Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1909 — PETITIONERS WIN FIRST BLOOD. [ARTICLE]

PETITIONERS WIN FIRST BLOOD.

Pulaski County Democrat: The petitioners on the Ketman. or Monon ditch have won the first battle of any consequence, Judge Nelson ruling yesterday noon that the route as described in the viewers’ report is practicable. Two days and a half were spent in hearing evidence on this point, there being testimoy by the viewers, engineers, drainage experts and landowners. The question was raised by a remonstrance filed by a number of landowners, their objection being that the proposed plan will not secure the beet results. But the ruling was against them. This puts the question down to individual remonstrances, and the work of hearing them will begin a week from next Monday, Dec. 6.