Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-28
MOVEMENT OF RESIDENCES AND
LOTS CONTINUE TO SHOW
Up-TREND IN PRICES.
TRANSACTIONS IN CITY
REALTY ARE NUMEROUS
City Property Shows No lst'uP IN
Movement-Sprins Trading in Real
Estate Reaches Total Of Nearly
s2,ooo,o 900 - Few Scattered Farm

The active movement OF city real
estate continues to be the feature OF
| the local realty market. In the week
ending Monday an activity in city
property that tells of health and ad-
vancins values and lively interest
in the development Of the city con-
uaued 10 be noticeable elements Of
what is proving TO be probably the
best market for city real estate in
years
-Al,ho the value of the city property
represented only about one-third Of all
the property sold in the week. the
transactions N city property were one
half of ali those of the week
Nearly Two Million Now.
The value Of property that was
transferred in the week was sle1.SS5.
compared with ssoo.i75 for last week.
seS5. $50 for the week before. and ss7S.
IS. for the first week Of the month.
OF the total for the week, si0,4S rep
resented the city property. Farm
lands Of a value OF ss0-70o changed
hands The total value Of real estate
transferred during the annual spring
movement of lands for the nve weeks
ending Monday has now reached the
cclai OF si.SISs7s.
High Class Property Moving.
There was no restriction in the trad
ing in city realty to any particular
class OF property. All sorts we're
bought and sold. including high class
residence property, inside improved
and unimproved realty, and outside
residences Of fair value or building
S:IeS.
The Rnardman & Lawrence sale to
Tr-d L. Ward OF Chicago Of two lots
at the corner Of Boone and Second
avenue. an un.mproved corner of what
was formerly the \ z Shorthil Conn
pany's property is important because
Of the Improvement to be made on IL
Ward paid $4,000 for the tract that is
laQxls0 feet on which he will bulid
lumber sheds
| Second Ward Property Moves.
One Of the latest Of several interest
ing transactions IL Second ward prop
erty was the transfer by Dr.. E G..
Leffler. Of Waterloo. 20 y. r. Miller. Of
the fat al lo4-l0s North Fourth street.
| The lot IS 45xso feet. improved by an
| OLD twJ-story frame fat The fat was
| put in at value Of $4,000 Miller,
1ho IS occupying the property. traded
| in on the deal a lot n Hughes addi-
ton fronting on Park street, for
| $4,000. ,-.
| Among the several high class resi-
| 6ence property sales was the one OF
the Guy J Barber home TO H c.
Stowell Of 1ortt, Of the city, for $500.
| The property is at 3l5 North Third
! street
! Small Town Realty Active.
| Farm sales for the week were for
| land II LeGrand. Liscomh. Jefferson,
| Eden. Timber Creek. Liscomb and
| Marion township. There was quite a
| showing OF deals from the small towns
| Of the county including State Center
| (Temors. Ferguson. Dillon, and Gil
| man.
| Real Estate Transfers.
The real estate trarEfers were:
| George Rubenbauer to John Ruben
| bauer. so acres in LeGrand township
81.
l. Harry c. Early to Ludwig Rest. o.
| Brule county. South Dakota. so acres
| in Lsconb township. s1s,soo.
Sarah E Alexander to H H. Smith
IS acres in jefferson township, 81.
+. ". Zeivers to Anna Sievers, LAND
in Gilman: 81.
John W Goodman to Charles A
| Goodman, 20 acres in Eden township
! $4,000.
Sarah Stinson to G. A Mold, 40 acre.
in Timber Creek township: $4,000.
: william Mowry to c. 2. ,Axtell, of 10
seph county, 20 acres in Marion town
4 ship; 81.
Hollis s. Thurber. of Lancaster conn
t., Nebraska, to Ellen A. Thurber. az
undivided one-tenth Of land in Liscomi
township: 81.
y. F Miller to Henry c. Boggie, thu
west 60 feetof lot : and the west so fee
of the north SO feet of lot S, block II
Rice's addition: $3.50.
F. E Brown to Carlyle Everist, TIL
i east half Of lot 7. block 3. Gillespie ant
Hcwa-d's Sunnyside addition: $1,000.
II. n. Armstrong TO H o. Pratt. tn
west 20 feet of lot s, block 5. nortl
Marshall: 81.
Lon Walker to Hanna NJ. Schott, 10
8. block .. Binford's second addition
$1,000.
Naomi Ruth Blodgett to E. B. Gin
ton, the east 80 feet of the south 8
feet OF lot 2, block 4: 81.
William German to Minnie German
the north one half Of lots 1, 2 and 3. AM
lots 4 and ., 6aDcocks douIucn .
State Center: 81.
Emma J. West to William German
the south half OF lots and 5, block
Rabcock's addition to State Center
1890
Byron u. Carpenter to ]. w. Manat'
of Tsnaa, the south IS feet OF the mort
So let of ;ot Z: and the south is Zee
of the north 80 feet Of the east one hal
Of lot II, block i, Webster's second ad
dition: ST.
c. H 4. Boardman and @. w. Law
renee TO Fred L. Ward. OF Cook count,
Illinois. lots ii and II. block rs; 1900
Katie Hoffman Osborne to Ida \
Cole, lot 4. block Q. 81. 1-
r. ". sievers to George Sieyers. ioa
"a and rs, block %. Gilman; 81
Edla L. Anderson to G. s.. Johnso,
lot 10 and the west half Of lot II, bloc
s. Andrew addition: 81 2
Charles NJ Olson and Sarah n Ne
son the North SO feet OF lots 1 and
block 10, GiiIespiefs addition: 81.
Thadders Binford to William
Workman. iot ID, DIoch i. Cumming
addition: $500
o. J. Barber to IL c, StoweII, Il
inoFtn ~ ff-rt on ioI y ana inc soutn