Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1905 — Alf Collins Again Mill Owner [ARTICLE]

Alf Collins Again Mill Owner

Tne sa’e of the ‘River Queen Mill,” which J. H. Huntz nger, of Whichita. Kans , neg tiattd some time 8g > to another Kansas man, fell through and now another sale has been made, and thia one will stiok. The purchaser is Alfred Collins who formerly owned a large interest in it. He trades his Barkley township farm and gets the mill aud a section of land m western Kans., and perhaps some difference in cash. The farm contains 140 acres and and was priced at $75 per acre; or $10,500 in all. The change in possession will be given April Ist, Mr. Collins will move to town and take an active interest in the m*n agement t f the mill, running it in partnership with the veteran Miller, James Flynn, its present leasee.