The La Jara chronicle., 1908-03-06
NOTICE.
Notice of Proposed Change
of Points of Diversion;
Proposed Location of
Headgates, Etc.
STATE OF COLORADO. s.
OF CONEJOS 90

cinl District. State of Colorado. in and
for said County.
tinental Trust Company. n Corporation.
Trustee. to change the point of diver
Distriet f5Dn Sr No. n Trriga.ion Division No.
B. in said State
In the Matter of the Petition of The Con
tinental Trust Company. a Corporation.
Trustee. for fixing the points of diver
sion and better defining the application
of water of Overflow Ditch No. l. Water
District No. q. Irrigation Division No.
3. in said State.
The People of The State of Colorado.
To all Persons. Associations and Corpor-
Canal or Reservoir. and to all Consuners
of water therefron. in Water District No.
q. in the State of Colorado.
GREETING:
You nnd each of you are hereby notified
that the second day of December. A. ID.
1877, an order was made and entered OF
District Court of the County OF Conejos,
and State Of Colorado; and which said
order is as follows. to-wit:
on this second day of December, \. ID.
1907 comes The Continental Trust Conn
It's petition heretofore filed herein setting
forth that it is the owner us Trustee of the
l.owiand Ditch No. 50 in Water District No.
81. Irrigation Division No J. That by an
district by this, Court, the llth day of
July. \. 10. lSss, 1t was found and adjudged
that said Lowland Ditch was entitled by
appropriation to use of water from the
AIamosa River to priority No. 81. comput-
time; that at the time of said decree the
headgnte of said ditch was on the South
f. !. OF section 81 n X. 0 +. n. NJ. p NJ. at a
point which beans y. degree IS ninuttes W.
tion that since said decree the channel of
said river above said point, is hlled with
control the discharge of winter by head
gate at that point, but that the same can
Changed to "a point on the South bank of
said river in the ). +. i of the :. w. of
said section. and which point bears n -
degrees IS minutes W. 3iil feet from the =
E. corner of said section, and praying for
an order OF this Court permitting such
Also al the same time said The Contin-
entail Trust Company presents its further
and concurrent petition heretofore filed
herein. setting forth that il is the owner as
Trustee of the Overflow ditch No. 1 said
ditch being numbered ~ in said decree
with priority No. II in the aforesaid Water
District and that by the adjudication
aforesaid it was found Snd decTeed that
pIy of water from the Alamosa River from
a natural overflow of said River, said over
81 + 80 Il. X. 9 E. n. NJ. p: NJ. general course
North -earsterly length miles, width Ia
use OF water from said River by priority
No. IL" And by said adjudication IT was
entitled to much water AS would irri-
gate 4isO acres of meadow land with aver
age depth of 3 inches. computed at liz Gu
bic feet of water per second OF Time.
That at the time of said adjudication
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
structed with deposits of earth and sand.
by which the even distribution of water
and it's application to much Of Petitioners
land is made impossible. That said OBJ
struction will be AVOIDED ana me c,. zen i'i,1 no
dividing and apportioning the said III
foot "a
branch having the same headgate as the
aforesaid Lowiand Ditch. and 20 cubic feet
Lowlanu Ditch, and the remaining AZ Gu
bic feet of water to flow INTO "A North branch
branch to have its headgate at point
in the 5. f. u of the 5. W; a OF said Section
q, WHICH bears North 81 degrees nlinutes MN ii.
ton said ditch to tobeconstructedf from thence
y. 9 degrees a minutes Z, ~ ieet to 70
river and thence in north-easterly di-
rcction along and with the old channel OF
feet feet to a point in the Mex ofthe NEl4 of said
section 81 from thence continuing IN q
the Petitioner to-wit: the \. W. y of section
81 and the 5. w. of section ~ i. - \. II.
10 E = n and p1ayng ,ha, gia that IT ns
Ditch No. l be divided into the North
branch an the South branch thereof and
that water be npportioned and that head
gates be established therefor respectively
as above set forth.
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-fourt day of March
1905 at the hour of ten o'clock in the fore
noon of that day at the Court Room of the
District Court OF Conejos County, Colorado.
be and the same are hereby appointed. as
the time and place for commencing to
hear and take evidence. and TOR the ming
OF any oSIecbiosd ,, arde1s e. as may be lawful and
proper, in the matters alleged and prayed
Tor in said petitions that said applications
be and hereby are consohuateu 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 for said
| hearings in manner and form in such
cases made and provided by law; that said
published once in each week until four
successive publications shall have been
made prior to the day so set tor hearing
| in the La lara Chronicle. IA newspaper
published in the town of La Jara in said
siIedl and that further notice Of said pro
ceeding be given by Petitioner as the law
requires in such cases. by posting ten
| places in said Water district not less than
| twenty days before the day 40 appointed
| for hearing as above mentioned.
| NOW therefore. /, /. J. Bradford. Clerk of
| the District Court of the County of Cone
jos and State of Colorado, do hereby mott
| fy all persons. associations and corpora
| tions. who are Interested as owners of any
ditch, canal or reservoir. and all consiini-
/ erS oil wafer tf1ereIIoih III sdii atcr us
| trict No. q in the State of Colorado to ap-
| near at said court on Tuesday, the 9th
| day of March 1905, at the hour of ten O'Clock
| in the forenoon of said day. the time ap-
| pointed in said order, and file statement
| of claitfi under oath. in case 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 they
| claim an interest. together with the names
| of t.I the owners thereof which statement
| may be made by any of the owners of such
| ditch canal or reservoir. for and on behalf
| of all. and show cause why the relief prayed
| for in said petitions should not be granted,
| and then and there show what right. II
any. to the use of water will be injuriously