The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-13
Washburn, Wisconsin, Thursday. June 18th, 1918
RESIDENCE PARK
new SUBDIVISION
Unusual Sale of City Lots on Remarkably
Easy Terms Commences Tuesday

Residence Park. a new subdivision
to the City of Washburn, will be
officially opened Thursday. The
| new sight is the one recently pur-
chased from L. A. Loveland by
Dickenson q Gillespie Company,
planners and developers of high
grade subdivisions, from Mime
apolis, and is situated on 9Th Ave-,
West and 4th st. The lots are all
staked off in liberal sizes, with wide
streets and alleys, layed out and all
the street intersections are marked
with attractive street signs. The
Bayfield, County Bank are the local
Bankers for the firm and they will
make all of their collections after
the sale. A temporary office HAS
been established in down town
building and the Addition Office is
in tent on the Addition, where
representative are stationed at all
hours of the day time and evening
while the sale lasts. The firm comes
highly recommended and it is UNDER
stood that they give value received
for every dollar. They are not new
at the business, havingbee operating
on their original plan for over fifteen
years and selling on the average of a
thousand lots year in the various
Cities throughout the country tor
the lots are sold on their own merits
to their own town people at adver-
tised prices,
Home Owning Made Easy. The
original and Novel plan, originated
by the firm commends the purchase
of lots upon the remarkably easy
terms of the sum of $1.O0 and the
balance SOC to 81 90 per week, with
no charges for interest during the
first, two years. The plan is not an
auction, not lottery nothing is
given away but every lot is sold at a
bargain price and on planof one
price to everybody as each and every
lot is tagged plainly with the price
and terms so that everybody can see
what they are buying and know what
they are paying for it. Lots are sold
only on the ground while they last.
They cannot be purchased elsewhere
the rule is: First come first served.
Some wonderful records: The
company has sold lots in record
breaking time 800 lots having been
sold in Minneapolis in single day.
Another INSTANCE Of GA lots being
disposed of in ten hours and many
other records of from 900 to 500
lots haye been sold in from one to
three days and at most sales great
many people have been disappointed
by not getting to the lots before
they were all gone.
One of the bes. Cities: Mr..
Gillespie, who arrived today was
asked how he happened to select
Washburn as field in which to
operate, stated: "After having care
fully estimated population figures
and percentages and the rapid strides
that Washburn is making in addition
which are very apparent, came to
the conclusion that not only was
Washburn growing in population and
Importance but tnere must De
spirit of cooperation amongst it's
citizens, for their civic pride is very
evident, from the looks their ad-
mirable little city indicates. With
the natural resources and the beauty,
together with that civic pride, one
does not have to look very far in the
future to plainly see the nucleus of
not only one of the most beautiful
but one of the biggest little cities in
the u. S. A. 1t is gratifying to us
to see so many of our own home peo-
pie so interested in the home owning
spirit, and purchasing in their own
home town. 1t not only will work