Blue Creek Irrigation District was organized April 3, 1905, and the first officers were : Division No. 1, Richard Clark, director by a vote of thirteen to four for A. S. Ross ; division No. 2, Henry Black, director by eleven votes with no opposition ; division No. 3, James Orr, director, by sixteen votes with no opposition; George McCormick was elected treasurer by sixteen votes without opposition, and George Gilliard, assessor, by sixteen votes with one cast for James Caslin. The total vote cast was twenty of which eighteen were for the organization of the district and two opposed. Today the irrigation in Deuel county is of much importance in raising certain crops on the watered land that could not be raised before, and in consequence different agricultural products are becoming of importance in these districts where any crop planted never fails. The farmers on the irrigated farms are becoming prosperous and the country is richer as a result, which is reflected in the growth of the market towns. So it is to be seen that while a large part of the original irrigated district was taken away, enough was left Deuel to make it a county which is introducing more irrigation as it is found feasible and profitable. Humor and Incidents of Deuel History
The pages of history and record are often enlivened by humor which takes away the dullness of mere facts. Simon Hopper, who was reelected commissioner in 1SC>7. was on January 6, 1898, on the convening of the new board