Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-05-21
PETITION FOR CREATION OF A DIKlNG
DISTRICT.

DISTRICT.
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 overfiowed
lands, subject to overflow by the tides at all
seasons of the year, and by freshets and tides
during the winter; that in their present con-
dition they are not susceptible of cultivation
to any appreciabe extent and can only be
used in a 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, as well as greatly to the profit
and advantage OF the owners of said lands
thar they be reclaimed by dking; that we are
the owners of more than one-half of the whole
acree ge 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 forma diking district for the purpose of
improving by diking or damming the lands
contained therein. Therefore, we respectfully
petition the Honorable Court to create a dix
ing district, as by Statute made and provided,
embracing portion Of the following described
lands, towit: The neh and ne14 of swi4 of
sec. &C. the e1a of swH and e15 of sec. %. and
the nwl4 and sl2 Of section "a. all in township
IL south, range II west of Willamette te Meridian
in Lincoln county, state of Oregon.
The dixie and right of way therefor to run
substantially as follows, to-wit: Beginning at
81 axe marked X-l at point in the seL of the
neH of sec. 26 on the north bank of "BoOnes
Slough" (or sometimes known US 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 sE of the neA and the
neH of sec 26, thsnce through the ne corner Of
the neA of the sw14 OF section 26 to the section
line between sections 26 and %: thence in a
| northerly and northeAsterly direction along
the east bank Of said slough through the
south half and swA OF neH of section q to a
stake marked X.2, set at point OF hill where
tideand joins the higher ground; thence IN
easterly direction TO stake marked X.3 placed
at point in the neA 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 nwL Of sec. "a; thence in
southsrly and easterly direction around the
west and south bank Of said slough to the
mouth of "Pavey's Slough" in the seq of the
seq of section "a, thence in a northwesterly
and westerly direction along the north bank
of said Pavey's Slough to a stake marked KS,
set on the north bank Of said slough in the
neA of sw1 of section "a; thence in souther-
ly direction to q stake marked KS, set at the
edge OF tideland and foot of the hill; thence
in westerly and southerly direction along
edge of tidelsnd and foot of hill through the
swH of section "a, seq of section %, and nsH
OF section 26, to place Of beginning, the lands
above described being in Township II 3, Range
II W of Willamette Meridian and In Lincoln
county, Oregon, and we your petitioners, win
ever pray. NJ. NJ. Davis,
| G. A. Huddleton,
| Emma ]. Leess,
Thos. Leese.
Gust Olson,