New Ulm review., 1913-08-27
NOTICE or HEARING ON PETITION
FOR JUDICIAL DITCH.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, L.
County of Watonwan, ss
District Court
Sixth judicial District.

l. WHEREAS the petition of Andrew
II. Solberg and John II. Blackstad. bear
praying for the establishment OF, = ju--
lMicial ditch along, the route propoeod
therein. was. on the e6th day Of jufy:
A. D.. 1913. duly filed in my once and
the auditors Of the county Of Waterman
| and the county OF Brown. in the state
OF Minnesota, said Watonwan county
and said Brown county being the only
counties s IN which lands affected thereby "a
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I said petition. and that the same VIII
be heard and considered by. and before
the judge of the above named court a
the court house in the city Of st. James. M
| 22nd day Of September, A. D.. 1913. ct
one o'clock in the afternoon Of said day.
A true and correct copy Of said petition
is as follows. to-wit:
County y of Watpnwan. SIS
District Court
Sixth Judicial District
To the Honorable A. r. Pau. Judge
of the District Court above named:
The undersigned petitioners respect
fully represent and state
First. That they are land owners
whose lands will be liable to be affected
| by the construction of the ditch or drain
hereinafter described and referred to.
and will be liable for assessments for
the expense Of the construction of the
same. w.. st
Second. That it is necessary that Z
ditch and drain be constructed substan-
TALLY along the route hereinafter de-
scribed for the reasons following, to-
wit: Situate in the southeast quarter
Of section 3. township. l07. range 80. in
Watonwan county, Minnesota. and IN
ter Of section 2. in said township and
range, are several sloughs and ponds Of
water. and the lands Immediately sur
rounding and bordering on said ponds
and sloughs are wet and low lands and
of marshy character, and that during
very dry seasons said ponds and sloughs
are dry and grown up to noxious weeds
and coarse grasses; and during the
said ponds and sloughs above referred
to was and is stagnant, unwholesOme
and of a nature calculated to promote
disease and sickness in the neighbor-
hood. -' -- g@-
That by the construction of said ditch
or drain the said sloughs and ponds
would be converted into valuable agrl-
cultural lands; that the public health,
convenience and welfare will be pro-
noted by the establishment and con-
construction of ditch, drain and water
course along the route hereinafter de-
scribed.
Third. That the construction of said
ditch drain and watercourse is neces-
sary for the purpose OF draining the
lands hereinafter described; and that
it's construction will be of public benefit
and will promote the public health, in
this, to-wit: it will drain and improve
the highway running north and south
between sections one and two, In the
town of Nelson. Watonwan county and
the highway between sections 35 and 36
in the town Of Albin, Brown county, and
the highway running east and west on
the county line between WatonWan ana
Brown counties; it will drain the wet.
low and marshy lands over and thru
which it passes, and surrounding same,
disposing of stagnant and polluting
waters that exist in said sloughs and
ponds. -#.
Fourth. That a description of said
proposed ditch and drain is as follows:
Commencing at or near the section nne
quarter of section 3, and the south halt
of the southwest quarter OF section =
about 400 feet north of the southwest
ship 1O7 range 80. as it's starting point;
thence running along the following route
to-wit: in northeasterly direction thru
the west half of the southwest quarter
or SAD section z, thence over ullto lhe
east half of the southwest quarter OF
said section 2. thence continuing in
northeasterly direction into the south
half of the northwest quarter OF SAD
section 2, thence northeasterly into the
northeast quarter of said section 2, and
thence crossing the highway and county
line between the counties of Watonwan
and Brown at point about 400 feet
west of the southeast corner OF section
35, in township los. range 80, Brown
county, Minnesota, thence in north
easterly direction unto the southeast
quarter of said section 35. township los'
range 80, thence crossing the highway
between said sections S5 and 36. and
unto the southwest quarter of the south
west quarter of said section SO, township
los. range 49, after the crossing of said
county line said proposed ditch to fol-
Judicial Ditch No Five of Watonwan
southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of said section 36, where said
ample outlet for said proposed ditch; |
and being at or near Station "a of said
Branch Twelve. and terminating at or
near said Station "a of said Branch
Twelve of said Judicial Ditch No. Five,
as it's outlet.
Fifth. That the legal descriptions OF
the tracts of land through which said
proposed ditch, drain and watercourse
will run, and of all tracts Of land to be
drained thereby, as near as can now be
ascertained by your petitioners are as
follows. to-wit:
The southeast quarter. and the south
half of the northeast quarter OF section |
8. the southwest quarter of section 2
the south half of the northwest quarter
of section 2. the west half of the south
east quarter of section 2, the northeast
quarter of section g all in township 101.
range 80, in Watonwan county Minnesota;
the southeast quarter Of section 35. and
the southwest quarter of section &c. all
in township 1OS. range 32, in Brown
Minnesota.
Wherefore your petitioners pray. that
said ditch. drain and watercourse be es-
tablished. opened and constructed sub
stantially as herein described, according
to law.
Dated this 18th day of July, 1913.
Andrew II. Solberg
John H. Blackstad
Dated this 18th day of August 1913.
X S. Thompson
Clerk of the District Court, Watonwan
County, Minnesota.
J. l.. Lobben, Attorney for Petitioners.