Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Muy Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings tn the Nearby Citiss and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. FLAMES DESTROY ELEVATOR SIO,OOO Structure Owned by W. B. Foresman Co. Burned. Templeton, June 29. —The grain elevator, located two miles east of here, was discovered In flames this morning shortly after 1:30 o’clock, and there is little chance that it will be saved. It Is owned by the William B. Foresman Grain company of Lafayette and is valued at SIO,OOO. The origin is not known, but it is supposed that a .spark from a passing locomotive started the conflagration. There is nothing in the elevator, as it had just been thoroughly cleaned so as to have it ready to receive grain from the farmers of the surrounding country during the coming harvest.