The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-12-02

We LIE 11oLSoNuD,
Attorney for Administrator. 11:4-25
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
EXTENSION OF TIME TO COM
PLETE WORKS FOR UTILIZA-
ton OF WATER. -
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN That
In accordance with the provisions of
an Act of Congress of the United
States, approved June 18th, 1902. (32
Stat, 1881 and acts amendatory there
OF and supplemental thereto, known as
the Reclamation Law, and in accord
ance with an act of the legislature of
the State Of Washington approved
March 4th, 1905, q. 1905 Chapter So.
page 1907 and the Act of said Lepis.
lature approved March 18th, 1917.
amendatory thereof and supplemental
thereto, application has been made by
the Department of the Interior of the
United States to the State Hydraulic
engineer of the State of Washington,
for an extension Of time within which
the following specifically named wa
tiers OF the Yakima River watershed,
Washington, shall remain withdrawn
and subject to no appropriation under
the laws of the State of Washington,
except that of the United States, as
follows:
All the waters of certain streams
and lakes which were inappropriate
ed on May 10, 1905, to-wit:
The Yakima River and all its fol-
lowing named branches and tributary
streams flowing into the Yakima
River; all lakes, ponds and springs in
the drainage area of the Yakima Riv-
er, including Lake Keechelus, and all
streams flowing into Lake Keechelus;
Lake Kachess and all streams flowing
into Lake Kachess; Kachess River
from Lake Kachess to Yakima River;
Big Creek; Lake Clealum and ali
streams flowing into Lake Clealum;
Clealum River from Lake Clealum to
the Yakima River; Teanaway River;
Swauk Creek; Naches River and all
tributary streams thereof; Toppenish
Creek and Status Creek; not including
any water appropriation that has been
in good faith heretofore initiated un-
der any law of said state"
Also all the waters Of certain
streams and lakes unappropriated on
April 25, 1906, to-wit:
"Joe Lake, Spectacle Lake, Waptus
Lake, Cooper Lake, Fish Lake., Hyas
Lake, Little Creek, Mosquito Creek,
Cabin Creek, Manasashs Greek, Silver
Creek, Reeser Greek, Wilson Creek,
Taneum Creek, Umatanum Creek,
Wenas Creek, Dry Creek, Robinson
Greek, Kittitas Creek, Brush Creek,
Leman Creek, Caribou Creek, Cherry
Creek, Park Creek, Selah Greek, All
tanum Creek" For period extend
ing from January LIST, 1921, to and in
Guiding December 31st, 1923.
That during the period for which
said extension of time is asked, the
water bove described shall not be SUBJ
ject to appropriation under any law
of the State of Washington, except
that application shall be received and
granted under the Water Code claws
Of 1917, Chapter IT'D for the appro-
priation for storage and use of waters
on the lower reaches Of the aforesaid
streams during the season said waters
are not needed for present or project
ed irrigation uses of the said Reclaim
alton Service; Provided, That where
the storage or uses so applied for are
determined not to conflict with the
present or contemplated uses of the
said Reclamation Service, a waiver to
that extent may be obtained from the
Secretary of the Interior.
That the period Of withdrawal of
said waters originally obtained un-
der the provisions of the laws afore-
said has been extended from time to
time, in the manner provided by law;
that the period of the last extension
of time within which the United
States was required to utilize said wat
ers will expire Janury LIST, 1921.
That any person, firm or corpora
ton interested, in affected by, or
whose property rights will in any way
be affected or prejudiced by the ex-
tension of time applied for, may file
with the State Hydraulic Engineer at
his office in Olympia, Washington, OBJ
jections or representations in writing
against said extension within per-
iod of thirty days from and after the
date of last publication of this mo-
tice, to-wit, October 81, 1920, after
which time said application will be
considered and the matter determined:
Witness my hand and official seal
this 25th day of September. 1870.
(SeaD MARVIN CHASE,
State Hydraulic Engineer.