Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1916 — Some Men Are Sure Lucky— This Man Is One of Them. [ARTICLE]

Some Men Are Sure Lucky— This Man Is One of Them.

Lake County Times. Several months ago there was an 11-acre tract of land advertised at receiver's sale. The property is just north of east and east of the Gary limit®. For weeks it was advertised. There was no buyer. Finally ex-County Clerk? Ernest Shortridge put up $4,500 and acquired the tract—a few hours before a Gary syndicate was about to take it over. It was recalled that the steel corporation a few years previous sold land nearby to the American Locomotive Co. for $1,500 an acre—or at three times the rate Shortridge paid for his. * ' Now Mr. Shortridge leamif that the steel corporation is to build a $25,000,000 Steel works adjoining his holding®, la Mr. Shortridge worrying over the fortune he made over night 7