Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-30
OsBURN CATTLE SOLD.
Trustee In Bankruptcy Sells Band of Fine
Blooded Short Horn Durham Cat.
tie. The Aftermath,

Trustee in Bankruptcy Sells Band of Fin
Blooded Short Horn Durham Cat.
tie. The Aftsrmath.
Last Friday, ]. O. Wilson
trustee of the bankrupt estate O
J. M. Osburu, sold at public auc
ton, one at time, to the highes
bidder, for cash, forty-6ve heac
of blooded cattle, being the entire
herd remaining in the estate of T,
M. Osburn, and the. fnest
blooded thoroughbreds ever col,
lected in one band in Benton
county.
This sale was the first Of its
kind in the county, if not in. the
state, and marks an era in the
b1ooded cattle business in this
valley. In the eastern states
breeders Of fine stock usually hold
a sale of blooded steck one OF
more times year, advertise ex-
tensively and draw large numbers
of stockmen interested in the dis
persion of fine blood throughout
the steck-raising country, and
sell the stock at such sales at
good prices. This is a settled
business in the eastern states, and
the results are very advantageous
to those who follow that line OF
business. And also to all persons
engaged in stock-raising, incul-
eating an ambition to produce
the best grade of stock, and in
volving the exercise of the best
methods of caring for, and rails
ing the stock.
At the Osburn sale, which was
extensively advertised, there col
lected somewhere from one to two
hundred stock men, interested in
the production of the best grades
of cattle, who had been attracted
from all parts of the state and the
bidding was spirited.
The first property sold was mis-.
cellaneous property, such as the
unexempted mower, hoe, spade,
harness, and the like, which all
brought in the aggregate $62.55
The next property sold was a
parcel of fine b1ooded COWS,
which had been claimed by J. j.
Houck, Of Gold Hill, as his in
dividual cattle, and so nortgaged
to N. B. Avery, Of this city, last
August, together with other
bleoded cattle of J. M. Osburn.
This band of cows, sold one at a
time, for the aggregate price of
$1,419; the lowest price of any
cow being $40, and the highest
$13o.
The next parcel seld was four
older COWS, which. ranged from
$37 to $7s, aggregating 1914.
Seventeen last summer calves
went next at prices ranging from
$27. so to 500, the latter being
the price brought by a calf named
Roosevelt. A curious feature of
the calf sale was the names of the
calves. It seems that when the
calves were weanedthey were tag
ged in the ears for Identification,
and with the tag they were also
named, and these names took in
several il1ustrious personages, such
as Roosevelt, who brought the
banner price@.+of $1oo, sold
to Dick Kiger; Hobson, who
brought 500, to John Wyatt. Nc.
Kinley went to J. E. Hamilton,
of Linn county, for $50. The
seventeen calves aggregated $o62.
The bull, Meddler, went to John
Smith for sass, and Young Ar
drie to George Houck. for $50.
The entire blooded band aggre-
gated exactly $1,000, which is a
curious circumstance, in that so
many cattle at auction should
bring, sold one at a time, just an
even figure. A happy circum-
stance, too, since that reaches
more than double the appraised
valuation of the cattle.
Referee Bryant held a term of
the bankruptcy court on Satur-
day, and confirmed the sale in
all things.
| He also ordered the John A.
Gellatly: farm sold, as prayed for
in the petition of trustee of that
estate, filed something over ten
days ago. Sale to be made on
execution, which means. by ad-
vertised notice in the newspapers
for four weeks, and posted notice
stuck up in the county for the
same length of time.
The Osburn land will be sold
about the same time, on a SINH.
lar order, with the same kind Of
a notice, and these land sales
will occur sometime between.the
first and middle of June, as soon
as legal notice can be given. It
IS stated by the trustees of both
estates to be the intention to sell
the properties as the law allows