Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1908 — $75,000,000 LAND MERGER [ARTICLE]

$75,000,000 LAND MERGER

James J. Hill Behind Proposition to Control ‘fexas,Ranches. Deaver. Colo., Dec. 29.-—According to private dispatches a merger of Texas ranches in the territory penetrated by the Colorado and Southern is being formed and will comprise seven million acres of land, worth >75,000,000. James J. Hill is named as the man behind the proposition.