Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-05-28
PETITION FOR CREATION OF A DlKING
DISTRICT,

DIS i.
In the County Court Of the State o. 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 overflowed
lands. subject to overflow by the tides at all
seasons of the year, and by freshets aud 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
or the reclamation, and that il will be for the
general good, as well as greatly to the profit
and advantage of the owners of said lands
thar they be reclaimed by diking: that we are
the owners 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 it 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 dix
embracing portion of the following described
lands, towit The nel4 and neI4 of sw4 Of
sec &c, the el5 of sw14 and el5 of sec. 90. and
the nwl4 and So OF section "a, all in township
II south, range IL west of Wiamette 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 Nj at point in the seL of the
oil &c Dg 81
Slough" (or sometimes known US Mill slough)
about 10 rods west of the section line between
sections 25 and 26, v here the tideand joins
the highland, running thence westerly and
northwesterly along the north bank of said
slough, through the So of the neA and the
neH of sec %, thsnce through the ne corner of
the neA of the swL of section &c to the section
line between sections 26 and %: thence in
northerly and northeasterly direction along
the east bank of said slough through the
south half and sw14 of ne14 Of section % to a
stake marked X-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 nel4 of section %, where tide
land joins the hill land; thence in easterly
direction around the base OF the hill and edge
OF udeland to stake marked X-4, set on bank
of slough designated in U. S. Govt. surveys as
Chetco Slough, but now locally known as
Derbys slough, in nw14 of sec. q; thence in
southerly and easterly direction around the
west and south bank of said slough to the
mouth Of "Pavey's Slough" in the seA of the
seq of section "a, thence in northwesterly
and westerly direction along the north bank
of said Pavey's Slough to Il stake marked KS,
set on the north bank of said slough in the
neH of swA of section "a; thence in souther-
ly direction to stake marked X-6, set at the
edge of tideland and foot of the hill; thence
in westerly and soutEerly direction along
edge of tideland and foot of hill through the
swA of section "a, sel of section %, and ne4
of section &C. to place OF beginning, the lands
above described being in Township Is, 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 ]. Leese,
Thos. Leese,
Gust Olson.