Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1917 — ROTH BROS. BUY ANOTHER FARM [ARTICLE]

ROTH BROS. BUY ANOTHER FARM

WELSH FARM SOLD TO THEM—PONY FARM SOLD TO TONY KEIPER The Welsh farm of 69 acres, a mile south of Rensselaer, was sold at public auction Tuesday afternoon to Roth Bros., of Rensselaer, for $lB4 per acre. The 25 acres, which belonged to the same estate, and which was offered for sale separately, was not sold. The highest amount that was bid was slls per acre, and the owners bid it in. Their price was $125. The 25 acres is detached from the 69 acres and is not on the public road. The former Leslie Clark Shetland pony farm Was also offered at public sale and was sold to Tony Keiper for $l6O per acre, which was much below its real value and considerably less than the owners had been offered at private sale heretofore. This farm was owned by a southern party.