Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-12-19
THE sYEDlcA1E's sALLs..
Thirty Thousand Dollars worth of Odessa
Lots Sold In One Day-The Devils Lake

Thirty Thousand Dollars worth of Odessa
Lots Sold In One Day-The DEVILS Lake
Boom.
Grand Forks, OAK, Dec. 14.-The sale
of Odessa lots to day has even exceeded
the anticipations of the sanguine syndi-
cate. At business meeting last evening
all of the preliminaries were arranged,
and this morning the Office of the COM
pany was literally packed with buyers.
an1iously awaiting the hour of 10 q. m.
Upon referring to their plat it was found
that the syndicate had reserved eight
out of every twenty-four lots in each
block, and the reserved lots would only
be sold to parties who would enter into
written contract to build upon and
improve the same. The fact that
large number of the reserved lots were
sold, indicates the inauguration of an era
of substantial improvements at once.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the croud com.
| menced buying right and left at the
terms which had been adopted, viz: one-
half cash and the balance in six months.
Mr.. Flint, the proprietor of the proposed
hotel, was among the first to make his
selection, and the fact that he took the
| northwest corner of block 45 and that
Messrs. Thompson and Winship took
six lots adjoining for general store, es-
tablished that location at once as the
prospective business center. From 10 to
~ o'clock sales were made just as fast as
the secretary and his assistants could
make out receipts and contracts, and the
liveliest real estate boom ever known in
Grand Forks, was witnessed. As all the
| voropnrfv cold kho
blocks "A and Is, persons began to make
their selections on the next street back
of the lake, and as near the above blocks
rs 1t was possible to get. The croud was
so eager, and the transactions 80 rapid,
that it was almost impossible for the re-
porter to obtain the names of the pur-
chasers until after the adjournment of
the sale at u o'clock. The folio wing
towns and cities furnished purchasers
Grand Forks. Rillsboro, Grafton, Lari.
more and Fargo in Dakota; Ada, Crook
ston, Duluth, Brownsville, ST. Paul and
Minneapolis in Minnesota: Eau Claire
and Madison, III Wisconsin, aud Allison
and Dubuquc, Iowa. Conspicuous
among the buyers was DR.. John a. Bur.
rttt, member of the Royal Northern
Iclub of Aberdeen, Scotland. The
doctor halls FROM New York on the 23d
inst, and intends to return in the spring
with colony for DEVILS Lake. His
friend, II. S. Prescott of Browns valley,
leaves tomorrow for Odessa to select a
location for the doctors colony. The
price of lots has not been fixed as high
as had been anticipated, and the choice
corners We're offered and eagerly taken
at $500 each, while equally good inside
lots vent at an advcrage price of $500
The total sales for the day were S4O
OOO The sale is to be continued in
Mlneapol and St. Paul next week. E
w. Grosvenor OF this city. NJ. A. Dissert
Odessa, and A. o. Pray, Minneapolis
own an addition south of the town which
they expect so put on the market inide
of ten days. Tney will expend consider
able money in improyements, among
which will be a 100 barrel flour mill, to
be built ut once.