The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-16
Northeast quarter tsW "A. NE Ia
southwest Quarter OF the Northeast

OF S3O feet to the east and west
hnif-section line OF said Section
Eighteen uSj: thence East along
tile east and west half-sectiOn line
of said Section Eighteen tlS) dis
tance Of 1920 feet: thence South
along the east boundary line of the
of said Section Eighteen (1Sl 1890
'eet to the East boundary line OF
said Section. thence North along
said line distance of 7S0 feet to an
intersection with the Buffalo Canal.
thence Easterly along the South
boundary line Of the right-Of-way of
the Buffalo Canal, u distance OF
3.425 feet to the place OF beginning,
the same being point on the east
and west half-sectiOn line of Section
Seventeen 10 which is G6O feet east
Of the center of said Section Seven
teen u7l. excepting only that there
IS excluded from the lands included
within the boundaries OF said des-
cription the land lying within the
boundaries of the incorporated
Town of Holly, said lands being
more particularly described as fol
lows, to-wit:
All south Of the Buffalo Canal
in the Southeast Quarter (SE 14l
of Section Ten t10) and the North
east Quarter tNE Ia and all north
OF the south right ofway line of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway in the East Half (E 1-2)
of the Northeast Quarter tNE la
and the North $50 feet Of the South
east Quarter lSE Ia of Section Fif-
teen n5) In Township Twenty-three
1879 South, Range Forty-two (42)
West Of the Sixth Principal Meri-
slian.
SIXTH: That the petitioners Sc
lect and name as committee from
said petitioners to present this
petition to the Board of County
of Prowers County,
Colorado, and to give due and legal
notice OF such presentation to said
Board are the following named petit
TONERS: j. S. McMurtry. w. ].
Pratt, and w. II. Shively, each of
which is land owner in said pro
posed district and a signer of this
petition.
SEVENTH: That the petitioners
tender herewith a good and suffi-
cient bond in the penal sum of Five
Hunded Dollars $500, the same
heing more than double the amount
of the probable cost OF organization
nj said drainage district conditioned
for the payments of all costs incur
red in such proceedings in case said
organization shall not be effected.
WHEREFORE your petitioners
pray that the Board of County Com
missicners of Prowers County, Colo,
rade, cause the question OF the or
ganization of said District to be
submitted to a vote of the owners
of land lying within the boundari-
as of said proposed District who
are residents OF the State of Colo
rade, Citizens of the United States,
1r have declared their intention to
become citizen of the United
states: that the boundaries OF
the said proposed drainage district
be fixed and determined, and that
aach and every act and thing be
lone necessary and needful for the
organization OF the said proposed
lrainage district.
Signatures of Petitioners:
w. H. Shively; J. w. Bryce; @.
w. Smeltzer: ]. S. McMurtry; Thos.
Glibbon; Clyde Miller; w. C. Simp-
sen; Edgar Brown; w. j. Pratt;
A. L. HOugland; j. s. Frazier; John
Duncan; Duncan & Wilkin; Laura
b. Wilkin; II. s. Rollins; H. L.
Chrlstman; Ed Barnett; C. Stimson
A. b, Wells; c. A. Erikson: Ray S.
Glaze; w. +. Debus; r. D. Chad
wick; Chas Hoar; +. J. Conley; A.
f. Conley; C. r. Harris, w. j..
House; Joseph H. Hargreaves; The
Colorado Investment and Realty
Co by Chas. j. Wright. Sec; o. b.
Heitzman; Addie Fl. Sayer; John
Cores: Pearl C. Lewis; Jay s. Reed;
NJ. u. DeWald; II. f. Johnson; Mrs.
F. Il. Barnes; John Mueller: Ere
mont Miller. by ]. s. McMurtry. his
agent; IL. M. Wiley by J. s. McMur-
try, his agent, Mrs. r. Shillings by
J. S. McMurtrq, her agent:
g. L. Calvert; by J. s. McMurtry
his agent; The Salvation Army. by
J. G, McMurtry. their agent; I. N.
Swafford John Robson; w. A. Bar
Der by +. McGrath. his agent;
Frank McGrath: Lavina B. COnover
C. A. Pinkham: s. s. Lane. Bur
nett Hughes, by F. H. Allen. his
agent; j, l.. Vaughn by I. N. Swat
ford, his agent; Asa l.. Lapham: q.
F. Merrifield: NJ. A. Reed; Sarah G,
Reed; J. G. Wadsworth; T. NJ
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