The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-08-21
DRAINAGE PETITION IS
FILED
District Embraces 10,400 Acres
Hearing to be Held
September Is.

"A PCbIAOu praying lOI lhc CIedIioi
{ of Drainage District No. 1, located il
the Payette valley, in the Falk neigh
! borhood, was filed Friday with Geo
W. Stovel, clerk of the district court
The district embraces 10,400 acres
The hearing is set for September IL
before Judge Bryan in the district
} court at Caldwell. The petition is
signed by Al land owners representing
approximately 5000 acres.
The petition follows:
The undersigned petitioners respect
fully represent unto your Honor as
I follows:
1. That they are each of lawful
age and are together the owners of
more than one-ifth of the acreage in
the district hereinafter proposed and
described
/ 2. That they propose to form or
to have formed a drainage district
i under and il. accordance with the pro-
7 visions of Chapter 16 of the Laws of
the Twelfth Session of the Legislature
of the State of Idaho (1913 Session
Laws page 58) out of portion of
Canyon County, Idaho, and that said
/ District shall be known and designat-
ed as Drainage District Number One
of the County of Canyon, State of
Idaho.
8. That the land situated and lying
within the boundaries Of and compris-
ing said proposed district are situated
in Section Is, T. Z N, R. W., B. NJ;
Sections 7, 8, 16, II, is, 10, 20, 21, %,
26. 81, %, 20, &c, 80, SO, "a, 25, of
T. Z N, R. 8 W., B. NJ; Sections /, 2,
3, A, 5, 10, II, II, 13, Ia, of T. 6 N,
r. 8 W., B. NJ; Sections 6, z, 8, II, 18,
of 7. 6 N, R. 2 W., B. NJ.
A. That said lands are low, wet and
fiat and contain an excess OF alkali
and are unproductive and require
combined system of drainage and your
petitioners desire that special drain
age district may be organized, en-
braeing and comprising the lands
hereinafter described for the purpos-
es of constructing and maintaining
a ditch or bitches, a dtain or drains,
a grade or grades, or any, or either
of them, or all, within said proposed
drainage district for the purpose of
rendering said lands productive and
habitable and for sanitary purposes,
etc
5. That the special object for the
organization of such drainage district
is to thoroughly and permanently
drain the majority of the lands with
in its boundaries, to render the LAND
therein productive. habitable, conduc-
i've to the public health and to increase
the public revenue.
g. That your petitioners designate
the boundaries of said proposed dis /
trict as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the intersection on the \
south bank or an arm of the Payette /
River, with the township line between
Section II, Township Z North, Range
4 West, and Section Z, Township 7
North, Range West, B. NJ; thence
south along the township line to the
corner of Sections II and Is, Town
ship North, Range West, and Z
ana Is, Township Z North, Range 3
West; thence west quarter of a mile,
hence south in Section 13, Township
North of Range West to an inter
section with the south boundary of
he right-of-way of the Noble Canal;
hence along the south boundary of
he right-of-way of said canal in a
direction through Sec
ion 13, Township North of Range {
Vest, Section IS, 10, 80 and 20 of
Township North of Range 8, to the
of the said south boun-
larry of said right-of-way with the
Iorth and south center line of section
9, Township North of Range
Vest. Thence south to the south
of the right-of-way cf the
'armers' Cooperative Canal, thence
n a southeasterly direction along the
outh boundary of said canal through {
ection 80, Township North of Range
West, Sections 5, A, 8, 10, IL, IA,
nd Is, of Township North of Range
West and sections 18 and II of
ownship North of Range 2, to the
of said South boundary
f said right-of-way with the north
nd south forty line, quarter of
lille east of the west boundary of
,ction II, township North of Range
West. Thence North through sec I,
ons IL and to the North boundary :
section 8. Thence west along the
,ction line to the corner of sections
6, and 8, Township North, Range :
West; thence North to an intersec-
on with the south bank of Seven ~
lie Slough, an arm of the Payette
iver, thence along the south bank
said Seven Mile Slough through
ctions c, Township 6 North of Range
Section 1, Township 6 North, Range
West, Sections 35, 26, 27, % and 81,
an intersection with the meander
lie on the south bank of the Payette
ver, thence along the said meander
lie through sections 10, II, 8 and Z,
a point about in the center of the
- ll G11a';ter of section Z, where