Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1918 — SEIZE 7,000 BUSHELS WHEAT [ARTICLE]

SEIZE 7,000 BUSHELS WHEAT

§tate Food Administrator of Nevada Takes Grain When Patrick Walch Refuses to Sell. Reno, Nev., March 29.— Seven thousand bushels of wheat were ordered seized at Austin by H. A. Lemmon, state food administrator, when Patrick Walch, the owner, refused to sell to the government for $2.75 per hundredweight. Walch is rated as one of the wealthiest men in his section of the state.