Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-06-18
PETITION FOR CREATION OF A DIKINe


In the County Court of the State Of Oregon,
for the county of Lincoln.
To the Honorable Court:
We the undersigned. your petitioners, allege
and show to the Court: That the lands here.
matter described are tide and oyerfowed
lands subject to overflow by the tides at all
seasons of the year, and by freshels and tides
during the winter; that in their present con-
dition they are not susceptible of cultivation
to any apprcciable extent, and can only be
used in limited way for pasture, during the
times the tides are not over them; that by the
reclamation of said lands, the taxable value
thereof will he increased more than the cost
OF the reclamation, and that 1t will be for the
general good, as well as greatly to the profit
ana advantage of the owners of said lands
that they be reclaimed by diking; that we are
the owuers of more than one-haf OF the whole
acreage of said lands and more than one-half
OF the individual owners thereof: that we
represent more than one-half OF the area of
the lands embraced therein: that IL is desired
TO form diking district for the purpose of
improving by diking or damming the lands
contained therein. Therefore, we respectfully
petition the Honorable Court to create n dix,
ing district, as by Statute made and provided,
embracing portion of the following described
lands, towit: The neH and neI4 of swi4 OF
sec. 26, the e15 of sw14 and elz of sec %. and
the nwl4 and az of section "a, all in township
IL south, range II west of Willamette Meridian
in Lincoln county. state of Oregon.
The dixie and right of way therefor to run
substantially as follows, to-wit: beginning at
stake marked XII at point in the sell of tho
M
Slough" (or sometimes known as Mill slough)
about 10 rods west of the section line between
sections 25 and 26, here the tideland joins
the highland, running thence westerly and
northwesterly along the north bank of said
slough through the So of the neA and the
neM OF sec 26, thsnce through the ne corner of
the neA of the sw14 of section 26 to the sectioo
line between sections rs and %; thence in a
northerly and northeAsterly direction along
the east bank of said slough through the
south half and swl4 OF ne14 of section % to a
stake marked X 2, set at point of hill where
tideIand joins the higher ground; thence in
easterly direction to a stake marked ks placed
at point in the ne14 of section 2s. where tide
land joins the hill land; thence in easterly
direction around the base of the hill and edte
OF tideland to a stake marked X-4, set on bank
OF slough designated in U. s. Govt. SURVEYS as
Chetco Slough, but now locally known AS
Derby's slough, in nw14 OF sec. "a; thence in
, southerly and easterly direction around the
west and south bank of said slough to the
mouth Of "Pavey's Slough" in the seL of the
seq of section "a, thence in a northwesterly
and westerly direction along the north bank
OF said Pavey's Slough to stake marked KS,
set ON the north bank of said slough in the
neH OF sw4 of section "a; thence in a souther.
~ direction to stake marked X-6, set at the
edge of tideland and foot of the hill; thence
In westerly and southcrly direction along
edge of tideland and foot of hill through the
sw14 OF section "a, seA of section %, and neA
OF section 26, to place of beginning, the lands
above described being in Township II $, Range
IL of Willamette Meridian and in Lincoln
county, Oregon, and we. your petitioners, will
ever pray. NJ. M. Davis,
G. A. middleton,
Emma J. Leese,
Thos Leese,
Gust Olson.