Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. TAKING HOME THE HAOON Henry Harris was over from, Rensselaer on Friday and Saturday closing up the deal for his 1,600 acres of land sold to the Lyons and McCray crowd. It isn’t often such a deal is consumated, and it may be of Interest to our readers to learn that the final settlement gave Mr. Harris $175,000 to carry home with him. The new owners have been doing some improving since they got possession, in the way of tiling and clearing the land. A large acreage will be placed under cultivation and with good drainage and proper cultivation this practically virgin soil should yield abundant crope. New* farm buildings have been added to the place, making three for this body of land. We predict that in the near future this will be one of the greatest farms in the county,—Brook Reporter.