Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1917 — DOCTOR FOR TREE THAT OWNS ITSELF [ARTICLE]

DOCTOR FOR TREE THAT OWNS ITSELF

Athens. fia.— A specialist has been called In to treat Athens famouß “tree that owns itself,” one -of the legal curiosities of the world. Several years ago a pub-lic-spirited citizen wanted to donate the tree to the city, and ro prevent any possibility of the tree being destroyed, he made out a deed for the plot surrounding the tree to the tree Itself, built an iron fence around the plot, put up a marble slab, stating that the tree was owned by Itself, and had the deed legally recorded. The old oak has been showing signs of disease.