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His suggestion was that a darn bn placed at the outlet. of Nottswa lake at. least. arrd farther down the .stream if necessary. He said that the drouth had dried up many fields where, before the drain was dug, there had been plenty of water, even in drought periods.He said that he had been anxi-' ous for the drain to- go through and had paid a sizeable drain tax and for a few years he profited : greatly by It. Now. however, he is afraid that the drain is doing 1 much more harm than good, i It is said that the only way such a dam could be put in would be ■ foT 50 per cent of the taxpayers I whose property actually abuts ! the drain to file -a petition ! asking for one. This Is filed with the drain commissioner and then in turn with the state authorities, who would come here and make a , survey of the situation., That information was not in the 1 possession of The Evening Chroni- I , cle at the time the suggestion whs j made that something be said ] about the matter. Therefore if I anything is done about it, the in- (! terested property owners would i . have to circulate the petition, j There has been some talk that the drain was lowering the lakes I in the neighborhood but there has I never been any way to prove that jtbis was true. It is true, however,' M that- Nottawa lake is. very.. low-t i • • r -iv ■ ^ . I
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Marshall Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan, US
Thu, May 07, 1931
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