The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-02-07
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION.

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Malheur County, oregon. on the 2Sd
day of February. 1918. at which
election there shall be submitted TO
the qualified electors of the District
the question of the right of the Dis
trict to enter into a proposed con-
tract with the United States of Amer
lea, and whether or not the Board of
Directors Of said district be author
ized TO execute said proposed con-
tract for and on behalf of said Dis
trict, in which contract the United
States of America agrees to furnish.
during the low water season, from Ar
row Rock Reservoir. or other sources,
for lands under the Riverside canal
within the Riverside Irrigation Dis
trict in Idaho and the Big Bend Irri-
cation District in Oregon, the same
proportion OF storage water actually
available from said Arrow Rock Res.
ervoir as 1000 acre feet of the capa-
city is OF the total available capacity
OF said Reservoir. for the sum Of
$40, 10000. with maintenance as in
said contract provided. and agrees
to construct n drainage system for
the said Big Bend Irrigation District
of oregon and the said Riverside
Irrigation District OF Idaho for the
purpose Of draining the water-soaked
lands within said Districts. as pro-
vided in said proposed contract. to
the extent OF expending, n necessary,
the sum of $3.50. 10000 in the con-
struction ~ said drainage system.
as provided In said contract. which
contract is included In the general
plan adopted by the Board OF Direct
ors under date OF No-ember IL, 1917. !
and the cost OF said water supply and |
drainage system II to be apportioned1
between said Riverside Irrigation
District of Idaho and the Big Bend |
Irrigation District OF oregon In pro-
portion 10 the number OF acres within |
the boundaries of each OF said Dis
tricts. the said Districts being
Jointly liable TO the United States for
the entire amount OF the obligation,
tho number OF acres within said DIS
tricts being as follows: Riverside
Irrigation District OF Idaho. 9.2ti.96
acres. and the Big Bend Irrigation
District OF Oregon, 5.O53.46 acres.
and the said Districts agree TO pay
the cost OF said drainage and addi-
tional water supply in twenty annual
installments. without interest, as pro-
vided In said contract. The payment
OF the first installment for the water
supply shall become due and PAYABLE
December first OF the year during
which water IL first furnished 20 the
District by the United States. and
subsequent installments on December
first OF each year thereafter. The
payment OF the first installment for
the drainage system shall become due
and payable December first of the
year in which the drainage system
shall be constructed. 10 the extent de-
termined proper by the Secretary of
the Interior. and subsequent INSTALL
ments on the first OF December OF
each year thereafter Installments
for both water supply and drainage
shall be as follows; The FIRST four two
per cent,the next two four per cent.
the next fourteen six per cent. as pro-
vided in said contract. which contract
Is on file in the office OF the Board of
Directors OF said district. at Frank
A. Miller's residence within said Dis
triet, about two miles Southeast OF
the Riyeryiew post-offiee. Malheur
County. Oregon. and is hereby re-
ferred TO and made part hereof
Maps. plans. estimates. surveys
and specifications. together with the
report OF the State Engineer. are on
file at said office OF the Board OF Di-
reetors and at the office OF the State
Engineer at the State Capitol. Salem,
Oregon.
That under an order OF the Board
OF Directors the whole OF said Dis (
trict shall constitute one election pre-
cinot. and the place OF holding said
election shall be at the Wade School I
house in said District
The polls shall be open az eight
o'clock in the forenoon and shall con-
tinue open until five p m. OF said
day, at which election the ballots
shall contain the words, Contract 4,
with the United states-yes." and ,
Contract with the United States
no." or words equivalent thereto.
That the judges for said election !
are l.. E. Pillsbury. Frank Miller and ,
A. c. Holly.
BY order of the Board OF Directors
Of the Big Bend Irrigation District.
This 2ist day OF January. 1918.
FRANK MILLER,