Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1917 — DRAINAGE IS NOW ASSURED [ARTICLE]

DRAINAGE IS NOW ASSURED

RYAN AND OLIVER DITCH REPORTS PLAN EXCELLENT DRAINAGE SYSTEM. It seems to be the general opinion that the reports of the Ryan and Oliver ditches now on file will give the relief desired and that the system of drainage planned by these proposed improvements is what the lands affected need. The reports as filed are in very neat typewritten form and it is believed that they are very exact and that they form a basis for adequate drainage for the seventy thousand acres of land affected. The Oliver ditch is estimated to cost $98,768.70, and benefits derived therefrom are estimated to be $133,723.19. The amended report on the Ryan ditch estimates the benefits at $315,466.53 and the cost of construction at $243,106.23. There may be a few assessments on these ditches which will have to be adjusted but that the general plans are what is needed seems to be the general opinion of all interested.

James Garriott, who had been visiting’ Jasper county relatives and friends, returned to his home at Payette, Alabama, today. Mrs. Lydia C. Lane, of West Point, Ind., and Mrs. Howard Atkinson, returned to their home today after a visit in the family of the Mathena brothers in this city. Relatives of Mrs. Rachel Scott including Frazier Antrim and three sons and their families, of Hebron, and Mr. and Mrs. George Howe and family, of Medaryville, and Mr. and Mrs. Julius Huff, of south of town, came Sunday for a short visit. They came with well filled baskets and after dinner had their pictures taken. E. L. Hollingsworth returned from Chicago this morning. He heard Col. Roosevelt’s speech Wednesday night. He considers it the greatest patriotic speech he ever heard. Almost every sentence uttered by the Colonel was interrupted by the applause of the great audience. Judson J. Hunt returned from Indianapolis Wednesday evening, where he had been to represent the banks of this county in the movement looking to the sale of the second liberty loan bonds. While in the city Mr. Hunt visited Fort Benjamin Hamson and saw a few members of Company M. He saw Lt. Col. Healey and his First Indiana Infantry entrain for Hattiesburg, Miss.