Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1917 — SECURES BIG DITCH CONTRACT [ARTICLE]

SECURES BIG DITCH CONTRACT

Bought a Dredge Boat and Will Commence 'Work Soon. Clyde Gunyon of Parr returned Sunday night from a business trip to Odessa, Minnesota, where he had gone on dredging business. He 'secured a contract while there for a four-milo ditch and bought a dredge that was on the ground. He expects to start work about the middle of May, if the weather will permit, and will take three men with him from this county. He reports that spring is very backward in that section, that the frost is not yet out of the ground and little or no seeding has been done. Six inches of snow fell there last Thursday, but it was later followed by rain and when Mr. Gunyon left there Saturday it was raining hard and • almost the entire country was covered with water with an occasional bank of snow still to be seen.