Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1917 — Big Firm to Engage In Stock Raising In This County. [ARTICLE]

Big Firm to Engage In Stock Raising In This County.

Announcement has been made of the organization of the Murdock Farms Company, a Lafayette corporation, which will own and operate 5 (XM) acres of land in Jasper, .Newtonj White and Tippccanoe counties. Charles E. Corey, vho several years ago sold his interest in the Hagen-beck-Wallace circus, is said to be president of the company. The incorporators are Samuel T. Murdock, of Indianapolis, and Charles M. Murdock and C. E. Corey, of Lafayette. The new company is incorporated for $500,000, and will engage in fanning, and stock raising. The office of the company will be in Lafayette. . It is not yet learned what land in this county will be used by the new firm as yet.