The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-23
HIGH BIDDING At
DWIGHT OSBORN
and White SALES
Good Prices Paid for Stock
and Farm Implements and
at Farm Sales.
BY WIN. r. sANeoRN.


man. had farm sales on Wednesday.
The beautiful weather which they
picked out weeks in advance insured
a large attendance which meant COM
petitive bidding and better prices
A large, sociable crowd OF friends
and neighbors bought everything put
up at the Dwight Osborn sale, which
was held on what is known as the
d. E. O'Dell farm. miles north of
Fountain City and just one and half
miles east of Hopewell church.
The crowd came early and stayed
until there was nothing more left to
buy, paid for their purchases mostly
In cash, and then went their rejOic-
ing way. Everybody seemed salts
fled, including the young ladies Of
the Y. p. G. A. of Hopewell church,
who furnished a SO dinner for 30
cents, to the delight of more than a
hundred hungry guests. Did they lose
money? Well, farmers wives have
the happy habit Of donating cakes.
pies, etc, for the good Of their
churches, you know.
Glover Seed $27 per eusheI.
A small lot OF Little Red clover
seed was divided between three buy
ers. Two paid s27 per bushel, the
man getting the last half bushel paid
but S13 for It, A mighty good wag.
on, with rack, was sold at $131, Earl
Wright of Fountain City being the
lucky buyer.
A three-sect.on roller at $3.50 was
picked up by G. E. Wright and fine
nearly new "Corn Plow" or cultiva-
tor at $24.50 was one Of the bargains
picked up by Glen Love.
Frank Lacey of Fountain City paid
$40 for a breaking pillow. and 8. W.
Johnson paid $21 for Moline pillow
in fine condition. An International
hay. loader brought $46. fairly good
Champion binder $3.50 and mower
$3.50. Ralph Holmes paid $46 for
big disc and Linus Reynolds bought
the Champion binder. Considerable
farm machinery was sold and all
sorts Of odds and ends cleaned up. A
Supreme seed drill brought $73.
Interest in Live Stock.
James Busby of Fountain City was
the auctioneer and J. T. Reynolds
was clerk. When these gentlemen
reached the live stock stage OF the
proceedings. they found interest
greatly stimulated, and everybody
ready for action, dinner having Just
been enjoyed
Harvey Crull Of Fauntain City. paid
S120 for a Short Horn COW and Will
Rothermel paid $105.50 for two heif-
ers. one Jersey, the other Holstein.
Herbert Brinkley paid the record price
for cows. his red mixer costing him
1926. Gilbert Wright took home two
calves, one costing $62 and an eight
months-old bull S92. .. B. Lacey OF
Fountain City paid $3.50 for red poll
ed COW with calf at side.
The nine head of cattle sold, includ.
ing calves, brought $S40, and both
BUYERS and sellers seemed pleased.
r. A. Taube of Richmond paid S14O
for threc-year-old mare. An eight
year-old gray mare sold at SITS, the
top price paid for horses. A pair OF
weanling horse mules brought Sis.
List Of Buyers.
Among the buyers We're: August
Knoll, o. B. Lacey, John Mercer, Cliff
ford Keen. c. p. Keen, William Wright
Of Lynn, Earl Wright of Fountain City.
Frank Lacey, Fred Brockofer, Atwood
Pitts, Everett Love. of Lynn; T. JEFF
fers, of Williamsburg: HEREFORD Brink
ley. Clarence Hvre, Howard Reynolds,
Charles Day, Charles Pendlan. ]. d.
Williams. Dennis Mercer. William
Clark, of Lynn; S. w. Johnson, of
Lynn; Linus Reynolds, Mark Johnson,
Ralph Holmes. Herbert Pierce. r. b.
March, of Lynn; Walter Farlow and
Harvey Crull.
The sale lasted to 8 o'clock and to-
tailed about $4,000. Mr.. Osborn sold
no hogs nor offered any corn. He in
tends to continue farming, and says
this is his first sale in five years.
About that far in the future. it will
probably suit him to have another sale.
w. D. WHITE SALE
The w. ID. White farm sale was
held 3 miles north OF Richmond on
the Chester pike, on the old place
known as the Lee Fulghum farm.
The sale was conducted by Thomas
Commit, auctioner, and Jake Hanes
was the clerk. The sale was an all.
day affair, virtually, and netted Mr..
White over $4,000.
The White farm was sold recently.
Dan Boyer. the buyer, was present,
making several purchases of things
which looked good to him. Calves and
heifers sold down as low as $40 and
the top price for COW was $140. F. A.
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paid S1t2.50 for horse which struck
his fancy, but John Flatley of Web
ster. went him one better and paid
S216 for "toppy" sorrel
Then Horace Scott, of Hagerstown,
got busy and handed in a check for
S257.50 for Blue Roam that any
horseman might be proud Of. Full
blood Durcc and Big Poland China
hogs ELECTED approval and brought
lot of money. These registered and
pampered porkers brought up to 500
per head
Chickens Bring Good Prices.
White specialized in the Rock"
family OF chickens. or perhaps it is
Mrs. White. as it should be. for she
doubtless gave them the care and at.
tention they deserved. There were
Barred Rocks, White Rocks and Part
ridge Rocks on sale and they were all
sold quickly at from $3.50 to So 10 per
bird. These chickens are all pure
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