The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-01-31
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Malheur county, oregon, on the zSo
day of February. 1918, at which
election there shall be submitted &c
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.
ica, 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,
durng the low water season. from Ar
row Rock Reservoir. or other sources.
Tor 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
S20. 100000. with maintenance as In
said contract provided. and agrees
TO construct 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 expendlng. n necessary,
the sum OF $3.50. 100000 in the con-
structlon of said drainage system
Ms provided IN said contract, which
contract Is included in the general
plan adopted by the Board OF Direct
ors under date of November if, i917
and the cost of said water supply aud
drainage system is TO be apportloned
between said Riverside IRRIGATION
District OF Idaho and the Big Bend
iIrrlgation District OF oregon In pro-
portion TO the number OF acres within
the boundaries Of each OF said Dis
tricts. tho said D,stricts 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. 9.21l SO
acres. and the Big Bend Irrigation
District pf oregon. 6,053.46 acres,
and the said Districts agree To pny
the cost OF said drainage aud addi-
tlonal water supply In twenty annual
hstallments. without interest, az pro-
yided In said contract. The payment
OF the first installment for the wator
iupply shall become due and payable
December first OF the year during |
which water is first furnished TO 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. 20 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 ET per cent. as pro-
yided 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 |
trict, about two miles Southeast OF
the Riverview post-office. Malheur
County. Oregon. and Is hereby re-
ferred 10 and made part hereof.
Maps. plans. estimates. Ssurveys
and specifications. together with the
report OF the State Engineer. are on
file at said office of the Board OF Di-
rectors 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
triet shall constitute one election pre-
cinct, and the place OF holding said
election shall be at the Wade School
house In said District.
The polls shall be open at 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
with the United States-yes." and
Contract with the United States
no." or words equivalent thereto.
That the Judges for said election
are l.. r. PAlsbury. Frank Miller and
A. q. Holly.
by order pf the Board of Directors
81 the Bis Bend Irrigation District,
thizs2lst dof OF January, 1913,
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