Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1919 — COUNTY AUDITOR HAMMOND MAKES TEXAS PURCHASE [ARTICLE]

COUNTY AUDITOR HAMMOND MAKES TEXAS PURCHASE

Mr- and Mrs. Joseph ,P. Hammond returned home Friday evening after a two week’s land prospecting trip near McAllen, Texas, which they made with Harvey Davisson, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Grow, and Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Washburn, of Kentland. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond were accompanied on the return.trip as far as Kansas City by Mr. and Mrs. Grow. While in Texas Mt. Hammond purchased twenty acres of farming land which is situated about a mile and a half out of McAllen. Mr. Hammond did not state the price he paid for the land but seems well pleased with the investment and feels that there is great possibilities in that section of Texas. Mr. Hammond stated that at the time he left Texas Mr. Washburn wa sthinking seriously of purchasing a 300-acre tract near that which he bought, but that he does not know whether the deal was consummated.