The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-30

NOTICE OF PRESERVATION TO
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM
MIsSIONERS OF PROWERS
COUNTY, COLORADO, OF A Pc
TITIoN FOR THE ORGANIZA-
TION OF THE HOLLY DRAIN
AGE DISTRICT.
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CON
Germ
Notices is Hereby Given that the
undersigned acting as committee
for the petitioners in the petition
hereinafter set forth for the Organi
zation Of drainage district to be
known as THE Holly Drainage Dis
triet," comprising certain lands in
Frowers county, in the State OF
Colorado. will present said petition
to the Board of County COmInis-
sioners OF Prowers County, G0lora-
do, at, the office Of said Board in
the county court house In the City
OF Lamar, Colorado. at ten o'clock
in the forenoon on Monday, the
third day Of April, A. d. 1929, for
the purpose of having said Board
consider and act upon said petition
rs provided by law: and at said time
md place all persons Interested.
snd particularly those desirous OF
haying any OF the lands now includ-
ed within the boundaries OF said
proposed district described in said
L 2tition excluded from said drain
sea distrct, or having other lands
secluded therein, are hereby noti-
fed to be present, Said re'ition IS
+ words and figures as follows. to-
wit:
stcta Ct Colorado,
County of Prowers, So.
IN THE NATTER OF THE PETI-
TION F0R THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE PROPOSED THE HOLLY
DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
10 the Hon. Board OF County Com
uissioners of Prowers County, Colo
?o6o:-
The undersigned petitioners res
peatiully represent:
FIRST: That the petitioners,
each and all of whom are the own
,ers OF AGRICULTURAL lands susceptible
of drainage from the same general
system OF works, propose the or.
ennization of drainage district
8 sinder the provisions OF the sta
4,ltes of the State of Colorado rela-
tive thereto and particularly OF an
Act Of the General Assembly OF the
State of Colorado entitled, An Act
40 Provide for the Organization and
Government of Drainage Districts,
approved June End 1911, and the
Acts amendatory thereof, for which
said proposed drainage district the
name of 'sThe Holly Drainage Dis
rrict' is hereby proposed and select
.ed.
SECOND: That all of the lands
lying within the boundaries of the
said proposed drainage district, {
general description of which /.
hereinafter set forth, and each ant
every sraet thereof are not now cul
tivable and useful. or fully so, OF
account Of the wet, swampy ant
seeped condition thereof and can b
made more productive and usefu
;by the drainage thereof blythe sus
ten Of works proposed 10 be con
fstrricted. towit: an open ditci
silrough said district into the Al
ksnsas River ut such location a
;nlay be hereafter determined, Whlrl
works will be OF great benefit t.
;the sutd lands in the reclamation
s!ereof and in preventing furthe
6hiHry and damage thereto by tn
.sincad and increase of the said wet
.svampy and seeped condition.
THIRD: That this petition is al
cornpanied by map drawn to
scale of not less than two 'inche
10 the mile. toWit, one inch to eac
TWP Thousand t2OOO) feet, whicl
eseid map gives the names of tn
asyner or owners of each tract G
1;ud as the same oppears Of recor
proposed 1o be embraced in sal
iDistrict.
ForRTH: That the signers
;;hia petition constitute and are
,ajority of the whole number
she owners of lands embraced witt
in, the said proposed drainage di
,Irict whether residents or nOn-res
dents OF said Prowers County. Col
1ado, and the said signers are ais
the owners in the aggregate OF
majority of the total number
acres of land sought to. he inclu