The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-06-02
May 26-June 2-9.

ditch in the town of Washington, in
the County of lie Sueur and State of
Minnesota and the Town of James
town in the County of Blue Earth, and
State of Minnesota, and that a hear
ing will be had upon said petition be-
fore the Honorable w. L.. Comstock,
Judge Of said District Court in the
Court Room, in the Court House, in
the City of Mankato, in said County of
Blue Earth, and State of Minnesota,
on the twenty fourth day of June,
A. d. 1916, at two O'Clock in the aft
order of the Court fixing the time and
place Of said hearing in said matter.
Dated at Mankato, Minnesota, this
% day Of May, A. d. 1916.
GEORGE G. KROST,
Clerk of District Court.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth, In District Court
Sixth Judicial District.
In The Matter of-Judicial Ditch Pro-
ceedings in Said County of Blue
Earth, Said Ditch to be Known and
Designated as Judicial Ditch Num-
Der Sixteen Upon the Petition of
George Schippel
PETITION.
The undersigned petitioner re-
Spectfully represents to the court and
states that he is the owner of lands
liable to be affected by, or assessed
for, the expense of the construction
OF the ditch and drainage system
hereinafter described; that the public
health, convenience and welfare and
the drainage and reclamation of wet
and cverflowed lands require the es-
Establishment and construction of ditch
and drainage system along the fol-
lowing described route in the Towns
of Washington and jamestown, in the
Counties of lie Sueur and Blue Earth,
respectively. in the State of Minneso-
ia, and that the construction of the
same would be of Public benefit and
utility.
A general description of the pro-
posed starting point, route. and ter
minus of said ditch and drainage sys-
tenn and the legal description of all
land through which said proposed
ditch and drainage system shall pass
as near as he can ascertain the same
is as follows:
Commencing at point about eighty
(8O) rods South and Three (3)
rods east of the West Quarter Sec
ton corner of Section Fourteen Q4)
Township One hundred nine (109)
Range Twenty-Five (25) in LIE Sueur
County, Minnesota, thence West
about eight (S) rods to a point in the
East Half of the Southeast Quarter
(A) of Section Fifteen 15) Town
ship One hundred nine Q09) North,
Range Twenty-Five (25) West in said
LIE Sueur County, thence southerly
through the East Half (1s) of the
Southeast Quarter (14) of said Sec
ton Fifteen (15) to point on the
South line of said Section Fifteen
(15) about forty (4OO rods west of
the Southeast corner of said Section
Fifteen (15) Township One hundred
nine (109) North, Range Twenty five
(25) West, thence southeasterly,
thence southerly through the North
east Quarter (A) of Section Twenty
two (22) Township One Hundred nine
(109) North, Range twenty-five (25)
West in said Blue Earth County, Min
nesota, to point on the East line OF
said Section Twenty-Five (22) about
forty rods North of the East Quarter
% Section corner of said Section
twenty-five (22) Township One hun
dred nine (109) North, Range Twen-
ty-fve (25) West; thence southeast
erly through the Northwest Quarter
(A) of Section Twenty-three (23)
Township One hundred nine (109)
North Range Twenty-Five (25) West,
in said Blue Earth County. Minneso-
ia, to a point on the south. line of said
Northwest Quarter (A) of said Sec
ton Twenty-three (25), about twen-
ty-five (25) rods least of the South
west corner of said Northwest Quarter
{A) of said Section Twenty-three
(23l Township One hundred nine
Q09) North, Range Twenty-Five (25)
| West, thence southerly, thence,
southeasterly thence easterly through
the South half (1a) of said Section
Twenty three (23) to point about
forty (40) rods west and forty (4O)
rods north of the Southeast corner of
said Section Twenty three (23)
Township One hundred nine (1O9)
North, Range twenty-five (25) West
and there to terminate in an open
ditch leading to Lake Jefferson, said
Lake Jefferson being in said lie
Sueur County. Also such branches
and laterals as the Engineer deems
necessary to furnish proper outlet
to all low lands within this water
she'd
And your petitioner prays that the
court by its order fix time and place
for a hearing upon this petition and
that such other proceedings under the
law may be had as are necessary and
requisite to the establishment and
construction of such ditch and drain
age system as prayed for herein.
Dated this 18th day of May, A. d.
1916.
GEORGE SCHIPPEL,
Petitioner.
HUGHES & ELLSWORTH and
TINT