The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-09-08
Caldwell, Idaho, August, 2, 1910,
o. V. BADLEY,
Clerk.


Clerk.
IL. Caldwell, Idaho, August, 2, 1910
Y The Board of County Commission
ers of Canyon County, Idaho, met pur
suant to recess taken at its office il
: the court house in Caldwell, Canyon
County, Idaho the county seat of saiC
county, on Tuesday, the End day o
August, 1910, at ten o'clock a. M, fol
the purpose of receiving and hearing
the petition of Dudley H. Van DuseI
and others for the organization of ar
irrigation district by which it is pro-
posed to purchase canals already il
operation to irrigate lands in Canyon
County, idaho, the following being
the number of sections in which the
lands are situated and which it is
proposed to include in said district
to-wit:
Sections 20, 81. 2S, %, 80, 81, 80, SO.
"a and 35 in Township north OF
range /, west of Boise Meridian.
Sections 10, 20, q, %, %, "a, 25,
&c, q, %, 20, 80, 81 80, 33, "a, 35,
and SO in township Z north, of range
| 2, west of Boise Meridian.
Sections 8, 10, IL, u, 13 IA, Is,
16, %, %, "a, %, and 80 in township
7 north range 3, west of Boise Mer-
idian.
Sections 3, A, 5, 9, 10 II, -, 10, and
Il in township 6 north, of range 3,
west of Boise Meridian.
Sections /, 2, 3, 4, 5, II, Is, 10, 20,
81, %, 20, 26, q, and % in township
6 north, of range 2, west of Boise
Meridian.
Sections 3, A, 5, 6, 9, 10, 16, 10, 20
81, 80 in township north, OF range
! 1, west of Boise Meridian.
| And the said petition coming on
regularly for hearing, Rice, Thomp-
son & Buckner appearing as counsel
on behalf of said petitioners.
Whereupon the following named
witnesses, to-wit w. e. Bell, G. w.
Knowles, ]. M. Thompson, c. w. Whit
fin were duly sworn and testified, on
behalf of petitioners.
And it appearing to the board from
the affidavit of G. H. Martin, publish
er of the Emmett Examiner" a
weekly newspaper published at En-
nett, Canyon County, Idaho, that
there has been due publication of the
notice that Dudley II. Van Dusen and
others had filed a petition for the
organization of an irrigation district,
which said notice stated that it was
proposed to purchase a canal system
already in operation, the same being
known as the Canyon Canal operated
by the Canyon Canal Company, Linn
tied, and gave the number of the sec
tons in which the lands are situated
which it was proposed to include in
said districe, and further stated the
time at which such petition would be
presented to the board of County
Commissioners of Canyon County,
idaho, which notice was published two
weeks jrior to the 2Sth day OF June,
1910, when said petition was present
ed to the said board of county COM
missioners of Canyon County, Idaho.
And it further appearing that upon
presentation of such petition the said
board of county commissioners set
time for hearing upon same which
was not less than four nor more than
enght weeks from the date of presen-
cation, and caused notice of the time
of such hearing to be published four
weeks before the time of such hearing
in the Emmett Examiner" news
paper published within the county in
which said hearing is situated.
And it further appearing that re-
port has been submitted on said mat
ter by the State Engineer of the State
of Idaho approving the organization
of said proposed district, which re-
port is on file with the clerk of the
board of county commissioners of
Canyon County, Idaho.
And it further appearing that at
the time of filing such petition the
petitioners accompanied the same
with map of the said proposed dis
trict showing the location of the ca
nails and other works by means of
which it is intended to irrigate the
proposed district and of all the ca
mails situated within the boundaries
of the said proposed district, and also
with a bond in the penal sum OF
$4,000, being double the amount OF
the probable cost to the county organi-
xation be not effected which bond has
been duly approved by the board, and
also with an estimate of the cost OF
such works certified to by F. A. Will
kie. a well-known and competent 1r-
rigation engineer.
Whereupon the board having duly
considered such matter proceeded to
the hearing of such petition. Evidence
was introduced on behalf of the pc
titioners by witnesses above named,
from the consideration of which the
board finds:
That the petition was signed by 237
holders of title or evidence of title
to lands within the boundaries of said
proposed district; that said holders
of title actually hold the title to more
than one-fourth of the total area OF
the lands within the proposed district
which will be assessable for the pur-
poses Of the district; that copy of
such petition and all maps and other
papers filed with the petition was
filed in the office of the State En-
gineer of the State of Idaho on the
18th day of June, 1910.