Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-22

section 10; thence west to the west
quarter corner of said section 10. all
in township SO north, range Q west,
~ NJ. p. NJ, thence to the place of
beginning.
Including all lands within said
boundaries, excepting and excluding
from said district, however. the follow.
ing. described lands, which although
| the same lie within the boundaries
| thereof. comprise no part of the same
and are hereby expressly excluded and
exempted from said district, to-wit:
The N. y. of section 10. township
"a north Ute, range . west, the f. y
OF the SW. u andsthe f. " of section
lg. the n. " of section 20. the w. "
o. the S.W. Il of section 20, the n. u
| of the w. " and the E. u of sec
| and the L. X of section 81, the w II
OF the w. V OF section 80, all in town.
ship "a north Ute, range west
The w. Y of the w. X of section 5;
| the r. x of the E. " of section 6;
the NE 4 of the NE. u of section
Z; and the NV. a of the NV. u of
section s. All in township 33 north,
| range west
4. The means proposed to supply
water for the irrigation of the lands
embraced in said proposed irrigation
district are as follows:
The reservoir is to be constr Icted
| In the valley of the Florida river at
some place in or near section g. town
ship 35 north, range west, n. NJ. p
NJ. This reservoir to have a capacity
o. approximately thirty thousand acre
feet From this reservoir the water
win be turned into the channel of the
Florida river, through which it will he
conveyed to the headgate of The di
version canal. which will be located
in or near the southwest corner oI
section 4. township 35 north. range s
west; the capacity of said canal being
approximately two hundred cubic feel
per second. A suitable system for
the purpose of conveying the waters
directly to the lands, to be irrigated
IL also TO be constructed.
3. The district shall also have power
10, and is formed to purchase, ac
quire, condemn, lease or rent anv
OF all bitches. canals or res
ervoirs and their franchises now
existing within the exterior bound
aries of said district or which
supply water to any of the lands EN-
VI dCtu WllHlIl tlt eAltTloT
of said district or lands which car
conveniently be watered from said dis
lIict system, including particularly the
bitches or canals known as the Flori
da Farmers Ditch and the Florida
| Canal, and any other ditch or bitches
| canal or canals, reservoir or reser-
voirs, water rights or water works that
may be necessary or advantageous TO
| said district and its water consumers
6. That the name proposed for said
district is THE FLORIDA MESA 1R-
| RIGATION DISTRICT"
The undersigned hereby select as a
committee of three of said petitioners
to present this petition TO your Honor
able Board of County Commissioners
of La Plata County, Colorado, and to
give notice of said presentation as pro
vided by law, the following persons
| to-wit:
George E. Williamson
Antonio D. Trujillo.
Herbert N. Spinning.
8. Your petitioners further show
that they. the undersigned, constitute
| a majority OF the resident freeholders
| within said proposed district and that
they are also owners In the aggregate
of majority OF the whole number
of acres belonging to the resident free
| holders within said proposed district
Your petitioners further accompany
| this petition by good and sufficient
bond to be approved by your Honora.
BILE Board In double the amount of
the probable cost of organizing said
district, conditioned for the payment
of all costs incurred In said proceed
ings in case said organization shall
not be effected.
And your petitioners pray that upon
the presentation of this petition to
said Board of County Commissioners
your Honorable Board do forthwith
proceed according to law TO define. de
termine and establish the boundaries
of said proposed district. to submit the
question of final organization of the
same to the vote of the qualified elec.
tors of said district. as provided by
law, and to do and perform all such
other acts and things In the premises
as are required by law. And your pc
TONERS will ever pray.
GEORGE +. WILLIAMSON.
ANTONIO ID. TRUJILLO.
II. N. SPINNING.
GEORGE N. PATTERSON
ETHEL PATTERSON.
PETER A. WALHBERG.
CLEO OWEN.
MRS. f. Il, PELT0N WILLIAMSON.
DIMAZ L. MARTINEZ.