Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-04-28
o Idaho Stock Company Preparing Idaho
County for Montana
1900 ACRES OF LAND HORSES ETC, TO Be SOLD JUNE 20
argest Ever Held West of the Missouri River
Conducted by Auctioneer Ralphs
Robert H. Jones, the general man.

ager of the Bales-J ones Company,
came tn from Montana last week to
complete arrangements for the big sale
Of real estate and farm property to be
held in June. On his arrival here
Mr.. Jones decided on radical change
in the plans for this sale, and the an
nouncement is now made that the
Bales-Jones Company will sell at pub
lie auction all their real estate hold
;ngs in Idaho, as we'll as the Com
panys horses, mules, stock cattle, hogs
and the general equipment Of the
Idaho outfit, the entire sale aggregat-
inc close to quarter Of a million dol
lars
The original intention Of this COM
pany was to sell their outlying ranches
only and to confine their farming OPP
erations to their home ranch and three
other ranches lying close together and
easily handled with one big outfit.
This change in plans will mean that
instead Of sale running to about one
hundred thousand dollars they will
sell an aggregate Of nearly two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars worth
of property, which will undoubtedly
be the biggest sale of its kind ever
held West of the Missouri.
The real estate to be disposed of at
this sale, to be absolutely sold at pub
lie auction, will include the following
ranches:
The Bales & Jones home ranch,
1920 acres.
The Wind Mill ranch, $50 acres.
The Edwards ranch, 480 acres.
The Mcdonald ranch, 1886 acres.
The Maxey ranch, 100 acres.
The Bales & Jones home ranch is
one of the best known and most pro-
ductive ranches on Camas Prairie; il
lies about seven miles due north Of
Grangeville, ON the old stage road be-
tween Grangeville and Sites. A new
dwelling house was built on it last
year at cost Of $4,000, and it is il
all respects one of the best improved
ranches in Idaho County. The Nc
Donald ranch. better known as the
Jim Buchanan place, is about mile
and quarter west of the home ranch
and is an exceptionally rich and wei
equipped piece Of property.
The Wind Mill ranch of the Bales
Jones Company is another we'll known
track, and lies about eight miles north
west Of Grangeville and about thre
miles east of Denver, a half mile nortl
of the Chase school house.
The Edwards ranch is about twelv
miles north Of Grangeville and abou
six miles east of Cottonwood, and tn
Maxey ranch is tract of one hundre'
and sixty acres Of good farm land ly
ing three and a half miles east Of Ne
Perce.
These ranches woll be cut up an
sold in lots of eighty to four hundre
acres, and this will probably meal
that instead of FIVE ranches owned b.
one corporation there will be from on
dozen to twenty ranchers and ranc
owners on Camas Prairie.
The terms of the sale have bee
practically decided upon; they will b
based on twenty-five per cent pay
ment due October 1st, the balance o
from five to ten years time at seve
per cent, for the land. The persons
property, live stock, tools, machinery
etc, will be sold on what is PRACTICAL
cash proposition, with the usual col
dltlons incidental to an auction sal
The sale will be handled by W. I
RALPH, one of the best known an
most prominent public statesmen in IL
west, and undoubtedly the best equil
ped auctioneers west of the Rockies
conduct sale of this magnitude. Nj
ralph will have a special corps of a
sistants to look after the details of tt
SALE including an expert fieldman fro
The Middle West who will come o,
lfem Chicago to attend this sale ar
who has volunteered his services
mr. Ralph for the occasion. Nj
halph and his men, as well as repre-
entatlves Of the Bales-J ones Compan
viii be in Grangeville for at least te
oays previous to the sale, fully equi
pea to show intending purchasers ov
sthe different properties.
The big sale will begin on Monda