The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-01-26

po,,irsbam and Blaine. There shouia
havo been no question and theie
should have been no argument,
If state roads are built for the oene
fiji of the greatest number OF TAX pay
ars the route is self selected.
blaine is located in the North"es'
CORNER of the Northwest county or 1he
state. 1t is distant from beiiiisn az,
about 80 miles. There are two possioi
routas One is the Northwest Dlasoh-
al road out of Bellingham and one 10
the Guide Meridian road out Oh Dem
inobam With either route the uls'anc
made will be about the same.
The Northwest Diagonal IS all 10
name implies for short distance Vi Tue
way to Blaine, then the route "oui'
have TO wind in and out among farm
and over and around hills for part
of the way. For a few miles OUT VI
Bellngham it passes over hlgh 'ah',
but land of fairly good quality, anu
unite thickly settled. AS the route
nears the Ferndale and Custer center
- ic in an even more fertile region,
though not so thickly settled. from
there on to Blaine the distance 10
mr. 20 miles is all high land-up NH
and down hill and winding about
The Guide Meridian and Sunas-
R1aine route is as strait as uie'
Strait north from Bellingham over III
Guide Meridian until Within 'iiiie
ar two of the boundary line it cross
es the Sumas- Blaine road-then strait
west over the Sumas-Blaine road un-
til nearing the terminus it makes the
necessary north into the boundary
town. Out of Bellingham north Oh the
Guide Meridian, as on the Northwest
Diagonal there is a slight up grade
getting from the sea level 20 the
bench land Then there is long
easy slope down again into the level
of the great Nooksack Valley--the
richest dairy section of the United
States. Once down into this valley 1t
is not left for miles and miles. For
miles and miles the road is lined on
each side with small farms, ranging
from five to forty acres in size. 1t is
the thickest settled portion of the
county, outside of the towns and cit
les. After you leave the NOoksack
valley proper for many more miles
you are in what We of Lynden call
Little Holland, really second level
of the same valley and hardly 20 feet
higher in elevation. 1t is great
stretch of country, nearly whole
township of which is entirely cleared
and under cultivation. Here the set
Element is as thick Or thicker than
in the river bottom. After leaving
Little Holland, and that is after you
are on the Sumas-Blaine road, you
pass over a slight ridge or strip
(there is no increase in elevation)
and come into a second large scope OF
cleared and thickly settled country.
Through this the road runs for sew
eral miles, and it is not until it nears
Blaine that there is again gradual
ascent to get back onto a level Of
the town which is some above sea
level.
There is no other road in What
com county that serves so many GAY
payers. 1t is impossible to build {
road of the same length in Whatcon
county that will serve more people.
Neither of the possible routes pas!
through Lynden. The Guide Merid
ian route, however, would come with
two miles of the center of the town
and hence would serve Lynden. i
would also be of great service to th'
people of Sumas, to the people u
Deming, Nooksack and Everson. 1
would serve the people of Custer
practically as well as the other route
1t would serve the people of Belling
ham and Blaine better than any othe
route for it would give them better
communication with the consumers o
the county.
1t would not serve Ferndale SO we'll
but if Senator Brown would change
his proposed bill for state dona
ton of $4,000 for the Northwest Di
5 agonal instead of for the Guide, thai
sum doubled by the county would
give Ferndale an equally good roat
so even Ferndale would undoubtedly
; be satisfied.
| see Senator Brown has introduced
A bill appropriating $4,000 for the
Guide Meridian and $1,000 for the i'm
provement of the Northeast Diagona
read. Quite a sop the senator is try.
ing to throw us Lynden and Gui1t
Meridian people isn't it. 10000 worlt
permanently improve a little more
than mile OF the Guide Meridian
If the county appropriated a like sun
1t is possible We could have three, Oh
: possibly four miles of improved road
The senator thinks that by his gen.
crosby he will make us forget that
he is striving to have the state build
: a road in front of his home farm
regardless that there is better route
Perhaps it will work senator. but
doubt it. Our county engineer tells us
that the matchmaking of the Guide
Meridian from Lynden to Bellngham
would cost about $4,000, perhaps q
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