Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1913 — YOU CAN REGISTER NAME OF YOUR FARM [ARTICLE]

YOU CAN REGISTER NAME OF YOUR FARM

Law Will Give You Legal Right to Name if Properly Recorded— Blanks for Purpose So far County Recorder Scott has bad no applications for blanks for registering the names of farms, and consequently has not ordered any blanks for the purpose, but it is probable that at almost any time some one will mlake application. Thefirst who come are the first served. If you have a name for your farm and want to avoid infringement the proper thing is to have it recorded. If some one should fancy the name you have selected and should beat you to the recorders office he would be legally entitled to the name, even though you had used it for several years. Over in White county two or three applicants wanted to use the same name. An exchange says: “There Is nothing that should be more popular in the community than the *egistcred home name. Every farm home should be given a distinctive designation, and there are few residence places that would n* t well up.'omt some beautiful idea of situation that could be given the place.” The Montlcello Herald adds: “The Herald would add the suggestion that when a name has been selected for a term, it he displayed, together with the name of the owner, somewhere on the farm in plain view from the road. There is nothing more unsatisfactory to the traveler on a country road than to see a fine farm without any means, of knowing who owns it. And now that hundreds travel the country roads where only a few passed ten yearn ago, this courtesy from farmers would he all the more appreciated by the public.