Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-08-04

| State of Minnesota, County Of Traverse
District Court, Sixteenth Judicial Dis
In the Matter of the Petition of Harr,
Strader and others whose names an
| pear below, for the consolidation of th
| proceedings heretofore initiated anC
now pending in the Counties ofTravers,
| and Grant, Minnesota, for the establish
ment of Judicial Ditch No 5 of Tray
erss and Grant Counties, Minnesota
and of Judicial Ditch No. of Grant anC
Stevens Counties, Minnesota.
TO HONORABLE S. A. FLAHERTY
| JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
The undersigned, your petitioners, rep
| resent, state and allege:
l.. That on July 26th, 1915, Harry Strade
construction of Judicial Ditch No. in thu
Counties of Traverse and Grant, Minneso
ia: that IN purSu anCe of due proceedings
had IN thus court, a preliminary hearing
was NAG on said petition on JanuaFy ST Ii
1916, and on that date an order: Of the court
was made appointing E. ". Willard as
engineer in such proceedings. That there
after and on the 18th day of May, 1916, the
said engineer filed his report as such en-
gineer in the Office of the clerk of this couTt
That by order of this court dated May 18th
1910. viewers have been appointed and are
about to enter upon the performance OF
their duties as such. That the starting
poInt,route and terminus of said proposed
ditch No. 5, and the proceedings for the
office of the Clerk of the District Court al
wheaton, said county and state, and ref
erence is hereby and may be had thereto
for greater certainty. y =
w 2 ~ That h on the Goth day of August, 1915
". I; Lie6arth and others petitioned the
District Court of Grant County, MINI
eSotag for the establishment of Judicial
pitch No, in the Counties of Grant and
SteVens' In the State of Minnesota. That
thereafter in pursuance of due proceed
!ngs had in said court preIintina ry hear.
ing ing was, bad. before Hon: s. A. Flahefty,
September, 1915, and an order of the .cTSbff
entered appointing J. g. Cole'as engifieer
in such proceedings. That thereafterfhe
of his duties, and on the 18th day of June,
19l6, filed with the Clerk of the District
Court in and for Grant County Minnesota
ms report as such engineer. That by idrte
oFder ofth1S courtviewerS were heretofore
appointed and are now abont to enter up
on the performance of their duties as such.
mat mat tor greater certainty reference is
hereby had to the said petition, report of
said engineer and the other proceedings,
All OF which are on file in the office of the
Clerk Of the District Court at Elbow Lake,
Grant County, Minnesota. = : -. :
B. That In addition to the drainage and
reclamation of wet and overlooked lands
sa1d judicial Ditch No 5 is designed to
furnish an out let for excessive Quantities
of surface waters brought from various
sources into the sO-called Five Mile. and
Twelve Mile creeks in said County of
Traverse, and that portion of said five
Mile creek in said Grant County. That as
aforesaid and the proceedings herein one
common outlet will be sufficient for each
OF said bitches, and that in fact each
or said bitches mus have common out
let and the waters from said Judicial
Ditch No. must be brought into and
carried through said Judicial Ditch No.
. and the outlet thereof.
4. Your petitioners further a1lege and
state that g.
establishment of each of said bitches are
now pending in the District Court of the
Sixteenth Judicial District of Minnesota,
and that the cost of constructing such