Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1913 — BROOK—From the Reporter. [ARTICLE]

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Goodland is advertising the free exhibition of the flying machine for July 31st. The money has been raised and the town slogan is, to “make good.” Two flights have been arranged for and a ball game and band concert will help out the occasion. v

J. D. Rich, returned Friday from northeastern North Dakota. He reports the wheat crop as very ordinary, and estimates the yield at about ten bushels to the sera The oats are about the same as those around here. The barley crop is in fine condition and barring accidents should be a good one After four years, Morton Ulrey has succeeded in convincing the state accountants that the S6O they claimed he owed the town of Brook had been properly accounted tor. This was one of the cases where tlye intricacies of business hi a small town were too much for the city experts and it took a good many affidavits from prominent citizens and several years for the real facts of the case to soak through their gray matter.