Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1915 — Not Enough Water to Run Dredge. [ARTICLE]

Not Enough Water to Run Dredge.

Excavation on the Clayton ditch has been delayed for lack of water, strange as it may sound. This applies to both the main ditch and ditch tributaries, the latter being held back by the former. The dredge boat is headed north, but has been stationary for some time because there is not enough water to make it float. On the other hand tile drainage elsewhere has been going forward under favorable conditions, the dryness of the soil contributing to its success. The frost, as one would suppose, does not interfere with the digging, the snow having prevented it from penetrating the earth so as to become an obtsruction. Ed Kentnick, who has been quite busy surveying for individual drainage, informs us that the farmers are doing a great deal of this work under very favorable auspices, considering the severity of the winter. —Monon News.