The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10

IN District Court,
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UI-ru. IN THE COUNTIES or POPE
aEg swEAEES, STATE or MIME
! .yrt
PEI toa Far establishment Of 0itoi.
II, the Honorable Stephen a.
r-#haruv, Judge Of District COurt iu
ar1 Tor the Sixteenth Judicial District,
Stale @. Minnesota:
gag undersigned land owners, whose
lands viii he affected by, or a5sea sec
Tor the expense OF the construction q
,La ditch, drain and water course, and
Ia. drainage Of the meandered lakes
commonly known as Mud Lake and
LAX. Lincoln. hereinafter described
am, mentioned, respectfully represent
flal ID. public health and welfare
REQUIRE the construction OF said ditch,
drain and water course, and the
drainage OF the said meandered lakes,
Mud Lake and Lake Lincoln; that the
auo viii be q public benefit and
utility and promote the pubic health
BIZ removing the causes OF malaria
and sickness produced by noElous and
unheaithful vapOrs and gasse5 arising
from The large areas OF low, wet and
| narshy land contiguous to said ditch,
drain and water course and sad
meandered lakes, Mud Lake and Lake
| Linc0lr; that the said meandered
! lakes, to-wit: Mud Lake and Lake
! Lincoln are normally shallow and
1 grassy and Of a marshy character, and
are no longer of sufficient depth ana
| volume to be capable OF any beneficial
bubble use of a substantial character
for fishing, boating or pubic, water
1supply: and that sad land and
L 4 Inl
mentioned, which are now worthless,
Y will be rendered dry and productive by
1.-The construction OF such ditch, drain
land water course and by the drainage
iof said meandered lakes, Mud Lake
.and Lake Lincoln. That the following
4 is a general description OF the starting
point, route and termination OF said
ditch, drain and water course and
drainage of said meandered lakes,
Mud Lake and Lake Lincoln, tO-wlt:
commencing at point eighty (SO)
rods west from the centre OF Section
thirteen (13), Towns hip One hundred
TWENTY-FIVE (125) Range thirty-slx (36) f,
which point is IN the lake commonly
known as Mud Lake in Section
Thirteen (13), Township One hundred
twenty-five ll25) of Range Thirty-six
1867, thence running III II North
westerly direction through said Mud
Lake TO the West shore thereof, thence
Westerly through Let Five or Six
Is or g. and the West OneAhalf OF the
Northeast quarter WV NEI( and
the East One-half OF the North vest
quarter (E% NWA) and Lot Two (2)
of Section Fourteen (14) OF said Town
= ship and Range; thence Westerly
through Lake Lincoln in said Town
ship to the West line OF Section
Fifteen (15) of said Township and
Range: thence in Westerly direction
through the North One-half of the
Northeast quarter (N% NEH( OF
Section Twenty-one (21), said Town
ship and Range; thence in a South
erly direction to point at or near the
centre of Section Twenty-one (2D,
thence Southeasterly through the
Southeast quarter SEQ OF SAID
section Twenty-one CD, the North
= west quarter (NWN OF Section
Twenty-seven (27) and the Southwest
quarter of the Northeast quarter
(SW4 NEA( and the Northwest
quarter of the Southeast quarter
(NW4 SEQ and Lot One u Section
Twenty-seven (N) OF said township
and Range to point at or near the
Inlet Cu6 Va NiONO AoAO
i'm Section Twenty-seven (N) said
township and range; thence commenc-
ing at the bridge over Crow River in
Lot Five (5) of Section Twenty-six ((9o
of said town and range or as near as
practicable so as not to in any way or
manner raise or lower permanently the
water in said Grove Lake; thence along
and donw the Crow River and as
nearly thereto as practicable through
Lots four (4) and the Southeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter
1SEL seq of Section Twenty-six
261 of said township and range, and
he Northeast quarter of the Northeast
quarter (NEI NEA) OF Section,
fhirty-five 1857 of said township and
.ange, the North one-haf OF the
Northwest quarter (N% NWH) and
the North one-half OF the Northeast
quarter (NI NEH of Section Thirty
six 1867 of said township and range to
he east line of said section Thirty-six
1867, township One hundred twenty
i've (125) of range Thirty-six (36), the
same being the county line between
he counties of Pope and Stearns;
hence Southeasterly through the
Northwest quarter (NWN), the
Southwest quarter of the Northeast
quarter (SW n NEA) and the North
one-half of the Southeast quarter
.(Ns SEQ, of Section Thirty-one
(31), Township One Hundred twenty.