Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-02
MARCH 1 TRANSACTIONS SHOW
LARGE PERCENTAGE OF LAND
ABOVE 5000 PER ACRE.
ONE 1O0.ACRE VIENNA
FARM SELLS FOR $500
o. 3. Anderson, Of Grundy County,
Pays $4,000 For What Was Former
" the W. M. Tapps Farm in North
east Vienna Township - Thomas
Triplett Estate Heirs Sell Land.

Farm lands Of the value of third
of a million or more changed hands
Friday in the filing for record of deeds
transferring ownership in the single
day. While the days business showed
no transactions of exceptional size, il
was noticeable what a large percent
age of the land was sold for III excess
of $500 an acre. In one transaction a
price of $500 an acre was shown and
in another S275 an acre.
What was formerly the W. NJ. Tapp
100-acre farm in the northwest corner
of Vienna township, six miles due east
of LiSCOmb, that was sold a year or
two ago, has been sold again by Mel
vim Stewart, of Grundy Center, to O. B.
Anderson, also of Grundy county, for
$4,000. The land lies we'll and is very
we'll improved.
Transfer of the J. NJ. WINERY farm
of eighty acres. one and one-half miles
northeast of Bangor. to T. s. Weather
~ was made of record Friday. The
price paid was 22,oNo, which is at tho
rate of s275 an acre.
CaveII Sells Farm.
Harry Caveli. who with his wife has
just purchased the other interest Of
the heirs of John Storey Wells in a
large farm in jefferson township. has
sold to S. c.. Pearson, of Polk county
farm of 100 acres a mile west Of
Laurel. The purchase price was s44,
900. a per-acre price Of about 1921.
Edwin G. Miller, formerly in bust
ness at Melbourne, who is now living
in this city, has bought the two tracts
of 200 acres of the Thomas Trplett
estate heirs in Washington township,
four miles southeast of state Center.
He paid $4,000 for the two tracts, the
larger Of which is of 120 acres and has
a set OF buildings. The remaining
eighty is separated from the larger
tract by an intervening eighty lying
just north of the eighty purchased.
Other Land Transactions.
Frank ". Lynch has sold to Roy E.
Shipton his ninety-acre farm in
Marion township. two miles northeast
of Green Mountain, for $1,000 per-
acre price OF 1898.
A Taylor township farm owned by
Mrs. Emma Cowgirl has been sold to
W. A. Graham. of Tama county, for
$4,000 The farm, which comprises
12O acres, lies three miles east of Al
bion and adjoins the farm Of w. H.
Arney on the south. The land changed
hands at price of s21o an acre.
z. A. Fileman has sold TO Elmer b
Benson a 1O0-acre farm a mile north
of State Center for 100000.
Drs. f. c. and A. R. Lynn. Of this
CITY haze taken title to the 16o-acre
farm they purchased some time ago
of c. A. Mold. The farm lies two
miles southeast of Minerva, in Mari
eta township.
Morgan Buys Densel Property.
A small tract of uptown real estate
bounded by allies in the rear of the
building occupied by the A. f. Mickel
furniture store has been purchased by
3. A. Morgan from II. P. Densel, of
Los Angeles. The tract is 60xe3 feet,
and is improved by a brick barn thae
occupies part of the lot, which has no
street frontage. The barn was for
wears used by Densel & Wilbur and
Wilbur & Sons when they were in
business here. The price paid was
So 600