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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-07-11
Rich Prairie Nearly Gone

The rich, gently-rolling prairie,
out of which northern Iowa and
southern Minnesota were formed,
has vanished. In its place today are
tens of thousands of the most fer
tile, beautiful, and highly improved
farms of the great Midwest.
One of the very few excellent
pieces of it still left unimproved, is
an eighty acre tract near LIE Sueur
in the best part of southern Mimi
esota. 1t is the richest, blacklist,
loan, and every foot of it is pillow
land, sixty acres now being under
cultivation. Only few miles away,
improved farms are now selling at
$50 to $115 and swiftly rising. Yet
it is absolutely as good as they;
and it can be bought just now at
$42.50 with cash payment of
$4,000. and three years time on the
balance.
1t is certain that this eighty will
double in value within a few years.
1t is an IDEAL small investment,
where idle money will grow steadily
and surely.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-07-11
One of Iowa's Finest

This is one of the most desirable
quarter-section farms now offered
for sale in the entire state of Iowa.
1t lies just so rods from the cor
poration line of Charles City, which
is one of the most beautiful and
prosperous cities of 5000 people in
all the state.
1t lies very gently rolling. The
over clay subsoil. There is not
foot of waste land on it. 1t is in
a high state of cultivation and is
on main Travelled road into the
city
The house is brick and nearly
new. The main part is 1Sx2S with
one-sstory addition 1t is built
with an air space in the walls and
is very warm and dry. There is a
good basement barn 32x4O with oak
frame and plenty OF other good
buildings. The cattle shed is %
by 100 feet and has a stone wall.
Many farms, no more desirable
than this, have sold in Iowa at
$500 to $500 per acre. This one
must inevitably reach some such
figure within short time, though
it is offered now at $132.5O per
acre. A reasonable loan may be
made upon the place, and the own
er wants the balance in cash.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-07-11
Farm Adjoining Prosperous Village

One of the greatest farm bargains
in the entire Middle West is 600
acre farm, located in Nicollet Cou-
ty, in southern Minnesota, and adj
joining a village of mostly German
people on the C. & N. w. R. R.
the balance being timber pasture.
All of it slopes gently to the south
ward. More than eighty per cent
of the farm is rich black loan,
the remainder shading to rich,
sandy loan.
There are three good dwellings
on the farm, all with stoned cellars.
The principal one is 16x24 feet,
with wings 16x16 and 12x16. Other
buildings are a COW barn 26xS0,
silo 16x20, horse barn 40x40, cat
tie shed 26x so, meal room 12x16,
machine shed, hog house, two corn
cribs, milk house, etc.
The farm has never had failure
of corn crops. A big herd of dairy
cows is kept upon it, and as rule
several cars of cattle are fed on it
every winter.
1t is highly productive farm, and
the location is ideal. 1t is worth,
according to prices of surrounding
lands, from $85 to 500 per acre
But the owner is very wealthy
man, living in California, who Of
fers it at$72.5O per acre. He asks
any reasonable cash payment. to in
sure that the place is sold, and will
give easy terms on balance
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-07-11
An Iowa Farm Not in Iowa

There is a beautiful farm, located,
not in Iowa but near it, that is in a
class with Iowa's finest and best,
and that merits just now the atten-
ton of every homeseeker in the
land.
1t is four and half miles from
st. Peter, a busy southern Minneso-
ia city of 5000 people, and coun-
ty seat of Nicol1et County.
Nicollet County actually surpass-
es many of our very best counties
in all round grain production. Corn,
for example, in Story County, Iowa,
which is one of our banner counties,
made an average yield of 1875 BUSH
els per acre in 1909, which was To-
was banner year; but in the Same
year, Nicollet County, Minnesota,
yielded an average of 1919 bushels
per acre.
From st. Peter to this farm the
road is graveled all the way. 1t is
on rural mail route, has a tele-
phone, and the distance tn school is
one half mile 1t is in a rich COM
munity, and surrounded by highly
improved farms.
1t consists of 23O acres of deep,
rich, black loan, over clay subsoil.
1t has beautiful lay, being almost
smooth, but having excellent natural
drainage.
All buildings are in good repair.
There is a good eight-room house,
big barn 4Ox60, plenty of out
buildings, windmill, cement tanks,
etc.
It. is in a neighborhood where
land is selling for 500 to $115 per
acre, and rising very fast, owing
to it's splendid quality. But this
farm can be bought for $3.50 per
acre, and the cash required is only
about $4,000, balance in yearly
payments if desired.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-07-11
Can You Judge a Farm?

