Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-01-05


ty was chosen to indicate the char
acter Of the land. Not SO, however.
Rock County takes it's name from
its principal river. In the eigh
teenth century this was called by
the French "Riviere de la Roche"
Crock River), after the chain of
rocks at the mouth Of the stream,
in the vicinity Of the modern city of
Rock Island, Illinois
State of Wisconsin, in Circuit Court
for Rusk County.
In the Matter of the Application to
organize the Rusk Farm Drainage
District in Rusk County, Wiscon-
sin
Notice
Notice is hereby given, that a pc
titiOn has been filed in the Circuit
Court of said County to locate and
establish a drainage district lying in
the towns of Rusk and Stubs, in
said county, said drains to begin, run
and terminate as follows: in the
Southeast quarter of the northeast
quarter of Section No. 1, Township
No. SO, Range No. 8, thence running
south and southwest to McDermott
Creek and thence to Potato Lake;
also in the Northeast quarter Of the
Southeast quarter of Section No. 10,
said township and Range, thence
southwest to Potato Lake; also in
South one-half of the Southwest
quarter Of Section No. Z, township
No. SO, Range No. 8, and in North
one-half of the Northeast quarter OF
Section No. 13, township No. SO,
Range No 8, thence south and south
east to Potato Greek; also between
the Southwest quarter Of the North
east quarter and Southeast quarter
Of Northwest quarter Of Section No.
%, Township No. 33, Range No. 8,
thence south and southeast to Pc
tato Lake; also in the Northwest
quarter of the Southeast quarter OF
Section No 5, thence SouthWesterly
through Section No. 8 and Section NO.
7, thence southeasterly through Sec
ton No and into Section No. II
to Ten Mile Creek, all in township
No. SO, Range No. g. also in South
east quarter of the Southwest quarter
of Section No. 10, thence southeast
erly to Section No. 80, thence south
to Section No. 81, and southWesterly
in Section No. 81 beginning and end
ing in Ten Mile Creek, all in Town
ship No. SO, Range No. 8.
The proposed work will consist OF
open bitches and tiled drains for
drawing off the water and retaining
the marshy, sWampy and overfloWed
land along and tributary thereto, and
promoting the public welfare and
health
Said district is comprised in three
distinct tracts and the proposed
boundaries of the same are as fol-
lows: beginning at the northeast cor
ner of Section No. 1, Township No.
80, Range No. 8, thence South one
mile, thence East three-fourths mile,
thence South two miles, thence west
one and one-half miles, thence South
to Potato Lake, thence Southwestern
ly in Potato Lake to the south line
Of Section No. %, thence West to
southwest corner of Section No. 70,
thence North three-fourths mile,
thence East one-fourth mile, thence
North two and one-fourth miles,
thence East three-fourths mile, thence
North one mile, thence East to be
ginning. Also beginning at the north
east corner of Section No. 5, Town
ship No. SO, Range No. 8, thence
South one mile, thence West one-half
mile, thence South one and one-fourth
mile. thence West one-half mile,
thence North one-fourth mile, thence
West one-fourth mile, thence North
one-half mile, thence West one-half
mile, thence North one-half mile,
thence East three-fourths mile, thence
North one mile, thence East to be-
ginning. Also beginning at the North
east corner of the Northwest quarter
Of the Northwest quarter Of Section
No. 20, Township No. 33, Range NO.
g, thence South two miles, thence
West one-fourth mile, thence South
one-half mile, thence West three
fourths mile, thence South one-tourth
mile. thence west one-fourth mile,
thence North two and one-fourth
miles, thence East three-fourths mile,
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