Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-11-02
PETITION

1%'io' III anu LOT iHe county o.
| Gayette.---- ------ ----...-.
In the matter of the organization
of Drainage District No. of the
County of Payette, State of Idaho.
The undersigned petitioners re-
specially petition and represent to
the Court as follows:
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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
Drainage District hereinafter pro
posed and described.
II.
That they desire to form and have
organized a Drainage District under
the provisions of title XXXIV, Chap
ter 179 of the Idaho Compiled
Statutes 1919, out Of a portion OF
the County of Payette, State of Ida
no, and that said District shall be
known and designated as Drainage
District No. 5 of the County of Pay.
cite, State of Idaho.
III
That the lands lying within the
boundaries of and comprising said
proposed Drainage District consist
of approximately IT'S acres, and com.
pise parts of Sections Is and % of
Township s North, Range West B.
NJ. in Payette county, Idaho, par
tlcularly described as follows:
In said Section Is all of blocks 2.
3, 4, 3, and of Assessors Liberty
Tract, as recorded in Book 1 of Plats
on Page IL in the Office of the County
Recorder of said Payette County, /
Idaho; and in said Section % the
North Half of the Northeast Quarter!
of the Northeast quarter of the North
west Quarter (Nh MEL MEL !
NWA) and all that part of the
Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter (NWA NEA) lying west of
the canal of the Farmers Cooperative
irrigation Co., Ltd, containing IT'S
acres.
That the greater portion of said
Ianos contain an excess of alkalai and
are wet and water logged to such an
extent as greatly to hinder their crop
production, and they are furtherSir
such condition as to interfere seri-!
ously with the health, welfare and
conyeniences of the person residing
thereon; that said lands require al
combined system of drainage, and
your petitioners desire the orgauiza-
ton of special Drainage District EN-
oracing said lands for the purpose of
and maintaining the !
necessary drains for the drainage and
reclamation of said lands.
v.
The special object of the orgauiza-
lion OF said proposed Drainage Dis.
Irlct is to drain thoroughly and per.
manently the lands within its bonn
1aries which are wet and water
logged, and those in danger of he
coming so, to render said lands more
productive and habitabIe, TO safe
guard the public health, 10 promote Z
me welfare and convenience of per.
sons residing within said proposed
district and to increase the public S
revenue.
VI. ,
1t is proposed that the system of
1rainage for said district shall con-
'lst OF main tile drain laid in the
ground to a depth of from eight TO !
line feet, beginning near the South ,
quarter corner of Section Is, Town +,
ship s North, Range 5 W. B. M. and
thence North along tbe,
westerly boundary of the public
lighWay one-half mile thencei
East along the South bopnd-
Try Of the public highway a.
Instance of one-quarter mile, thence
Worth approximately six hundred C
ixty-five (665) feet to an outlet in I
ne Payette River, total distance over y
which said drain will extend is about
orty-six hundred (460O) feet; the
lie to be laid in said drain shall he e
rom fourteen to sixteen inches in dts-
meter and laid in open joints, excent O
such places where it may be neces. :,
airy to cement joints to protect drain Il
galnst penetration by tree roots t.
he system as herein proposed win e
e combination of relief and ',n'
reception" drainage and will he CO
eslgned as to take care of surface
'aste water through specially con-
.ructed inlets and will be provided
'lth necessary inspection holes and
ian holes. 4,
VII. u
Ihat the organization and forma- d.
on of said drainage district and the et
obstruction and maintenance of said ell
roposed system of drainage will he -,
to the public health, wei. ~
ire and convenience, will increase