The Sauk Centre herald., 1906-05-03
Petition for Establishment Of Ditch

sofa.
Petition for Establishment Of Ditch.
To the Honorable Stephen A.
Flaherty, Judge of District Court in
and for the Sixteenth Judicial District,
State of Minnesota:
The undersigned land owners, whose
lands will be affected by, or assessed
for, the expense of the construction OF
the ditch, drain and water course, and
the drainage of the meandered lakes
commonly known as Mud Lake and
Lake Lincoln, hereinafter described
and mentioned, respectfully represent
that the 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
same will be a public benefit and
utility and promote the public health
by removing the causes of malaria
and sickness produced by noxious and
unhealthful vapors and gasses arising
from the large areas of low, wet and
marshy land contiguous to said ditch,
drain and water course and said
meandered lakes, Mud Lake and Lake
Lincoln; that the said meandered
lakes, to-wit: Mud Lake and Lake
Lincoln are normally shallow and
grassy and of marshy character, and
are no longer of sufficient depth and
volume to be capable of any beneficial
public use of substantial character
for fishing, boating or public water
supply; and that said land and
meandered lakes as hereinbefore
mentioned, which are now worthless,
will be rendered dry and productive by
the construction of such ditch, drain
and water course and by the drainage
of said meandered lakes, Mud Lake
and Lake Lincoln. That the following
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 a point eighty (oO)
rods west from the centre of Section
thirteen (13), Township One hundred
twenty-five (l25) Range thirty-slx (36), I,
which point is in the lake commonly
hnown as Mud Lake in Section
Thirteen (13), Township One hundred
twenty-five (l25) of Range Thirty-six
1867, thence running in North
westerly direction through said Mud
Lake to the West shore thereof, thence
Westerly through Lot Five or Six
Is or g. and the West One-half OF the
Northeast quarter WV NEA) and
the East One-half of the Northwest
quarter (E1a NWI) and Lot Two (2)
of Section Fourteen (14) OF said Town
ship and Range; thence We terly
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-ha!I OF the
Northeast quarter M NE4( OF
Section Twenty-one (21), said Town
ship and Range; thence in South
erly direction to point at or near the
centre of Section Twenty-one (2l),
thence Southeasterly through the
Southeast quarter SEQ OF said
west quarter (NWA) OF Section
Twenty-seven (27) and the Southwest
quarter of the Northeast quarter
(SW4 NEH) and the Northwest
quarter of the Southeast quarter
(NWI SEQ and Lot One u Section
Twenty-seven (N) OF said Township
and Range to point at or near the
inlet on the north shore OF Grove Lake
in Section Twenty-seven (27) said
tOWnSQlD anu IduSOS tuCuCC
ing at the bridge over Grow 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 az and the Southeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter
(SEI SEQ of Section Twenty-six
(26) of said township and range. and
the Northeast quarter of the Northeast
quarter (NEI NEA) OF Section
Thirty-fve 1851 of said township and
range, the North one-haH OF the
Northwest quarter (NH, NWH) and
the North One-half OF the Northeast
quarter (NI NEI of Section Thirty
six 1867 of said township and range to
the east line of said section Thirty-six
1857, township One hundred twenty
five (125) of range Thirty-six (S6), the
same being the county line between
the counties of Pope and Stearns;
thence Southeasterly through the
Northwest quarter (NWA, the
Southwest quarter of the Northeast
quarter (SW n NE14) and the North
one-half of the Southeast quarter
(N1s SEQ, of Section Thirty-one
(31), Township One Hundred twenty