Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1898 — Luke County's Great Delinquent List. [ARTICLE]

Luke County's Great Delinquent List.

The delinquent tax list of Lake county is this year the largest in its history. This is caused by the non-payment of taxes on a vast number of lots in several fake towns in that county. One of the largest of these was in the swamps near the Kankakee river, and others were located in other swamps near Tolleston, not far from Lake Michigan. It is also said that a large portion of the town of Griffith is advertised for taxes, in that county. - The total number of town lots advertised is variously stated at 50,000 to 75,000. The ordinary delinquency is no larger than usual.