Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-06-11
PETITION FOR CREATION OF A DlKlNG-
DISTRICT

DlSlRlCl.
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 overhOwed
lands, subject to overflow by the tides at all
seasons of the year, and by fresheis and tides
during the winter; that in their present con-.
dition they are not susceptible of cultivation
to any appreciable 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 it will be for the
general good, rs well as greatly to the profit
and advantage OF the owners of said lands
thar they be reclaimed by diking: that we are
the owuers OF more than one-half 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 ii is desired
to form dikng district for the purpose of
improving by diking or damming the lands
contained therein. Therefore, we respectfully
petition the Honorable Court to create dix
ing district, as by Statute made and provided
embracing portion of the following described
lands, towit: The neA and nel4 of sw4 Of
sec. 26, the e12 of sw14 and e12 OF sec. %. and
the nwl4 and 81 OF section "a, all in township
II south, range II west of Willamet te 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 a point in the sel4 of the
| oil Of y m hau nf
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 aloug the north bank of said
slough, through the So of the neA and the
neH of sec 26, thence through the ne corner of
the neh of the sw14 of section 26 to the section
line between sections 26 and 23 thence in a
northerly and northeasterly direction along
the east bank OF said slough through the
south half and swA of neA OF section % to
stake marked 2, set at point of hill where
tideland joins the higher ground; thence in
easterly direction TO a stake marked X.3 placed
at point in the ne14 of section %, where tide
land joins the hill land; thence in easterly
direction around the base of the hill and edge
: 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 nwA OF sec. "a; thence in
southerly and easterly direction around the
west and south bank of said slough to the
mouth of "Paveys Slough" in the seA of the
sea 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
neA of sw14 of section "a thence in a souther-
ly direction to stake marked ks, set at the
edge of tideland and foot of the HILL thence
in westerly and southerly 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 s, Range
II W of Willamette Meridian and in Lincoln
equity, Oregon, and we, your petitioners, will
ever pray NJ. M. Davis,
G. A. middleton,
Emma J. Leese,
Thos. Leese,
Gust Olson.