NOTICE OF APPROPRIATION OF WATER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of California respecting water rights, the undersigned has appropriated, and hereby claims forty inches of water, flowing in Wrights creek, Modoc County, California.
Notes: Woman claimant — Mary P. Minto. NOTARIZED claim (not just witnessed) — K.M. Lester, Notary Public in and for Modoc County. Wrights Creek emerges from Warner Range of mountains — the canyon mouth is the diversion point. 'Raising of crops' is unusual purpose language (vs standard 'irrigation'). Witness F.E. Bush. Dated June 5, 1912. Filed June 10. Signed A.M. Ballard, Deputy. T40N R16E is in eastern Modoc near Surprise Valley.