Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-02-25
Notice in the Matter of the
Establishment of the Pro-
posed Drainage District
Petitioned for by A. D. AM
mis- Et-al, in Harrison
County, Iowa.

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To. F. S. Owen. w. j. T. Umack,
Eliza Unmack. Fred A. Schwertley,
Margaret j. O'Connor. +. w. Schwert-
ley. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company. Clara l.. Thomas, National
Life Insurance Company. J. w.
RE, j. Nc Williams, Jr.. trustee,
NJ. Jackson, Margaret f. Myers, Car
los u. Myers. Stephen A. Myers, Lal-
la j. Myers, G. w. III. Dyer. Salome
Schwertley. Margaret Hoffman.
Phoebe Benin. +. A. Schwertley, Ida
Schwertley. Katharine Schwertley,
Francis Dougherty, George Bohrer.
l.. r. Bolter, Jr.. Irene Rolter. Caro-
line NJ. Boiler. Florence Bolter, A. j.
Coddington, Clarence Darnell, Frank
Snow, Council Bluffs Savings Bank.
Fred Brown, Penn Mutual Life In
surance Company. f. II Wade, l.. NJ
Kellogg. Julia Hudson. Albert
krause John Gephard. G. n. Wilson.
Davenport Savings Bank, r. p. Myr-
land, A. ID. Annis. Philip NJ. Evans.
A. j. Hensley. John Hancock. Mutual
Life Insurance Company, Jacob Ham
ing, Sarah f. Roden, r.. c. Hills, Ed
ward j. Sweeney. George A. Kellogg,
NJ. I. Lashell, G. A. Vincent. Roy
c. Evans, Township Clerks of 'l'avlor,
ST. John and Cincinnati Townships,
and to the occupants of any lands on
lots within the proposed drainage
district and to all whom ii may con
Germ:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that there is now pen ing be
fore the board of supervisors of llar-
rison County, Iowa, a petition signed
by A. ID. Annis et-al. filed in the Of
flee of the county auditor OF Harrison
County, Iowa, on the 4th day of April,
1914.
Said petition was addressed to the
board of supervisors of Harrison
County, Iowa. and stated that the
signers thereof We're owners OF land
affected thereby and would be assess
ed for the improvements asked for in
said petition. and that a certain body
of land situated i'm ST. John. Taylor
and Cincinnati Townships i'm farri
son County, Iowa, is subject to over
flow or too wet for cultivation. ant
that the public benefit or utility Oh
the public health. convenience OF
welfare will be promoted by draining
ditching. tiling, leveeing the same
and asking the said board of super
visors take the necessary steps to es
tablish a drainage district for the pur
pose of draining and retaining the
lands described in the petition anc
referred to above.
A bond as required by law accom-
panied said petition, and was filed OF
the 4th day of April, 1914. and APP
proved on said date.
The board of supervisors did on
the 9Th day of April. 1914, appoint w
A. Price, a competent engineer. To
make the necessary survey and exam
ination of the proposed drainage dis
trict and to make report of his find
ings to the board of supervisors o
Harrison County, Iowa, as required
by law. The said engineer did OF
the 18th day of February. 1915, file
report of his work recommending TIL
establishment of a drainage distric
as petitioned for and the construc
tion of an open ditch commencing a
point in the NW14 of section
Twp, is, Range As, at the junctio
of the old Sweeney & Hills ditto
with the Allen Creek ditch, theme
west 1900 feet to "A point on the soutl
line of lot section 6 Twp IS. II A
thence in northwesterly direction
$500 feet to the highway at the south
east conner of the SW a section 3
Twp IS, r "A: and commencing a
station AZ on open ditch: thence ives
with 20 inch tile along the soutl
line of lots 3 and 4 section s Twp Is