The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-14
PETITION FOR AN IRRIGATION
DISTRICT

To be Presented 10 the County Court
of Ha-nes County, State of Ore
gon, on the End Day of JAM, 1919.
TO THE HONORABLE COUNTY
COURT OF HARNEY COUNTY:
We, the undersigned oitisens Of the
United States, constituting . majority
of the owners OF land within the bonn
daries as hereinafter described. or
who are bona fide claimants 10 IN
occupied land under the laws OF the
United States. or who Ia the holder
of an uncompleted title or contract
to purchase State lands under the
laws of State of Oregon, all being
duly qualified owners of land and
electors under the laws of the State
of Oregon for organizing irrigation
districts, being desirous of forming
an irrigation district embracing the
lands hereinafter designated within
the boundaries hereinafter described
and set forth, and utilizing the waters
of Silvies River and It's tributaries,
Foley Slough and Poison Creek for
the purpose of irrigation and the re-
clamation OF said lands, and for dom
estic purposes, do hereby petition
your Honorable Court as follows:
That It Is the purpose of the un-
dersigned petitioners to organize an
irrigation district under antl by vir-
tue of the irrigation district laws OF
the State of Oregon as recited In
Chapter 357, General Laws of Ore
gon. 1917, providing for the organ
ization and management OF irriga-
tion districts; and
That your Honorable Court do
proclaim district rs set forth
herein. designating the name of
said district and defining the bound
aries thereof; and
That your Honorable Court pro-
ceed with such dispatch as may bo
under said law to call an election
for the purposes above set forth and
to do all things necessary under said
law for the formation of said dis
trlct, designating the time and places
for voting at said election; and
That the boundaries and descrip-
ton of the land under said district
shall be as follows. to-wit:
Beginning at the intersection OF
the East Fork OF Silvies River and
the east and west quarter line
through Section 81. Township "a,
South Range 32, East Willamette
Meridian, in Harney County, Ore
gon; thence west to the west quarter
corner OF said Sec. 81; thence south
to the SW corner of Sec. S3. all
in same town and range; thence west
along the line between Townships
"a and 25 to the NV corner of Lot
of Sec. 6, Township %, South
Range 32, East: thence south to
SW corner OF said Lot /, Sec. s.
thence west to SW corner of Lot
of said Sec. 6; thence south to NV
corner of Lot 7 OF same section;
thence west to the NV corner ol
/ Sc a SEA of Sec. l, Township 20
South, range 81 East; thence
south to the SW corner of said sen
SEA Sec. Il thence west to the NV
corner of Sec. 10; thence south to the
west quarter corner OF said Sec. IL
thence west to the NV corner Of
NE u SEA OF Sec. II; thence soutl
10 the SW corner of Sc q SEh o.
said Sec. II; thence west to soutf
quarter corner of said Sec. IL
thence south through center of Secs
LA and 23 to South quarter corner
| of Sec. 23; thence east to Sc corner
of Sec. "a, all In Township 25, South
Range 81, East; thence east to th'
Sc corner OF Sec. %, In Township
rs, South, Range 32, East; thence
south to the Sc corner of Sec. 27
thence west to the south quarter
| COTntT VI bdiu ctN' g thShsO oouss
| through the center OF Sec. "a, all IL
Township 25 South, Range 32, East
and the center OF Sec. 3, In Town
ship 26 South, Range 32, East
North of Malheur Lake, to the In
tersection of said line and the meand
er line bounding Malheur Lake, anC
being near the center of said Sec. 3
thence In an easterly and northeast
erly direction following the meand
cred line OF said lake to the ST
corner of Sec, 23, Township 25
South, Range 32h, East; thence
north to the NE corner of Sec. II
thence west to the north west corner
of Sec. 10; thence north to the eas
quarter corner of Sec. 4; thence ives
to the west quarter corner OF sale