Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1911 — LEASE RIFLE RANGES [ARTICLE]

LEASE RIFLE RANGES

National Guardsmen to Have Practice Ground Near New Albany. New Albany, Ind . June 9. —Leases have been filed by General Charles A. Gerrard, of the Indiana National Guard, for three tracts of land in the knobs, west of this city, to be used for a rifle range for companies in the state guard: In order to obtain the range of 1,000 yards it was necessary to lease from three land owners. At one end of the range a rifle pit will be made in* a billside for the safety of persons who may be in the vicinity of the range at the time of target practice. The leases are for five years from June 15, 1911. *