The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-15
LOTS IN new
ADDITION TO
EATON SOLD

Tract Of Forty-three Lots is
Disposed of in Preble Coun-
ty Seat.
: EATON, o.. May 15.-Projected by
the Louisville Real Estate and De-
Tyelopment company, Louisville, KY.
Eaton Is possessor Of new addition
comprising forty-three building lots
The company purchased, plated and
sold the tract, the entire plat having
been sold Tuesday at public auction,
with hundreds Of people attending the
sale, which as near as can be ascer-
tanned, amounted to approximately
$1,000. Two lots were given away
free. each Of 25-foot frontage and adj
joining each other, fell to John Loots,
local man. Other prizes Of lesser value
were given away.
The top-priee lots brought 1870, with
1855 for the next and on down to $50.
The plated tract contains eighty-three
lots, each having frontage Of 25 feet,
Rules Of the sale were that the buyer
of one lot must take the next lot ad-
Joining at the same figure, with privi-
lege of purchasing the third and fourth
lots adjoining at the same price.
= One Man Buys Nine Lots
M. X. Hensel bid of the first lot
sold, paying $115 for it and took the
next three adjoining at the same price
or $780, During the sale Hensel pur-
chased in all nine lots. John Risin-
ger bid off the highest-priced lot, pay
ing $1S5, which with the next one adj
joining, which he was required to take
ut the same price, cost him 1910. He
bought in four other lots, paying 1892
for the. first and the same price for
three more adjoining, or 1928 for the
four.
Other purchasers of lots, besides
Hensel and Risinger, and the number
each purchased, were: ]. D. Gilbert, q;
Pliny Deem, 6; Glenn Toney, g. Rev.
]. K. Yingling, s: Mrs. ]. g. Davis, q:
Nat Stephens. 2: Frank Mitchell, g.;
James Z. Potterf, 5; S. P. Conley, S.;
Mrs. Frank Hill, s. Mrs. James Sch
rack, 2.
OF the special prices given away
Mrs. Jane Schrack won carpet sweep
er and Mrs. Verla o. King rug. After
q sale OF lot or lots prize in the
form of 81 was given away. Before
the sale opened each person was given
a card upon which he or she wrote
their name. These were deposited in
a receptacle and were drawn there
from by Miss Josephine Ries. The
person whose name was drawn had II
be present in order to claim the prize
Winners of these prizes were: Miss
Bessie Hoover, Mrs. Sallie Miles, J. "a
Knox, E. D. Hemp, A. r. Raney, Mrs.
Harry Niswander, Miss Flora Zelly,
Glenn Cooper, Ira Izor, two prizes;
Frank White, Edgar Chandler, Mrs
Verla o. King, l.. F. Kirkpatrick, John
Swafford, John W. Quinn, l. o. Baker
Mrs. C. E. Albright, Mary Sheehan
Mrs. Richard Somers, D. l. Fudge
Perry Wright, o. P. Conley.
D. G. Clarke was general manager
of the sale and r. c. Drake and ].
lesson were sales directors. Col
Drake, assisted by Col. Joe Kenne
and George Shaver, local auctioneers
did the selling.
Mayor Recommends Deal
Mayor H L. Risinger spoke before
the sale and assured the crowd thai
the company conducting the auction
was thoroughly reliable and that moth
ing but fairness would prevail in thu
transactions. The purchasers OF lott
expressed satisfaction after the sale.
The tract of land plated and solo
was bought by the company from TN
Brouse estate at a cost OF 10Y, II j
said. The plat, which will be know
as the Clarke addition, lies south
st. Clair street and between Mapl
and Franklin streets Already pull
chasers of lots have signified their il
tention Of building upon the lots.
The company conducted an auction
of the same character today at Lewis
burg.
Eldorado Company Sued.
Friend SchlientZ, ct al. firm at +
dorado, is being sued by ]. S. Ash
brook & Co., of Illinois, in commo
pleas court here, for S8S9.96, alleged t
represent a loss sustained by the Ill
nois company in a transaction wit
: the Eldorado firm. According to tn
Ashbrook company complaint, the
received from SchlientZ an order &c
middnngs and another commodity an
: In order to protect this order the
bought the commodities in an ope
market, after which it is alleged th
Eldorado firm refused acceptance
the shipment, and it was sold to othe
persons at a loss represented by tn
amount sued for.
Murphy to Deliver Address.
Marion Murphy, well known alto
: ney of Greenville, o., will deliver tt
principal address at the Decorate
Day exercises here May so.
Gas to Be Cut Off.
Because of certain work to be pc
formed on the Eaton and Greenyil
state highway improvement next Su
day, the natural gas supply OF Eate
- will be turned OFF from 1890 p. m. u
til s p. M. it is announced from II
local offices of the gas company ~
nishing the city gas supply.
Awarded Judgment.
In common pleas court, the Tw
Valley bank was awarded judgme
for s115.7S against E. v. Frank al
Ayers Hawley upon a cognovit not
Greensboro, Ind. \