Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1917 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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CENTRAL GARAGE RENSSELAER, INDIANA

NOTICE OF DITCH LETTING Notice is hereby given that the trustee of Jordan township, Jasper county, Indiana, will, at the law office of Williams & Dean, in the L O. O. F. building in Rensselaer, Indiana, up to 2 o’clock p. m. of Saturday, July 28, 1917, receive bids for the improvement by cleaning the following ditches in said Jordan township: The Cain ditch. . The Sage ditch. The Eck ditch. The Reed ditch. The Bartoo ditch. Plans and specifications on file in my office in Jordan township showing the number of cubic yards of excavation, where excavation is necessary, and the work to be per formed by sections of 100 feet. Bidders wjll be required to file a certified check with their bid in the sum of SIOO/ conditioned that if awarded contract they will within five (5) days enter into a contract and give bond with two freehold sureties in a sum not less than double the amount of the contract so awarded. The trustee reserves the right to reject any and all bids. JOHN KOLHOFF, Trustee Jordan Township. Notice if Ditch Petition. To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given that a ditch petition has been filed with the clerk of the circuit court of Jasper county, Indiana, and that the petitioners in said petition have fixed on the tenth day of September, 1917, as the time for docketing said petition., Therefore, this notice is given to all the follow-