The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-10-09


ihr fste ! suiasahtI Fii an Illustration
tnhhir ~ il ltnt fstaiuRs ts,ati4t
hi sHip' III AaM viii pHsllit sss
'hA' eh il rHni pa4t#ti H. rlnilssi
lIe slssfaifilan tiWni.l ,nnnenH
With sfle Isfriss it'iit iii III isfsluninr
NIL 'hn Rlt. I'll iile in't,tnullnl.
rhnnteA III tlin fiHn, NIL iins ,lisin,t,
,ss II lie ltdni III termination, in
unn ta4n ntrier ihu ntw luw unsl
hai ,snnaull,sd iiat tnnd hpHnl iun
uli sh. ene' line III ill., lnnl. lnlf way
'fnt ilip hr rntnti III tir ~ ,stttttf,
utt tssttditiua lIai nn nnnlr Ahunll -
mule ~ tint ,ni,ltil Isiui. sufficient.
" iHlra ~ clat VII frpni snpl unsl
ornamental trees. llut tin tuunIs.
sian'r'= report Mn- mot very definite,
nhl III written uatls'u required W ~
@ntNp.l nn trsi,lrH, ewmr4. contained
nothing In relation ~ this tpui,tpu.
AMI simply nsnind ilAi tilr Commits.
rlnnei hnd frpnit,il in favor Vf larni.
inr the fonH I'll ~ nrnr lin quarter
llIr ~ lrtltlnnel far. Of course this
mnn received no legal notice nnlna4
illn explanation NJ the Commissioner
nnN b. rnl.d a,tuh Another In.
-,nnrr Will illustrate thr Importance
of mnklnR report definite. Mr.
Montague wns appointed to relocate
u portion ~ rond NJ, y, und IN thr
,lse ~ hlH discretionary power. rec.
commended nn alteration 40 different
/ from TINT w III. petition thnt II
crossed the lnnd ~ Il now aei of men,
ulrl II thn notice Ind been Hs inlriIn.
ito u. The ouc before mentioned, these
mon would not have been legally
notified.
Agnln, II viii not 10 ~ sny In Il ~.
port. beginning ~ ihr 4 line of
Howard county and running thence
NV ~ ,nn ilrai sntsny ~ rpnd w. Il
did. 'rhe " iinc ~ Howait ,auns, u
Il very btnnd point III whl,li 10 begin.
Nh.li II rond l. ta be plated on II
sectional mnp. ~ II now required.
reference should always be nnle tn
rar 90 gnnrtsr corners In describing
ronda, l,ut for thu purpose ~ r..
tracing angling ronla, nnoil,.r rei af
descriptions In often necessary. Not
only should the rorIefr nnd lines ri
tin government u,irscy he referred 10.
Int natural a,ld nliilirinl phIr.is
nhnnld he frequently d.s.1ihri A.
witnesses II yoti nre running III u
ee.s line. or quarter linz, sag ~, tiie
thing II 10 easV 10 hs snld. IN one
instance iind ~ - tn miles % IInI
Wirillrr Il certain lina Described ~
running Msst, Mas III thu quarter
line uf III ii short Distance from H..
before dieed pnt II on tl,r plat, The
description ~ rold M. u II tho brnt
illustration W. hasn u lmimrnrIairr3
~ connecting ihn beginning point
With Iplln corner VI thu orIgiunl sur.
Wy, n IL ,IsArfibnd n mRinnlnR
between sections " mud ~. nn tho
Ghlrknnnw county line. ~ thr ter.
mInniion nf II rand III thlrnsnM Gn.
and running III n nniihNastnfly
ep,,lss Will, ,nnny n,Rlr~, without
mentioning u single line ~ corner IN
tn government rnrs.y until within
ii hnlf nile NJ Saratoga. l'resnnlnR
that rnnd In Ghieknu,W county
would IN more npI tD terminate III
tlir ,iilnttni pust ilinli Any pil,rr l,nlnt
ul illr ~sr, liin,. commenced AL my
experimental .liaffA NJ tin rpah NJ
,l,ni tnlini ilud tlrni font ,lnsH nii "
h.tpir | discovered ilN ni.'ill,n ~ n
.l.IllItisIy dsanriin'd r.sIanai len. TINT
il, startling I,niut Wan III rnii. ,liH.
i inir. rn~i ~ llis quarter pnai, You
60. tlirn. iI.nt Il a,. linz i inu brnnd
il point for II commencement. Tie
report alluulihnt, pini"I tl,n ii~tnin~
III liz starting point from either ilr
800, loai ~ unnlttrpnri. iIl, frequent
reference should hns. H.sil mule ~
~,lrh corner. itluiiHhuill tlla nln,la
lunir,
/ 4 few experiment. plHilnp ihls
innI showed ll,ui II ni,@ rilli Without
graduating III. r.,i.puNn ~ The ilis
meridian. nud thH f.ui should lave
been mentioned IN thu report, for,
DlilOuult roiltn ihinRs inny b. Iune III
mduH MnyA. there u bla one why ~
Plating r,nd uti II sectional imp
MIrt, II hns I.rH tnn without snlin.
/ tinn fsOin tln magnetic meridian.
Onr difficulty III riniithH Il rund uii
II ninp ~ Huunin rauni ~ttllniir. nliHes
nom ihr furt tint rrriIuuN ~ land ~
va iini ilrm arc MI Illri uilr nllr
#uilnrr nuf hfr tllr eu,ifarH III liz
llilrs iiIr sninr. 1'hla make. II iIe
Nor. imputirni Tint frequent f.frt'
unrr nliDitiI b. inudr tu the relative
position ~ iinr~ mud CORNERS.
III ynu arr appointed 70 ins rpn.l
ou II rrr. nr u,luitrr line. sn,i vii nnt
often nrud TIM Md NJ ii surveyor. Hui
wlirn ,nu do employ nne, ns#,iit
yolrnrlf TINT H. knnwr how tu frnal
ih. nn,iiers os ihn euiulm~r. Nheh
III pIniiinR Il tun,l nr tind rnur~t
4 rrn,linR w.nt. iiyn dsrlsrs h.ftli. ~
ntr M Ips~ ~ knpM whether In
lmnn With ii compass j. reading ilf
iigurrs ~ TN point " The n.e.lle o,
III some uihrr plnes IN ihs llisiru-
mrns Il never graduated fnr any a,inl
, r.nltnH.
knnae commissioners hnvs had ih.