Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1911 — Ten Acre Farm in Orange County As Apple Show Prize. [ARTICLE]
Ten Acre Farm in Orange County As Apple Show Prize.
Ed Smith, member of the commission in charge of the apple show to be held in Indianapolis this fall, Friday received advices that the commissionof Orange county had decided to offer ten acres of ground as one of the prizes to be awarded at the show. The exhibit for which the tract will be given will be decided at an early meeting of the commission. Orange county is said to be fast coming to the front as a fruit-producing section, largely owing to the activity of several large companies which have mad? investments there.
