Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-01

Copeland, Idaho, May l5, 1908.
10 the honorable Board OF County Commits
sioners in and for Bonner County Idaho
Gentlemen: We. the undersigned land own
ers in the proposed drainage district herein
alter dor described p respectfully petition Your
trict in Bonner county, Idaho, under the act
o. the legisat , OF the state Of Idaho approx
9, 1905 and March @ 1907 Said district to he
| bounded as follows, towit:
Commencing at point ON the east bank of
the kootenai river, where the north line of
section Is, township Gan, range w. of b. NJ
intersects said east bank; thence east along
said north line of said section is to the north.
west corner of section lS, township GAN range
East of b. NJ; thence along the north line Of
said section Is TO the westerly boundary line
OF the right-of-way of the Kootenai Valley rail-
line OF rtght-ofway to the south line of sections
81 and 80 in said township and range; thence
west along said south line to the southeast
corner of section Sc, township GAN, range / W.
OF b: M. thence along the south line of said
secuon " 10 the east bank of the Kootenai
river; thence northerly, following along the
river, to the place of beginning containing
about three thousand $4,000 acres of land more
or less.
The lands to be embraced in this district are
as follows; All OF the portions OF sections Is,
~, ~, 81 and 81, township GAN range E., lying
west OF the right-of way of the Kootenai Val
ley railroad; all of the portions of sections 49,
"A, and 20, township GAN, range W., lying east
OF the kootenai river and lots and in sec
nun lois ana IN secL10u 70, lot in sec
ton 70 and lot in section Sc, in township GAN,
range w.
The owners of said lands as far as we know
are; Hector Ghrisholm, Gust Westermeyer, J..
M. Hubbard, Robert Kruse, Marion Guthrie,
Olive Rabdau, Frank Bury, Teresa Carroll,
James Fitzpatrick, Edward Gorkey, Doctor
Green, H. L. shiyely, Jack Carroll and William
Carlock.
That all OF said land is agricultural in char
acter and chiefly valuable for agricultural pur-
poses; Ii is mostly wet, msrshy and overflow
overflow IA
mai river and the waters from the several
creeks and springs coming down FROM the hills
and that il Is our purpose to reclaim these
lands for agricultural purposes. by system Of
ditching to run on the water into the Kootenai
river.
The proposed ditch or bitches win be about
as follows: Commencing in the seq of sec
ton 81, township GAN. range l E., where Rock
creeks flows across the westerly boundary line
of the Kootenai Valley railroad, thence north
erly, paralleIing said line of right-of-way to
Mission creek in section lS,township GAN, 70 nge
E., thence northwesterly, following Mission
creek where practicable, and ending at the
Kootenai river at the mouth of Mission creek
on section Is, township GAN, range w. of b. NJ.
Also another ditch commencing at or near the
quarter stake on the south line of section 81,
township GIN, range l E.. thence circuling
northerly aud westerly through the SWX OF
said section 81 and ending at the Kootenai
river at or near the SW corner of said section 81
and further aud more ditching wherever the
necessity for the same may appear
For additional and further description Of the
ing system In this proposed Drainage District
see map hereto attached and made part
hereof.
The establishment of this district and the
proposed system OF drainage therein win be
conducive to public health, increase the pub
lie revenues, and will be of special benefit to
majority of the lands In acreage In said pro-
posed drainage district.
Names P. o Address
James Fitzpatrick, Boomers Ferry.
oliver Rabdeau, Boomers Ferry,
Frank Bury, Copeland,
Marion Guthrie, ="
J. NJ. Hihbsrd,
August westermeyer,
Robert Krsuse,
Fred Lipp,
Elmer DesVoigne. Moscow,
Mrs. Mary krause, Copeland,
Thomas NJ Carroll,
Notice Is hereby given that the Board of
County Commissioners of Bonner County, Ida
do vii hear and consider the foregoing petit
ton 1T the Court House at Standpoint in Bon
ner County, Idaho, at 10 O'Clock q. m. on the
oath day of August, 1908. and any person or cor
poration may appear before said Board of Com
missioners and make objections TO the estab
lishment of said drainage district or the
boundaries thereof