Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-29
Logan. Ia. Feb. 25. 1918.

suant to adjournment, with all mem,
bers present.
The following resolution was adopt.
ed, all members voting aye"
Whereas, it appears to the board
that blocks 3, 4 6 and Z, in Longview
addition to Missouri Valley, was er.
roneously assessed. in that all of said
blocks were assessed to George w
Weatherly and portion of said prop.
erty was also assessed to the Odell
estate, and that same amounted to a
double assessment, therefore
BE 1t resolved by the board that all
OF said property assessed to the Odell
estate be. and the same is hereby or
dered, cancelled and that the assess.
ment of George W. Weatherly on said
blocks 3, 4, 6 and Z be corrected by
cancelling the assessment against the
lots of said property so assessed on
the 1914 tax list, amounting to $24S.
and that the assessment of said
blocks be corrected on the 1914
tax list to s906, instead of ST..
ISL, and the auditor is hereby au
thorized to issue refund to George W.
Weatherly on the 1913 taxes amount
ing to s26.54.'
On motion of Van Scoy, with sec
ond by Hosbrook, the appointment Of
j. P. Creager as gopher register is
hereby terminated, and the auditor is
hereafter required to receive any
gopher claws presented for bounty and
to pay cash for same out of his con.
tingent fund and file bills for same
Motion carried.
Now ON this 25th day of February
1915 the matter of the proposed Steer
Creek drainage district being before
the board of supervisors of Harrison
county, Iowa, on the petition signed
by j. P. Garner ct al. and the report
of w. A. Price engineer, filed in the
auditors Office on the 18th day OF
January, 1915
The board Of supervisors, after due
examination of said report and plat
filed with said report and having here
tofore personally investigated the ter
ritory, it is proposed to include in said
proposed drainage district finds that
filed and also several written obiec.
tons and number of DIRECTORS an.
peared in person before the board, and
said DIRECTORS being represented by
Attorney c. w. Kellogg and objected
to the establishment of the proposed
drainage district, and the board hav
Ing heard all parties desiring to be
ND off eel
sideration Of the necessities in the
premises and the plan recommended,
and being advised in the premises the
board further finds that hearing on
said petition and report should be con.
tinued; that the objections have some
merit and that approval of the plan
should be deferred pending further in.
vestlgation with reference to the feas
Utility of discharging the waters from
Steer Creek westerly through the Mel
son ditch in the Soldier Valley drain.
age district, therefore
BE it resolved by the board, and IL
Is hereby ordered, that hearing on
said petition and report of the engi.
neer be continued pending further in.
said matter of providing a new plan
for the drainage of the lands to be in.
clnded in the proposed Steer Creek
drainage district be referred to the
engineer, w. A. Price, for further In.
vestigation having for its object the
location of new plan which contem.
plates the construction of channel
Wi
In the Soldier Valley drainage district
and through which to discharge the
waters from Steer Creek and to make
further surveys, if necessary. of the
lands 1t is proposed to include in said
drainage district and file with the
auditor OF Harrison county an amend
cd return and, if deemed advisable by
him, to submit new plan, having fol-
Its object the discharging westerly
through a new channel the waters o.
the said Steer Creek.
BE 1t further resolved and it is
hereby ordered, that the said enei
neer shall at the same time inves,i.
gate conditions with reference to the
repairs or improvements needed fo,
said Nelson ditch at or near its juno
ton with the East Soldier ditch OF
SAID Soldier Valley drainage district
and report his findings to the board Of
supervisors and recommend such re
pairs or improvements as to him
Seems necessary and the probable
cost of the same"
Hosbrook moves adoption of forego
ing resolution, with second by Van
Scoy. On roll CALL vote resulted as
follows: Hosbrook, yes; Van Scoy
yes; Erixson, yes
Now on this 25th day of February,
1915, the board of supervisors being
in regular adjourned session, with all
members present. and
Whereas, interested parties have
heretofore filed petition asking re
lief In the matter of drainage for
lands described in the petition. Being
section 3G. township 81. range Al, and
sections and - township so. range
Al, all of said land being within the
limits OF the Upper Boyer drainage
district, and the board of supervisors
having heretofore made a personal in
vestigation of said territory. and being
fully advised as to the needs of this
territory in the matter of drainage
the board finds that something should
be done to afford relief; therefore
Be it resolved by the board, and II
rs hereby ordered, that w. A. Price
competent engineer, be and he is
hereby appointed to make the neces
sary surveys and examination of said