Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1917 — Judge Barce Begins Ryan Ditch Hearing. [ARTICLE]

Judge Barce Begins Ryan Ditch Hearing.

Attorney Lyman Barce, of Fowler, who is the acting judge in the Ryan ditch hearing, came today, Monday, and that most important case is now before the court. John P. Kyan, whose name heads the petition, is here and began giving his evidence this afternoon. The petitioners are represented by Attorneys George A. Williams and Frank Foltz, both of Rensselaer. There are a large number of remoi* strators and among the attorneys represenitng them are Abraham Halleck, Moses Leopold, W. IL Parkinson, John A. Dunlap and S. C. Irwin, all of Rensselaer. George >E. Hershman, of Crown Point, :s the onl yout of town attorney present today. This is ah improvement of great magnitude and the costs of construction will be large, but the need of the improvement has been felt keenly in the past few years and many times its cost has been lost by the floods ruinnig crops. Let us hope that the array of legal talent may find a good and efficient solution of this great proposed improvement.