Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1915 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Notice of Ditch Petition. State of Indiana, County of Jasper. In Jasper Circuit Court, to February . Term, 1915. In the Matter of the Petition for a Public Drain by Firman Thompson et al. Ditch Cause No. 130. To Angus D. Washburn, Aiartha J. Earl, Alice Earl Stewart, Austin X. Lakin, Rhoda Ellen Lakin, Grace E. Shindelar, Emanuel Gates, Charles Keith, David O. Hart, C. B. Spang, Dora Bell Brown, Harold Lakin, Lester Lakin, Dorothy Rebecca Lakin, Robert Donald Lakin, Elizabeth Louise Lakin and Simon Francis Lakin: You and each of you are hereby notified that the undersigned petitioners filed in the Jasper Circuit Court on the 17th day of February, A - D-. 1915, their petition, which petition is now pending, for the establishment and construction of a public drain over the following described route, to-wit: Commencing on the West line of the Right of Way of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company’s right of way .in the Northeast quarter of Section seventeen <l7). Township thirty (30) North, Range seven (7) West, in the line of the Swaim Ditch as it now exists, and following the line of said ditch through Sections sixteen (16) and fifteen (15), to a point near the the Southeast corner of the Southwest

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FOR SALE For Sale —Southeast Missouri lands where they get two, crops from the same land in the same year. Corn from 40 to 90 bushels. Wheat from 18 to 4 5 bushels, followed by a crop of cow peas which makes from $25 to $35. Alfalfa makes from 4 to G cuttings and pays from SSO to SBS per acre. Cow peas are sowed in cornfield last cultivation and will produce as much hog fiesh as an acre of corn. Go there and see if we have told the truth; if we have not we will pay your hound-trip railroad fare, which is $7.96 one way from Rensselaer. Unimproved lands can be bought from $25 to S4O; partly improved from S4O to SSO; improved from SSO up, according to location and improvements. Terms: Onethird down, balance on time at 6 per cent. Charleston is the county seat of Mississippi county, Mossouri, and is situated in the heart of the finest farming country in the world. Charleston has three railroad connections and ten trains daily. Mississippi county comprises 265,000 acres of fine black alluvial soil which grows in abundance corn, wheat, alfalfa, clover hay and in fact all kinds of farm products. It is a city of beautiful homes, churches (all denominations) and is not surpassed by any city of like size in the state for general neatness and an attractive appearance. It has a population of 4,500; has great thrift and enterprise. Three newspapers, three banks, large flouring mills and wooden ware enterprises. The farm products marketed in Charleston reach very large proportions and the general merchantile business would be a credit to any city twice its size. The population is growing steadily and substantially. Most of the inhabitants own their own homes. They have excellent schools. There are no saloons. They have the finest w T ater. A healthful climate the whole year round. Mississippi county corn exports, 1,500,000 bushels. Mississippi county wheat exports, 1,100,000 bushels.—JOHN O’CONNOR, ex-sheriff of Jasper county, L. B. 475., Rensselaer, Ind.

For Kale— Hedge fence posts, 20c apiece.—INDIAN SCHOOL, phone 83 For Sale—lllinois silos, the silo of merjt, tightens the hoops at the door. —B. D. COMER & SON. For Sale—-6 or 8 tons of choice timothy hay on our Union tp. farm. Phone 908-J.—MCDONALD SISTERS, McCoysburg, Ind,, R-l. For Sale—s-room house, lot 6Ox 180, lights, drill well, in west part of town. Small payment down, balance $lO per month. —Enquire Democrat office. For Sale—l4o-egg incubator, $5; 140-chick brooder, $2.50; S. C. White Orpington pen, 1 male, 3 females, SS;R. I. Red pullets, 75c each. — J. M. ALLEN, Fair Oaks, Ind. f-28 For Sale— Remember, I have a nicfe lot of Barred Rock cockerels for sale yet; can not be excelled, for $2 apiece.— A. D. HERSHMAN, Medaryville, Ind. ’ m-1 For Sale—Bo acres good corn land in cultivation, well lbcated, splendid buildings. Price $75. Terms, SI,OOO down, long time on remainder. — ARTHUR G. CATT, Rensselaer, Ind. F*or Sale—lo acres good black land, all in cultivation, fair buildings, fruit, etc.: onion land close that can be rented, $1,500; ssoo cash, time on balance to suit; 7t& miles Rensselaer.—J. DAVISSON, Rensselaer, ind.