Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-11-09
A. l.. FREEHAFER,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
PETITION

idaho, III and for the County OF
Iayette.----
In the matter of the organization
of Drainage District No. 5 of the
County of Payette, State of Idaho.
The undersigned petitioners re-
spectfully petition and represent to
the Court as follows:
I.
That they and each of them are of
lawful age and are together the
owners of more than one-fifth of the
acreage within the boundaries of the
posed and described.
II.
That they desire to form and have
organized a Drainage District under
Inc provisions OF title XXXlV, Chap
Ter 179 of the Idaho Compiled
statutes 1919, out of portion of
.ne County of Payette, State of Ida
40, and that said District shall be
known and designated as Drainage
district No. OF the County of Pay
atte, State of Idaho.
III
That the lands lying within the
boundaries of and comprising said
proposed Drainage District consist
u approximately IT'S acres, and COM
use parts of Sections Is and 22 of
township s North, Range 5 West B.
IL. in Payette county, Idaho, par
icularly described as follows:
in said Section Is all of blocks 2,
,, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of Assessors Liberty
iract, as recorded in Book l of Plats
IN Page in the office of the County
tecorder of said Payette County,
daho; and in said Section 90 the
'orth Half of the Northeast Quarter
II the Northeast quarter of the North
vest Quarter (N1a NEA NEA
NV "a and all that part of the
Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter (NWA NEA) lying west of
NE canal of the Farmers Cooperative
irrigation Co., Ltd, containing IT'S
..cres
".
That the greater portion of said
ands contain an excess of alkalai and
ire wet and water logged to such an
sXtent as greatly to hinder their croD
reduction, and they are further in
dch condition as to interfere seri-
Iusly with the health, welfare and
ionYenlences of the person residing
-hereon; that said lands require a
combined system of drainage, and
Jour petitioners desire the organiza-
ION OF special Drainage District en-
racing said lands for the purpose of
constructing and maintaining the
necessary drains for the drainage and
reclamation of said lands.
V.
me special object of the organiza-
tlon OF said proposed Drainage Dis
.rlct is to drain thoroughly and per.
nanently the lands within it's bonn
taries which are wet and water
osgea, and those in danger of be-
;oming so, to render said lands more
productive and habitabIe, to SAFE
guard the public health, to promote
Inc Welfarek and convenience of ner-
'ons residing within said proposed
district and to increase the public |
revenue.
VI.
1t is proposed that the system of
drainage for said district shall con-
slst or main tile drain laid in tbe
ground to a depth of from eight to-
hine feet, beginning near the South
quarter corner of Section Is, Town
snip North, Range 5 w. B. M. and
running thence North along fhe
westerly boundary of the public
highway one-half mile thence
EAST along the South bound
airy OF the public highway
Instance of one-quarter mile, thence
NORTH approximately six hundred
sixty-flve (665) feet to an outlet in
the Payette River, total distance over
wnich said drain, will extend is about
.orty-slx hundred (4600) feet; the
TIE 10 be laid in said drain shall he
from fourteen to sixteen inches in dta-
meter and laid in open joints. excent
N such places where it may be necss.
sary TO cement joints to protect drain
against penetration by tree roots
me system as herein proposed win
be a combination of "reliefn and st.,
exception drainage and will be 81
resigned as to take care of surface
waste water through specially con-
Itructed inlets and will be provided
with necessary inspection holes and
man holes.
Ihat the organization and forma-
non OF said drainage district and the
construction and maintenance of said
proposed system of drainage will be
conducive to the public health, well
fare and convenience. will increase |,