The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-08
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS

II at Ine ONCE Oh inc Soullly Soiiihio-
sioners of Benton county, Washington,
in Prosser, on the 26th day Of Novem-
Der, 1917, at the hour of o'clock in
the afternoon, there will be presented
to the said Board of County Commits
sioners a petition praying for the or
ganization of an irrigation district
within certain boundaries described in
said petition.
THIS NOTICE is GIVEN by the
petitioners whose names are affixed to
said petition, which petition, with the
signatures thereto attached, is in
words and figures as follows, to-wit:
PETITION FOR THE oRGANIZA-
TIoN OF AN IRRIGATION
DISTRICT
To the Honorable Board Of County
Commissioners, Of Benton County,
Washington:
THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully
represent to your honorable body as
follows:
I
That they are more than fifty in
number and are holders of title to
land susceptible of irrigation within
the boundaries hereinafter set forth.
III
That they desire to provide for the
construction of works for the irriga-
ton of said lands, and for the recon
struction, betterment, extension. pur-
chase, operation and maintenance of
works already constructed, for the
purpose of irrigating the lands within
the boundaries hereinafter set forth.
III
That they propose the organization
of an irrigation district under the
provisions of Chapter 179, Of the Laws
of 1915, and Chapter 1872 Of the Laws
of 1917.
That the boundaries of the irriga-
ton district herein proposed to be
lorganized are specifically described as
follows, to-wit:
Commencing at the south bank
of the Yakima river, where the
southerly boundary line of the
right of way of the Northern Pa
cific Irrigation Company's canal
intersects with the south boundary
line Of said river, said point Of
intersection being in the southeast
quarter (SEA) of Section 3, town.
ship 10, North Range %, E. w.
NJ, Benton County, Washington,
2570 feet west and 1850 feet north
more or less Of the southeast cor
ner Of said section 3, which point
is the true point of beginning Of
this description; running thence
in southeasterly direction along
-~~l Ill - l.
southwesterly boundary line Of
said Northern Pacific Irrigation
company's right of way to the
terminus thereof, at point near
the Columbia River in the south
east (SEA) quarter of Section IL
(17), township seven "a, North
of Range thirty-one (31), E. w.
NJ, said southerly and southwest
erly boundary line being sixty
feet distant from the center line
of the said Northern Pacific Irri-
cation company's canal, as the
same is now constructed and in
operation, running thence east
| from the terminus of said right
of way line to an intersection
with the southerly and westerly
boundary line of the Columbia
River; running thence northwest
i erly along and at all times paral-
l lei to the westerly boundary line
| of the said Columbia River to the
point where the southerly bound
ary line of the Yakima River in
| tersects the said westerly bound
ary line of the Columbia River;
| thence running northwesterly
along the southerly boundary line
of said Yakima River to the point
of beginning, it being the inten-
ton to so describe the boundaries
| of said proposed irrigation dis
trict as to include therein the
canal right of way Of the North
ern Pacific Irrigation company,
and all lands lying between the
said canal right of way and the
Columbia and Yakima Rivers,
excepting therefrom, however, the
following:
% The lands lying within the
boundaries formed by the inter-
secting of the inner right of wa
boundary lines Of the Northern
Pacific Irrigation company's Lat
eral No. 1 and Lateral No. 2, said
inner boundary lines being 6215
feet distant from the center line
of said canal, as the same is now
constructed, the lands included
within said boundary lines being
located in Sections 5, 6, z, and
IL, Township 8, North Range 80,
E. w. M.
(2) The right of way If the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Rail-
way company;
go The right of way of the