Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1912 — Newton County to Have a New Town—Tripoli by Name. [ARTICLE]

Newton County to Have a New Town—Tripoli by Name.

A new town has been laid out northeast\ of Morocco. It is called Tripoli and is being colonized by Italians and Greeks. A tract of land comprising 1,400 acres is being laid off by a mart named Wlhicker, former surveyor of Benton county. It will be divided into 10-acre tracts and into a townsite with smaller tracts of acres and half acres. So far there are only four families on the land but the Plllarella Italian Colonization Co., of Chicago, is trying to Interest others and are advertising extensively. It is not a philanthropic proposition, but the promotors hope to sell the land in small tracts at a fancy price. The Morocco Courier says that it is expected that from 50 to 100 families will occupy the land in the spring and in preparation for their cultivation the land will be plowed up this fall. The land is ideal for gardening and the people who wiill come there are expert gardeners. The Courier expresses the hope that with the formation of the town enough votes will be secured in the north part of the county to move the county seat to Morocco.