If you are a good judge of land,
as most Iowans are, want you to
weigh this quarter section farm
carefully, and decide what, in your
own personal judgment it is actu-
ally worth.
counties of southern Minnesota, a
bout twenty miles from the Iowa
line, and nearly north of Mason
City. 1t is two miles from one rail
road station, three miles from an
other, and four miles from a third.
1t is surrounded by splendidly i'm
proved farms, is forty rods from
school, and is on rural mail route
and telephone line.
1t Lies from level to gently rolling
with excellent drainage There is
NO waste land on it. Every foot
is tillable. The soil is a fine, rich,
black loan, as fertile as Iowa's best.
Last years corn crop averaged fif-
ty bushels per acre, oats forty bush
els. and barley twenty bushels. All
crops We're injured by the drouth,
but you may compare it with Iowa's
best years if you choose. 1t has
always been we'll stocked, and the
soil is in a high state of fertility.
The improvements are worth at
least $4,000. There is a good
house. a big barn 32x60 with lean
to on both sides, good granary, corn
cribs, hog house, poultry house, etc.
1t is fenced and cross-fenced. There
is good orchard with plenty of
small fruit.
Note the proximity of markets,
rich soil and big crops of small
grain as well as corn, the total alb
sence of waste land, and the excel
lent improvements. The fact is of
course that Iowa farms with not all
of these advantages are selling
commonly nowadays at $3.50 to 5000
per acre.
WHAT is IT WORTH? Decide
for yourself.
1 can sell it at SIS per acre on
the following terms: $1,000 down,
$4,000 next March, and balance
carried on farm at five per cent.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-07-11
Iowa Farm Bargain near Market

This farm. which consists of 154
lies just one half mile from a small
railroad town with bank, three ele-
vators, school, creamery, lumber
yard, etc.
1t is in the northern part of the
state, in section which grows ex-
cellent crops, is unusually prosper
Gus, and in which the price of land
is advancing very rapidly. Accord
ing to the government census re-
port, the average value per acre Of
improved farms throughout Palo
Alto County more than doubled be-
tween 1900 and 1910, and at the
present time the value of the better
class of improved farms close to
town, to which this farm belongs,
is from $100 up, some of them be-
ing held considerably higher than
this.
This farm is in a splendid neigh
borhood of mixed nationalities. 1t
is a rich black loan. containing a
small amount of sand. which makes
it a warm, quick-growing soil, and
very productive.
1t is beautiful farm. smooth,
and nearly level, but with just slope
enough for tile drainage, and near
ly all of it has been tiled. More
than 1875 acres are drained perfect
ly in this way. The remainder,
which does not really need it, is
now in tame hay, SO that it is all
tillable, and all in cultivation
The buildings are in good average
condition. They include a residence
1924, one and q half stories high
with one story addition 1924;
a barn 40x4O with 16-foot posts;
corn crib and granary 30x30; a
poultry house l2x14. etc. There
is good welt with windmill. 1t is
all fenced and oross-fenced, and
there is a grove and some fruit.
1t is a place of many advantages.
to creamery 1t has fertile, black,
quick soil. 1t has perfect lay
and is we'll tiled. It has good build
ings in as good condition as those
on the average farm. 1t is a desira-
BILE farm in every respect, and it is
offered at much less than its real
value.
The price is $3.50 per acre. 1t
will carry mortgage loan of $55
or more per acre, or about $500.
The balance of $4,S75 is asked in
cash.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-07-11
A Fertile Farm on Easy Terms

To some man of limited means,
who wants first class quarted sec
tion farm, l will sell the place de-
scribed below for $3.50 per acre.
1t Lies just one half mile from
a railroad station in southern Mimi
esota, in a section where the aver
age yield of corn is SO bushels per
acre, the average yield of wheat
20 bushels, of oats SO bushels, and
barley 80 bushels.
The soil is a rich black loam
with clay subsoil; the surface is
gently rolling with good drainage;
it is all tillable. but there are about
five acres containing gravel. The
remainder is excellent in every way.
There is fiveroom house in fair
condition, and a good, large barn.
Other buildings are: granary,
corn-crib, poultry house. and a ma
chine shed all as large as necessary
and all in good condition.
/ will sell the plarr at the above
price and accept frcm $4,000 to
$4,000 cash. with yea,l payments
on balance.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-07-11
Farm Bargain Stands Alone

