The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-22
Notice Of Hearing on Ditch Petition.

Notice is hereby given that petition, O.
Of t6 rs has 81 FLED
county, Minnesota, and that hearing will b,
had on said petition at the next session of tn.
board of county commissioners of said county
commencing on Wednesday, the 18th day o
November, 1903. at the office of the county audi
tor in the village of Princeton, county OF Mill,
Laos and State OF Minnesota: ,,
Auditor of Mile Laos County. Minnesota.
[Auditors Seal]
s1oners OF Mile Laos County, Minnesota:
The undersigned, your petitioners, would re-
specially represent that 1t will be of grea
public benefit and utility that your honorable
ooard cause to be constructed a ditch in sale
county as hereinafter described and set forth
That the proposed ditch herein petitioned fo1
is necessary for the following reasons:
A-Ihat the lands for several miles on eacl
Princeton and sGreenbush. in said county, are
fertile farming lands and largely under cult
walton. That in wet seasons, and especially IL
times of flood on Battle Brook $50 called) and
it's tributaries, said lands are liable to overflow
from flood waters and from surface waters from
the surrounding country. drowning out and de-
stroylng crops of large areas of valuable lands
and renderering large tracts Of valuable hay
lands practically worthless.
B-Ihat IN many instances and many places
the town and county roads in said townships
days rendered impossible.
C-That the route of said ditch is practicable
ana said ditch will draw OFF the water in wet
to, conducting to the public convenience health
and welfare.
D-That the benefits to be derived from the
construction OF such ditch will be vastly greater
than the total cost thereof. including any dam
ages that it will be necessary to award BY rea-
son thereof.
The general description of the starting point
nf 10 co1 So,
follows: ~ ~
Beginning at a point sixty (6O rods west and
twenty-five (25) rods south of the center OF
section twenty-five 1857, in township thirty-sis
$685. north OF range twenty-seven (27) west in
Mile Laos county. Minnesota. thence north
th1rty,seven (SO and one-half CD degrees
and west quarter line of said section twenty
hive (25; thence in an easterly direction and
parable! with said quarter section line to con-
meet with and empty into small lake at OF
near the centre OF the east half of said section
twenty-five C25) aforesaid: thence from the
outlet OF said lake by the most practicable
route to empty into the west branch of Run,
river $50 called) at point situated in the
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter OF
section twenty-five (25), in the township and
range hereinbefore written.
The names OF the owners OF the lands over
follows ~-- f@'
Lot two (2), section twenty-five (25). town.
ship S thirty-six (36), range twenty seven (27)
W. b. carter.
Lot three 80. section twenty five (25), town.
snip thlrty-slx (36), range twenty seven (27)
Clinton Slater.
West half OF northeast quarter of section
twenty five (25), township thirty six (36) range
twenty-seven (27). Henry Serge.
East half OF northeast quarter of section
twenty-five (25) township thirty six (56), range
twenty seven C27), S. A. Carew.
Your petitioners present herewith their bond
conditioned to pay expenses in case you shall
decline to establish said ditch, and respectfully
pray tnat you will proceed to hear and deter.
mine said petition according to the law
w. Is. Garter, G. H. Lamb,
frank hurt, Frank Hutcheson,
r: f. McEarland c. w. Mcfarland,
Cnas. T.. Slater, Frank G. Foltz,
J: r. Lo1gren, Clinton Slater.
Chari1e Hurt, VIM. L. Buck,
:: A. Crossman, G. P. Storkle,
henry moore, Nils Highlander,
T. S. Gile.