The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-04-12
Road District Notice.

NO&O Ol6GI1Ct NOtAO0s
Notice is hereby given: That
a petition signed by Milo E. Hill,
j. w. Pritchard, A. w. Shay, ct
al, has been filed with the Clerk
of the Township Board of Lone
Oak Township, Bates County,
Missouri, praying for the organ
izatiol of a Road District to be
known as the CORTLAND Lone Oak
Township Road District No. Of
Bates County, Missouri, with
boundaries described as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest
corner of Lone Oak Township, be-
ing the Northwest corner Of Sec
ton Six (6) in said Lone Oak
Township, said Township being
Thirty-nine $780, of Range Thir-
ty-one (31), in Bates County,
Missouri; thence running South
along the west line of Section
Six co. and along the West line
of Section Seven (7) to point
OH the North bank Of the Marias
DIES Cygnes River where said
West line of Section Seven Cd
intersects said River; thence in
Southeastcrly direction, .contin-
uing along the north bank Of the
Marias DIES Cygnes River through
Sections Seven 90, Eighteen
(18), Seventeen (17), Nineteen
(19). Twenty (2O), and Twenty
one (21), to where the north
bank of the Marias DIES Cygnes
River intersects the Miami Creek
near the Southeast corner Of Lot
Six co. in Section Twenty-one
(21); thence North along the
west bank of the Miami Greek
through Sections Twenty-one
(21), Twenty-Five (22) and Six
teen (16) and Fifteen (15), to a
point where the Miami Creek in
tersccts the west line Of Section
Fifteen (15); thence North and
West along the Miami Greek
through Section Sixteen (16) and
Section Nine (9), to a point
where the Miami Creek intersects
the West line of the East half of
the Southeast quarter of Section
Eight (S); thence North to the
Southeast corner of the West half
of the Northeast quarter Of Sec
ton Eight (8); thence North to
the Southwest corner of the East
half of the Southeast quarter of
Section Five (5l; thence West
one-fourth Q-4) mile to the
Southeast corner Of the South
west quarter Of Section Five (6.;]
thence North one-fourth (1-4)
mile to the Northeast corner Of
the Southeast quarter Of the
Southwest quarter of Section
Five (5); thence West one-half
(1-2) mile to the West line of said
Section Five (5); thence North
along the West line Of said Sec
ton Five (5) to the Southwest
corner of Lot Seven (7) of the
quarter of Section
Five (5l; thence East one-half
1-2) mile to the Southeast cor
ner of Lot Seven CD OF said
quarter of Section
Five (5); thence North one
fourth (1-4) mile to the South.
west corner of Lot Eight (s) OF
theNortheast quarter of Section
Five (5); thence East one-fourth
(1-4) mile to the center of Lot
Eight (S) of said Northeast quar-
ter of Section Five (6; thence
North to the North line of said
Section Five (5); thence West
along the North line Of said Sec.
tions Five (5) and Six (6(, be-
ing the Township line to the
corner of said Section
Six (6), being the Northwest
corner of the Township and the
place of beginning. I
All owners of land in said pro- {
posed District are hereby noti-
led of the presentation of said
petition, and that the same will {
,e heard at the next regular =,
Meeting of said Township Board,
which will begin on Wednesday,,
he 18th day of April, 1917, at the
,ffice of the Township Clerk in
lone Oak Township, Bates |
Jounty, Missouri, and that those {