Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1918 — $650 for a Tree. [ARTICLE]

$650 for a Tree.

Edinburg. Ind.—The W. T. Thompson Veneer company here has’ just bought from Wabash college at Crawfordsville a walnut tree for which it paid $650. The tree is on the campus, which is made up In part of native forest growths. Its body will be cut Into airplane stock, while the stump will be made into veneer for piano cases. W. T. Thompson, head , of the local company, say he regards the tree as the finest of its kind in Indiana.