The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-06
MARKET DAY
SALE WAS
A SUCCESS
GTady County Boasts Of lssO.
clatiOn for Conducting
Monthly Auctions
Special to Tue Daily Leader

special TO tue Dally Leader
Cbickasha, Okla, May D., Grady
county boasts Of the only successful
market day sale organization in the
sate Of Ok ahoma, The association
was effected by the farmers aud bus
iness men Of the county May / 1909
and has been successfully managed
since that time. During the history
of the organization 80 monthly sales
have been conducted, totaling a vol
ume Of business through this medium
Of sll5,000, which Is an average OF
nearly $4,000 pei month This In.
cludes the sale Of live stoch, farm
implements, and all kinds of articles
usually sold al public auction
The pan Of the sale day organ.
lzasion is for the farmers to list at
! the office OF the secretary of the as
ociaton. all articles and stock to be
sold The sales occur the FIRST Mon
day In each month Every farmer in
the county can list goods. Anything
of salable nature can be listed. The
books are always open The one con
ditioh 10 listing il that goods must be
as represented to be. The sale is
conducted along the same lines as
public farm safe.
! Auctionecr Pioneer
Col. = J Hubbard, pioneer Ok
| lahoman aud an early DAY se.Iei ia
! the Chickasaw nation conducts The
sales and The success Of the plans
Of the organization is due largely to
| his management Col. Hubbard has
a creed in his autioneering business.
| He Will not sell anything ON the auc-
ton stand under msrepresenta-
tion Animals must be as represent
ed or Mr Hubbard refuses 10 @cly'
them Honesty S his policy and this
fact has been one fthe great adver-
Using features Of the Grady county
market day sale
The business has Increased gradu-
ally each month Buyers from all
over the state and many from other
points come to Grady county sale to
buy carload OTIS OF live stock. .he
largest sale ever conducted was held
in December, 1910. the satire pro-
lceeds OF the sale totaling more than
$4,000 One OF the important facts
concerning these sales is that most
Of The sales are for cash. Very little
paper is handled The money is re-
coived at the auction
u, j. Hubbard is the pioneer auc-
eoneer Of this part OF Oklahoma Mr.,
| Hubbard conducted the first public
auction ever held in Indian Territory
between Gainesville, Texas and Ok
lahoma City
First Sale In 1894
The first sale was held at the
George 2 Laupin ranch thirty-five
miles west OF Pauls valley. okla,
October l5 1894 The Iaupin sale
WAS advertised as two-day sale j.
T. Robinson Of Ardmore was the adj
minstator III the Laupin estate,
Auctioneer Hubbard was engaged to
cry the sale The sale Vas rec.
ord breaking public auction, in the
shortness Of the time 1t lasted The
novelty of a public auction and the
excitement OF bidding set the sport.
lng blood In the early day indian Ter.
ENory citizens veins coursing and
bids ran high and fast. The sale
asted only six hours Everything
cried was sold The sale amounted
to s5,2S1 and about onehalf OF 1t
was cash
One of the interesting features OF
this early day Indian Territory sale
vas the prices received for the ar
ticles and stock sold Sxty-six head
Of horses sod at $i25 per head
Three year old steers sold for Sl5
per head Fat hogs sold at 3 cents
PER bundled threashed oats In a b.
700 bushel lot sold for II cents per
hushel. corn in the crib III a quant-
~ Of a,0Nl bushels sold at "a cents
per bushel and hay sold at 81 per
ton
a comparison Of these prices can
be made hy glaucing At the prices
received at The ale ON the Isaupin
ranch which was held by Auctioneer
Hpbbard fourteen years later This
sale with less than oue.thIrd the
amount oI goods asted netted Sa,el6
Horses sold for 5000 pair. mules al
$500 apiece, cows, $1,000 and hogs as
high as s7a Hay sold at stu aud SIS
per ton
Col Hubbard was born in Fayelte
county Illinois. and was left an or
phan at the age Of rs years, He he.
gun the wulk of auctOneering at an
early age and located Ia Wichita.
Kan. ID 1880, In 1885 he moved 10
the Indian Territory and located vt
| Mdmore, where he MAS engaged in
the live stock business for several
years. Since 1894 be has been on.
gagged IN the public auction business
aud has conducted during the past
three wears sac farm sales In Grady
count He has also established the
Grady county market day sale. Col.
Hubbard boasts that he can sell any
thing al public auction when he can
no. set y bid ON L a private sale.