Arnold Irrigation District

The amount of capital stock was $5,000 and location of its principal office was in the town of Lytle, in Crook County. Three other small irrigation companies, the Pine Forest Ditch Co., the Bend Company and the North Irrigation Co., the Bend Company and the North Irrigation Co., later absorbed by the Arnold CO., took water through the main canal of... the Arnold Irrigation Co. Water was diverted from the Deschutes River a few miles south of Bend, through the Arnold canal for the lands to be irrigated south and east of that city. Shares of stock in the company were sold to land owners on a commission basis. The North Irrigation Company was incorporated December 12, 1908 by John W. White, Edward Brosterhous and Fred A. Hunnel. The Pine Forest Irrigation Company was organized November 2, 1908 and articles of incorporation were signed by W.J. McGillvary, C.D. Rowe and Cora A. Ferguson. No record could be found of when the companies merged and became one under the Arnold Irrigation Company. The Arnold Irrigation Company filed on the natural flow rights in the Deschutes River on February 1, April 15, and April 25, 1905. Filings of the Arnold Irrigation Company were 23rd and 24th in numerical order on the Deschutes River. Important prior filings were made by the Deschutes Reclamation (Swalley Ditch), the Central Oregon Irrigation Company (Crescent Lake) and by the Cline Falls Company for irrigation and power. On September 22, 1906 the Arnold Irrigation Co., by a majority vote of the stockholders increased its capital stock from 5,000 to 6,000 dollars. On October 5, 1912, supplementary articles of incorporation were filed by W.J. McGillvary, Ed Brosterhous, Chas. Sipchen, W.F. McNaught and L.D. Wiest, duly elected, qualified and acting directors of the Arnold Irrigation Co. and adopted by ¾vote at a meeting of the stockholders held at the company offices in Bend. The Capital stock was $10,000 the number of shares was 100, each having a par value of $100. Construction of the company's canal was begun on or about April 1, ...Read More