Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-14
SATURDAY AUCTION
DRAWS FAIR CROWD
Louisville Concern Sells Entire
Tract at Varying Prices
Some of the Bids

The big auction sale of lots held
last Saturday in west Lancaster, was
pulled Of on schedule time with about
200 people present, despite the fact
that rain had threatened the entire
day. At two o'clock the sale COM
menced, the auctioneers pulled out
the third gear on their vocal ap-
paratuses, the clerk sharpened his
pencil and things began to move.
J. Lee Wright of this city acted as
clerk and Colonels, James r. Turn
bull, of Deckerville, Mich; M.
Downright of Allegan, Mich; and
Ralph Drake of Montpelier, Ohio,
did the crying. The location of the
tract parcelled out Saturday is 81
blocks west of the square on Maple
St. 1t is bounded on the south by
Maple, on the east by Mckinley, on
the north by the Bloomington road
and on the west by Wilson, the new
street. The location is considered
splendid and good authorities state
that it is in the logical direction for
the town to grow. The % by 125
foot lots, were sold in multiples of
two, each bidder taking the addI-
tional lot at the auction price of the
first one. The first lot knocked
down was that on the corner of Nc
Kinley and Maple and the double %
went to Jos. Wright for $186. This
lot was considered the most desirable
of all. The next lot west to A. G.
Smith for S160. The next went to
Jacob Hahn for S160. The next to
Doc Cooley consideration $154,
and the corner lot of Wilson and
Maple was sold to Rolla Kinney.
Miss Della Day bought the center lots
% and "a, on the Mckinley ST. side
for S12S. Earl Becker secured Fl
and % for S132. The corner three
lot on Hickory and Mckinley were
knocked down to Jesse Gilbert at
S177. On the Bloomington road
side, Geo. B. CIementson took ten
lots for a consideration of $50 for the
first four and $44 for the remaining
six. Facing Wilson and north of
Hickory A. NJ. Appleby took over
lots 13-14-15-16-17, and lots IL and
81 went to a Mrs. Anderson. The
balance of block three, east of Will
son street and north of the road were
sold in a block to j. H. Pugh and
]. Lee Wright for consideration of
$50 each for the IL lots as did the
five lots in the west ! of block 2 for
the sum of $66 apiece. The free
lot in block three was drawn by
Mrs. Ray Carthew. Sammy Draper
drew a rocking chair and numerous
others drew one dollar bills. The
Louisville Real Estate and Develop
ment Co. who conducted the sale, is
a firm which makes a business of
conducting lot sales In all parts of
the country They claim that they
conduct on an average of one sale
every week rain or shine, and in the
past seven years to have never post
poned a sale. D. c. Clarke the
manager says they have conducted
100 sales in Michigan within the
past year, and now they are COM
mencing to operate in Wisconsin. So
far they have conducted sales in
Boscobel, Muscoda and Lancaster.
and their next points are Monticello,
Grandmarsh, Dodgeville and Viroqua.
The s acre tract sold here was owned
by Mrs Zakczeski, and the deal
transferring it to the Louisville
people was negotiated last March by
]. Lee Wright of this city. Sound
titles were assured by the transfer
of the titles direct from Mrs.
Zakczeski to the various buyers, an
arrangement which naturally gives
the new owners greater confidence in
the integrity of their purchases.
The sale here was not a great success
from the Compny's standpoint accord
> ing to their statement and this was
probably due to the rains of last week
preventing them from advertising it
sufficiently. Also the farmers are
pretty busy right now and many that
might have purchased could not at
tend. There is nothing necessarily
mysterious OF bogus about these sales
as any enterprising person having
the capital, could do the same thing.