
coNsTRucTioN COMPANY. said In II :.
FORM tenor and effect. to-wit:
Know all Men by These Presents
that for mud, in consideration Of the
sum Of one Hundred and Thirty Thou
sand tl30.OOO) Dollars. receipt where
OF is hereby Acknowledged, The Or
chnrd Construction Company, corpor.
alton under the laws Of the state OF
colorado. hereinafter called the CON
STRUCTiON COMPANY, party or the
first part has sold aud does hereby
sell. assign. transfer. grant. bargain;
sell, set over and convey unto orchard
Mesa Irrigation District also corpor.
alton under the laws of the state OF
Colorado. hereinafter called the DIS,
TRICT party OF the SECOND part all
and singular the following property
to-wit: