Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1913 — Editor Says Land Near Francesville is Worth $200. [ARTICLE]

Editor Says Land Near Francesville is Worth $200.

Monticello Herald, Mr. George Oongram, with his son Elmer as ehauffeur, gave the editor an airing in hiiTOverland auto Sunday afternoon. In about an hour’s ride north we drank in a panorama of landscapes equal In beauty to the famous Mohawk Valley and very similar to it In appearance. Field, forest and stream, combine In this region to stir the artist and the poet, and the farms all bespeak comfort and thrift. Though the corn is somewhat late there has never been a season when it was cleaner of weeds and there is hardly a field between here and Francesville that will not measure up to the traditional standard, “knete high on- the Fourth of July.” Mar. Oongram’s own form of 280 acres, about two miles southeast of Franeesville, is in splendid condition and promises large crops. He has about 115 acres in corn and 120 acres In 08ts, and both crops promise wdl., The farm is operated bf James Brandenburg, and Mr. Congram is in luck ito have such a tenant The soil Is much like the farm lands of Big Creek and Prairie townships In this county and with the drainage, road building and tiling that has been done in that section since Mr. Congram first invested there about 15 years ago his farm now belongs in the S2OO-anl«cre class. His brother-in-law, Henry ' Pike, lives on a 160-acre farm adjoining and has a model farm home. . * MM MMVMMMMM-MMMMMOTM