The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-19
CATTLE RANCH SOLD
Walter TreadweII Sells His
Fine Harper Co. Property
PRICE OVER 100000
Deal Included Land, Horses,
Cattle and Appointments.

Anthony. Kan, Feb. 1.-Walter E.
Treadwen has completed a trade with
Wyatt Stanley, Of suonghurst. III, BY
title and possession of the magnificent
ranch and all its belongings. and the
fine herd Of graded cattle, passes to Mr..
J Stanley.
| Twenty-three years ago W. z. Tread
wei watched the teamsters unload the
nrst wagon load Of lumber used in the
1 construction Of the old barracks, which
/ furnished temporary shelter for newcom-
ers until they could buy or build homes in
the then new town of Anthony. He Sc
Iected some excellent grazing and farm
| ing land north of town for a ranch, and
in addition became interested IN a big
cattle ranch in the strip. When the large
ranches became an impossibility in what
is now Oklahoma, Mr.. Treadwen added
to his Harper county acres until he had
sixty-one hundred and sixty acres Of
splendid farming and grazing land in a
compact body lying two miles north Of
town It is enclosed and divided into
pasture and cultivated fields by hfty-four
miles OF three and four wire fence.
Five residences are on the land and
some twetny barns cribs, granaries and
other outbuildings Everything about the
ranch. from the fences and machinery to
the buildings was OF the best, and kept
in thorough repair. Two thousand acres
OF wheat and three hundred acres Of
81 owing alfalfa were included IN the deal,
as wen as two thousand acres of feed
in shock and stack Seventy odd head
Of work stock, horses, mares and mules,
as well as a large amount of valuable
and up-to-date farming machinery, went
with the ranch Out Of his bunch of high
grade roadsters Mr.. Treadwel lonly re
served four. Mr. Stanley thus becoming
the owner of some of the best bred horses
this side Of the Mississippi The sale
price was considerable over ninety thou
and dollars. half cab and the balance
in five years.
In adiuOn to the sale of the land, Mr..
Treadwen sold his herd Of eight hundred
graded ca tile to Mr.. Stanley. involving an
additional cash transaction of twenty
thousand dollars. The prices realized were
twenty dollars per head for long yearling
heifers; twenty-five fifty for long yearling
steers, thirty dollars for two year-old
steers and twenty-six dollars for cows.
while the prices seem stiff, it is well to
Btdt III 4AtAttl lA-tL AZ ~ t'JN- STUN,
blocky and well colored.
when Mr.. Treadweu concluded the fore
going information concerning the trade
and was asked concerning his future
plans, he said thar Anthony was good
enogh COR him-was his home; that he had
considerable in the way Of a financial
investment in the town and would con-
tinue to make Anthony his home, al
though he might possible be away from
home more in the future than in the past,
as he would not be so closely tied down.
me deal constitutes the most considera bic
money transaction that has taken place
in Harper county in years, the totals of
the sale amounting to over $1,000; the
cattle and personal property being clear
and only a small encumbranco on the
| land.
Mr. Stanley win move on the ranch at
once, and We are told viii be accompanied
by a grown son and two married daugh-
( ters and their husbands, making quite an
addition to the population of the county.
He viii stock the ranch uD to aftsan
/ hundred OF two thousand head Of cattle
and VIII manage it along the lines Mr.
{ TreadweU pursued 50 slecpssflllIv.