Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1907 — Says Lower Iroquois Will Not Be Dredged. [ARTICLE]

Says Lower Iroquois Will Not Be Dredged.

Brook Reporter: The Rensselaer Democrat thinksi that the people down this way should petition for the dredging of the Iroquois river down the line until it reaches the Btate line, instead of fighting the proposed improvement of dredging the river to this point. The fact of the case is, while it would be a thing of beauty forever to have the Iroquois river dredged from stem to sternum the practical vqjue and benefits would amount to little, in fact it would not pay a decent interest on the money invested. What low lauds are affected by freshets this far down would be affected in any event in flood time, and the material benefits would only amount to getting the water off a little faster when the river was within banks.

The straightening of the Iroqnois river looks nice on paper, but when it comes down to practical results it is a pipe dream that will never be realized.

Ivau Brenner, of Evanston, 111., was here a day or two last week, and also visited daring the week at Connereville. He will help Landlord Bruner at the Makeever house for a week or two.

Mrs. James McDonald, of St. Omar, Ind., who had been visiting relatives here, went to McOoysburg Saturday and from there to Knox today, where she will visit relatives before returning to her home.