The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1913-05-15
NOTICE OF HEARING
BEFORE the HONORABLE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSION
ERS OF WHATCOM
COUNTY, WASH

COUNTY. WASH
INGTON.
IN the Matter of the Petition OF
w. e. Braford, ct al. for the organ
ization of a Drainage District.
NOTICE OF HEARING.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tina
a petition has been filed with the
BOARD of County Commissioners Of
Whatcom County, Washington, pray
ing for the establishment of q
Drainage District in said County.
and that said petition will be heard
and considered by the Board Of
County Commissioners at spe'
cial meeting of said Board on the
31st day of May, 1913, at lO:3o
A. Mat the Court House OF said
County, in Bellingham. Washing
ton; and that said petition Is IN
words and figures as follows, to-
wit:
AMENDED PETITION FOR Es
TABLIsHMENT OF DRAINAGE
DISTRICT.
To the Hon. Board of County Com.
missiOners, WhatcOm County, Stat
of Washington:
Gentlemen
We. the undersigned inhabitant
and freeholders of Whatcom Coun
ty. State of Washington, residing
and owning land within the terri
tory hereinafter described. and q
majority of the acreage within
said proposed district be-
ing owned by the petitioners, de-
hereby petition the Board for the
formation of a Drainage District IN
accordance with the provisions oil
Chap. II, Title XVII, Remington
& Ballinger's Code of the State OF
Washington;
The object of creating such
Drainage District Is to drain tn
land within the proposed boundar
les thereof and keep the surface an,
other water from overlooking the
land of the petitioners, or some Of
them, by means of a main ditch ex
tending from a commencement pOin
near the center of Sec. Is, Twp
80, N. r.. 3, f. w. M. as more par.
ticularly set forth hereinbelow, a.
long the most feasible route from
thence, through and across said
proposed District, to an outlet with
in the boundaries of the said pro.
posed District, located in the
northwest quarter of section ten
township thirty-nine, range three
e. w. NJ, such outlet emptying in
to a certain lake. known as Greer
Lake. lying partly in said nOrthwes
quarter. and by spurs and branch
es leading into such main ditch
from the lands embraced in sucl
proposed district; that an approx
mate description of the location Of
such main ditch and such spurs and
branches will be about as follows
tO-wit:. ~ Al
MAIN DITCH.
From q commencement point OF
the South line of the NWA. NWA
Sec. is, about 20 rods. more Of
less. West of the center of sale
NWA: thence in a general north
easterly direction across said NWA
NWN. Sec. Is, the Sc portion O
SEA-. SWA. the NWH of SWA
SEA, Sec. 10, thence in genera
northerly direction across NEA.
EA. and SEA NEA. said Section
lost hence n0rtherly and westerly
across SW portion of NEA, NEA
said Section 10; thence in gen
eral westerly direction, following 9
now existing ditch or water course
through Northern portion of sale
Section 10 to the ditch outlet In
to Green Lake, within said dis
trict; the said course being up
prOximate only, and the said ditcf
to be placed where the Topographic
cal survey may determine is thu
proper course according to, the con
tour of the ground, and by the
following spurs or branch bitches
described and located, approximate
ly as follows. to-wit:
SPUR NO. I. Commencing al
or about the NE corner of the NV
u, NWA of Section Is; thence
west along the south half of Roat
No. III to the point where the
main ditch crosses said Road No
1T.
SPUR NO. 2. Commencing a,
or about the Sc corner of SEN
NEA Sec. Is. or at such other more
northerly point on the Section line
between Sections IA and Is as thu
locating engineer may determine a,
the proper point; thence north a.
long road No. 116 to a point q
little south of the NE corner Of
SEA sen Section 10: thence ives
terly and little northerly to con.
meet with the main ditch at or neal
the center of the SEA of said Sec.
ton 10:
SPUR NO. 3. Commencing a,
point on the section line be.
tween Sections 2 and II, about 20
rods. more or less, west of NE cor.
ner Of NWA. NWA. said section
II on or along road 1926; thence
In a general southwesterly direc.
ton to connect with the main ditch
together with any other spur that
the locating engineer may find nee.
essary to properly drain the land
IN Section IL included in said dis.
trict although petitioners believe
that the said main ditch and the
spurs described will be all that IL
required.
The boundaries of such propos-
ed Drainage District will be about
as follows, to-wit: Beginning al
the Sc corner of NWH, SWK IL
1873. e. w. NJ; thence, N. alone
forty line to NE cor of NWA NWZ
Sec. IL; thence e. about 40 rods
on section line to Sc corner OF
Rainford land; thence due north
about 80 rods to NE cor. of Rain
FORD land In Section 2; thence west
to NV corner of SWA SWN Sec.
ton Q; thence South on section
line to Sc corner of Section 8:
thence West on section line to SW
corner OF Sec. s.: thence South,
crossing Green Lake; to SW cor
ner OF NWA NWA Section 10;
thence east on 40 line to Sc cor