Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1913 — Highest Water Jay Lamson Has Seen in Thirty Years. [ARTICLE]

Highest Water Jay Lamson Has Seen in Thirty Years.

Jay Lamson was in from his farm southwest of town today. His residence is on the south side and well above the Iroquois river, but the lands surrounding him were largely inundated. He says that the water-was the highest within his recollection with the exception of 1893, when, during the month of February, they were about the same height. A