Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1918 — JASPER COUNTY ASSIGNED SEVEN FORDSON TRACTORS [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY ASSIGNED SEVEN FORDSON TRACTORS

When Henry Ford & Son brought out their first tractors * about three years ago they decided to only place them on sale in England and France on account of the war, thinking they would be needed more in those countries than in the United States. They have now decided to place these on sale in this country under the® direction of the state councils of defense.* One thousand of these tractors have been alloted to Indiana, Jasper county’s - allotment t being seven. The tractors will be sold at exact cost, $750. The Ford dealers here, the Central Garage, will handle the tractors in this county, selling them at cost. The above price is f. o. b., "Dearborn, Mich. A condition of the sale is that the purchaser is to rent or loan the tractor to his neighbors. "The first shipment will be recived here in about fifteen days.