Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1917 — A. L. McCurtain Elected Co. Commissioner in Idaho. [ARTICLE]

A. L. McCurtain Elected Co. Commissioner in Idaho.

In a icttfer to the editor of The Republican, A. L. McCurtain, a former Jasper county resident and now q£ Rock Springs, Wyo., states that he was recently elected a county commissioner. Mr, McCurtain desires some information on our county farm. Stating that the board, that had just gone cut of control had contracted to build a house for the poor. It is to be built 49 miles from a rail- ' road in an irrigation country. Coal and supplies have to be transported by an at to truck. Alfalfa, cowpeas, potatoes and garden vegetables may be raised. Mr. McCurtain states ;that they cannot quite gee their way clear to make such an institution there anywhere near self supporting. Mrs. McCurtain and children, Max and Maxine, are getting along nicely. '''Everything has gone up .in that country but fresh air and sunshine, of which they have an abundance. Rock Springs is a great producing about 200,000 tons—of coal per month. People in Idaho are tearing down fences and burning the posts to keep warm.al thou gh they are onl y two days run from the coal fields. The demand is enormous and it is impossible for the coal companies to meet it.