Water Resources Department Records Guide
Record Series Descriptions
Columbia Southern Irrigating Company Case Records
1893-1916
Location:
Boxes 3-7
Map Drawer 5
Map Box 1
Volume Storage
Quantity:
5.75 total cubic feet
9 maps (.1 cubic foot)
11 volumes (.9 cubic foot)
Arrangement: Alphabetical by company name; thereunder, alphabetical by type of record; correspondence arranged chronologically
Series documents the financial and legal affairs of the Columbia Southern Irrigating Company and its predecessor the Three Sisters Irrigating Ditch Company concerning an irrigation project and the reclamation of land along the west side of the Deschutes River in Crook County.
Series contains records of the Columbia Southern Irrigating (Irrigation) Company; the Three Sisters Irrigating Ditch Company; and the Oregon, Washington, and Idaho Finance Company, which was involved with the transfer of rights between the irrigating companies. Land and water rights were eventually transferred to the state of Oregon.
Series includes correspondence; corporation records such as by-laws, minutes, and stock certificates; legal documents such as contracts, mortgages, and depositions; land records such as deeds, abstracts, and land descriptions; and fiscal records. The primary topics of the records in this series concern the ownership of land, the sale and purchase of water rights, reclamation, and irrigation projects.
Related records are the Certificates of Proof, Desert Land Board Records, Desert Land Board Reclamation Records, and Irrigation Project Claim Payment Records.
Separated Oversized Volumes:
Title: |
Columbia Southern Irrigating Co. Records |
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Removed from: |
Box 5 / Folder 43 |
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Transferred to: |
Oversize Volume Storage |
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Record type: |
3 volumes |
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Description: |
1. Corporation Book, 1903-1905 |
Title: |
Columbia Southern Irrigating Co. Records |
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Removed from: |
Box 5 / Folder 47 |
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Transferred to: |
Oversize Volume Storage |
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Record type: |
3 volumes |
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Description: |
1. Interest Due Account Book, 1906-1907 |
Title: |
Columbia Southern Irrigating Co. Records |
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Removed from: |
Box 7 / Folder 12 |
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Transferred to: |
Oversize Volume Storage |
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Record type: |
3 volumes |
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Description: |
1. Treasurer's Account Book, 1893-1900 |
Title: |
Columbia Southern Irrigating Co. Records |
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Removed from: |
Box 7 / Folder 26 |
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Transferred to: |
Oversize Volume Storage |
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Record type: |
1 volume |
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Description: |
Three Sister's Irrigating Ditch Co., Stock Subscription Book, 1899-1904; includes meeting minutes. |
Separated Maps:
SERIES TITLE: Columbia Southern Irrigating Co. Records
RECORDS REMOVED FROM BOX/FOLDER: 5/46
RECORDS TRANSFERRED TO: Map Box 1
TYPE OF RECORDS REMOVED: Chart
NUMBER OF RECORDS REMOVED: 1
DESCRIPTION:
Chart Showing Stockholders of Preferred, Common, and Treasury Stock, 1900-1901 (includes name of stockholder and number of shares)
SERIES TITLE: Columbia Southern Irrigating Co. Records
RECORDS REMOVED FROM BOX/FOLDER: 6/9
RECORDS TRANSFERRED TO: Map Box I
TYPE OF RECORDS REMOVED: Certificate
NUMBER OF RECORDS REMOVED: 1
DESCRIPTION:
Certificate of Register of Land, William A. Laidlaw, filed with U.S. Land Office, 1906
SERIES TITLE: Columbia Southern Irrigating Co. Records
RECORDS REMOVED FROM BOX/FOLDER: 6/32
RECORDS TRANSFERRED TO: Map Drawer 1 (Maps 1-2); Map Box 1 (Maps 3-6)
TYPE OF RECORDS REMOVED: Maps
NUMBER OF RECORDS REMOVED: 6
DESCRIPTION:
1-2. "Map Showing Lands of Columbia Southern Irrigation Co.," shows private, state, company, and waste lands, 1907.
Printed map
Scale: 1" = 3000'
36" x 14"
3-6. Township Maps of "Tumalo Creek Adjudication," shows location of company canals, creek, and rivers, 1909.
Blueprint
No scale given
12" x 12"
SERIES TITLE: Columbia Southern Irrigation Company Records
REMOVED FROM: Box 7 / Folder 7
RECORDS TRANSFERRED TO: Map Roll 4
TYPE OF RECORD: 2 profiles
MEDIUM: red and black ink on paper
DIMENSIONS: 8" x 60", 8" x 6 yards
SCALE: vertical: 1" = 30'; longitudinal: 1" = 400'
DESCRIPTION:
Three Sisters Irrigation Ditch Co., Canal Profile; showing topography and incline of canal and ditch
1. Profile of Three Sisters Canal (similar profile removed from box 12, folder 24)
2. Profile of Irrigating Ditch
Oversized volumes separated from this series are described in the "Separated Volume Descriptions" section of this guide.
