Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-01-17
BIGGEST DAY In
HISTORY OF The CITY
Red Cross Sale Brings Over $1,000
While Rooster Brings Snug
Sum of $3,2G225

The greatest day in the history
of Audubon was Monday of this week
when the north half of the county
held big public sale of articles do
mated by the people at the John Mar
tinsen garage. The proceeds of the
sale was to go to the ned Cross fund.
The day was quite cold but the
weather was fine, and early in the
morning the people began to bring
their donations into town. In a short
time the street in front of the ga
rage was blocked and the building
itself packed to capacity. All live
stock was taken to the feed yard Of
| George Brady wherH i: was sold The
other articles at the garage includ-
ed everything imaginable. and from
the enthusiasm of the people who
had assembled on tAe street, the sue
cess of the sale was assured.
| By eleven o'clock the auctioneerc,
d. r. Jones. of Casey; C. C. Nelson
of Elk Horn; and l.. F. Martinsen
and M. s. Kness of this city, were
ready for action.
The sale was opened by rip-roar-
ing patriotic speech made in that in
imitable way by D. r. Jones. He en-
Unused everybody and had everybody
on their tip toes.
A Red Cross rooster that had been
offered at number of public sales
for the same purpose. was put up,
and the high bid on 1t was $500. In
less time than it takes to tell it, the
rooster had brought $1,000. The
sale was then diverted to the other
material, but the rooster had won
the admiration of the ladies' and they
conducted sale among themselves
and the amount was given a substan-
tial boost. By this time a sum OF
$1,000 had been reached. This sound
4, ed good to the men. who demanded
another chance at bidding on this,
the highest priced rooster in the
world. People were so enthusiastic
that $3,262.25 was raised before the
| close of the sale. This same rooster
will be taken to Extra for the Red
Cross sale to be held there Saturday
and the people in the north part Of
the county have determined to raise
more money than was raised here.
A large crowd was in town during
the afternoon hours. and all of the
horses. cattle and hogs brought good
prices. The crowd returned to the
garage and the endless job of selling
the various articles was continued.
BY supper time lot of goods remain
ed SO it was decided to continue the
sale after supper. At 1880 the auc-
tioneers had revived somewhat from
their strenuous work of the after
neon and the sale was resumed with
renewed energy and continued until
almost midnight.
At the hour of going to press the
exact amount cannot be learned, but
little over $500 mas already been
paid in to the treasurer, E. g. Van
/ Gorder, who states that as near as
can figure it the amount will run in
the neighborhood of $500, which,
of course, includes the sum bid on
the rooster.
A number of ladies sold lunch in
the back part of the garage, and
from the crowd that surrounded them
one would imagine trar they were DO
ing land office business. At any
rate they could have sold much more
to eat than was so literally donated.
The auctioneers, the chief clerk, j.
w. Mcclure. and his five assistants.
are to be congratulated for the man.
was no time to loaf, and the wonder
is that more errors were not made.
Everybody said it was the biggest
day Audubon ever had, not excepting
any Fourth of July celebration. Ev-
cry person was feeling his best and
did his best to help this worthy cause.