Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1917 — RYAN DITCH CASE CONTINUED [ARTICLE]

RYAN DITCH CASE CONTINUED

To Monday, July 9, at 10 A. M.— Will Then Be Threshed Out. Special Judge Elmore Barde was over from Fowler Monday, the date set for hearing the Ryan ditch case. Several interested parties were down from Gillam township, an<f as Judge Barce had some cases pending in the TTenton circuit court next week and could only give this week to the case at this time and some of the attorneys had cases pending in the Nowton circuit court gnd could not continue the hearing at this time until it was finished, Judge Barce continued the cause to Monday, July 9, at 10 a. m., and said he would take the matter up then and thresh it out regardless bf whether all the parties were ready for trial or not. This ditch cause has been pending in the courts since October, 1909, and has been down to the supreme court once. It is one of the largest drainage projects ever started in Jasper county and is destined to drain many of acres of land that is greatly in need of relief.