, 1908-06-03
PETITION
IS FILED
FIRST STEP IN ORGANIZATION OF
LARAMIE VALLEY MUNICIPAL
IRRIGATION DITCH IN
THIS COUNTY.
Petitioners consistzof Ora Haley, Rob-
ert eeors. and Howard lnsham,
Acting in Behaif Of %TaIlmadse-
euntin Land Company of Chicago,
Purchasers Of Haley, Hose, Riv-
erside and other Lands.

Ora Haley, Robert George and How.
ard Ingham, u committee representing
the petitioners, today filed with the
board of county commissioners a petit.
tion proposing the organization Of an
%irrlgating ditch in Albany county, the
boundaries of which are set out in the
petition now on file in the office OF
the county clerk. 1t is stated that
the petition will be presented &c the
board July z, when it will be heard,
the petitioners being present. This
is the first step in the organization OF
the great irrigation scheme in the
Laramie valley by the Tallmadge-Bun
tin Land company of Chicago, which
has bought the Haley ranch, the Hoge
ranch, the Riverside ranch, the White
house & Palmer ranch and other large
holdings in this county.
viii Organize District.
The petitioners state that it is their
purpose to Organize an irrigating dis
trict under and in accordance with
the provisions OF an act of the legis-
lature of the State OF Wyoming, en-
titled, An act to provide for the or
ganization, government and powers Of
irrigation districts, and to provide the
means for and construction by such
districts Of reservoirs, fumes, bitches,
canals, waterways and SYSTEMS ap-
proved February 10, 1907, to provide
fnr tho irrirot;Dr - 1nr1u ,r;+bjn -; ,
irrigation district; and to carry out
said purpose, your petitioners desire
to purchase, acquire, construct and
maintain-ca canals. bitches and water
rights now constructed and appropriat-
ed or hereafter to be constructed or
appropriated"
Taking over Other bitches.
The petitioners state in the petition
that it is their intention to acquire by
purchase, by and with the consent of
the owners thereof, the ownership and
beneficial interest in the use of
bitches, canals, reservoirs and fran
.chises now used for the irrigation of
part of the lands in said district, in
GLIDING the following bitches, canals
water rights and interests and estates
therein: The Oasis ditch and extern
sions thereof, the Bliderback ditch,
the Fillmore ditch, the Higley ditch,
the Cooper lake ditch, the Abbott wa
ter ditch, the Abbott & Coleman ditch,
tue Boughton ditch and Others"
Will Increase Water Supply.
The petitioners state that they pro-
pose to increase and supplement the
available supply of water for the irri-
CATION of the lands within the propos-
ed district by acquiring other water
rights, under the laws of the state,
from the waters of the Little Laramie
river and its tributaries, the Big Lar
annie and its tributaries, -Four Mile
creek, Dutton creek and Cooper creek
and their tributaries; "and by storing
the waters of said streams in reser-
voirs, and by conducting the waters
of the Little Laramie river into Lake
James by IA of bitches and canals,
in order that the waters stored and
accumulated, as aforesaid, may be di-
tCu liOlA ouSh ultthCS 0iA lCoCl-
voirs through other bitches and ca
nails, and together with the waters
from the bitches, canals and reservoirs
in paragraph 5 ~hereinabove mentioned,
distributed for irrigation and domes-
tic purposes over the lands of the pro-
posed irrigation district
District Bounded.
The proposed irrigation company
will widen and enlarge the present
bitches and acquire the right to the
beneficial use of water for the lands
which do not now have water rights
and which are included within the
boundaries of the district. The seventh
paragraph of the petition gives the
boundaries of the proposed district,
excepting from the application "anj
from the said proposed district all
lands which have been heretofore se-
lected by the State of Wyoming under
the provisions OF an act Of congress,
commonly known as the Carey arid
land act"
Approved by state Engineer.
maps are MED oil the us
trict, showing accurately the locations
and intersections of all bitches, canals,
reservoirs and other works now *
listing within said district or connected
with said proposed system OF irriga-
ton, and Id all respects in compliance
and accordance with said act OF the
Legislature of the State of Wyoming"
The maps and plats have been submit
ted to the state engineer OF the State
OF Wyoming for his examination, "and
that the said state engineer has made
his report, showing that the proposed
irrigation system is feasible and prac-
ticable, and setting forth the probable
cost thereof"
Name Of the District.
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