The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1913-05-22
NOTICE OF HEARING
BEFORE the HONORABLE BOARI
OF COUNTY COMMISSION
ERS OF WHATCOM
COJINTY WASH.

COUNTY, WASH
INGTON.
IN the Matter of the Petition OF
w. e. Braford, ct al, for the Organ
ization of Drainage District.
NOTICE OF HEARING.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tina
a petition has been filed with tn
BOARD of County Commissioners OF
Whatcom County, Washington, pray
ing for the establishment OF a
Drainage District in said County
and that said petition will be heard
and considered by the Board
County Commissioners at spe-
cial meeting of said Board on the
31st day of May, 1913. at 10: ~
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 Els
TABL1sHMENT 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 a
majority of the acreage within
said proposed district be
ing owned by the petitioners, do
hereby petition the Board for the
formation of a Drainage District II
accordance with the provisions
Chap. IL, 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 ant
other water from OVERLOOKING tn
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, 8, E. w. M. as more par
ticularly set forth hereinbelow,
long the most feasible route fror
thence, through and across sal
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 q certain lake, known as Green
Lake, lying partly in said northwes
quarter, and by spurs and branch
i'm int main n1tCn
from the lands embraced In such
proposed district; that an approx
mate description of the location OF
such main ditch and such spurs an
branches will be about as follows.
to-wit:. - lA1
MAIN DITCH.
From a commencement point on
the South line of the NWA, NWA,
Sec. is, about 20 rods, more or
less, West of the center of said
NWA; thence in general north
easterly direction across said NWA
NWA. Sec. Is. the Sc portion of
SEA. SWH, the NWk of SWA
SEH, Sec. 10, thence in a genera
northerly direction across NEA, 8
EA. and SEA NEA. said Section
1O;t hence nOrtherly and westerly
across SW portion of NEA, NEA.
said Section 10; thence in gen.
eral westerly direction, following a
now existing ditch or water course
through Northern portion of said
Section 10 to the ditch outlet in
to Green Lake. within said dis
trict; the said course being ap-
proximate only, and the said ditch
to be placed where the Topographic
cal survey may determine Is the
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. /. Commencing at
or about the NE corner of the NV
", NWA of Section Is; thence
west along the south half of Road
No. III to the point where the
main ditch crosses said Road No
1T.
SPUR NO. 2. Commencing at
or about the Sc corner of SEA
NEA Sec. Is, or at such other more
northerly point on the Section line
between Sections IA and Is as the
AOC0tAu6 CA6IuCCI may uCtOIulluS d8
the proper point; thence north a
long road No. 116 to a point a
little south of the NE corner OF
sen SEA Section 10; thence ives
terly and a little nOrtherly to con
meet with the main ditch at or near
the center of the SEA of said Sec
ton TO-;
SPUR NO. 8. Commencing at
point on the section line be-
tween Sections 2 and II, about 90
rods, more or less. west of NE cor
ner of NWA. NWH, said section
IL on or along road 326; thence
In 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 Is
required.
The boundaries of such propos-
ed Drainage District will be about
as follows. to-wit: Beginning at
the Sc corner of NWA, SWA IA
1913, E. w. NJ; thence, N. along
forty line to NE cor of NwA NWN
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 Q; thence west
to NV corner of SWA SWA Sec
ton 2; thence South on section
line to Sc corner of Section 8;
thence West on section line to SW|
corner Of Sec. 8; thence South,
crossing Green Lake; to SW cor
ner Of NWA NWA Section 1O;I
thence east on 40 line to Sc cor