Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1910 — The Latest About The Monon Ditch Case Muddle. [ARTICLE]

The Latest About The Monon Ditch Case Muddle.

Winamac Republican. * “We have gone over the land of about eighty remonstrators within the last week,’ - said Judge Henry Steis in reviewing the progress of the Monrm ditch situation, “and the tendency seems to be that practically all Pulaski county remonstrators will adopt the present method of personal investigation by the court." The method pursued by Judge Steis is to examine the land described in each remonstrance and take full note* of his findings of fact while he is on the property, Cost of settlement of the- cases is thereby decreased over one half of that of the old trial method. No findings of the court have been reported since the reduction of the Clark assessment. During the first week in August Judge Steis is planning to make an extensive report on the result of his investigations. Remonstrators affected by the report will be notified of the time and the findings regarding the individual remonstrances will be given in court together with the reasons for the decision.