Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1918 — Aerial Station Will Be Located At Royal Centre [ARTICLE]

Aerial Station Will Be Located At Royal Centre

A representative of the United States Government is at Royal Centre closing a lease with W. J. Goodrich, lumber dealer, for forty acres of ground on which it is understood the government will establish an aerial station. The Marks Manfacturing Company of Royal Centre, is understood, will furnish electric current for operation of the station. The lease is for ten years with the privilege of twenty years. Movements of the government representatives in this matter are surrounded with the greatest secrecy and he is not giving out any information with'regard to the importance of the aerial station _ or how soon it is to be in operation. However, reports are that this is to be one of three big stations in the central west and that a number of other locations were considered before Royal Centre was decided on.