The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-29

j. w. Pritchard, A. w. Shay, {
al, has been flied with the Cier
of the Township Board Of LON
Oak Township, Bates County
Missouri, praying for the organ
izatic a Of a Road District to b
known as the CORTLAND Lone Gal
Township Road District No. l o
Bates County, Missouri, will
boundaries described as follows
Commencing at the Northwes
corner Of Lone Oak Township, be
ing the Northwest corner of Sec
ton Six (6) in said Lone Oal
Township, said Township being
Thirty-ninc (39) of Range Thir
ty-one (31), in Bates County
Missouri; thence running South
along the west line of Section
Six (6) and along the West line
of Section Seven (7) to point
on the North bank of the Marias
DIES Cygncs River where said
West line of Section Seven Gu
intersects said River; thence in a
Southeasterly direction, contin-
uing along the north bank Of the
Marias des Cygnes River through
Sections Seven ~, Eighteen
(18), Seventeen (17), Nineteen
(19). Twenty (20), and Twenty
one (2D, 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
f2D, Twenty-Five (22) and Six
teen (16) and Fifteen (15), to a
point where the Miami Creek in
tersects the west line of Section
Fifteen 05); thence North and
West along the Miami Creek
through Section Sixteen (l6) and
Section Nine (9), to 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 (S); thence North to
the Southwest corner Of the East
half of the Southeast quarter of
Section Five (5(,; thence West
,nc-fourth 1-4) mile to the
corner of the South
vest quarter of Section Five (5); |
hence North one-fourth (1-4)
nile to the Northeast corner of
he Southeast quarter of the
Southwest quarter of Section
five 50: thence West one-half
1-2) mile to the West line Of said
section Five (5); thence North
long the West line of said Sec
ion Five 81 to the Southwest
orncr of Lot Seven (7) Of the
northwest quarter of Section
i've o. +; thence East onc-half
1-2l mile to the Southeast cor
er OF Lot Seven (0 of said
northwest quarter of Section
i've 90: thence North one
,urth Ia mile to the South =
est corner of Lot Eight (S) of
,eN0rthcast quarter of Section i.
i've 90; thence East one-fourth :.
1-4) mile to the center of Lot :,
light (8) of said Northeast quar-
II of Section Five 90; thence +
orth to the North line of said :,
ection Five {5); thence West - -
ong the North line of said Sec :,
ons Five 90 and Six (6), be- .
g the Township line to the q
orthwest corner of said Section =
x (6), being the Northwest :"
'rncr of the Township and the r
ace of beginning. 9
All owners of land in said pro- K
used District are hereby mott +
ed of the presentation of said O
,tition, and that the same will u
} heard at the next regular =,
Getting of said Township Board, IL
6ich will begin on Wednesday,
e 18th day of April, 1917, at the le
flee of the Township Clerk in r
,ne Oak Township, Bates =
,unty, Missouri, and that those 4,
no may desire to oppose the for W
alton Of such road district must vi
pear on the finst day of such u