Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-06
+ ..u. WHAT $4,000 INVESTMENT MADE.
Hard Headed Banker Of Four Years
Of County Agent in Scott County Iowa.

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acre. The land was purchased from
John Sortland. John w. Kinney pur-
chased ninety one acres from g. A.
Swanson at cost OF $4,000. The
cost per acre is 1896 an acre. liable
Tyson and y, A. Tyson sold eighty
acres Of land to Co., 6, Kelly, Lehigh,
for sl3.96O, an average Of sl75 an acre.
Ben Smith, of Denison, closed deal
Thursday hereby ne DISPOSED OK his
fine l1S-acre tract Of land located just
north and east of Denison for 5000
per acre. Ed Champion purchased
seventy eight acres, including the fine
modern residence and dairy barns,
while the balance. forty acres. was
bought by Mr.. Charles Shives. The
farm is one of the best improved ad-
Joining Denison and on account Of It's
close proximity TO town makes it par
ticularly desirable. Eight years ago
he purchased the 100 acres from Mr..
Marshall paying $4,000 for it. A short
time ago he sold forty acres for $500.
and two acre tract for $500. The 11s
acres sold totaled s35, 900. SO the 100
acres has brought him S44 400, or an
Increase during the past eight years Of
just S29, 900, an advance OF s3,737 for
each year that he owned it.
The dispersion sale OF pure bred
Holsteins ON the D. n. Brinkrnan farm,
near Sheldon, on Tuesday brought the
sum OF Sl5,740. seventy animals being
sold. The tent was packed, with ~
least 1870 strangers to the community
attending the sale. Many came from
surrounding states. from as far AZ
Missouri and Illinois. The herd bull
brought s725., being bid in by the
gentlemen who recently purchased the
farm The top heller. a two year old,
brought $500 Yearling heifers brought
se75 each and month old calves sold
for 800
Howard Walker Of Imogene held a
public sale Monday at his farm two
miles east of town that was record
breaker for, high prices In this part OF
the country. One COW sold for Sci.
He!fer calves coming years old sold
for $1Ol.56 per head A bunch. OF
calves months old sold for $3.50 per
head and another bunch 5 months old
sold for $34 per head. and in nearly
every case the purchaser went to the
clerk and handed him a check for the
amount OF his purchase. which shows
that the farmers here are prosperous.
Mr.. Walker is feeling jubilant over his
sale as 1t amounted to $500 more than
he expected. 1853.
A 100 acre farm located two miles
west or Eldridge has been sold to
Jerome Mulhnrn. OF Fairfax. Iowa, for
$40, 600 This farm was the property
of william Noel who purchases a
farm OF I40 acres from the P. r. Walsh
estate for $4,000. Both Of these farms
represent the value OF Scott county
land. Both OF these transactions were
made thru the agency OF Thomas
Dougherty.
Philip Kuchel. of Ida Grove. has
purchased an eighty -acTs :sr:: three
miles south Of Kingsley and will move
there next month. He paid $207.50 per
acre for the place. Philip has been
running a half section farm and will
have big surplus OF stock and ma
chinery to sell and will hold an auc-
ton at the farm one-half mile north
of Holstein on Feb. 26.
The Mclaughlin, Wilson and Willis
sale at Let's, drew very large crowd.
Brood sows ranged around $3.50;
calves, $50; cows from $50 to sl0e.50.
ana horses and mules, around s422.50
per team.
Peter SHUTS Of Thurman. has sold
10 900 bushels of corn for 30 cents in
the crib, TO Noble & Reid. Of Ham
burg. Mr. Shuts has raised and sold
over 20, 900 bushels Of corn this year.
John Martyr has rented his twenty
acre farm just on the north edge OF
Baskerville to Mr.. j. D. Stelr for $40
IN acre cash rent. This seems high
but when you take into consideration
the amount Of fruit on the place and
other improvements 1t is not out Of
the way. 1t is not over 8 per cent in
terest on the valuation OF the property.
Fires in Mitchell County.
Special to Times- Republican.
Usage, March 6.--The home Of Clark
Gardner, Junior member Of the Gard
ner Nursery Company, was badly dam
aged by fire Sunday. The roof was
entirely burned away. and water dam
aged the rest OF the, house and the
contents. The fire ID supposed to have
caught from defective chimney.
Ed Renaud's general store at Mitch
ell was totally destroyed by fire. sup
posed to have originated in the base
iment. This il the last store OF any
consequence in the once thriving town
OF MITCHELL The building was owned
lby A. c. Prime. It 10 not yet known
! whether It will be rebuilt Or not.