A mag nificent farm of 528 acres,
adjoining a small railroad village,
between Charles City and Cedar
Falls, commands attention just now
as one of the greatest bargains in
all Iowa
1t is in very rich section where
crop yields are big, farms are high
ly improved, and everybody is pros
porous.
About 400 acres of it are beauti-
full. very gently rolling pillow land.
The remainder, lying along stream
cannot be cultivated to advantage,
but is unusually good pasture land.
The soil is the finest alluvial
black loan, shading on one side to
very rich sandy loan. All crops
have been fed on the place for
years, so that it is in fine condition
as regards fertility.
The house is splendid structure
2Sx36, full two story with full base
ment, and one story addition 16x16.
It is furnace-heated and has good
cistern.
Other buildings are:
Basement barn forr horses with
addition on three sides.
Stock barn 4Ox6O with hay in the
center.
Barn 32x32 for hay and machin-
cry.
Double corn crib 24x76 (note the
size).
Granary 16x24 with sheds on each
end.
Five hog fouses.
Three poultry houses.
Small ice house, smoke house,
etc.
conservative value of this farm
should be between sos and $115.
Farms no better in other parts of
the state command $3.50 to $3.50.
This one is offered at $50 per acre
on terms as easy as the price. A
cash payment of $4,000 is required
and $1,000 more next March. Bal
ance will be carried TEN years,
interest rate during first five years
to be 1-2 per cent, and during
next five years 5 per cent.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-07-11
A Rare Piece of Virgin Prairie

A Rare Piece of Virgin Prairie
This tract consists of $50 acres
in Lincoln County, Minnesota. 1t
is one of the best pieces of virgin
prairie land left in southern Mimi
esota. The surface is slightly roll
ing and the soil fine, black loan.
A living stream cuts off about 20
acres from one corner. One crop
of flax would pretty nearly pay for
this piece of land. Price $42.50 per
acre. A cash payment of $4,000 is
required, balance to be agreed upon
at 6 per cent
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-07-11

Iowa Beauty on Bargain Counter

Iowa Beauty on Bargain Counter
A magnificent half-section farm,
highly improved and exceedingly
productive, is offered for sale just
now at a sacrifice price, and on UNI
usually easy terms.
1t is located in one of the best
sections of the state, about twenty
miles south of Mason City. 1t is
three miles from a good town, and
one half mile from school,
The soil is the finest black loan
with clay subsoil. 1t is as fertile as
that of ANY section of Iowa. The
farm has always been heavily stock
ed, and the soil is in highly pro-
ductive state.
The land is gently rolling, with
all low spots tiled out. 1t is all
tillable except about ten acres
where the buildings stand. The
entire 80 acres are as fine land
as anyone ever put pillow into.
The buildings are practically new
all having been built within four
years. There is fine S-room
house; barn 4Sx64, which cannot
be beat; large double crib and
granary; an auto shed; cattle
shed 4Ox100 feet, a poultry house
and other buildings. There is
windmill with water piped to the
yards. A quarter section of it is
fenced and cross-fenced hog tight.
This farm is absolutely in a class
with those, which in other parts of
Iowa have been selling at $3.50 to
5000 or more per acre. But it is
offered at 500 per acre. A cash
payment of one fourth down is re-
quired.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-07-11
Rich Farm in German Community

This is one of the richest half sec
ton farms west of the Mississippi
1t is located in southern Minnesota,
about forty miles from Spirit Lake,
Iowa. 1t is six miles from town,
on rural mail route, and in a pros
porous and highly improved locality
in which Germans predominant.
The man who owns it has twenty
children. He keeps rs cows, and
300 hogs, which indicates how pro-
ductive the farm is.
1t is a magnificent body of land.
1t slopes very gently to the south
ward, and drains perfectly. Every
acre of the farm can be cultivated.
The soil is the richest of black
loan, with clay subsoil The coun-
ty in which it is located produces
more corn per acre than the aver
age Iowa county, more oats per a.
ere, more wheat per acre, and more
barley per acre than most Iowa
counties.
condition. The house is large
one 3Ox34 feet, two stories high,
with one-story addition. 1t con-
tains nine rooms. The barn is 40
by so feet, double-boarded, and
very high. Other buildings are
large and good. 1t is all fenced and
crossfenced, about twenty acres be-
ing hog tight. There is plentiful
supply of water pumped by a gaso-
line engine.
This farm will produce as much
as $3.50 land in Iowa. AS farms
are selling in that locality, it is
worth about $85 or more, and land
values are rising very rapidly. But
it is offered just now at $66 per
acre. 1t will carry loan of $4,000
and the balance may be paid as fol-
lows: $4,000 down, $612O next
March, when possession will be Civ
en-.
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Passing the Homestead Bill

