Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1919 — STATE BUYS SITE TO BUILD COLONY. [ARTICLE]

STATE BUYS SITE TO BUILD COLONY.

Indianapolis, Dec. 12. —Purchase of 2,126 acres of land near Butlerville, Jennings county, to be used ■ for the establishment of a colony I for the feeble-minded, was announced this afternoon by the commission appointed by Governor Goodrich to secure the site. The cost was given out as $140,000. The land, the commission reported, was selected from twentyfive sites offered, and more nearly fills the requirements than any of the others. It is seven miles from North Vernon, has twelve farm houses on it at present and a water supply from the Muscalatuck river is available. In addition there is sand, gravel and limestone on the land for use in construction of the building and eighty per cent of the total acreage is tillable. The legislature at its last session appropriated $250,000 for the land and erection of buildings. Inmates of the home for the feeble-minded will aid in the erection of the build-' ings.