Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1913 — Predicts Benton County Land Will Bring $300 Per Acre. [ARTICLE]

Predicts Benton County Land Will Bring $300 Per Acre.

Benton County Review. Fifteen years ago John Bower had seven thousand dollars and a vision of the future. Today he has sixteen hundred acres of Benton county land, all but 240 acres of it being in one body. His first purchase cost him $63 per acre, his latest $166, and he thinks Benton county land Is a good buy at almost any price. It will go to S3OO within the next ten years.