Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1905 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Notice as to Ditch Petition. Notice is hereby given to the following named persons, towit: John Makeever Chas.A.Harrington Fred R. Otis Charles T. Otis Henry J. Hochbaum J.W. Spencer heirs J. W. Spencer Lucius J. Otis JohannaGreenwald Charles A. Boyle Clarence O. Boyle Eliza A. Haas William Cooper Lois M. Sleezer Armstead King MichaelOttalie Kalb Cornelius Evers Henry Bosma Klaas Ettema Romke Sipkema Herman Weringa Edith E. Harwick Herman H. Kelder Klaas Weringa Eli Gerber Simon Jans Suidema Arthur Humphreys George Williams Valeria Williams MorganHollinshead Robert E. Lee John M. Stanley Charles Stolp James S. Ijtobins Alje Bierma Union Civil Township by Harvey Davisson and Keener Civil Township by Henry Feldman that Charles T. Otis and other petitioners on the 6th day of October 1905 filed with the Judge of the Jasper Circuit Court and in the Jasper circuit Court their petition praying for the location and construction of a large open ditch on the following described route, towit: Commencing at a point thirty (30) feet north of the north east corner of section twenty three (23) township thirty one (31) north, range seven (7) west, in Jasper county, Indiana, and from thence west on a line thirty (30) feet north of the section line to the public ditch known as the Otis Ditch, thence following the line of the Otis Ditch to the one half section line of section fifteen (15), thence west or a line thirty (30) feet north of the section line to a point thirty feet north of the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section seventeen (17) and from thence north to the center of section seventeen (17) and from thence in a general northerly direction following the line of the said Otis Ditch to a point in said Otis Ditch west of and near the center of section five (5) said township and range where the same will have a good and sufficient outlet, said ditch being wholly within the said county of Jasper and State of Indiana: that said ditch cause by order of court and by endorsement on the petition therefor is set for docketing on Monday, November 13, 1905. The same being the first judicial day of the November Term 1905 of the Jasper circuit Court and that you and each of you are hereby notified of the filing of said petition and the day set for dccketing thereof and that your names and your lands are mentioned and described in said petition as being affected ani which ought to be assessed for the construction of said improvement. Witness the band and seal (i seal 'of the Jasper Civcuit Court this C’.h day of October, 1905. C. C. Warner, Clerk of the Jasper Circuit C ourt harlesT Otis, et al r Petitioners. . P. Thompson, . «lk & Spitler, Att’ysfor Petitioners.