The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-04-30
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION.

the 0UIH uay OF APRIL 1919, at which
election there shall be submitted to
the qualified electors of the Pioneer
Irrigation district the question OF the
right of the district to enter into
supplemental contract to the orig
inal contract authorized by the cleo
tors of the Pioneer Irrigation dis
trict on the 18th day OF October,
1912, and afterwards entered into
by said district, which supplemental
contract provides for the purchase
OF $3.50 interest in the storage ca
pacity of Arrowrock reservoir, in
stead of $560,000 worth OF storage
capacity in Arrowrock reservoir, as
provided in said original contract,
and $4,000 of the unexpended bal-
ance of the $35O,000 authorized in
the original contract to be used for
drainage within the Pioneer Irriga-
ton district shall be used, after tine
completion of the drains contem-
plated in said original contract, in
the construction OF drainage bitches
along five-mile and ten-mile creeks,
or such portion of said $4,000 shall
be so used as is necessary to pay
one-half of the cost of the construc-
ton of the deep drains for the pur-
pose of relieving the over-wet lands
the Nampa- Meridian Irrigation dis
trict to pay the remaining one-half
together with all costs OF construc-
ton exceeding one hundred thou
sand dollars ($100,000), and the re-
naming portion of the $350,000 nm
expended after the completion of the
drains contemplated in the original
contract, together with the drains
above specified, to lie used, if
necessary, in the construction of
additional drains within the Pho
neer Irrigation district which may
| be for the best interests of
the district, to be agreed upon
between the board of directors
| of said district and the secretary of
the interior, and provides also that
the construction charges expended by
the reclamation service of the Unit
| ed States under said original con-
tract and the supplemental contract,
| both for the drainage system and
| for said storage capacity in Arrow
rock reservoir, shall be paid to the
| United States of America in twenty
I (2O) annual installments, as pro-
vided in section of the act of con-
| gress of August Is, 1914, entitled
An act extending the period of pay
ment under reclamation projects, and
| for other purposes" the first of
which installments shall become due
and payable December 1st of the
year in which public notice is issued
for the Boise project, under said act
of congress, and subsequent INSTALL
ments on December 1st of each year
! thereafter, the first four of which in
stallments shall be two per centum
each, the next two, four per centum
each, and the remaining fourteen in
stallments shall be six per centum
each of the total construction
charges, instead of being paid in ten
annual installments, as provided by
said original contract, in accordance
with the general plan adopted by the
board of directors of the Pioneer IT.
rigation district under date of March
10, 1915.
Maps, plans and estimated 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
engineer at the State Capitol, Boise
Idaho.
Further notice is hereby given
that by an order of the board of di
rectors the following election of.
ficers are appointed for the respec
tive precincts, the boundaries oil
which are herein described and the
places of holding election desig
mated;
Precinct No l shall consist of al
that portion of said district lying
east of a line commencing at the
south boundary of the district on the
boundary line between sections Is
and 30 in t. N, r. 2, w. B. M.
thence running due north to the
north boundary line of said district
Election officers, Precinct No. i
]. F. Riskemire, d. w. Gray, F. E
Parke, Judges; Mrs. o. v. Jacobs
Mrs Alice M. Hamilton, Clerks.
Place of holding election in Pre-
cinct No. l. at Mennonite Mission
hall, Nampa, Idaho.
Precinct No. 2 shall consist of al
that portion of said district lying
west of Precinct No / and east of 8
line beginning at the south boundary
line of said district on the west lint
of section 3, t. 8 N, r. 3, w. B. NJ.
thence running north to the north
west corner of said section: thence
east tc the northeast corner of sale
section; thence north to the nortf
line of the o. S. L. R. r. right-of
way; thence northwesterly aloni
said right-of-way to the boundar!
line of said district.
Election officers, Precinct No. 2
John Smith. R. t. Dearinger, E. M
Solomon, Judges; Mrs. Zilpha Mil
Ter, Mrs. Maggie B. Wnderkofler
Clerks.
Place of holding election in Pre-
cinct No 2: at the Court House il
Caldwell, Idaho.
Precinct No. shall consist of al
that portion of said district lynn
west of precinct No. 2.
Election officers, Precinct No. 3
j. H. Lybolt, James Woods, Z. "
Games, Judges; Mrs. Willie B. vii
son, Mrs. Chas, Wright. Clerks.
Place of holding election in Pre-
cinct No. 3: at the Districts office
in Caldwell, Idaho.
The polls will be open at eigh
o'clock A. NJ, and remain open unit
seven o'clock P NJ of said 30th da