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 claim eighty inches of water, flowing in Bidwell Creek in the county of Modoc, State of California, measured under a four inch pressure.
Notes: Bidwell Creek — named after Fort Bidwell in Surprise Valley. 80 inches for 35 acres (explicitly stated acreage — unusual). T46N R16E is in the Surprise Valley/Fort Bidwell area. WATER USED SINCE 1900 — 15 years continuous use. Witness Luetta Blunt (family — likely wife). Dated May 24, 1915. Filed May 25. Recorded by T.H. Ballard with A.M. Ballard, Deputy.