The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-11-24
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NOTICE OF FILING OF AND
HEARING ON DITCH PETI-
TION NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that 6 petit
ton, of which the following is copy,
has been filed in the office of the
County Auditor of Redwood County,
State of Minnesota. and that hear
ing be had upon said petition before
the County Board. at the office of the
County Auditor Of said County, in
the city of Redwood Falls on We'd
nesday the 18th day of December. A.
ID. 1915, at two o'clock P. M.
Dated at Redwood Falls. Mimi,
this 4th day of November, 1915.
Numbered as County Ditch No. So.
L. P. LARSON,
County Auditor.
auditors SeaD
The County Board of the County
of Redwood, State of Minnesota. The
undersigned petitioner represents and
states:
FIRST-That he is the owner of
the South Half (Sk) of the South
west Quarter (SWA) of Section One
Cd in Township One Hundred and
eleven OLD Range Thirty seven (37)
in the County of Redwood and State
of Minnesota, which said land will
be liable to be affected and assessed
for the construction of the ditch and
drain hereinafter mentioned.
SECOND-That it is necessary
that a ditch and drain be construc-
ted substantially along the route
hereinafter described for the follow
ing reasons towit:
That along the line of said pro-
posed ditch and drain there are large
tracts of wet, marshy an overfowed
lands unfit for use in their present
condition. That pools Of stagnant and
poisonous waters stand upon said
lands and along and in the highways
adjacent thereto during a large part
Of the summer season of each year
causing said roads to be dangerous
and impossible and causing an I'M
healthy condition in the vicinity
thereof.
THIRD-That the construction of
said ditch and drain will be of public
benefit and promote public health,
reclaim said wet, marshy and over
flowed lands and improve and drain
the roads adjacent thereto and that
the construction of said ditch and
drain is necessary for said purposes.
FOURTH-That the description of
said proposed starting point route and
terminus of said ditch and drain is
as follows: Commencing at a point
600 feet West and 900 feet South Of
| the center of Section One a. in
Township One Hundred and Eleven
| (11D Range Thirty-seven (37) Red
wood County. Minnesota, and running
thence following the natural water
course as near as practicable South
SO Degrees West $40 feet; thence
South 13 Degrees West $40 feet;
thence South 25 Degrees West TAO
feet; thence South Degrees and 80
minutes East 700 feet; thence South
IA Degrees East 500 #; thence S. %
Degrees West $40 feet; thence South
Is Degrees West 600 feet; thence
South a Degrees West 600 feet; thence
South II Dageers West 260 feet;
thence South "a Degrees West 100
feet; thence South II Degrees East
$40 feet, thence South so Degrees
East 700 feet to it's outlet in an open
ditch at 6 point 1920 feet East and
$50 feet North of the Southwest cor
ner of Section II, Township Ill,
Range 81.
That the legal descriptions of the
tracts of land through which said
proposed ditch and drain will run as
near as can now be ascertained by
your petitioner are as follows:
The North Half of the Southwest
Quarter (N1a SWA } Of Section One
(D.
The North Half of the Northwest
Quarter (N1A NWA) of Section
Twelve (12) and the South Half of
the Northwest Quarter (S1a NWA)
of said Section Twelve (12) and the
Southwest Quarter (SWA) of said
Section Twelve (12), all in Township
Ill, Range 81.
That for the aforesaid purposes it
will be necessary to construct a La
teral ditch and drain to said main
ditch. That the starting point, route
and terminus of said lateral ditch
and drain is as follows:
LATERAL "A''
Commencing at point ego feet
West of the Northeast corner of the
Southeast Quarter of the Southwest
Quarter (SEA SWA of Section Two
(2) in Township Ill, Range 81, in
Redwood County. Minnesota, and run
ming thence in Southeasterly direc-
ton, following the natural water
course as near as practicable through
said Southeast Qparter Of the South
west Quarter of said Section Two
~; thence in a Southeasterly direc-
ton following the natural water
course as near as practicable through
the North Half Of the Northeast
Quarter of Section II in said Town
ship and Range; thence in a South
easterly direction following the nat
ural water course as near as prac-
ticable through the Southwest Quar-
ter of the Northwest Quarter (SWA
NWA) of Section Tweve (12) in said
Township and Range to a point in
the main ditch 800 feet South of the
North line of the South half of the
Northwest Quarter (Sk NWA) of
said Section Twelve (12) and there
ending as it's outlet.
Wherefore your petitioner prays
that said ditch and drain and said