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

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( County OF Pope %.
In District Court,
Sixteenth Judicial District
In TIE NATTER OF a JUDICIAL
! DITCH, IN THE COUNTIES OF Pope
AND STEARNS, STATE OF MIME Z
Il sofa.
! Petition Tor establishment OF Ditch.
TO the Honorable Stephen a,
Flaherty, Judge Of District Court ia
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 q
, 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 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
imarshy land contiguous to SAID ditch,
drain and water course and said
lmeandered lakes, Mud Lake and Lake
(ILincoln; that the said meandered
Plakes, to-wit: Mud Lake and Lake
tLincoln are normally shallow and
grassy and of a 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 pubic water
lsupply; and that SAID land and
imeandered lakes as herelnbefOre
mentioned, which are now worthless,
will be rendered dry and productive by
1.-THE construction Of such ditch, drain
land water course and by the drainage
Eof said meandered lakes, Mud Lake
land Lake Lincoln. That the following
Ills 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
(125) Range thirty-slx (36) /,
(which point is In the lake commonly
Iknown as Mud Lake in Section
Thirteen (13), Township One hundred
twenty-five (l25)So Range Thirty
1857, thence running in a North,
westerly direction through said Mud
Lake TO the West shore thereof, thence
Westerly through Lot Five or Six
rs or g. and the West Oneahalf OF the
Northeast quarter WV NEH) and
the East One-half of the Northwest
quarter (E1a NWL) and Lot Two ~
of Section Fourteen (l4) 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-halI OF the
Northeast quarter Ne NEI( OF
Section Twenty-one (2l), 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 I'D, the North
:, west quarter lNWI), OF Section
lTwenty-seven (27) and the Southwest
quarter of the Northeast quarter
I (SWI NEH) and the Northwest
/ quarter of the Southeast quarter
! (NWI SEQ and Lot One ID Section
Twenty seven (27) OF said Township
and Range to point at or near the
inlet on the north shore OF Grove Lake
in Section Twenty-seven (N) said
;. township and range; thence commend
ing at the bridge over Crow River In
Lot Five (5) of Section Twenty-six ((9o
Iof 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 "a and the Southeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter
(SEI SEQ of Section Iwenty-six
l26) of said township and range. and
he Northeast quarter OF the Northeast
quarter (NEZ NEZ) OF Section
fhirty-five 1857 OF said township and
cange, the North one-hau OF the
Northwest quarter M NWI) and
the North one-half OF the Northeast
quarter (N1S NEL of Section Thirty
six 1861 of said township and range to
5he east line of said section Thirty SIX
1867, township One hundred twenty
i've (125) Of range Thirty-six 1867, the
same being the county line between
The counties OF Pope and Stearns;
hence Southeasterly through the
Northwest quarter (NWl4, the
Southwest quarter of the Northeast
quarter (SW n NEz) and the North
one-half of the Southeast quarter
.(NL SEQ, of Section Thirty-one
1871, Township One Hundred twenty.