Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1913 — A BIG DELINQUENT LIST THIS YEAR [ARTICLE]

A BIG DELINQUENT LIST THIS YEAR

Match Factory Lots and the Gifford Lands Are to Be Sold For Taxes in February.

The annual sale of lands and town lots for delinquent taxes is advertised in the current issue of The Semi-Weekly Republican. The sale is to take place at the court house Tuesday, February 11th. The list this year is about double that of last year, the Gifford lands being advertised, which adds to the length of the list. These are mostly in Barkley, Walker and Wheatfleld townships. Tha lots in the factory addition owned by the Rensselaer Home Building (the factory promoters supposedly) are also advertised for sale. The property consists of about 21 acres of unplatted ground and 92 lots. The total amount due for taxes and penalty is $217.34. Newton township has the smallest number of delinquents, only one piece of of 40 acres being offered for sale. The town of Wheatfleld comes next, where three town lots are offered for sale. Barkley township has the longest list, with Walker a close second. In Rensselaer $511.57 is due, and in Remington $320.79. As a general thing a large per cent of those-delinquent pay up before the day. of sale arid the lands are not sold, and this probably will be the case this year. The preparing of this list for the printeds meant a lot of hard work for Auditor Hammond and he and Jesse Allman have been working night and day preparing the list, and our linotype operator was unable to find a breathing spell during the week required to get the list in shape.