Washington, May %. The liberal
lied homestead bill was acted upon by
the senate today, when the report of
the conference committee reconciling
the differences of the two houses of
congress was adopted by that body.
The bill, introduced by Senator Borah,
reduces the requisite period of residence
from five years to three and grants five
months leave of absence annually, to
permit homesteaders to go away for the
possible supplementing of their incomes.
One provision requires cultivation of
one-sixteenth of entry the second year
and one-eighth the third year. Settlers
are given the privilege of proving up
under either the new bill or the old five
year law, which does not require so
much improvement on the homestead.
Early action by the house is expected.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-05-30

SALE OF TIMBER Mssoula, Montana,
April %, 1912. Sealed bids marked outside
"Bid, tmber-sale application, April l, 1912
Kaniksu," and addressed to the District For
ester Forest Service, Missoula, Montana, will
be received up TO and including the LIST day of
July, 1912, for the merchantab BILE dead timber,
standing or down. and all the live timber des-
lgnated for cutting by Forest officer, located
on areas to be definitely designated by Forest
officer before cutting begins, including about
$50 acres in Lots 2 and and seL, Section 3d.
nwA, Section 81. and nwA neA. Section 81 T.
81 n, R. 4W. B. NJ, within the Kaniksu Ma
tiona Forest. estimated to be 1856 900 feet board
measure white pine, 200 feet board meas
ure other species. 6.12l cedar poles, more or
less and an unestimated quantity of cedar
shingle holt material No bid of less than $3.50
per thousand feet board measure for white
pine, soc per thousand feet board measure for
cedar, $500 per thousand feet boarda measure
for larch, and $1.00 per thousand feet board
measure for other species, saw timber cent
per linear loot for 3O-foot cedar poles aud under,
2 cents per linear foot for cedar poles 50 feet
and over. and 75c per cord for cedar single
bolt material will be considered, and eposit
of 81 900. payable to the order of the Western
Montana National Bank. of Missoula. Montana,
must be sent to that bank for each bid SUBJ
mitted to the District Forester. Timber upon
valid claims is exempt from SALE The right to
reject any and all bids is reserved For further
information and regulations governing sales
address Forest Supervisor. Kaniksu National
Forest, Newport, Washington.
3-5 F. A. SILCox, District Forester.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-05-30
Notice of Call for Bids for County
Printing

1, the undersigned, county auditor of Pend
Oreille county, Washington and clerk OF the
Board of County Commissioners of said county,
hereby give notice that on the LIST day OF July,
1912, at 2 O'Clock p M, the Board of County
Commissioners OF said county will receive bids
Tor the publication of the auditors financial
exhibit of said county for the period beginning
July 22nd, lel2.and ending on the first Tuesday
of May, 1918 together with the publication OF
the proceedings OF the Board of Equalization
of said county, summary of the proceedings
of the County Commiss oners, and all legal no
tees required to be published bv any officer OF
said county, and all advertising required to be
done by said county. All of the above de-
scrbed printing is to be set in solid nonpareil
type.
certified check 5000 shall accompany
each bid when filed with The county auditor OF
said county, to insure good faith, and that the
party whose bid is accepted shall enter into
contract with said county, as per the terms
thereof Each bidder must furnish a sworn
statement OF the number of bona fde subscrib-
ers to his paper.
All bids submitted pursuant TO this notice
shall be fled not later than IL O'Clock noon.
July 1st 1912.
Fl H MURRAY,
Auditor of Pend Oreille County, Washington
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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-05-30

