Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1918 — HAS A GOLD MINE ON FARM [ARTICLE]

HAS A GOLD MINE ON FARM

C. H. Porter Gets Old Placer Mine With Montana Farm. C. H. Porter returned Sunday morning frotn Montana, where hs. has just purchased a 400-aere ranch lying right up to the town of Harrison, Madison county, a town of about 300 population lying on the Northern Pacific railway. It is but three blocks from his place to the post office. The place is well improved, a good new house having been built last year; has a barn 60x100 feet and several other outbuildings and a bunk house for the help. The land is all well fenced, much of it with woven wire, and" there is 210 acres of fine wheat and' 75 acres of alfalfa, clover and timothy now growing, which Mr. Porter gets, he having lhad possession of the ranch since June 1. The land lies very nicely and all can easily be irrigated if desired, irrigation ditches running alongside the ranch. They irrigate there for alfalfa and other grass crops, but not usually for wheat. This year they (have had plenty of moisture and are not using irrigation thus far. Willow Creek, a fine mountain stream, chock full of trout, runs through his ranch, just back of the barn. There is an old placer gold mine at one side of the ranch and a branch line of railroad runs from Harrison over to a former quite important mining town at the foot of the mountains. Mr. Porter expects to engage quite largely in the cattle growing business and will take some stock with him from here. IHe expects to go through with two cars of stock and goods, and wants to load early next week, leaving here about Wednesday or Thursday. His farm land nortli of town he has rented out for this season and his tenant, Charles Horsewood, and family will go to Montana with him. Mr. Porter will be in charge of one car and Mr. Horsewood the other, the latter’s family following later. Mrs. Porter will join her husband in Montana next spring, and spend the summer there.