The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-09-30
Drainage District Notice.

Eden, Burrell, New Buda and Hamil-
ton townships, Decatur county, Iowa.
TO D. r. Slaughter, c. r. Goble, J.
IN. Gates, J. E. Flora, G. Rauch, G.
Filical, William Filical, j. T. Parker,
III. p. Parker, B. r. Parker, Paulina
Craig, Luther Bason, A. W. Venting,
J. Ofield, J. B. BENIN, A. J. Miller,
w. M. Ordway, J. F. Hamilton, John
Burrell, c. A. Lindstrom, l.. R. Luin,
J. C. Probert, J. w. Cummings, David
Downey, T. E. Cummings, Security
Loan & Investment Co., Great West
ern Accident Association, I. N. JEFF
fries, Farmers Bank of Davis City, l..
M. Fisher, Frieda Golinghorst, NJ B.
Cameron, Farmers Mechanics Savings
Bank, Mrs. S. R. Frazier, Cliff Wheel
err, Hartford Theological Seminary,
J. F.. Hubbard, Stephen Varga, Chris
tan Dubach, Winnebago National
Bank, H. M. Lauderdale, Decatur
County, Iowa, D. c. Cowles, Connec-
ticut Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, r. A. Jerry, Davis City Perch
eron Horse Company, being interest
ed as owners, lienholders or encum-
brancers of the real estate embraced
in this district, and to all parties in
actual occupancy of any of said real
estate, and to all others claiming any
title or interest therein, and to all
whom it may concern:
You and each of you are hereby no.
titled that a petition signed by land
owners whose land will be affected by
and assessed for the expenses of the
proposed drainage, has been filed in
the office of the auditor of Decatur
county, Iowa, asking the board of sup
ervisors of said county to order the
land described in this notice, located
in Eden, BurreII, New Buda and
Hamilton townships of said county,
to e drained in accordance with the
drainage laws of Iowa, for the reason
that the said lands are subject to
overflow and too wet for cultivation,
and that the public health, convent
ence and welfare will be promoted
by said drainage. Said petition be-
ing accompanied by bond for the
payment of preliminary expenses as
required by law.
And you are further notified that
F.. G. Mallette, the engineer appoint
ed to examine into the expediency,
necessity and availability of said
drainage, has reported favorably on
the same and has recommended that
drainage district be established to
be known as Drainage District No. l,
and a drain located and constructed
on the lands therein mentioned; and
the board of supervisors having ex-
amined said engineers report, and
believing the plan recommended to
be expedient, has instructed the
county auditor to cause this notice
to be served by publication as requ1r-
ed by law The territory comprised
in said district will be located in Sec
ton SO, township GO, range rs; Sec
ton 81, township 68, range rs; Sec
ton /, township 81, range rs; Sec
ton 6, township 81, range %, as re-
ported by the engineer.
The size and the course OF the pro-
posed drain through the foregoing de-
scribed lands to be as recommended
by the engineer and as shown by his
report which is on file in the Office
O. the county auditor at Leon, Iowa,
and was approved by the board OF
supervisors, September Is, 1915.
You are further notified that said
engineers report may be amended at
any time before the district is estab-
lished, and, if amended, the plan
shall be conclusive unless appealed
from as provided by law.
You and each of you are hereby
further notified that the board OF
supervisors of Decatur county, Iowa,
will hold hearing on said petition
and engineers report at their office
in the court house in Leon, Iowa, on
the 25th day of October, 1915, at l
O'Clock p. m.
And you are hereby further notifi-
ed that all claims for damages on ac-
count of the construction of the
proposed drain must be filed in the
county auditors Office at Leon, Iowa,
at least five days before the date set
for the hearing, and if no such claims
are filed the district will be estab-
lished and said described lands drain
ed as by law provided, and you and
each of you will be held to have
waived your rights to any claim for
damages on account of the drainage
herein proposed. Claimants must file
said claims in writing.
You will, therefore, take due no
tice and govern yourselves accord
i,;gly.
Witness my hand and official seal
OF Decatur county, Iowa, this goth
Cay of September, 1915.