The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-25
PETITION FOR AN IRRIGATION
DISTRICT
To Be Presented to the County Court
of Harney County, State of Oregon.
on the 5th Day of March, 1919.
TO THE HONORABLE COUNTY
cOITRT or HARVEY COUNTY

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We, the undersigned citizens of the
United States, constituting a majority
of the owners cf land within the boun-
Garies as hereinafter described, or
who are bona fide claimants to un-
occupied land under the laws of the
United States, or who are the holders
of an uncompleted title or contract to
purchase state lands under the laws
o the State cf Oregon, all being duly
qualified owners of land, claimants to
uaoccupied land OF the United States
e. holders &C urcorlp,e.ol ti.lcc 70
State lands and all being qualified
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 wat
ers of Silvies River and its tributaries,
OF Foley Slough, Poison Creek and
Sage Hen Creek, for the purpose of
irrigation and the reclamation Of said
lands, and for domestic purposes, do
hereby petition your Honorable Court
as follows:
That it is the purpose of the under
signed petitioners to organize an ir-
rigation district under the provisions
and by virtue Of the irrigation district
laws of the State of Oregon as recit-
ed in Chapter 357, General Laws of
Oregon, 1917, providing for the organ
ization and management of irrigation
districts; and
That your Honorable Court do pro-
claim a district as set forth herein,
designating the name of said district
and defining the boundaries thereof /;
md
That your Honorable Court proceed
With such dispatch as may be under
said law to call an election for the
purpose above set forth and to do all
things necessary under said law for
the formation of said district, desig
1ating the time and place for voting
ii said election; and
That the boundaries and descrip-
ion 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 21, Township "a, South, Range
s2, East Of Willamette Meridian, IN
Harney County, Oregon; thence west
to the west quarter corner OF said
Sec. 81; thence south to the SW cor
ner of Sec. 33, all in same town and
range; thence west along the line be-
tween Townships "a AMI rs, South
10 the NV corner of Lot of Sec. 6
township rs, South, Range 90, East
thence south to the S'E corner 0i
gaid Lot /, Sec. 6; hen , west to the
S'V corner of Lot 1 o. said Sec. q
thence south to the NV corner Of Lot
:, of said Sec. g.; thence west to the
M corner of the SEA SEi, Of Sec
township %. South Range 81.
EAST; thence south to SW corner OF
SEA SEA Of sail Sec. / thence west
10 the NV corner Of Sec ~; thnnc@
south to the vest quarter corner oi
Sec. IL; thence west to the NV cor
ncr of NEA of SEh of Sec. II,
thence south TO the SW corner of 81
Z SEA Of said sec. II; thence wes
TO south quarter corner OF saic
Sec. II; thence south through the cen
ter Of sections IA end % to the south
quarter corner Of said Sec. %; thanc;
east to the Sc corner Of sec. 24, all il
Township 20, South, Range 81, East
thence east to the SE corner Of Sec
22, in Township %, South, Range 80
East; thence south to the SE corner
OF Sec 27; thence west TO the souti
quarter corner Of said Sec. 27; theme,
south to the center of Sec. "a, and al
in Township 25, south, Range 32
East, and the center of Sec 3, II
Township 26. South, Range 80, East
north Of Malheur Lake to the intersec
ion of said lire and the. meander lin,
bounding Malheur Lake. and beinf
: near the center OF said Sec. 3 thence
m an easter and northeasternly direc
hnu, following the meander line o.