Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-06
OLDEN FRUIT FARM Is SOLD.
LARGEST FARM IN THE WORLD DE-
VOTED TO FRUIT.
MIR. l.. T.. Moore, n Kansas City Capi-
taIist. the Purchnser-LOcal Reni
Estate Market-Building
Is Fairly Active.

There was no visible Improvement In the
local realty market last week. although
the number of building permits issued by
the superintendent of buildings was larger
than during any week of the present sea-
son.
There was a good movement in suburban
prorertv and some of the Kansas City
agents closed up transactions in farm and
other property locared in other sections of
Missouri and in Kansas. The most notable
of these transactions was the sale of a
one-half interest in the Olden fruit farm,
the largest farm in the world devoted eN-
clUslvely to the raising of fruit. II was dis
posed of yesterday by Mr.. William Byers
to Mr.. L. T. Moore. the wealthy capitalist
of this city. The consideration is not
known. The farm Is valued at between
500. 900 and $500, 600. This farm is situated
at Olden, Mo, $50 miles from Kansas city
on the Memphis railroad in the Ozark
mountains. The farm consists OF 2.2SO
acres on which are over 100. 900 peach trees,
5000 apple trees, 1000 pear trees and forty
acres in blackberries, beside a large Varl-
ETY. of other fruits.
The company Is amply provided with all
modern methods and machinery for oper-
ating its property. On the property are a
large warehouse, a cannery with a ca
pacity of 10000 cans per day. a cold stor-
age building holding 1900 barrels OF APP
pies, a hotel, a saw mill and a NUMBER OF
houses for the use of the managers and
tenants. The only other shareholder in the
Olden company now is j.: c. Evans, OF
raiser and capitalist. He has been the
president of the Missouri horticultural So
ciety ever since its organization. thirty
wears ago. Mr.. Moore has been elected
president of the company.
The following were the recorded sales In
Kansas City last week. where the con-
sideration was $500 or more:
ID, ID. Drake ct al to Emma Gra-
ham; lot IL. block ?, De Groh ,,oo
d Fallen Jenkins to- Arthur l.. Car
ter; lot 10. outweigh heights. 1000
George w. Briant and wife to J. II. 49,
MeCandless; same Pre T m iont ZOOo
ms ms: same premises 1000
Fred W. Bowers and wife to Kate
MCMILLAN; lot 6, p. A. Fredericks'
second addition o,VV
Marine r. Hooper ct al to Julia d.
Anderson: northeast quarter OF
southwest quarter of southwest
quarter Of section p, township ~.
range 30 t0J
James O. Beroth and wife to Will
lam A. Snyder; lot 20 and part Of 800
lot 19, block s. irmOu park. LILO
Frank J. Smith and wife TO Ruth
anna Hickman; lot 3 and part Of
lot 2. Frank ]. Smiths addition. 100
Nellie E. BOdwell and husband to j..
w. German; lot IA. block 3, Mount
| Sarah r. Morse and husband to ].
W. German; lot IL, block 3, Mount
Martin E. Ditzler and wife to Joseph
A. KatZ; lot at l6 West Missouri
avenue q. c,OU
Joseph A. Katz to Bertha Ditzler:
same premises 5000
Laura f. West to Dennis II. Bowes:
north half of lot S. block b. Pratt's
aGOlllOn LOW
William A. NJ. Vaughan and wife to
II. f. Mallingford; lot f. Margaret
| place =. 1,UV
Mary d. McClung and husband to
w. L. c. Palmer: land in north
west quarter of southwest quarter
of section 16. township AZ. range 80. 1900
w. NJ. Hammond and wife to same:
lot o and part of lot "a. Minnie
valentine Bicking to Fanny Mintun;
lot s. block 8, Reds a~d1ition.-..... LOO
William II. Adams and wife to Tay-
lor S. Smith; south ID acres OF
southwest quarter Of southeast
fraction of section 81, township 4, -
range % wv
Frank c. Wornall and wife to Will
lam G.. Scarritt. trustee; part OF
lots Is. II and IS, block 6, WornalTs 80.
Alexander S. johnson, trustee, to