Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1913 — RYAN DITCH CASE NOW BEING TRIED [ARTICLE]

RYAN DITCH CASE NOW BEING TRIED

Ramonstrators Against Amended Report Trying to Pefe&t Big Drainage Proposition.

T. B. Cunningham, as special judge, began the hearing Monday of the Ryan ditch case, on the amended report. The attorneys for the ditch are George A. Williams and Frank Foltz, while the remonstrators are represented by A. Hallcck, Moses Leopold, J. A. Dunlap, G. H. Gifford, William Guthrie and others. It is quite probable that the hearing will require two weeks or more. The case is being heard in the main court room this week, . t>ut next week will probably transfer to the east court room, When several other cases have been set for hearing before Judge Hanley. Court Reporter McFarland is still confined in a Chicago hospital and two men came from Chicago Monday in response to a request for a stenographer. The men are B. F. Whitman and A. B. Shippee. Thpy are working together, both taking the report, which is a custom commonly followed in Chicago.