The Redwood gazette., 1899-11-08
STATE LAND SALE.
Only 12O Acres of Land Offered t(
Quite a Large Crowd.

Quite Large Crowd.
State Auditor R. c. Dunn and G..
H. Warner, assistant clerk in the
land department Of the auditor S
Office, were in the city last Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, coming
over from Beaver Falls on Tuesday
afternoon. and remaining here until
the west bound st. Louis took them
to Madison. The object of the two
gentlemen was to conduct a land
sale here, according to the notice
published over the auditors sigma
ture. They conducted sale at
Beaver Falls on Tuesday, and sold
ten tracts of land there, all that the
auditor could offer for sale.
At II o'clock Wednesday, the
time set for the land sale in this
county, quite a large crowd of peo-
pie gathered at Auditor Tompkins
office, and Auditor Dunn made some
Introductory remarks, in which he
stated that if he owned any State
land be would see to it that the
payments were kept up, made reg
ularly and thereby save lot of
money on interest, and penalty on
interest, something which counted
up very fast. He stated that at the
last session of the legislature he
made an attempt to have the inter-
est reduced from five to four per
cent, but that the attempt was
defeated by two votes in the Senate.
He was sure, however, that at the
next session, the measure which he
was backing would pass, and that
land sold after that time could be
bought on easier terms.
After stating that he had sold ten
forty acre tracts in Renville county
on the preceding day, and that
since last April his Office had issued
over half a million of dollars in pat
ents of land in this State, he an
nounced that there were only three
forties of unsold land in the county.
and that land on which payments
had become delinquent when he an
nounced the sale, had all been paid
up, and there was no delinquent
land for sale, he offered the north
west quarter of the northwest quar-
ter of section 36, New Avon, for
sale. The tract takes in a part of a
slough. The bidding opened at s..
and was crowded up to $1O50, on
so cents and 81 jumps, by Tillson
Tibbetts and A. Benham, c. T.
Howard opening the bids. Mr..
Tibbetts finally got the land at
$1O.5O. The southwest quarter of
the northwest quarter of the same
section was then offered for sale,
and again Mr.. Tibbets carried off
the tract-for 5000
The northwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of section 26,
New Avon, which had previously
been sold to Peter Starken, but who
was unfortunate in not securing a
certificate, was then offered for sale.
Archie Drake of Lund' Candy land
agency, was there to bid against Mr..
Starken. The bid started in at SO
per acre, the appraised value, but
kept going up until Mr.. Starken
offered $l4, and Mr.. Drake con-
cluded that it was more than he
wanted to pay. and the land was
declared sold to Mr.. Starken.
This was all the land that was
offered. Two or three other pieces
were supposed to be on the list, but
owing to a complication of claims
they were withdrawn for the time
being.
Mr.. Dunn visited here with old
friends until l o'clock Thursday,
when he went to Madison to conduct
the land sale at that point. He was
accompanied by Mr.. Warner.
DAN AHHlnEAE