Emery County Progress | 1902-04-12 | Page 3 | She Was a Shrewd Investor

SHE WAS A SHREWD her once derided icat swamp are laughed at no longer mrs elizabeth A ol 01 hock river bottom several years ago bought a tract of acres qt swamp land near erie it was a desolate and forbidding region it was full of muskrat houses grass tall enough to hide a horse cat tails and pools she paid 8 per acre everybody thought it was about as foolish a move as it would be to wad the wealth up and shove it into the fire her little girl used to come home from school crying because the children teased her about her mother s rat swamps but mrs Is one of the best business women in henry 01 whiteside county she knew exactly what she was doing she had the swamps drained she put in tile and redeemed the land last tall she re fused 60 per acre for the tract and says that she wouldn t take 75 she laughs best who laughs last gene seo news