Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-31

/ the drainage of certain lands in the
state of Minnesota, and permits IN
entered and unpatented government
land to be assessed for benefits in
drainage proceedings. This bill re.
moved the principal difficulty and we
again prepared to proceed only to find
that the legislature of 1907 Of this
state had so amended the judicial
ditch law as to render its operation
impracticable where large and vacant
areas Of land were affected. There
upon, the Legislature of 1909 was ap.
piled to and the necessary leg isation
enacted and immediately upon adjourn
ment the petition and bond for the es
Establishment of the ditch was prepared
and on May 30, 1909, the same was
signed and presented to Andrew Grin.
del9nd, district judge, who at once
made an order for preliminary hear.
ing;
"'The hearing was held before Judge
Grindeand on July 10, 1909, and it is
a remarkable fact, that although the
lands of more than 1000 land owners
were liable to assessment for benefits
! neither at that hearing nor at any
other stage OF the proceedings has OBJ
lection been made to the esta blishment
of the ditch. On July -, 1909, Judge
Grindeland appointed W. R. Hoag, of
Minneapolis, dis engineer in charge of
the drainage project. and comp:ehen-
sivc ditch system to be made and
ordered a complete survey of the terri
tory by him.
Viewers Eegin Work.
{" Mr.. Hoag completed his prelim-
Oct. 20, 1909, and the viewers entered
upon their work Judge Grindeland
had appointed G. O. Cross, of Warren,
John Simonson, of Excel, and Mr..
Hagen, of Bemidji, as viewers. Their
duties were to examine the lands af-
fectod and estimate and determine the
amount and value of the ditch. On
Jan. 81, 1910, the viewers completed
thelr work and filed their report of
asscssments. Final hearing to consider
and act upon the engineers and
viewers report was ordered by the
judge and on Feb. 26. 1910. after such
nearing, Judge Grinde!anu, by his writ
ten order, confirmed and adopted each
report and established the system as
designed by Mr.. Hoag.
The contract for the construction
OF. the ditch system, including the lev
eling of the dump to form roads was
let March 1910, the contract calling
tor completion of the whole system in
1912. "
Cost to the Land.
1.-the actual assessment for benefits
Will amount to about 50 so an acre.
interest at . per cent is payable an
nualiy. During the first five years
the interest only is payable, but dur
ing the sixth year one fifteenth of the
principal must be paid and one-iif
teenth, each year thereafter until all
is paid. The year before any INSTALL
ment is due, the county auditor enters
the lnstalment upon the tax books and
it is paid with the real taxes. Tn,
funds with which to pay cost of con.
struction are secured by the sale of
the drainage bonds of the counties af-
fected. and the bonds mature in the
same manner as do the liens for prof
it's, the bond being payable out of the
collections of the respective INSTALL
ments of assessments for benefits.
considering the magnitude of the
ties to be overcome, the completion vf
preliminary work and the letting of
the contract of construction within one
wear is remarkable. To Mr.. Uoap IS
due the credit for this achievement.
The Soil and Facilities.
"The soil in the whole territory is
of unusual fertility, not stony. and of
ample depth for all crops. There is
no poor land The slope to the vest
is ample. completely to drain and rem
der tillable all land affected. The land
is not cut-over land, which is some
times expensive to reclaim, but is omen
prairie intersperscd here and there
with small poplar groves. The VILLAGE
of Grygla is the most central point in