SALE OF TIMBER-Missoula, Montana, May
Is. l9l2-Sealed bids, marked outside, BIO
lin Der sale application, April "a. 1912, kanIksu
and addressed to the District Forester, Forest
Service, Missoula Montana, will be received up
to and including the 1st day OF July. 1912, Tor
all the 1nerchantable cedar tim Der. standing or
down designated for cutting by Forest officer.
located on an area TO be definitely designated
nv Forest officer before cutting begins, In
eiuding about 145 acres in that portion of Sec
ton ?. t 81 N, R. W. B. M. lying east OF
Priest River, within the Kaniksu National
Forest, estimated to be 80 25 foot, 1878 30-foot,
865 40-foot 1874 50-foot cedar poles more or less,
and an unestima ted amount of cedar saw tim
Der single bolts and piling. No old of less
than SOC per NJ for saw timber, 75c per cord Tor
Single bolts, 115c per linear foot for piling,
and for cedar poles: 25-foot 15c: 6-inch 30-foot,
25c finch 80 foot 35c; finch 35fOOt, roc; 8-inch
50 foot 81 O5 finch 40foot 81 05; inch 40 foot,
al 80; 8-inch 45-foot, S150 Sinch 50-foot, 81 10;
8inch 55-foot 81 90; 8inch 60.foot, 81 Is, will be
considered, and deposit of $780, payable to
the order of the Western Montana National
Bank of Missoula, Montana, must be sent to
that bank for each bid submitted to the Dis
trict Forester Timber upon valid claims is
exempt from sale The right to reject any and
all bids is reserved. For further information
and regulations governing sales, address For
est Supervisor, Kaniksu National Forest, New
port, Washington r II RUTLEDGE,
80 Acting District Forester.
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Notice of ADMINISTRATORS Sale of Real
Estate

Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of
an order of the Probate Court of Spokane coun-
ty. state of Washington, made on the Goth day
of April, 1912, in the matter of the estate of
William Veal, deceased, the undersigned the
administrative of the said estate will sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, and SUBJ
ject to confirmation by said Probate Court, on
the 30th day of May, A. D. 1912, at 10 O'Clock a.
m, at the front door of the courthouse of Pend
Oreille county, at Newport, in said county of
right, title, interest and estate of the said
to all that certain lot. piece or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in the said county of
Pend Oreille, state of Washington, more par
ticularly' described as follows, to-wit: The
southwest one-quarter swA of the southwest
one-quarter sw14 of the southwest one-quar-
ter swA Of Section TWENTY-FIVE p Town
ship thirty five 35 North, Range forty-three
4S E. W. M. containing ten 10 acres, more
or less, reserving therefrom an easement for
road, purposes in favor of the county of Pend
OLeille, Washington, and in favor of the abut
ting land owners in and over twenty 20 foot
of said tract along the east side thereof.
Terms and conditions of sale: Cash, 10 per
centum OF the purchase money to be paid to
the administrative on the day of sale, balance
on confirmation by said Superior Court Deed
at the expense of purchaser.
HANNAH f. VEAL, Administrators
W G. MEYER, Attorney for Administrators
us PaulseR Building, Spokane, Wash.
The foregoing sale was adjourned to June H.
1912 at 10 O'Clock a. m.
3-2 HANNAH F. VEAL, Administrative.
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SALE OF TIMBER-Mlssoula, Montana, May
til Der sale application, April "a, 1912, Kaniksu,
and addressed to the District Forester, Forest
Service, MissOula. Montana, will be received
I'D to and including the 1st day of July. 1912,
for all the merchantable dead timber, standing
or down and all the live timber designated for
cutting by Forest officer, located on an area
to be definitely designated by Forest officer
in Section 5, and nw14. Section A. Z. 81 NJ, r.
w. B. M ,on Jayde and Prater creek, on the
watershed of Priest River. within the Kaniksu
National Forest, estimated to be l570, 900 feet,
board measure, green white pine. 100000 feet,
board measure, dead and down white pine,
saw timber, more or less, and 1,4320O0 feet,
board measure, cedar in saw tim Der, single
26O9 4O-foot and 1929 50-foot cedar poles or
| less. No bid OF less than 81 so per NJ for green
white pine, $1.50 per M for dead white pine,
SOC per M for cedar saw timber, zoe per cord for
shingle bolts, 7c per 100 for cedar posts nc per
linear foot for cedar piling, and TOR poles: 25-
foot 15c 6-inch 3O-foot. soc; finch 30-foot, 4Oc;
finch 35-foot, zoe; S-inch 35-foo+, $500; finch
45-foot. $l.40; S-inch so foot, 81 so;
s inch 55-foot 81 80: 8-inch 6O-foot, $500;
Sin b. 65-foot, So Is; S-inch 20 foot $780, 8inch
| 75-foot, 81 so, will be considered. and deposit
| of $1,000, payable to the order of the Western
| Montana National Bank of Missoula Montana,
must be sent to that bank for each bid sub
m1tted to the District Forester. Timber upon
reject any and all bids is reserved. For further
Information and regulations governing sales,
| address Forest Supervisor, kaniksu National
| Forest Newport, Washington.
R. Fl RUTTLEDGE,
3-5 Acting District Forester.