The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-25
LAND COMMISSIONER
SELLS $500 ACRES
BIDDING ON ACREAGE AT COURT
HOUSE THIS MORNING is
NOT SPIRITED

A sale of $500 acres of land located
in Latah county was conducted at the
court house at ten o'clock this morn
ing by State Land Commissioner J. H.
Nash, assisted by Ben E. Bush. The
land had been advertised in numer-
Gus issues of the Star Mirror No
undue amount of interest was exhibit
ed in the offerings, tho all but two
forties of the tract were sold. The
Potlatch company, represented by w.
D. HumiSton, was the chief buyer, as
this company owns most of the timber
on these lands. There was no sale of
any timber this morning. The prices
ranged from a minimum of ten dollars
an acre to $20.o0, some of the land
bringing the bids up to about eighteen
dollars as an average.
There was spirited bidding on only
five forties. These were pretty good
quality cut over lands. Most of the
individual buyers were from Potlatch
or Deary. All were old residents of
Latah county except Michael Shields,
newcomer in Deary, and L. H.
Wheeler, who comes from Seattle. Mr.
Humiston bid in 124 forties.
Those who took land this morning
were: M. L. Seymour of Potlatch, G.
S. Peterson, Potlatch, George Bay,
Harvard, Don H. Yates, Potlatch, C. J.
Munson, Moscow, Joe Wells, Deary,
William Smith, Deary, l.. H. Wheeler,
Seattle, Michael Shields, Deary,
James Nesbit, Deary, Charles Thomp-
son, Moscow, w. E. Lee, Moscow,
James Fitz Patrick, Bovill, and w.
D. Humiston, Potlatch. The sale total
ed about $4,000.
This sale is one of series OF six
to be conducted within the next few
weeks in north Idaho. Mr.. Nash leaves
tomorrow for Orofino where he will
hold a sale on Wednesday.
'The quality of the land consider
ed," stated Mr.. Nash, 81 consider that
the prices this morning were salts
factory.
1--WE had sale recently in eastern
Idaho which brought the state over a
million and a quarter of dollars. We
have sold land as high as $31O an
acre. In the case of the land sold in
Madison county last year and after
wards cancelled, we obtained $780,
900 more for the state than was gotten |
On the discarded sale.
"I am about to hold a sale this fall
in Owyhee county which will be a
wonderful opportunity for any one
who wants irrigated land. On Sep |
,ember %, we will sell $4,000 acres
Just across the Snake river from Cald-
we'll. Over 1000 acres is already in
The minimum price is
S10 per acre. And $100 will be the
maximum price. The terms are easy.
The purchaser pays down ten per
.ent of the purchase price and the
est is paid in forty annual payments
It per cent interest. Some of the
and in this tract will produce crops
his year worth $3.50 an acre. Those
who want irrigated land will come
Ipon no better proposition"
''From the time Idaho was admitted
o statehood until the past year, only
bout $10,000,000 worth of land were
DID," said Mr.. Bush. "This year the
ales already total more than a mil
ion and three quarters, with many
nore still to come"
Upon the moment of going to press
1r. Bush telephoned to the Star Mir
or that the state had just been paid
y the Potlatch company draft for
81 ,763.42, the total amount of lands
urchased this morning.