Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-13
WHERE 'ABE' SPENT
 EARLY CHILDHOOD

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 logs were found in Q cellar al College Point. Long Island, where it was stor- cd, and with ceremony was restored to it's original site
 The farm itself has been the sub
 icct of litigation. for several years, and efforts have been mad5 by various
 interests to use iL for one purpose or another. Many schemes have been
 suggested ron T ine to tin1e. but nanc Ot them have borne any large nation
 al significance. Finally in I9J5 it- was advertised that "on August g tho Lincoln farm vas to be sold be
 tween th@ hours Of ten and two from l i1e court auu steps a. uEDID aUC- ! tiCu and tn th. highest bidder Nr. RcbeT- j. Collier cf New No-E cirg, had been negotiating for th- iproper-y. aaG Epua tu- appearance O. | this notice D despatched RicharI Lloyd Jones ID Hofgenvilie with in strJcti0ns rG buy tla place il possi- blc
 The day set for the bidding was
 Monday. and as the laws forbade Sun
 day railway operation iu this neigh ] 3JrhOOd, EEZabethtown. twelve niles away. was as near as Mir. Jones could come by rail before Monday noon. At the little hotel in ElizabethtoWl Mir. Jones met two individuals who he learned were sent on the same mis sion as himself one represented 9 prominent eastern merchant. the other g distilliuE concern which recJscissu .ae CmmvrciaI value Of the plI-
 HH NH rH. n. -H bottle label bearing -le inscription Lincoln Birthplace Nh.skey. Doth had come Vith iustru- ions to bid ir i1, and the sentiment which they displayed about th ir mission W-e ir-
 tense. ic eventually worked t.i.-r
 rUiH. for before evening their FGliati| enthusiasm had been stimU lt-. i1 g
 aiah degree. and by rli.sl-s.l- t.e5a
 #u-c Et1c -aHlg a-
 1I-- ECH-z came here a- lEs.sG ea-iy
 -aa IsEl L.or-ils a-a E-Jzr r- t-e cCr1-ui sgi0Ia- wss vl O. cualEo- iis
 s.e Nlth the l5Ishr cf fhe two
 EeG,teUaa who E rli -'stils fl E1iza5etIy0vu ls tried Co persuadr
 tae cou.missie uar f5 start ihc zaio promptly a. t1u o'clock. Bat that or ficicI was for having it in the after noon. Finally I2:SJ was agreed upon as a compromise. 4 horse auction Che same day excited more interest among the citizens of the village, and it was but a small crowd that gather
 el about the court house when Com
 missioner Handley announced that he vas ready Co sel tLs Rock Spring 4-m. The bidding started at Si..,91
 and was gradually worked up to s. GOO. a. which price it vas sold to G-. Golfers representative. After the papsrs had been properly drawn and recorded Mir. Jones started 10 drive back to Elizabethtown and encounter
 ed one Of the belated bidders who was
 mercilessly iTrrying his horse 10 rcaen the auction ia .lme 10 bid. An
 indignant saluration greeted Mr. Jones announcement that thc Lincoln farm was fn his pocket.
 What an ] 10 say when get
 back" the other shouted in dismay. I'll give you SI0.000 for t right now" But sIr Collier had better
 use for the place and it was not hand ed over. Instead he interested a group Of representative American cit
 izens in forming a national associa- | ton for the preservation Of this SroaDd. This group of citizens or
 gsnized the Lincoln Farm Association
 which was promptly incorporated un- der the laws of the state of New
 York. The title of the Lincoln birth tPloce was transferred to this associa- ton. and tho program for ellarginE