The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-05
DRAINAGE DISTRICT
IS ESTABLISHED
JUDGE PATTON, OF HALLS,
HEARS PETITIONERS
The District Takes in Large Territory
and Will Reclaim Much Fertile
Land - Work VIII Begin at An
Early Date - Plan is Thought to
Work Marked Improvement.


The county court established We'd
nesday drainage district for the
lands lying in Beaver creek bottom,
which are subject to overflow. The
petition for the establishment Of this
district was filed in the county court
by a committee representing the
property owners Of that district on
September Is. 1919
The boundaries of the district, ac-
cording to the petition filed, are:
: Beginning where Beaver creek, or
dinarily called Middle Beaver creek,
crosses the south line Of G. G. Gull
breath's tract in the 18th civil dis
trict Of Upton county and running
from there in a general southern d.
rection with the meanders of the
creek in its course through Upton
county to the point on or near the
south line Of Upton county where
Middle Beaver creek joins with East
Beaver creek and extending on each
side Of the creek to the foothills, and
taking in all the lands lying on said
creek and it's tributaries and in the
bottom on bottoms thereof.
The lands embraced in this district
are either subject to overflow from
the creek or are too wet for profit.
able cultivation most of the year. In
the low places sloughs and lagoons
water stands and becomes the breed
ing places Of mosquitoes and malaria
is spread. With the establishment
of this district and the construction
Of the canal the surface water will
not stand in these sloughs and la
goons, but will be drained; therefore
the establishment Of the district will
be matter for the general health Of
that community.
The lands lying in the district are
very fertile, but owing to the humid
ity of the soil many acres are not
now in cultivation and many acres
can not now be profitably cultivated.
With the construction of the drain
age canal these lands will be re-
claimed and it viii enable the owners
to cultivate these lands very profit
ably.
Property owners in this district
should welcome the establishment Of
this district. Lands that are now W.
ing idle because Of the overflow and
are of small market value will be
reclaimed and put in a state of
profitable cultivation and the value
of all the lands will be greatly in
creased, to say nothing Of the effect
that the draining Of these low lands
will, have upon the health Of the COM
munity. The assessments to prop
erty owners will be small in. COM
parison to the benefits conferred.
The proposed canal will be con-
structed as soon as the necessary
steps can be taken to raise the funds
necessary for the undertaking. The
depth Of the canal will be eight feet.
The width at the top win be from
is to 80 feet, according to the sta
ton on the proposed canal, while the
width at the bottom will be from 10
to % feet. According to specialists
in this line Of work. the proposed
ditch will drain all surface water in
the district and none will stand on
the land and ruin the crops, as is
the present situation.
Judge John Y. Peete being incompe-
tent to try this matter, Judge w. C.I
Patton, of Halls, county judge of
Lauderdale county, presided over the
court in his stead. Judge Peete was
incompetent from the fact that he is
interested in some Of the lands in
the district.