The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-05

trict court Wednesday by e. N.
LaVeine, attorney for the drain
age committee in charge of the
project in this county, asking for
the creation Of a drainage district
embracing the overfowed lands
on the st. Joe and st. Maries
rivers. At the same time a petit
tlon was filed in the district court
'of Kootenai county asking for the
creation of a district which in
cludes all the lands on the Occur
.G'Alene river, Occur d'Alene Lake
and the source of the Spokane
river.
The petition filed in this county
recites that the, objects of the
formation of the district are:
1.-THE reclamation of the lands
contained therein; to increase the
public revenues of the district
and the county of Benewah; to
drain the lands in the district so
that the same may be tillable and
rendered flt for cultivation; to
increase the value of the acreage
ir the district; and to render the
lands embraced in the district
conducive to the public health,
welfare and convenience Of the
people residing in the district. &"
The next step in the work of
creating the district will be to
have the bond approved and At
torney LaVeine will leave the
latter part Of the week for Coeur
d'Alene to have this done and TO
have a time set for the hearing Of
protests against the formation of
the district. The hearing will
probably be held the first or sec
ond week in November and if the
court orders the district created
at that time three commissioners
will be appointed who will have
charge of all the work in the
district.
An experienced engineer will be
employed Immediately to make a
thorough investigation of the
proposed district and report to
the commissioners the most prac-
tical and economical way to
handle the waters of the ST.
Maries, st. Joe and Occur d'Alene
rivers, Occur d'Alene lake and its
outlet in order to free the valleys
from future floods or extreme
high water. The organizers oil
the district propose TO widen and
dPedge the source of the Spokane
river and install the necessary
gates and locks in order that this
district and the KOotenai county
district csn control the quantity
of water to be released from
Occur d'Alene lake into the Spo-
kane river.
When this is done il is be-
lieved the districts will be able tC
so regulate the quantity Of water
passing through the river as tC
lprevent the recurrence of tho
floods which have proven so dis
lastrous to this section eacl
spring. These floods have caused
losses of many thousands OF
dollars to the owners Of the land:
along these streams and all ef-
'orts TO protect the lands by dix
ng have so far proved of no avail
The boundaries of the proposed
district are given as all the lanC
situated along the st. Joe and ST
Maries rivers in the county o
Benewah, below an elevation o
I2f38 feet above sea level and al
the lands along Occur d'Alen
lake and other tributary lakes
below the same level which ma
be affected by high water. Tn
amount of land which will b
benefited by the proposed distric
and the proposed drainage sys
tenn is about $1,000 acres.
The petition states that tn
llands included within the boun
daPies of the proposed distric
"are Of such location, characte
and description that it is neces
sary to drain the flood water