Bascom W. Runyon. Water right. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That I Bascom W. Runyon have on the 20th day of February A.D. 1873 located and claimed Two hundred (200) inches (to be measured under a four in pressure) of the water flowing in Wrights Creek, situated in Surprise Valley, in the County of Siskiyou, State of California for purposes of irrigation Stock-water and other domestic uses.
Notes: SISKIYOU TRANSCRIPTION. Wrights Creek, Surprise Valley. Original dated Feb 20, 1873. Filed at request of J.C. Bowmer Esq., March 1, 1873. Recorded March 3, 1873 by John V. Brown, Recorder. Siskiyou Book 1 Water Rights page 110. Same Wrights Creek as Mary P. Minto's 1911 claim (page 202) — much older original right. E 1/2 of SE 1/4 Sec 11, T40N R16E. Certified by Eugene Dowling, Recorder (by C.A. Dowling, Deputy), Aug 22, 1914. Filed in Modoc at request of Mrs. Geo. M. Hudspeth, Aug 27, 1914. WOMAN requester — Mrs. Hudspeth likely inherited or purchased Runyon's lands and needed title verification.