Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-19
PROSPERITY ITEMS.
Farm and Live Stock Sales Indicate
increasina PRICE,.

The highest price paid Tor lanu
around Essex was received by Joe
Almuuist for his 120 acres hall mile
from the city limits. Mr.. Almquist was
paid SPAS by Sam Bussard who owns
the adjoining 100 acres. Mr.. Aim
uuist has bought the Carlson estate
100 acres, a mile and half northeast
of Essex. Frank Carlson has been
living on the. farm. The house Will be
rcmodeied into an eight-room modern
home. Mr.. Almqulst was in Shenan-
doah Yesterday looking at furnaces ana
other conyeniences which he will have
installed. He will move to the farm
the first OF March Mr.. Bussard pur-
chased the Almqtist land to add to his
present holdings.
Two hog sales at Algona last week
netted $lo,500 for 100 pure bred hogs
an average Of Sl05 apiece. John We'll
lendorf sold fifty hogs at an average
price OF SOL Thursday. One or tnes
hogs that he exhibited took the grand
prize at the Omaha fair and at the
Iowa State Fair at Des Moines last
fall. j. A. vipond on Friday sold hfty
hogs at an average price Of $109, The
highest price paid was s22o for
yearling SOW. Buyers came from Min
nesota, Illinois. South Dakota, Missou-
ri. Nebraska and Wisconsin and there
were bids in from many other states.
Six bids at 800 came from Los Ange-
les but they were too low to buy any OF
the hogs that were put up.
J. w.jDwyer reports the sale OF the
a.
and a half miles southeast OF west
Union; to l.. NJ. Fordyce. FOR S2s,oeo.
In the deal Mr.. Brause takes the L. NJ.
Fordyce 120 acres In Windsor town
ship at $4,000. This is choice 40
acres and is in fine cond!t!on.Mr. For
dyce expects to do considerable i'm
proving on the farm he bought; he Will
have one of the best PA acres in this
section. Possession March ] by both
parties. Mr.. Dwyer also sold the house
recently bought Of H. A Ostrander in
the east part Of town to Mr. Heck
mann, Of Postville. Mr.. Hickman
son in law. George Kinsel. will move
to the Hickman property March !,
1917.
Adolph Roth.s sale Wednesday at
Shenandoah brought him $1,000 more
than he figured on. He had good
crowd and everything sold well, one
Shorthorn' mich COW bringing $95 and
others ss4 and sS5. Seed oats brought
1914 cents per bushel, the highest price
ever paid at a sale so far as known
G.. NJ. Axes shipped from Leon last
week the highest priced car load Of
lambs ever shipped from Decatur coun-
ty. He purchased these lambs from
Willie Walton. Of Eden township, pay
ing him IL cents per pound. and they
averaged ninety pounds. The lambs
were shipped to John Morrell & Co., at
Ottumwa. Mr.. Walton bought about
500 head OF lambs at Omaha last sum-
mer and shipped them to his farm, 20
feed out, and they have made him a
nice piece Of money.
Isaac Houck has sold his farm east
Of Garden Grove to a man from Victor.
Iowa, for $3.50 an acre, possession to be
given by March I. We are told this
farm. which is known as the Itchy
place cost Mr.. Houck about $50 an
acre few years ago, however. he has
greatly improved the place since own
ing it. He expects to have a sale next
month, and will sell his fine herd Of
Jersey cows Also
Brown Bros, of jackson township,
Greene, county have bought the J. b.
Deal eighty acres, which joins them
on the south, at 1928 per acre: Mr.,
Deal in turn, takes the T. l., Karr 240
acres in Greenbrier township, and
Frank Deal takes the John H. Albert,
homestead quarter OF 5000 per acre.
A real estate deal has just been closed
ri ;..::i;ai;a.sn... 4: which DR.; ]. I. Downes
buys the 75-acre farm just west OF
town, now owned and occupied by
Henry Clarkson, at S2ss per acre. DR..
Downes owned this farm about six
years ago and sold 1t to Mr.. Clarkson
at that time for $3.50 per acre. During
the time that Mr.. Clarkson owned this
property he erected modern house on
:..s same. put In some tile. and the Lin
i coin Highway mas Ieen lad CT. 70 ss-
ing the property.
| hiah Class Farm Paper.
uy~I,.,aa, rSoru, ar Ia the highest class