Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1904 — CHARLEY CHAMBERLAIN DREW NO. 262. [ARTICLE]

CHARLEY CHAMBERLAIN DREW NO. 262.

Jasper county people are olways luoky in Uncle Sam’s land lotteries The latest evidence of this is in the Devil’s Lake drawing, just completed. Cnarles Chamberlain, the able superintendent of our city light and water plant has just received word that be drew number 262. And that, he must be present and file on the land on Sept. 12th cr lose his ohanoe.

There is some very fine land in the allotment and some not muob good, but it would seem that there ought to be a good ohanoe on a number as small as his, though the land sharks out there told him there were only about 150 good quarter seotions in the allotment. Mr. Chamberlain thinks that if he files on the land it will cost him about sl2 per acre by the lime he gets his deed for it. This would include the amount paid the government, his expenses in going and staying there, what it would cost to improve it enough't j get a deed, and the loss o” his salary tere as superintendent, during the eight month’s residence lequired. Therefore he is in doubt about going out to file on the land.