Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-16


him a an induces = ~ would no,
return to live
Mr.. wshle 10 no FOR his simplI-
city. His rolling q v a little old
Ford. He prefers ~ with HE fam
ily In his beautif1 sountry home In
honey and clover osg tho chirping
birds and the frad ee OF the bloom
ing mignoncttes.
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Recent low land sales.
Traer-New rec ~ . In north Tama
land were made ths past week. J. s..
Breckenridge sold B Ii farm OF i4i
acres lad joining the Village OF Dinsdaie.
at s420 per acre. The purchaser is ].
7, Fleming. who lived until recently In
the Dinsdale neighborhood and was
anxious TO get back. Mr.. Breaker
ridge bought this farm twenty-five
years ago and gets S372.50 more per
acre than he paid. However. It is an
exceptionally choice piece Of land
highly improved. There are two good
sets of buildings located almost in
town. The land is also in the highest
state of cultiation.
Another top -notcher sale is that of
thew a., wirth farm. half a mile
north OF Traer. II has been sold to
VIII Albright, of Dysart, a brother i'm
law>of John Goken. at a consideration
OF SSse.S0. This farm OF ia acres Is
also highly improved and In the best
possible state OF cultivation.
NJ. ]. Kennedy has sold his farm just
east OF Traer to John Kopriva at
consideration OF $500 per acre, pos
session 70 be given next March. ].
W. Fleming. OF Grundy Center. has
purchased two farms in this vicinity.
namely: the Sherrett farm east Of
Traer at consideration of $500 per
acre, and the Ludvik Stepanek farm
OF liz acres at a consideration OF $3.50
per acre. Mrs. Frank Soda has pur-
chased the Henry Degner farm south
OF Traer. reselling forty acres TO
Joseph NJ. varba. The consideration
Is around $500 per acre.
Sheldon--O'Brien county went over
the top for land valuations when Col.
John w. Schultz, the real estate man,
sold the Judge Boies 10o-acre farm
just east of the city to John Westra,
a local capitalist, for $3.50 per acre.
and 1t is all cash consideration.
Col. A. c. Lanham. Shorthorn cattle
raiser. bought this farm Of Hon. w.
d. d. Boise about two years ago at
$50 per acre. and by this sale clears
$4,000 on his purchase. besides the
big profits made from his herd of
Shorthorn cattle.
This Is a part OF the country long
ago advertised by the old veteran in
the real estate business. Jurgen Rem
ken, as the Garden OF Eden. and II
now seems to vindIcate that prophecy
in being about the most high priced
land anywhere in the country, and
perha ps the most reliable.
Hubbard-Pcrhaps the largest price
ever brought by Hardin county farm
land was received BY Charles Hilcher,
when he sold his l60-acre farm two
miles north OF Hubbard. this week. TO
a neiglIbor for s9sS50 per acre. The
farm was moderately improved. so II
cannot be said that the unusually high
price was paid for Improvements alone.
Spirit Iake-Dickinson county land
reached the top this week, when the
Hodge Land Company sold the c. A.
Nelson farm, one mile north of Spirit
Lake, TO Frank BernhoItz for $685. per
acre Mr.. Nelson bought this place
seven years ago for SIS per acre. An
other sale is reported by the Hodge
company of the H. p. Crosby ninety
acres northwest of Spirit Lake to w.
A. Peacock Of Churdan. Iowa, for $3.50
an acre.. -s-1.S"
Harlan-Land values are still on the