NOTICE OF APPROPRIATION. hereby claim all of the surplus water flowing in sand creek in surprise valley in the county of Modoc state of california measured under a four inch pressure.
Notes: Claims 'surplus' water of Sand Creek in Surprise Valley — same 'surplus' language as L. Pate, indicating prior rights exist. Divert near SE corner of SE/4 Sec 31, T43N R17E. Handwritten correction: township changed from '31' to '43' — clerk error on form. Conduct NW to irrigate SE quarter. Witness Nick Tisserand (French name). 'Lafayett' — unusual spelling of Lafayette. T43N R17E is in extreme eastern Modoc near Nevada border. May 20, 1911.