The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-02-14

The irrigation districts, embracing practically all the
irrgabe land in the okanogan valley from the Canadian
formerly organized March 1912 They have been exist
nearly year. report OF what has been done there
The forming irrigation district had been be-
gun by committee headed by L. Pourtaes When the dis
that preliminary had been made and the project
found feasible and the boundaries Of the district
and established with estimated acreage of H. 800
the two districts
The important step to the services of
competent engineer and estimate of the good
irrigation system This difficult matter as the credit
of the districts not established and the law restricted the
total Indebtedness to 100000 in each district This
had to all expenses until could
be levied and collected Local banks finally to the
credit by taking
all warrants at Not warrant has been sold for
less Mr. Marvin Chase of Richmond Beach, Wash of
the BEST not the best irrigation engineers the northwest
finally secured over the ground and make the es
This compiled and the hands of the directors
by June 4th This report showed cost for installing first
class irrigation system of for West Okanogan
valley Irrigation district and and cost of $2524 for the
East Okanogan Valley Irrigation district.
should vote bonds in the amount Of so that there
would be question but that sufficient funds would be avail
able By unanimous VOTE the electors, in bond election
held June 49, approved the issuance Of such bonds the
gay of the bonds and all acts and taken the dis
to that date confirmed by the superior of
Okanogan county August rd, Judge Neal acting
orney for the districts Active work then begun sell
the bonds. We found out that irrigation bonds are
not in favor with the investing public The fact that many
worthless irrigation bonds have been sold by unscrupuous
promoters made it extremely difficult interest an in
VeSOT.
owing to the national election being hand the approaching
holiday and later the business adjustments incident
settlements which after January LIST each year. all
have tended to delay final consideration of those who had
been interested.
About November II, 1872 the Great Northern Railway
company sent in special irrigation engineer examine and
report on the entire project
No official word has reached the boards of directors
but there every to believe that the report favor
able month later the colonization agent of the same COM
pany visited this section Last summer President Gray L.
w. H chairman of the board of directors F. w. Graham
and E. c. Leedy all of the Great Northern visited valley
and all have given to the irrigation project
A summary Of the work shows the following results
1. District organized and established.
= Ditch grade line established
g. Boundaries of district made
Engineers estimate of cost and approval of the project
secured.
s. Bonds voted
g. Bonds confrmd in court
T. Valuations made and levied and collected
g. Credit of districts established
g. Water right secured and considerable work done
protect
TO- Government right way for main secured This
was begun in 1911 by R. P. Hoskyn and turned over to
the district and completed in December, 1912
H. Private rightsofway for nearly all branch lines and
laterals secured
- Finally, and of great Importance the Great Northern
Railway officials and other influential parties interest
ed in the project.
The carrying out of the objects for which the districts
organized has been ndered by things unavoid
able in Themselves which time only remedy The thing