Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-13
REALTY MARKET INACTIVE.
Transfers For Week, However, Exeeee
Total Of Week Preceding.

Altho the realty market during the
past week has been comparatively IN
active, transfers for the week ending
July IL were in excess of the week
preceding by $10,490, or total OF
$42,725.
An interesting deal in city property
was closed late Monday afternoon,
when Mrs. Maud Tuffree and husband,
Elmer A. Tuffree, sold to Mrs. Rachel
A. Ely the lot owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Tuffree at 304 North Center street de-
scribed as the east ninety-four feet OF
lot 2, block g. Webster's second adj
dition. Mrs. Ely paid $4,000 for the
lot, on which she will build at once
two story house Of frame and cement
plaster construction, six rooms ana
bath, to cost from $500 to $4,000. The
sale of Mrs. Elzy's present home al
405 West Main street to Dwight n.
Denmead was only announced Mon
day.
]. D. Plumb and wife have sold to
Rev. n. +. Hicks, pastor of the Bethany
United Brethren church. and his wire,
Mrs. Ella v. Hicks, the lot at 6l6 Jer-
ONE street, with frontage of f1fty-two
feet on that street and depth OF loO
feet. On the property is new and
modern bungalow Of six rooms and
bath. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks will occupy
the property as home. The property
figures at $4,000 in transfer as yet
unified, in which Mr.. Hicks sells to
Mr.. Plumb an eighty-acre improved
farm, known as the Lentz place, four
and one-half miles southwest of the
city in Timber Creek township. This
property is bought by Mr.. Plumb at the
70 Of
The largest deal Of the week in
country property is shown by the
transfer by Ethel Kruse and husband,
Fred Kruse, of Costello county, Colora-
do, to Tory Button, of 1901 South Cen
ter street, Of a seventy acre farm IN
Taylor township, known as the j. M.
Heifner farm. Much Of the land is in
timber, altho the farm is well improved.
Altho the deed shows the transfer at
81 and other valuable considerations.
the revenue stamps attached show a
purchase price of $4,000, with the
grantee assuming two mortgages ag-
gregating $7,75e, or a total considera-
ton Of $13,75O This is at the rate OF
almost $4,000 per acre.
Other transfers Of the yeek are as
follows:
I. s. FInkle and wife to ]. E. Nc
clenahan, lot tscheiding's sub-divi-
sion. $500.
H. o. Eldridge and wife to H. D.
Hoover, land in Washington township,
s12,250.
Benjamin Richards and wife to g. L.
ellison, of Larimer county, Colorado.
land in Edenville, $500.
Roy J. Bryant and wife to James
Borton, lots and part Of lot 2, An
drews' addition to st. Anthony, $500.
George Whitton and wife to E. H.
Reifschneider, part of lot Z, block l,
Electric addition, 81.
William H. Diehl and wife. Of Ogle
county, Illinois, to Laura M. Warden,
lots z, 8, and 10, block 10, Melbourne,
$2,7OO.
c. F. Johnson and wife to Charles A.
Farmer, part Of lot 9, block 3, Electric
addition, $1,000.
Lewis w. johnson and wife to
Ommon Skaar, part Of block z, Gilman,
81, 500.
David ogg and wife to w. o. Van
Worries, lot 90, block 6, Liscomb, $3.50.
William A. Rice and wife to An
tonic and Concettoi sirioni, part Of
lots 4, 5, and 6, block 1, Cummings
second addition, $4,000.
Florence "A. Burnett dilu HuSudHu "
Benjamin lingo, part Of lots 4, 5. and s,
block 1, Cummings second addition.
81, 400.
Robert Frank Graham and wife to
Nathan McGrew, lot Z, block A., Graz
hams addition, 1925.
Robert Frank Graham and wife to
Nathan McGrew, lot s. block 1, Ora
hams addition, $500.
Elizabeth E, West and husband OF
Blackhawk county, to H. NJ. Armstrong.
part of lot 6, block 5, north Marshall,
s1,250.
Marshall county to John Benson, land
in LeGrand township, 81.
First National Bank, Of Fort Collins,
Colo, to Benjamin Richards. of Lari-
mer county, Colorado, land in Eden
vile. 81.