Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1914 — U. S. Census Report Shows Ownership of Homes in County. [ARTICLE]

U. S. Census Report Shows Ownership of Homes in County.

The United States census department at Washington has just issued a bulletin dealing with the ownership of Jasper county homes. The important facts contained in the bulletin relative to this county are as follows: There are 2951 homes in Jasper county. Of this number 1,935 are farm homes. 338 of the farm homes are owned by their occupants and are free of mortgaged incumbrance. The mortgaged farm homes number 432. Renters occupy 953 farm homes in this county. Out of a total of 2,951 homes in the county 1,316 are urban homes. There are 709 urban home owners in the county. Of this number 171 are mortgaged. 531 of the urban owned homes are free of incumbrance. There are 518 rented urban homes in the county. The census enumerators were unable to secure data pertaining to the ownership of a small percentage of both the rural and urban homes in this county, '■ 'f" ———— Just received. another barrel of Honeymoon cookies; try them, 16c dozen. BOWEN & KISER. Secretary of Commerce Redfield announced Saturday the appointment of Dr. Aybert Hale, of Indianapolis, to look after American trade in Argentina.