The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-28
Notice.

State of Washington, was duly presented to
and filed with the Board of County Commits
sioners OF said county, said petition being in
words and figures as follows. to-wit:
ITO the Board of County Commissioners of
Stevens County Washington:
THE undersigned residents and property
owners of the proposed diking district herein
after described respectfully petition your
honorable board for authority to organize and
elect officers, and represent as follows:
''The object for organization of said district
is to prevent the annual overflow of the lands
hereinafter described, which overflow Is
river backing into and overlooking the chan
mel OF the CalispeI river.
1T lie further object OF the formation OF said
district is 10 put IN such dikes, wing dams,
embankments bridges, abutments channels,
pumps and power plants. food gates and other
devices and appliances as may be necessary
for excluding and removing the surface water
from the lands hereinafter described. The
boundaries of said district will be as follows:
Commencing at the northeastern corner of
Section rs, Township 80 North, Range 43 E. w :.
NJ. in Stevens county, Washington, running
thence south and east across Sections ~ and
81, parallel with the grade OF the W ashlngt ton
Idaho and Northern Railway to a point south
of Said railroad and on the east line of Section
| 81, Township 33 North, Range A; thence south
along the line between Sections 81 and 81,
Township 80, Range A, to the southeast corner
| of Section 81; thence south along the line be-.
| tween Sections and and and to the south
| Z, in Towsnhip 80, Range A; thence west one
half mile TO the southeast corner OF the south
west quarter of Section Z, OF Township 80
| North, Range "A; thence south two miles to
| the southeast corner of the southwest quar-
ter OF Section 10, Township 80, Range a thence
west four miles to the southwest corner OF the
southeast quarter of Section 81 Township 81,
Range 43; thence north four miles along the
center line of Sections 21 It, and to the
northwest corner OF the neA Of Section 4,
Township 81. Range 43; thence west one:half
/ lilo To rhn south
| Township 33, Range 43; thence north three
| miles to the NV corner OF the nwA OF Section
| y, Township 80, Range 43; thence west two
miles to the he corner OF Section %, Township
| 33, Range 43 thence south along the Callspel
| Valley road to the junction of said Calispel
Va ley road and the Knapp road; thence west
| junction OF the Knapp road and the Schultze
road thence south along the SchultZe road ON
the line between Sections "a, 80, 43 and Sections
| 49, 49, A to the point OF beginning.
! THAT the names of all freeholders residing
within said proposed district ESQ far as knownl
are as follows, tO-wit:
| Charles T. Craig, Henry Keller, Joshua Bee.
man, Fred Bahler, Christian Stehr, II. Z,
Davis, J. W. Cusick, F. A. Purchase. D E. Rice
Calispel Duck Club, Inc. A, L. Weeks, secre-
tary; Home Securities Co., F. D. Bennett, A. D.
Rh94des A D. Jaqubsh A Ghlon r. Perkins
Faulkner. W. T. Penny b. L. Freestone, John
siztlove. David Leaforce. Geo. J: Davis, Geo w
Igler, Henry Bolli, Nancy. Desart. Emmett
Desart Nicholas G. Appel, James Clarke, Z. D.
Wilson, T. \. Jones, Peare, r. T.
Anderson.
| 1.-THE said proposed system OF diking is 10 be
| erected from point south of the Town of Usk
| in Section 81, and running thence north in q
nOrthwesterly direction across Sections 80 and
81 of Township 80, Range A E: w NJ. to a point
| a point near where the Knapp road intersects
| the Schultze road; said dixie to beparallel to
the proposed grade OF the Washington, Idaho
and Northern Railway and may be constructed
in connection Herewith.
Said dixie shall be of sufficient height and
width to check the waters OF the Pend d.
| Oreille river in times of food and to prevent
such waters from flowing into tho Calispel
| willno spurs or branches OF said dixie In addi-
ton the construction OF said dixie, your peti.
TONERS represent that 1t will be necessary to
build a wing dam OF size and length to be de-
termined by engineers at the point where said
| Calispel river intersects said dixie. At said
point it will lurther be necessary to construct
concrete masonry abutments to improve
and control the channel of said Calispel river
by the placing OF masonry or concrete work
| therein; 10 construct foodgatcs across said
Calispel river OF suitable size, strength, ma.
terial and design; to erect at or near said wins
dam and flood gat pumping plant with the
necessary power for the purpose of conveying
dam and hoOdgates into the portion of the
channel OF the Callspel river not included
within the boundaries hereinkefore specified
| to obtain and exercise authority for the clos
ing of said Calispel river to navigation and te
logging during the season of high water in the
Pend d'Orellie river.
Your petitioners further respectfully allege
that the establishment OF said district anC
said proposed district of diking and the neces
sary appliances Herewith will be conducive te
the public health, convenience and welfare
and viii increase the public revenue, and thai
the establishment of said district and said sys
tenn of diking will be OF special benefit to the
property included therein.
Your petitioners further allege that until
surveys Of said proposed district are made
they cannot accurately specify the acreage
therein, and they respectfully submit that tG
the best OF their knowledge and belief saiG
district will contain eleven thousand acres.
Your petitioners therefore respectfully re
quest that time may be fixed for hearing
this application, that due notice thereof may
be given by the publication OF this petition in
two successive issues OF some weekly news
paper published in Stevens county, Washing
ton, and that said publication may also include
due notice OF the time fixed for hearing there
on. That 1T the time fixed for such hearing
your Honorable Board may hear objections, i
any there be, to the establishment OF said dis
trict or the proposed boundaries thereof. Tha
YOU may further make such changes In the
proposed boundaries as you NAV deem 10 be
proper and may establish and define sucf
boundaries and ascertain and determine tn,
! number of acres of land that will be benefi tee
| ny said proposed system of dikes, and may de
termine the number of freehOlders residing
WITHIN the boundaries OF said proposed dis
trlct, and may enter an order finding that sail
system will be conducive to the public he 'lth
welfare and convenience. increase the publ
revenues. and be of special benefit to the ma
jority OF the land owners included within tn
Dcumda ries of said proposed district
Nonr petitioners further request that upoI
The entry of your findings herein, your Honor
able Board may give notice OF an election t
be held in such proposed district, for the pur
pose OF determining whether the same shall b
| organized under the provisions OF this act, a
a dikfng district of the State of Washington
and for the further purpose OF choosing tire
dixie commissioners OF said proposed district
> and that you may cause due notice of sal
election to be given in the manner requires
by law.
Your petitioners further request that sucl
other and additional action may be taken q
may be necessary, convenient and proper 70
the purpose of permitting the completion O
the Organization of said diking district.
Signed
Charles Craig F D Tarbox
Henry Keller J II Penney.
Joshua Beeman Faulkner
Fred Bahler w T Penny
Christian Stehr L FreestOne
E Smith John SiZelOve
r H Keller David Leaforce
Jno Davis Geo Davis
Joseph Davis Geo w Igler
w Henry ROllj