The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-04-22

PETITION .I Eof foS Oss1 SEssE %F. q ISTF pisT TETTTE HORN
b ) : g II { 800 8 8 F s. ) #s#s! II AND 3 sS soT TIE
IN G aHz gA mE1eAf 6o I 6fsFRrc TITLE A0S" AND LODGE
.u-,S GONE I5l VOW 81 ss q y = f@il 1sat persons sSd who 9s,b nsss sSsfyeF FsDya saBt
and petition the Court as follows, to-Wit:
!, That Gs4at under q and @. pursuant a = t t. tsalgs Se,is11ssa ions Of !. c smsassd g ss Of
s sae Ssna aeds' a ss' pesia S 9 . d: aOe'ss o fo agn'' and a@ Organize a an
e aE1ga5lea D OF beTei nG ePe o pnp0ss q By eT t6e laws IL of 'f the e gtate
q Montana upon duly organized irrigation districts, and, in par
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s @sfsting 'l With an dc sf Unffed a States sSF n 1ss f ERa Fsd R4R0 Ree e Ss-3
which 3 shall permit 5sr9 the 9 performanee ab By the :" United as States Se Of work
II she st Rssk Of l heRsana: dE Sna pg Wpfss. OF OF o for tue pnre OF Sc
ssssnsioa: OpsIatiOn. and, Of, maiatenanss Of such works already
Indebtedness Of the united States on account Of district lands
stst That B h5 81 Ra Fsrs Esggf zsss p ss e 1s sEsBs:s ss .sE!gas5 sRrs a.:
ga . County Of Big Horn and State of Montana, and are described
ssass s g Rs & e e e {; Z aG e 8 s R4 sas 4 SssIsiaa: | ss ssstn;
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= zszt "a IF e fis ~ it 1Ssi 81 and p9sns 3, TS MaaS5ipn: $ s sssth; Range % 81
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dian q FL Sections sanfsu s. Z and T. T Teg1shlp 8 s South shs,t Eange So :, East 1a
Is, and a. Township 4 South, Range "a East of the Mon
tana Principal Meridian. - VI YE@ #]
and that ali Of the aforesaid lands are located within the boun-
diaries of the Crow Indian Reservation, Big Horn County, State
on Montana; that from the foregoing general description of the
lands heIeinbefore set forth. there are expressly excluded all
highways. and used as such at the date Of the filing of this
Tribal Lands, trust patented lands or allotted lands standing in
I N nl Ssiea 3 81 i g sRs sts Ssst s. % II a@ss1 Which aa n sle not at f sssn
purchased from said state.
That the names Of the holders of title or evidence Of title
% the lands In said proposed irrigation district, ascertained from
The records Of the office Of the County Clerk and Recorder Of
BIG Horn County, State of Montana, and the post office address
OF each are as set out and described in Exhibit aA", hereto at
tached and by this reference hereby made 2 part Of this Petition.
That generally the source from which the lands in said
proposed irrigation district are now being irrigated and will con-
tnue to be irrigated Is by direct diversion from the natural flow
OF the Little Horn River and Lodge Grass Greek, principally by
gravity, and possibly at some future time, by pumping Irrigation
water from said Little Horn River and said Lodge Grass Greek.
That the works Tor Che proposed Irrigation district have
been designed, located and almost completely constructed. oper-1