Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1914 — EliZur Eage Sues Benton County Woman on Contract. [ARTICLE]

EliZur Eage Sues Benton County Woman on Contract.

Elizur Sage some time ago brought suit against Mrs. Mary Ann Day, of Fowler, to compel her to comply wife a purchase contract for a farm at Redwood, Minn. Mr. Sage purchased a farm there and later contracted its sale to Mrs. Day, who paid him SI,OOO of fee purchase price, which was $29,000. The contract provided that Mrs. Day was to pay $22,000 on Marfe Ist, and the balance was to be secured by notes. The complaint filed (by Mr. Sage, through his attorneys, W. H. Parkinson and O. A Williams, states that the money due on March Ist was not paid and that Mrs. Day has signified her intention not to comply wffe fee contract. The suit was filed fa Benton county, but has just been taken to Tippecanoe county on change of venfle.

Dr. Turner’s onions at the Burk bridge are to be the finest in Jasper county- George Zea is the head onion fanner and he has worked .with untiring energy himself and has had good help. That section was favored ‘by some rains which did not reach most of the onion fields. Dr. Turfler has 57 acres of onions on his Walker township farm. They are suffering considerably for need Jot rain and a means of iretgmttonwas undertaken by Dr. Tunfter (Monday. He used a metal pipe 60 rods long across one end of the field. From this extended 90 pipes, each with a spray on the end. This spray was expected to throw water 20 feet In eaeh direction. The water was to he pumped from the dredge ditch. The engines used for the pumping did not prove adequate to make a complete success of the experiment, the sprsys throwing the water only about 10 feet It was expected to shift the whole machinery after each strip was well soaked. Dr. Turfler and Ms assistants put hi the whole of Monday night trying to . get the irrigation plant in condition. v