Morris tribune., 1908-01-18
TIE MoRRIs TRlBySE, sATURDAY. JANUARY IS lgoe


for the payment of cost of the con
struction thereof, greater than the,
are really able to undertake OWNS
/ to the fact that no crops of any con.
i siderable value have been harvested
during the last four years on SAID
lands, or in the locality thereof. be-
cause too wet for cultivation, partl,
owing to the fact that they are OF
heavy soil and low and level, but
chiefly owing to the fact that the
last four years in this county, that
is to say, 1902 to 1906, We're wears
Iof almost continued wet weather, OF
almost constant summer rains. par
ticularly true of the part of this
county which includes the township
of Baker aforesaid, of greater pre-
cipitation than ever previously there
to known in the history of that part
of this county, resulting in a practi-
cal loss in that part of this county
adjacent to said ditch, of all crops
during the years, i. e.. the crop years
1903 to 1907, that the State Drain
age board of the State of Minnesota
be petitioned and requested, and
said board hereby is petitioned and
requested to set apart and appropriate
to this county in aid of the construc-
tion of and in part payment of the
cost of the construction of
said ditch, out of the moneys ap-
proprfated by the legislature of 1907,
to aid the several counties of this
state in the construction of county
bitches such as County Ditch Num-
Der Two (2) aforesaid, and not ex-
ceeding the half of the cost thereof,
and placed at the disposal of said
State Drainage Board for such pur-
poses, a sum not less than 100000,
and that the county auditor of this
county and Lewis G. Spooner, as the
representative of the 9th legislative
district, from this county, be and
they hereby are designated and ap-
pointed and authorized to present
this resolution and petition to the
said State Drainage Board for it's
speedy and favorable consideration"
and said resolution was duly second
ed by Commissioner G.. B. Park and
then, after due consideration, was
duly put to vote, duly voted upon,
and duly and unanimously carried,
the said county board being person
ally present and voting and voted
thereon and therefor
Similar resolutions were adopted as
to County bitches Nos 3, 4 and ).
Resolution regarding Muddy Creek:
Commissioner P. F. Casey Of OAR
men offered and moved the adoption
ct the resolution following, to-wit
BE it resolved by the County Board
of Stevens County, Minnesota. in
regular session this 9th day of jan
uary, 1908, that whereas, the Big
Muddy Greek, whose headWaters are
in the neighborhood of Donnelly and
whose outlet is the POmme de Terre |
river, is the natural outlet for drain
age purposes of several townships !
in Stevens County, among them Oar
men, Morris, Pepperton, etc, etc,
and whereas on account of the con-
struction of County Ditch Number
Two, the proposed County Ditch |
Number Four, County Ditch Number
Five, and variety of smaller ditch
es all opening out into said creek,
the same is likely to extensively ov-;
erflow large areas of cultivable lands
adjacent to said creek, it is worth /
while to consider the advisability of
and widening the chan
mel of said creek from it's cource to
it's outlet, or near enough thereto to
insure escape of waters naturally
flowing therein and other waters be-
ing drained therein and in order that
such a venture may be wisely and in
diligently considered, the channel of
said creek ought to be surveyed and
accordingly the State Drainage board
should be, and hereby is, requested
to cause the State Drainage engineer
TO duly survey the channel of said
creek for the purpose stated, and
Lewis C. Spooner, as representative
from the 57th legislative district, is
hereby requested to present this reso-
luton to the State Drainage board Of
for its favorable consid-
Grafton and urge that said board take
action along the lines herein indicat-
3d." and said resolution was duly
seconded by Commissioner Gausman,
and then fully considered and voted
upon and unanimously carried
Board adjourned to 1870 p. m. 1870
p. m. Board reconvened. All members