The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-02-02


tacheds PRAYING for the establishment Of a
judicial ditch in the counties Of Lyon and
Redwood. in the state of Minnesota, has been
filed in my Office on the 10th day of January
1910, and that by the order Of the Hon. +. M.
Olsen. judge of said district court. duly filed
in my 0ff1ce in said matter.
The 28th day of February, A. d. 1910 at
the hour of II o'clock a. m. at the city hall
in the city Of Tracy. in said Lyon county,
has been fixed as the time and place of the
hearing on said petition.
Dated this 26th day of January a; p; 1910.
(sEAL) A. @. BUMFORD,
Clerk of said District Court.
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
- Lyon IS. In District Court.
TO the District Court in and tor the county
of Lyon, state of Minnesota.
Your petitioner, George Hook. a resident
of said Lyon county, respectfully alleges
ana shows to the court:
IN That he is the owner of the following
described land situated in the county OF
Lyon. to-wit: The north half OF the north
east quarter of section "a. in township ITO
north, of range 40 west and is also the own
| err of the following described land situated
in the county of Redwood, state of Minneso-
ia. to-wit: The west half of the southwest
quarter of section 10, and the northwest
| quarter of section 10, in township ITO north
Of range 80 west; and that all Of said land
will be liable to be affected by and assessed
| for the expense of the construction of the
drain hereinafter described, and will be
J crossed by, and drained by, and benefited
!, by said drain.
| "a That it Is necessary for the drainage
of said lands and OF the southeast quarter,
| and east half of the South west quarter of
section Is, in township 10 north, of range
4 40 west, In said Lyon county. and the east
4 halt of the south west quarter of section Is,
i IN township 10 north, of range SO west. in
i said Redwood county, that tile drain be
/ constructed over and across all of said lands
/ following substantially the following course
The upper end of said drain starting in the
i slough on the east half of the south west
quarter of said section 18 in said Redwood
county at a point about 40 rods west and 8
Trd dc nf has CO IF guiA
/ southwest quarter of section IS, thence
| southerly along the natural depression
about 10 rods, thence westerly along the
| nOrth-westerly along the natural depression
about 160 rods to an outlet in the bank of
the natural watercourse or creek across the
/ said east half of the southwest quarter of
| said section Is: with branch the upper end
1 of which will commence in the slough on the
section and county, line between said section
| ID and said section 18. at point about Is
rods north of the southeast corner of said
section ID, running thence along the natur-
| al depression SoutheasterlY a distance of
| about 8 rods, thence southerly to empty
into said main drain at point about 10 rods
/ east of where the same crosses the section
and county line between said section 19 and
4 said section "a; said drain to be constructed
of sufficient size to carry the waters to flow
| through the same as may be determined by
/ the engineer, which will be in the opinion of
| your petitioner, not less than IL inches in
| diameter from the outlet to the point of
branching, and not less than inches about
| (S) That along the course of said drain
there Is now and has been for several years
past large bodies of standing water in
sloughs which do not naturally drain out
and which in the summer time are for a
| large portion of the season stagnant water
and dangerous to the public health, and that
| said sloughs of water render the highways
| between said lands which are laid out pub
lie roads, impossible for large portion of
the year: and that the construction of said
4 drain will drain off the water from said
| sloughs and will promote the public health
| and be of public benefit and will drain and
| render passable and workable the said pub
i lie highways.
i Wherefore, your petitioner respectfully
prays, that you will establish said drain as a
/ judicial drain in accordance with Chapter
| $50 of the General Laws of 1905 and acts
4 amendatory thereof.
GEORGE HOOK,
/ Petitioner.
| HORNS 81 JOHNSON.
/ Attorneys for Petitioner,
4 Tracy, Mimi
/ IDdorsement-4265 District Court, Lyon
county. Minnesota. Petition o. George Ho K
/ for Judicial Ditch No. S. Pet ton filed Jan.
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