Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1915 — BUILT A TOWN FOR WHEAT [ARTICLE]

BUILT A TOWN FOR WHEAT

Kansan Wanted a Market and Breton Became It—ls a Profitable * Investment Colby, Kan. —Because he raised 150,000 bushels of wheat in 1914 and needed a place to market it without a long haul, Ben Foster, a large landowner, built a town of his own. He erected an elevator, lumber yard, coal yard and store. Also residences for his employees. He named the town Breton, and now it is getting away from his first idea.. Other people are moving there and Foster is in a good way to become the proprietor of a thriving country town. He refuses to sell the lots, but renjs them on long leases.