Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-14
SHORTHORN SALE
TOTALS $4,000
AgvENTy-THREE HEAD SELL AT
AUCTION FOR AVERAGE
OF S216.
yop PRICE s,,o2s PAID.
FOR 7.YEAR-oLp COW
Evsntids, Owned by Ben H. Thomas
Of Green Mountain, Goes to lama
bidder at Record Priee-Top Bull,
Sold by w. e. MeLeIand. of Taylor
Township, Brings se2s.

High class offerings, good prices and
a record attendance marked the pubic
sale Of Scotch and otch-topped
Shorthorn cattle, Thursday afternoon
at the West End sales barn, under the
auspices Of the Marshan County short
horn Breeders Association. Buyers
were present from q half dozen states,
with Joe Turner, OF Washington; Frank
Brown, Of Oregon, and Wood Bros, OIL
Omaha, Neb., among the heavier pur-
chasers from distance. The atteh-
dance was the largest ever known at
a sale at the West End barn.
Seventy-three head went under the
hammer at an average price OF over
s216, including young stock. The total
of the sale was s15,s0o. The con-
tributors were F. z. FTicke, State Cen
ter; George Appel, Nancleve; Harry
Early, Iowa Falls; c. Z. kasischKe'
Buckeye; A. F. Pike, Rhodes; H. j.
Gum & Son. Owasa; E. w, Harmon
Lewis Brothers and w. z. McLeland'
OF this city: r, F. RicAeson, state
Center: F. A. C1emons, Clemens, and
S. r. Piper, LeGrand.
Cow Brings s1,o25.
The cows averaged higher than the
bulls. forty-tive head, including a
number of calves. selling at an average
price Of s24S. The top price for the
saie was paid by Fred H. Elers, OF
Tama, for Eventide, T-year-old roam
COW. owned by Ben H. Thomas, OF
Green Mountain. $1.025 being paid
after spirited bidding. Eventde was
the first animal offered for sale.
Sport. r. -year-old roam bull,
owned by W. Z. McLeland, of this city,
sold at $685., brought top price among
bulls. The purchaser was Murray
Smith, of the firm OF William NJ.
Smith & Sons. of West Branch. first
owners OF the animal. Sport was sold
here at public sale by the Smiths to
McLeland two years ago.
Young Stock Sells Well.
The young stock offered sold read
siy for good prices. Yearling bulls
brought from $3.50 to $500 and yearly
heifers from Sis to 1926. Quietvale
Pride, roam calf, owned by George
II. Lewis. sold for 1926: Duchess OF
Linn Park, 10-months-o calf,
owned by 2. A. F'ricke, was Knocked
down at $3.50, and Countess Victoria,
11-months- old. also from the Fricke
herd, was bid in at $3.50. James Tesar,
of Chelsea, paid $500 for Silver Pride,
q 16-months- bull and Lee Shahan,
Of Belmond, bid in Models Duke, a
14-months- bull, at $3.50, both
animals being from the Fricke herd.
High Prices Prevail.
Milkmaid, a roam COW, calved in
September, 1872, with a red bull calf
at foot, owned by Ben II. Thomas, OF
Green Mountain, was transferred to
the Andrews herd at Melbourne, on q
bid of $40. Princess Fifth, a Agar
old red COW, with roam heifer calf at
her side, also from the Thomas herd
was cold to J. r. Fleming, for $500
George Lewis, OF this city, paid s465
for Sunny Queen 584209, coming g.
year-old, with bull calf Homer Duea-
of Gearing, being the seller.
Champ Hal S3415O, coming 2-year-
old bull, from the Thomas herd, was
sold for $3.50, the buyer being Charles
Schultz, OF Ackley. Wood Bros, OF
Omaha, bought a number of the
younger animals, paying good prices
Western buyers also took young stock
McLeland Bull in Demand. 4
The most spirited bidding Of the sale
was for the McLeland bull, Sport. Tnt
bidding started at 500 and increases
were not rapid until after $500 haC
been offered. Then the bids were
rapid with six prospective purchaser:
making offers. After $500 had beer
bid the number Of bidders was reduced
to three. Advances then were not 81
great but the offers came more rapidly
The West Branch bidder was not K
be headed, however, and finally bid il
his former property at 1925.
Dies In California.
Word received in the city from Han