The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-10-18
NOTICE OF ELECTION,

NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that an cleo
ton will be held in the Pioneer Irri-
CATION District on Tuesday, the 18th
day of October, 1912, at which cleo
uon there will be submitted to the
qualified electors of said District the
question of the right of the District to
enter into a contract with the United /
States of America and whether or not
the Board Of Directors of said Dis
trict be authorized to enter into said
proposed contract for storage capacity
in Arrowrock reservoir, at a cost of |
Five Hundred Sixty Thousand Dol
lars ($56O,OOO), the Government to
provide for the District that fractional
part of the total storage capacity of
Arrowrock reservoir which Five Hun
dred Sixty Thousand Dollars $780,
OOO) is of the total cost of said reser-
voir, and the Government to expend
Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dol
lars (35O,OO0) in the construction of
drainage canals for the purpose of
draining the water-soaked lands with
in said District, as provided by the
proposed contract, which is included
in the general plan adopted by said
board of Directors under date of Sep
TENDER ID, 1912, which general plan
contemplates the accumulation Of
portion of said drainage water for an
additional water supply for said Dis
trict.
Maps, plans and estimates and the
report of the State Engineer of the
State of. Idaho are on file and open to
public inspection by the people of the
District, at the Office of the Board of
Directors thereof, Caldwell, Idaho,
and also at the Office of the State En-
gineer, at the State Capitol, Boise,
Idaho.
Further notice is hereby given that
by an order of the Board of Directors
the following elction officers are
appointed for the respective precincts,
the boundariesc of which are herein
described and the places of holding
election designated:
Precinct No. shall consist of all
that portion of said District lying east
of line commencing at the south
boundary of the District, on the boun-
Diary line between sections 10 and 20
in township 3 north, range 2, w. B
NJ, thence running due north to the
north boundary line of said District
Election officers, Precinct No. l:
w. A. Shupe, Mrs. O. V. Jacobs ane
Robert Milliken, judges.
R. l. Tippin and Mrs. A. L. Gowen
Clerks.
Mrs. Alice M. Hamilton, Registrar
Place of holding election in Pre-
cinct No. 1: at Robert Milliken's resi-
dence, one and one-half miles north
east of Nampa, in the VIZ of tn
SWN of the SWH of Section II
township north, range 2, w. B. M.
Precinct No. 2 shall consist of al
that portion of said District lying Yves
of Precinct No. /, and east of lin
beginning at the south boundary lin
of said District on the west line G
Section 8, township 3 north, rang
west, B. M; thence running mort
to the northwest corner of said sec
ton: thence east to the northeast col
ner of said section; thence north to tn
north line of the O. S. L. r. R. righ
of-way; thence northwesterly alon
said right-of-way to the boundary lin
of said District.
Election officers, Prencinct No. 2:
Charles Metcalf, Joseph Bird an
JOHL Ju0SSo.
Al. Ferris and Sophia Miller, Clerk
Sid Barteau, Jr,, Registrar.
Place of holding election in Pr
cinct No. Q: at the Court House, Call
we'll, Idaho.
Precinct No. shall consist of a
that portion of said DISTRICT lying we
of Precinct No. 2.
Election officers, Precinct No. 8:
Chas. Howard, John Shelp and 1
fish, Judges.
Mrs. Villa B. Wilson and MI
William Woolley, Clerks.
]. Jester, Jr., Registrar.
Place of holding election in Precin
No. 8 at the Districts Office. in Cal
we'll, Idaho.
The polls will be open at eig
o'clock a. M, and remain open un
seven o'clock p. m, OF said 18th day
October, 1912, at which election t
ballots shall contain the words, Go
tract yes" or Contract no."
words equivalent thereto.
By order of the Board Of Directc
of the Pioneer Irrigation District, II
9th day of September, 1912
(SEAL) J. JESTER, Jr:
Secretary of the Pioneer lrrigati
District. s27-o