Arizona republican., 1909-04-24
THE AFTERMATH OF
 THURSDAYS AUCTION OWNERS BETTER PLEASED AT CLOSE OF SALE THAN IN
 THE MIDDLE.
The Total Sales Aggregated Nearly
 Twenty Thousand Dollars.

Street talk yesterday consisted ' largely of a discussion of the auction
 sale of the Tempe Land and Inn
 provement Co. lots the day before I It seems that the account of the
 auction published in yesterdays pa
 per. created an impression that was easily misunderstood and. in reality did not convey the real thought of the
 owners of the property in regard to
 the success of the sale. This is easily accounted for by reason of the fact that the interview with L. W. Blinn, published yesterday, in which he eX-
 pressed disappointment at the crowd.
 the selling price of the lots and other
 things, was had at two o'clock in the
 afternoon. MT. Blinn was not seen
 again during the day and left on the
 evening train for Los Angeles It
 appears. however. that after making
 this statement to the reporter, there
 was evidenced a much better demand
 for the lots and when the sale was
 finally closed on account of darkness.
 MT. Blinn again expressed himself this time in much different terms.
 Before leaving the city he told Auc- tioneer Getsinger, who conducted the sale that the results were entirely pleasing to him and that he was well satisfied. That Mir. Blinn was sin cere in this later statement is made evident by the fact that he engaged Mir. Getsenger to conduct another sale on the same plan two weeks from that date.
 When it became too late to con- tinue the sale Thursday afternoon. just an even half of the lots had been disposed of at a good average figure. It was at this point that MT. Blinn conferred with the auctioneer regard ing the disposition of the remaining lots To get the sentiment of the people gathered there regarding the holding of another sale. MT. Getsinger asked how many would attend and the reply was practically unanimous. It was therefore arranged that the remaining sixty-five lots would be sold on the same plan Thursday, May 9th.
 It may be interesting to the public to know who were the purchasers on and the following list of buyers has been obtained, together with the number of lots purchased: Eli Sears. one; B.. B. Moeur, seven; F J. Brechan. one; J. w. Woolf. three: w H. Wilbur. two: J. F. Ap- pleby. three; w. C. R. Matchan. two; Dr. R L. Alexander. one; A J. Peters, | two; Niels Petersen. seven; G. R. l Finch, four; Chas. Birdkenkamp. two; Prof. A J. Matthews, five; Chas | Woolf, two: J. M. Gilland. one; B. H | Scudder, three; Guy Nichols, one; | Prof. F. C. Aver. three; Frank La 1 Mont, two; J. A. Harmon, two; L. L. | Harmon, two; J. C. Robbins. two; | Fenton Jones, two. The total sales l aggregated S19.595.
 It is noticeable that without eX- ,eption all the buyers were local par -ies A number bought merely for | investment, while others bought with | he intention of building on the prop erty in the near future. Several par ies are already planning homes there md there is no question but that the disposition of this large number of 'esidence lots will add much to Tempe n the very near future.
 The fact that nearly s20,000 worth ,f property was sold here Thursday n less than a days time indicates hat the value of Tempe realty is 'ully appreciated by the local resi- Tents. It also speaks well for the luctioneer and for the town. It is a luestion whether or not such a sale IS that of Thursday could be dupli- .ated in any other town in the valley.