Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-09
MORE BIG FARM
SALES HERE
County Farms Changing
Owners and Land is Bringing
Good Prices
ONE FARM SOLD
AT $3.50 AN ACRE
Land Agents Have Been Busy and it
is Hard for Them TO Keep
Enough Farms Listed to
Supply Customers

| Winneshiek county farms have been
in great demand the past few weeks
and some important sales have been
made. Following are some of the
sales that took place the past week:
H. H. Ruddy, of Cresco, recently
purchased the Wellington Telford
: farm OF 200 acres south Of Burr Oak.
1t is another one of the good farms
of Winneshiek..
A. Luros, Of Decorah sold the
Hugo Hecker farm of 14O acres in
! Hesper township last week to Her.
man Hendrickson, of Olmstead, N.
D. who will come here to make his
home The consideration was $185
an acre. Mr.. and Mrs. Hendrickson
have been here for about three
weeks, and expect to return to
North Dakota this week. They will
return here next fall They left
here about two years ago. All their
friends will welcome them back to
good old Winneshiek.
/ One Of the important farm deals
that took place in Winneshiek coun-
! ty last week was the sale of the Ole
! RocksVold farm of $50 acres in
Glenwood township. 1t was bought
! by Ed. K. Hovden, of Decorah, at
$175 an acre. 1t is an extra good
farm, as every part Of it is tillable.
Besides the buildings are all good
and up-to-date in every particular,
and the entire farm is we'll fenced.
1.-THE location is, an excellent one also,
as it is only one mile from a church
and school house is located on one
corner of it. 1t is one of the very
good farms of Winneshiek and
would be cheap place at 1925 an
acre. .".. "
Later: Since the above was written
Mr.. Hovden resold the farm to the
former owners. After selling they
decided they wanted the farm back
and Mr.. Hovden Accommodated them.
A. H. Lovaas, of Decorah, sold
his farm three miles east of De-
corah on the Ossian road last week
TO Ole Berg, who has been a tenant
on the place. The farm consists OF
10 acres, and sold at 1924 bring
ing Mr. Lovaas $21, $50 He bought
this farm about four years ago for
a little less than 500 an acre.
Last Wednesday Clarence Christen
one Of Decorahs real estate deal
ers, sold we'll known farm, the
Frank Jewell place just at the
north edge of the city to w. r.
Perty, land man of Oelwein. There
are 800 acres in this farm and it
sold at $1S5 an acre. 1t is a good
farm, close to the city and all till
able.
VIM. Makepeace Sold his forty
acre farm just at the southwest
edge of the city last week to Ole
/ iWoldum, of Decorah. The considera-
tion was $3.50 an acre, and worth
every dollar of it. We understand
that Mr.. Woldum since he bought
it was offered $500 an acre for it.
j Mr.. Makepeace and family, we
understand, will move to California
some time this year, and Mr.. VOL
dunn will move onto the place. He
! will retain his business interests in
Deeorah just the same with the
Wo1dum Auto & Machine Co.
- Clarence Christen the land man,
sold the c. c. Ward farm of 15U
acres two miles west of Burr Oak
| yesterday to Banker H. G.. Hjerleid.
The consideration twas not made
known.
John Blaess, the land man, has
had several good sales in farms the
past week. He sold the Lars Rasmus-
/ sen farm OF las acres in Pleasant
/ township to Freddie Iyerson at $115
an acre. Mr.. Iverson will take pos
session Dec. l.
| Another sale Mr.. Blaess was in
terested in was the farm of Albert
Iverson in Hesper township that was
recently purchased by Rep. E, J.
Hook, who sold it to Reed & Len
non, and they sold it to Frank Barth
at $40 an acre. This farm was pur-
chased by Mr.. Hook on June "a, at
1855 an acre.
Mr.. Blaess also sold section and
a half of land in South Dakota last
week. He sold a section in Sully
county to John Ask. OF this city
and half section TO Martin Fladed- /
er, of Lanesboro.