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 one hundred and sixty inches of water flowing in Sand Creek in Surprise Valley in the county of Modoc.
Notes: SECOND PUMPING PLANT in the entire record (first was C. Claussen on Pitt River, page 198). DITCH AND PUMPING PLANT — mechanical elevation of water. Sand Creek in T43N R17E — another competitor on this heavily contested creek (Fox 10,000 inches, Dodge surplus, Farmer/McDaniel 500 inches, and now Buck 160 inches). Witness Joshua H. Hutchinson (the Fortynine Creek claimant from page 223 — witness network continues). S.S. Buck also witnessed Hutchinson's claim — reciprocal witnessing. Dated Sept 29, 1913. Filed Oct 1.