Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-27
PUBLIC SALE RURAL
INSTITUTION GROWING
IN POPULARITY
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
kanawha, Feb. 27.-One rural insti-
tuition that appears to increase in pop
ularity with the passing OF years is the
public sale. A statement containing
the gross receipts for season from
the sales held in say single county
would show a huge aggregate sum
Some idea of what is taking place
along this line may be gained from the
following, which was furnished by
"Herm' Brummond, local and more
than local auctioneer.
Mr.. Brummond has held eighteen
sales in this locality since the present
season began. AT the Peter Wander
bush sale about $4,000 worth of stuff
changed hands. E. L. Burk exchanged
farm property worth $4,000 for cash
and notes. John Groh's sale footed up
$4,000. A farmer named Hershey re-
ceived $1,000 as his sale proceeds. The
James Shaw sale totaled about $4,000,
Dave Ziegler sold out for $1,000 and
the sale at Wike and sons amounted
to $4,000. There was held $4,000
sale at the home OF Tom Cole. Rier
Rlerson sold $4,000 worth of property
and George Smidt disposed of half
section farm at $3.50 per acre and So
200 worth OF personal property besides.
about $4,000 in all. The Lars Swell
land sale amounted to about $4,000,
Andrew Tes Gahl closed out at $4,000
and brent & Son disposed OF property
ihat figured up $4,000. H. Ploegstra-
who came to this country from Ger
many five years ago as a day laborer.
and a m;ddle-aged man at that, held
q closing out sale that totaled $500.
bought a farm in another state and
moved away. 1t might be noted right
here that his capital al the outset was
a limited amount furnished by friends
and the Ploegstras did the rest. The
James Hoveland sale amounted TO 81
500. the <. Lanfers sale like amount.
the Tom Wicks sale $4,000. and one
held by Fred Knoll & Son about 5000
Ali this added together totals about
$4,000, a good deal of farm property
10 be rearranged in one locality in a
single season.
Good horses have been selling at
these sales up TO $40 each. mich
cows from SIS TO as high as $40 for
high grade animals and y"ar!!ng cat
tie around 2 TO 10 cents a pound. In
one caSe 49, chickens q ordinary
breeding Mere sold Eyr Sl>5.&e. \ era n
binder run thrae- seasons was ord off f.
SI52 which amount eXreeGed irS orig
inal cost just 8. a ;wo--ow corn p."w
that cost $50 three years ago was sold
for 50 and a corn Planter u~ai tire"
SEASONS brought 80 which was eE-
ac;!y what * cost wh"n new.
Is the free lunch" feature IF the
public sale about TO be discarded The
auctioneer CharaCterizes it as a NUS
ance because il Interrupts his work for
an hour or so. The farmer ought 10 be
more than willing TO be released from
the necessity Of a forty 10 hsty dollar
expense thai under another plan he
one at least would Az Up a wagon
equipped with temporary lunch
and furnish every sale at
tendant an opportunity TO satisfy his
hun ger in A hunaniike manner instead
OF in the disgraceful way in which II IS
often accomplished. There woufdD':
be any such thing az one man 90 get
ting five Or six lunches. selecting the
parts that tasted best to him. throwing
the rest away and leaving several other
sale atten dants, buyers perhaps. 20 q
hungry in consequence. II was told
that at one recent sale a man n the
lunch scramble stumbled and fell and
lunches. FIVE IN all, were scattered
q bo,I- him az ne Srr,,ck the pr1urS II