The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14
June 30, July Z, IA.
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PETITION IN DITCH PRO.
CEEDJNGS,

STATE or MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth.--ss.
In the matter of the petition of w.
ID. and A. j. Merickel and others, for II
Earth. State of Minnesota. designated
and numbered as county ditch No. rs.
Notice is hereby given, that petition
has been filed in the office of the county
auditor of said county, praying for the
construction of a public ditch. designated
and numbered by the county auditor of
such county as county ditch No 26, be-
ginning at point ten rods west of the
northeast corner of the nwH of the seA
of Sec SO, Il. 108, north of X. 20 west,
running thence in southerly direction
to point ten rods west OF the south :
east corner of the swA of the SEA Of
said Sec. 33. Thence in Sec. 4, Il. 107,
north r. rs west in a southwesterly and
then southeastery direction, following
the natural watercourSe to a point 30
rods east of the center of said Sec. 4.
Thence following the natural watercourse
in general southeasterly direction to
a point 80 rods south of the northeast
corner of the seA of said Sec. 4. Thence
in Sec 3, T. 107, north II. % west fol-
lowing the natural watercourse in a
southeasterly and southerly direction to
a point four rods east of the southwest
corner of said Sec. ). Thence in Sec. 10,
Il. 1O7 north Range 25 west in a south
erly direction to a point ten rods south
west of the northwest corner of said Sec.
10. Thence in Sec 9, T. 107 north X. 20 west
following the natural watercourse in a
general SOuthweSterly direction to inter-
sect the LeSueur river at a point about
80 rods south of the center of said Sec.
8 and there to terminate. Also the fol-
lowing branch bitches Branch No one
beginning at point 40 rods north and
5 rods west of the southeast corner of
the swA of Sec. SO, 4. 10S north range
rs west. Thence east 20 rods to inter-
sect the main ditch at a point ~ RODS
west and 40 rods north of the southeast
corner of the swA of the seA of Sec 80.
Branch No. Two-Beginning at point
40 rods east and rods north OF the
r. % west Thence west 1870 rods to
join the Main ditch at point 2 rods
north and 10 rods west of the southeast
corner of the swH of the seA of Sec. 80.
Branch No. Three-Beginning at point
40 rods west of the southeast corner Of
the nIa of the nwA of Sec. A, T.. 1O7
north of r. rs west. Thence east about
80 rods TO join the main ditch at point
corner of the nwh of the neA of Sec. A.,
as appear by the report of the engineer
hereinafter mentioned and that the
names of the owners of the lands and
corporations that will be affected by
the construction of said ditch, as appears
in the report of the viewers hereafter
mentioned are as follows, to wit: H. T.
Merickel, William. Penn. J. F. Logger,
Gustaf Rohde, Nils Nyquist, j. Paulson,
Otto Riese, III. I<lingbiel, Henry +. Eos
ter, Theresa Kelley, Carl j. GOODMAN
John Hintze, j. Kollos, Clements kollos,
Charles Schostag, Margaret Thiebault
Frank Goldman, Ely Kolloss Chris Al
pers, Township of LeRay, Township OF
Mcpherson, and that the engineer APP
pointed by the Board of County Com
missioners of said county to make sur
vey of the route sof said ditch has com
pleted his work and made due report
thereon, and filed the same in the Of
flee of said county auditor; and that the
viewers appointed by said Board OF
County Commissioners to view the same
have completed their work ard filed
their report thereon in the office of said
county auditor.
And that, therefore, the Beard OF
County Commissioners of Blue Earth
County, state of Minnesota, will hold a
special meeting on Thursday, the 2Oth
day of July 1911, at the county auditor $
office in the court house, in said county,
at O'Clock p. M, of said day, for hear
ing and consideration of said petition
and of said surveyors and viewers re-
port thereon; and that all persons m
terested in the construction of said often
are invited to appear and be heard oy
and before said Board of County com
missioners at said time for or against
the construction of said ditch.
(SeaD EDGAR w EA tN;
County Auditor of Blue Earth County
Minnesota.