The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-27
interstate Commerce Commission At
taehe Spends Three Weeks
in Van Buren,
County. (
REAL ESTATE TRANSFER
Bonaparte Commercial Club Invites
one Hundred Farmers to
Attend the :
Smoker.

BONAPARTE, Nov. 27.-Miss Nora
Burrier. of Arson, Mo-. came Satur
day for visit with her sister, MRS
Flora Robinson and family.
+ Mr.. ]. H. Sites Of Kansas City, an
attache OF the interstate commerce
commission, was in this county two
or three weeks recently, plating and
| appraising the real estate OF the ROCK
Island railroad company in Van Buren,
county. Mr. Sites was required to
obtain a description Of the company
right OF way and all other real estate,
and also to walk the full length OF
the track and furthermore to get the
opinions OF six disinterested persons
as to the value OF the land. About
ten days previously attaches OF the
interstate commerce commission had
been here and appraised the COM
pany's buildings and improvements OF
every kind, including the Office. fix
lures, stationery. etc. 1t is expected
to take five years to ascertain the
Sites departed last Thursday for
Fairfield wherein is making an ap-
praisement of the Rock Islands real
estate in Jefferson. county.
C. E. Meek, who is employed In
Keosauqua, was an over Sunday visit
or at his home here.
The following Van Buren, county
real estate transfers were recently
made:
J. H. Wiley to Arite Cassidy, prop
erty in Douds. $3.50.
Nancy J. and Riley Christy to Chas.
F. Nelson, lot 10. block 3, Selma, ST.
900.
Ora Gibson to Lester B. Mcdaniel
and wife, 1ots'1 and 4, block Al; lots
/ and 2, block 40, Pittsburg, $500.
Luther B. MCDANIEL to Howe An
derson and wife, lots l and 4, block
81; lots l and 2. block 40, Pitts
burg, $500.
Jas. A. Ferguson to Rachel Henri
ford. property in Leando. $500.
Chas. N. Warner to Vera Talbot,
20 acres in Union township, 81 and
other consideration.
I Silas Carter to Boyd Lee and Mil
dred Downward Walker, 100 Acres in
Washington township, $4,000.
E. NJ. Cowles, ct Al, to w. p. Eand.
property in jackson township, SO. 200.
John F. Teal. ct al, to Mary e.
Teal, property in Union township, II
and other consideration.
E. B. Scott and wife to P. H. Fish
CT oCO w. o0Alp 4SV 1CI 90 Al
Washington township. 81 and other
consideration.
Aaron Struble to Chas. Struble? ct
al, 10 acres in Des Moines township,
81 and other consideration.
John Struble to Frank L. Vale,
property in Des Moines township. "a
acres, $500.
Arthur X. Brewster to r. P. Ram
sey. acres in Pleasant Hill or
South Keosauqua, $500.
H. C. Parks and wife to Fred Well
ington, property in Cantril, $4,000.
Martha A. Silvers, ct al, to Scott
l.. Humbert, lots 8, 9 and 10. block Z,
Milton, 81 and other consideration.
Alfred Wolfe, ct al, to Eva Aber-
nathy, lots and 8, block 35, Bona
parte. $1,000.
Allen Dice and wife to Chas. w.
Sherrick, lot 16, Gafford's addition to
Pennington, 5000.
A. A. Pinnell to A. J. Pinnell, prop
erty IN Milton, $3.50.
The Commercial club Of Bonaparte
his issued invitations to about two
hundred farmers for smoker" at
the club house on Wednesday even
ing, November 10Th. A good time is
anticipated.
Homer Lydolph will farm the Mrs.
A. G. Roberts farm in southern Cedar