The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-04-05
Road District Notice.

Notice is hereby given: That
a petition signed by Milo +. 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
izati, 1 of a Road District to be
known as the CORTLAND Lone Oak
Township Road District No. l 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 CO. in said Lone Oak
Township, said Township being
Thirty-nine (39) 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 a point
on the North bank Of the Marias
DIES Cygnes River where said
West line Of Section Seven %
intcrsects said River; thence in a
Southeasterly direction, contin-
uing along the north bank of the
Marias DIES Cygnes River through
Sections Seven ~, Eighteen
| 1S). Seventeen I'D, Nineteen
| 90 Twenty (20), and Twenty
one (2l), to where the north
bank of the Marias DIES Cygnes
River intersects the Miami Creek
near the Southeast corner Of Lot
Six (6) in Section Twenty-one
(2D; thence North along the
west bank of the Miami Creek
through Sections Twcnty-one
(2n, Twenty-Five (22l and Six
teen (16) and Fifteen (l5), to a
point where the Miami Creek in
tersects the west line of Section
Fifteen (l5>: thence North and
West along the Miami Creek
through Section Sixteen (l6) and
Section Nine o.. to a point
where the Miami Creek intcrsects
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 (Sl: thence North to
the Southwest corner of the East
half of the Southeast quarter OF
Section Five (5l; thence West
one-fourth (1-4) mile to the
Southeast corner of the South
west quarter of Section Five 90 /;
thence North onc-fourth Ola
mile to the Northeast corner OF
the Southeast quarter of the
Southwest quarter of Section
: Five 81: thence West onc-half
1-2) mile to the West line of said
Section Five o.; thence North
along the West line of said Sec
ton Five ~ to the Southwest
corncr~of Lot Seven (7( Of the
Northwest quarter of Section
Five (51; thence East one-half
l-2) mile. to the Southeast cor
ner of Lot Seven (7 Of said
Northwest quarter of Section
Five (5l; thence North one
fourth (1-4} mile to the South
west corner of Lot Fight 90 OF
thrNorthcast quarter of Section
Five 90; thence East oncfourth
| 1-4) mile to the center of Lot
Eight (S) of said Northeast quar-
ter of Section Five 90: thence
North to the North line of said
Section Five 90; thence West
along the North line of said See
tions Five (5) and Six (6D, be-
ing the Township line to the
Northwest corner of said Section
Six (6). being the Northwest
corner of the Township and the
place of beginning.
All owners of land in said pro-
posed District are hereby mott
fled of the presentation of said
petition, and that the same will
be heard ut the next regular
meeting of said Township Board,
which will begin on Wednesday,
the 18th day of April. 1917, at the
office of the Township Clerk in
Lone Oak Township, Bates
County. Missouri, and that those
who may desire to oppose the for
nation of such road district must
amman an tho fret dav Of S,lph