Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1911 — John McColly Will Try His Luck on a Montana Homestead. [ARTICLE]

John McColly Will Try His Luck on a Montana Homestead.

Ho! for the west. John McColly, of Newton township, han decided to move to a new home in the far west, and accordingly will hold a public sale at his farm home in Newton township Monday, Oct. 23. John recently returned from a prospecting trip in the west and while in Montana purchased a relinquishment of a 320-acre claim 12 miles north of Hinsdale, the nearest railroad town, and within 30 miles of the Saskatchewan, Canada, line. John reports it to be fine land, level as a floor, and productive. The country about is fast filling up and much land in the Milk river valley, where the farm he bought is located, is now under cultivation. Flax is the crop grown after the first breaking of the sod and before leaving there John purchased 50 bushels of seed flax. The market price of flax there is $2 per bushel. There is a six-inch vein of coal on the land and a fine spring near the road and at about the place a house will be erected. After holding his sale John and family will move to Rensselaer to remain until spring. His many friends will regret his decision to remove from Jasper county, but will wish him great success in his chosen frontier home.