Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1911 — Says Things Are On The Boom in Keener Township. [ARTICLE]

Says Things Are On The Boom in Keener Township.

James C. McColly was down from Keener township Saturday. He has been working there most of the time lately and says that Keener township is making as many or more improve* ments the last summer as any township in the county. He is now engaged in making some fine improvements an a farm owned by John Griffith, city treasurer of Lake Forest, 111. Mr. Griffith intends making a modern dairy farm and is having a barn large enough for forty cows and eight horses built. It will have mow room for 50 tons of hay. He is also erecting silos for 200 tons of ensilage. A basement is being made under the entire house and other substantial improvements made. When all is completed the farm is to be occupied and managed by an experienced dairyman from the dairy farm owned by the Deering Harvester Co. Lendert Mak, who last year purchased an unimproved farm, is having a house and barn and full set of buildings erected. His farm is north of DeMotte. The little town of DeMotte is Itself a village of great industry. The kraut factory employed all the hands they could get and the truck farmers had a very prosperous year. Many excellent farmers live in Keener township and it is probably developing faster than any other township in the county.