The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-04-29

NoE4NlaI ~ ms NOODAf
Clerk Of Malheur
County, oregon.
by II. s. SACKETT,
Deputy.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE or OREGON, FOR
MALHEUR COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE ORGAN
IZATION OF THE "FAIRMORE
IRRIGATION DISTRICT"
PETITION FOR ORGANIZATION
To the Hon, the County Court,
for Malheur County, oregon:
We, the undersigned petitioners
respectfully petition and show to
your Honorable Court, as follows:
That we and each of us. either
Jointly or severally, are the owners
of tract of land of one or more
acres within the boundaries OF the
proposed irrigation district ~ here
matter set forth and desc 'ibcd, and
that we constitute more than fifty
per cent of the different owners OF
land within said proposed district
and susceptible of irrigation from
the proposed system.
Q.
That all OF the lands within the
boundaries OF the said proposed irri-
cation district. and as hereinafter
described, are susceptible of praC-
tical irrigation from the same source
and from the same system OF works
and pumping plant, by means OF
which II n proposed to take water
from Snake river by means of pumps
and motors for the irrigation thereof.
3.
That your petitioners desire to
and do propose TO organize an irriga-
tlon district under tie irrigation
laws OF the State OF oregon Chapt.
357. page 7I3. laws of 1917, and the
Acts amendatory thereto, for the
purpose OF furnishing water for the
irrigation OF the lands within the
boundaries OF the said proposed dis
trict.
That the boundaries OF the propos-
ed irrigation district inclosing the
lands which Il In desired to have In
cluded within said irrigation district,
are as follows. to-wit:
Commencing at the SW corner OF
the NEA Sec. 10, thence east to the
SE corner OF the WhSEh NEh
said Sec. 10; thence north to the
NE corner OF the VIZ SE u NEh of
said Sec. 10: thence east TO the Sc
corner OF the NV u NV u, Sec. II;
thence north TO NE corner of SWh
SWh. Sec. 2; thence west 100 rods;
thence north TO the north boundary
of the NEh OF SEh, Sec. 3 thence
west to NV corner OF Sc Secs
thence south TO the place OF begin
ming, containing $40 acres, more or
less OF irrigated lands, and all In T.
rs s. Il. a. II. w. NJ. In Malheur
County, oregon.
8.
That all OF the said lands have.
heretofore, been imperfectly and in
sufficiently watered and attempted
TO be- watered from an inadequate
and impractical source and system,
but owing to the insufflciency OF said
source and system, your petit
tiOners have suffered great loss
and damage to their crops and lands,
and said loss and damage threaten to
continue and will continue II your
petitioners cannot secure better
and different water supply for their
said lands.
WHEREFORE. Your petitioners
respectfully ask this Honorable Court
to make and enter an order herein,
organizing said proposed irrigation
district, and that the name OF the
said proposed irrigation be the
"FAIRMORE IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT"
John Martin, Ontario, Oregon.
Alex Martin, Ontario, Oregon
Mary s. Martin, Ontario, oregon.
Emma Cook, Ontario, Oregon,
p. j. Flynn, Ontario, Oregon
Margaret Flynn, Ontario. Oregon,
C. A. Cook, ontario, oregon.
G, Josephine White, Ontario, Ore
gOn.
+. S. Evans, administrators for
Fry Estate, Ontario, Oregon.
John Zimmerman, Ontario, Ore
gon.
Ed Berry, Ontario, Oregon.
+. j. Berry, Ontario, Oregon,
j. II. Seaweard, Ontario, Oregon,
Kate Fiser, Ontario, Oregon.
Thomas b. Fiser, Ontario, Oregon.
Peter Hughes, Ontario, Oregon.
Sarah c. Hughes, Ontario, Oregon.
Ida f. Seaweard, Ontario, Oregon.
Sarah Il, Turner, Ontario, Oregon.
Alice Smith, Ontario, Oregon,
Wig, w. White, Ontario, oregon.
Barney l.. Bull, Ontario, Oregon
j. III. Guerin, Ontario, Oregon.
Randall Sage, Ontario. Oregon.
Edward McDermott Roe, Ontario,
Oregon.
Susan McDermott Roe, Ontario,
Oregon.
Emily Utley, Mildred Utley, by
W. III. Utley, their guardian and