The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-12-11

ID. Is. Novels Sells Two Laise
Farms Under tort Lyon Canal
for, Nearly Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars

estate deal over put through py
uriyate individual in Erowers coun-
ty was made for ID. b. Novels
through the X. NJ. Ziegler Real Es-
tat Agency. The deal included
o3S acres OF the home ranch Oh MI
Novels in 17-22-46. and is one oi
the fin. st and the best improved
farms in the county. with IL tne
line blooded stock owned by Mr..
Novels was included. The deal
has been in the hands of the 2ieg-
r agency for several days and
was put through with great d-s-
patch and without any friction ana
all parties are well pleased. The
purchasers, Messrs. Baker & Biggs'
of Canon City will take charge at
once, and Mr.. Novels has ALREADY
begun preparations to transfer his
extensive farming operation to his
large tract of irrigated land near
Claiming. He will as in all his
other operations make 1t a model
farm and stock it with the FIN ST
of thoroughbred animals.
The price paid for the land was
S225 per acre anu for the STOCK
$3.50 per head for the fine bunch
of mules, $3.50 per head for the
thoroughbred Shorthorn COWS, and
$50 DER head for the thoroughbred
hozs.r The total amount of the
deal was $133.8O0.00. In the trade
Mr.. Novels becomes the owner OF
one of the finest business blocks
in Canon City. and a big stock of
dry. 6oods. the balance of the pur-
chase price being paid In cash. He
will tako charge of the business
there himself for the present. but
will still maintain his principal
place of business in Lamar and
mako this his home. He still re-
mains one of the largest land own
ers under the great Fort Lyon sys-
tenn and has just been elected pres
ident for another year.
The firm of Baker &c Biggs was
one of the best known and most
substantial in Canon City. and Mr..
Biggs is the head of a system OF
eighteen lumber yards and will con-
tinue his residence at Canon CITY
Mr.. Baker will retire from the mer-
camille business and after pleas
ura trip to California of some
months duration will take ,rsonal
management of the fine ranch just
purchased and become a resident of
this vicinity. He is substantial
and progr ssive citizen and busi-
ness man and will be a splendid ad-
dition to our community. The
ranch which is thoroughly equipped
with the most modern and approx
ed machinery and conveniences will
under his management continue to
prosper and be a source of gr9at
profit.
This deal proves the worth and
benefit of fine stock and the
value to the farm of having it.
The splendid stock which Mr.. Now
els always was Improving WIS uoe
only of value itself but added ma
terially to the worth of the farm
itself. 1t is safe to say that there
are few such attractive farms In
the state and it will be further i'm
proved in the near future by the
addition of beautiful home there.
The Ziegler agency is to be con-
graduated on this deal also as
they have made the record sale in
many respects of the history of the
county, both as regards land and
stock.
On Saturday evening Mr.. Novels
was again tha principal in big
land sale, amounting to over $780,
900. This time it was aover 800
acres of land in 16-22-46. being part
of the old J. X. Mullen ranch that
he sold through R. S. Ligg lit,
the real estate man of Stanberry,
Missouri, to S. J. Dice of that
place. e. E. Pike represented Mr..
Novels in this transaction, and he