Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1917 — SUFFERS COMPOUND FRACTURE [ARTICLE]

SUFFERS COMPOUND FRACTURE

Of the Rear Axle and Auto Is Put Hors De Combat. Fred Phillips drove to near Battle Ground Tuesday to bring back in a stock wagon hitched to the rear of his Buick automobile as a trailer, the fine Hereford cow which he recently purchased for $750 at the Vanatta Hereford sale.’ He was coming oru- swimmingly until some fourteen miles southeast of Wolcott where he suffered a compound fracture of the rear axle of his Buick, and it was all off. With the aid of another, gentleman the trailer and cow were pushed to a farm house a few hun-' dred yards distant and the animal left temporarily in the farmer’s, bam, while an S. O. S. call sent to the Rensselaer garage, to which John Schultz responded with the f old relief ambulance and Fred and his car were brought in about 9 o’clock Tuesday night The Hereford cow, the finest animal so far as cost goes at least, ever brought to Jasper county, was left in the friendly care of the farmer until Thursday when, his car once more having been put in commission, the animal was brought home. Perhaps it is not generally known that Mr. Phillips has the foundation laid for one of the best herds

of Hereford Rattle in the country. The cow just purchased is with calf by Golden Lad IX,, one of the best bred animals in the United States, which was purchased at J a recent Hereford sale by Jeff Crouch of’Lafayette for $2,300. But Mr. Phillips has other cows that rank above the one just purchased. One of these is in calf by Perfection Fairfax, W. T. McCray's great Hereford herd bull, generally acknowledged the best' animal of his in the world; another in calf by Martin Fairfax, sold at McCray’s recent great sale for $17,000, the higjhest price ever paid for a bull of any breed, and two other cows in calf by Corrector Fairfax, a son of the great Perfection Fairfax. Mr. Phillips also has a coming yearling bull from Corrector Fairfax. , It will thus be seen that Mr. Phillips has in embryo some of the best sired Herefords in 'the world and being recognized as an authority on all kinds of stock the time may not be Jar distant when Jasper county the home of a Hereford herd with a world-wide reputation. Mr. Phillips’ farm at the west side of town is being transformed into an ideal and commodious place for cattle breeding, which fact may also be news to a great many readers of The Democrat.