The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-08-01
KAY MAKES
DITCH MAP
MANY FAVOR A BONDED DISTRICT
This System Thought to be Most Feasible
for Operation Of Ditch Of East
Side irrigation Co.

The committee recently appointed by
the board of directors Of the East Side
Irrigating Co. to investigate the advls-
ability of putting the big water system
under the bonded district system Of
control, has been having survey
made of the district, IN order to ascer-
tain the exact land that will be under
the ditch's service Murray Kay,
Hood River county's engineer, who
was engaged to do this work, has com
pleted the field work and is now tabu-
latng his data and making map.
which will show the farms under the
ditch and such as will be served by
further possible extensions Of the sys-
TEN.
A great many of the stockholders are
dissatisfied with the ditch as now OPP
Grated and there is growing senti-
ment toward turning the big irrigation
system, which will furnish water TO a
tract of approximately 5000 acres,
into bonded district, which system will
make an equal distribution of the bene-
| fits of the system over all of the lands
of the district. Furthermore by placing
the ditch under the bonded system, the
debts of the ditch are more easily col
lected than under the mutual corpora
tion system. The land covered by the
district is made directly responsible
and may be reached to secure pay
meuts of obligations to the organiza-
tion.
The ditch is in need Of extensive inn
provements ami bond issue will be
necessary to carry out this work. The
company has bond issue Of $40, 600,
seven per cent bonds. coming due on
October |. 1t will be impossible for
the organization to finance another
bond issue under the present system,
it is said by those who fully under
stand the situation, and to put the
status of the situation as it now stands
in the every day vernacular, Some
thing must be done. "
, The only feasible way out OF the diff
ficulty it is declared is to establish a
! bonded district. Even though pri-
: vate concern should desire to take oven
: the ditch, ii is desired by all means
: that such thing should not come
!, about. The operation of an irriagtior
y ditch is decidedly of public natur,
: and should be under public control. II
- all cases, where the bonded system ha
I been fully worked out it has been foun,
;. to be success. The local Hood Rive
~ Irrigation District suppling porto
"a u of the West Side,m may be pointed cut q
= an example Of the methods of tn
Go bonded district.
BY the statutes of Oregon, in ords
to form a bonded irrigation district.
is necessary for fifty. or a majority
the holders of titles to lands suscep
IL ible of irrigation from a eommC
IL source or combined sources and by I'll
same system or combined systems {
works. who desire to provide for tn
OF irrigation of the same, to propose th
IN organization of an irriagtion distric
le They shall petitition the county cour
n for an election.
" AT this election any bona tide owne
+, of the land affected by the organizt
% tion of the district. whether he be
"a resident or nonresident, has It.
0. right to vote. TO establish the distric
5, it takes three-ffths majority vote
e Any property within the district tha
already has irrigation from priyat
= source may be excluded from the are
7, covered.