Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-26
Audubon County journal
CA. MARLIN, Editor.
Thursday, April 26, 1900.
Trip To Adair County.

with N. P. Christensen, the "honest
real estate dealer, we started for
Adair county to learn the tricks of
the trade in buying and selling
land. We were assured before we
started that, in no case, would we
be compelled to buy farm. At
one o'clock we found ourselves five
miles north of Fontanelle, where J.
c. Boyer and family are comforta-
bly, situated. We were hungry after
such drive and will give Mrs. Boy
er credit for giving us dinner that
we relished more than any meal in
years. Friday afternoon we drove
3 to Fontanelle, where we put up for
the night. We met our old friend
and neighbor, Brother Mcclure,
who edits The Observer, the only
paper in Fontanelle. He holds the
su1e he IS prospecting, which gives
us much pleasure, because he is
worthy of success and is and has
been our friend for years. In the
evening we met several of the prom
inent business men-bankers, CAPT.
talists, and men of push and energy.
The next morning we had breakfast
at six o'clock, which was very early
for us. We soon started to the west
of town where our friend, Peter,
went to look after section of land
for Mrs. Stuart. In the afternoon
the The Honest Real Estate Deal
er" showed us how easy it is to sell
Adair county land. He disposed of
a quarter section for $3.50. per acre
to a neighbor. This land, few
months ago, was bought at much
less figure. He then bought anoth-
er piece Of land, which we consider
the best farm we saw for sale dur
ing the trip. We met Mr.. Thomas
Williams and family, who are now
comfortably located on small
place in the suburbs of Fontanelle
where they seem to be happy and
contented.
We went to Greenfield Saturday
evening where we spent Sunday.
We met Frank Odell and wife and
are indebted to them for kind and
hospitable care and treatment.
They are pleasantly located and
Frank will soon have charge of one
of the most complete creameries in
Adair county. All day Monday we
searched for lands suitable for in.
vestment with profit. The Honest
Real Estate Dealer" had fifteen
thousand dollars more or less in his
inside pocket which made us feel
very rich and ready to buy broad
acres of the fertile soil. All day
long the rain battered down upon
us, but when night came we had
not invested dollar of the surplus
change in our pockets. In the
afternoon we stopped and visited
Alec Crees who is farming one of
Mrs. Guernsey's farms in that
county. He is we'll along with his
work and did not seem to mind a
rainy day. On the south adjoining
this farm, Frank Odell's folks pur-
CHASED themselves home in tue
Carly spring, paying $3.50 per acre
tor the same.
We passed TO the south of where
John Crees lives on farm belong
ing to Ben Cecil, of Oakfield town
ship. This name reminds us of a
good joke on one of our Extra girls
that we will print later, we think.
Well, may bewe won't owing to our
sympathy for the disappointed
and unfortunate. We found Classy
Root on a good farm, we'll located
and his work we'll along. We in
tended to drive by and see our
friend Charley Sears but our team
of" bronchos" could not wade mud
fast enough so we were belated and
stopped to spend the night with
Mr.. and Mrs d. ]. Evans where we
passed pleasant evening, had a
good nights rest and got up feel
ing much refreshed. We might say
that few little incidents of a So
cial and personal nature occurred
in the evening. while playing some
games, that nearly compelled us to
change our mind as to the honesty
of the man who has printed on his
buggy in letters of gold the words
Honest Real Estate Dealer" We
believe he is all right in land deal
but he needs watching in social
game.
We came by Casey to see our
friend, John Gray, but found him
out of town. We spent few pleas
ant moments with his genial cash
Ter, c. G. Jones. who informs us that
Mr.. Gray has purchased corner lot
and during the summer will erect a
fine brick block. We should Judge
our friend, John, is doing fine
business and is prospecting. We
arrived home late Tuesday evening
feeling that our trip had done us
much good.
in Adair county is profitable in
vestment and that anyone that gets
land for $500 an acre has bought it
at bargain We found a strong
demand for land and the general
opinion seems to be that land has
advanced five dollars an acre dur
ing the past year. Nearly every
man we met was in the land bust
ness, and farms are selling rapidly.
A great many of the farms having
the better improvements on, sell for
from $4,000 to $4,000 an acre. We
have no land for sale, and have no
interest in the business, but believe
that money invested in land in
Adair county, or this county, will
continue to raise in value and that
the returns upon the investment
will exceed the amount that could
be received if put out at interest.
For SALE.-Three horses. Cheap!