Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-12
Brisk Movement in
Sales of Iowa Farms

! Movement in north Tama county
/ farms is remarkably active. Not IN
wears have so many farms changed
hands in winter with the prices all up
ward. Alex Mulch has purchased the
In. J. Matheson I72 acres at S-so.
! Claus Ehlers has bought the Henry
Wiebensohn quarter, known as the
/ Elizabeth Innes $50. at 1888. 1t IS
| highly improved The Nichols eighty
south Of Traer was bought by c, q.
! Blocbwltz. the Dinsdals banker, ats?l5.
! The Leslie farm OF 80 acres again
changed hands. Peter Engle is the
new owner at $3.50.
! VIII Delfs sold his $50 TO Henry
Thede for s25e. six years ago Thor
Delts bought i for $3.50.
/ A record land sale was made few
| days ago when Orville Sarsfeild pur-
! chased the l. y. Smith 120 acre farm
southeast OF Nevada at $3.50 per acre.
| The farm IS good one well located
and the Improvements are exception
/ ally good for a farm Of that size
| NUmeruos other farms in Story county
| are now changing hands al from $3.50
| TO $500 per acre.
The big Haupert farm Of 432 acres
considered by many the best farm in
! Dallas county" has been sold 10 the
Atkins Land Company, the deal being
| closed up by the firm and the heirs OF
the estate. The deal Is one OF the
! biggest farm sales made in the COM
munity during the past year. The
Haupert farm has long been considered
a show place among the land men, and
! by some is termed the best farm in
central Iowa" because of the improve
ments, the quality and productiveness
Of the soil and the fact that il has been
cared for properly tor many years. Nj.
Jacob Haupert was known as one Of
the best farmers in the community
and since his death the work has been
carried on by mis- sons in the same
painstak!ng and progressive Inanner.
Bert Haupert. who has been managing
the farm. and who will continue TO do
so until The new owners take possession
on March !, 1920, sold $4,000 worth
OF cattle from the place last week The
consideration involved in the deal Is
not made public but il is understood
10 be around $500 an acre. II was a
cash deal and while the price was high.
the Atkins Land Company considers
il was worth all paid for it and more.
Some idea Of the way Iowa land has
been increasing the past few years was
given out this morning when the sale
Of a quarter section near Rippey was
announced. F. J. Forbes Of Jefferson
was the purchaser and he paid JUST
*l4400 more than ne did when he
bought the land three years ago II
came about in this way: In 1916 Mr..
Forbes bought the quarter for &135 per
acre. He was in the land busin ess and
when he was offered 1855 per acre for
il he promptly made the deal selling
il 10 G. W. Dunlap Of Jefferson. Mr.
Dunlap sold 1t to, Ernest Sweeny at
a good profit and Mr.. Sweny sold il 10
II. s. Dugan and J. c. Atkins Of Perry
for s2i5 per acre. In the latest deal the
Perry men sold it to Mr. Forbes for
1925 per acre and the latter seems glad
TO get it back, even at that price The
advance in three years was $50 per
acre. or total of sl4,400.
Another deal in which $500 per acre
was paid for land was closed by the
Faie Of the John Kinney farm, one
mile south Of Angus, to G. s. Van
malta, Of W!nterset 1t was a cash deal
and is the second of the kind 10 be
made mere, the other being the sale Of
the Etnire farm east OF the city. The
Kinney farm consists of 1877 acres and
brought a total OF s57,1o0. II is all e1-
cellent land with good improvements.
The new owner does not get possession
until 1920, but plans 10 come here at
that time and make his home. The
farm is just four miles from Perry.
William Allan purchased Of W. F.
Ray $50 acres. well improved. two miles
east of Allison, Butler county, for S2?5
per acre. The home farm Of Mr.. Allan
Is within two miles Of the above farm.
and he, with his sons. is equipped to
farm both tracts. The Q. c. Fair.
farm, of ninety acres, has been sold to
Mike Wubbena for s125 per acre. Ed
Hildebrand has purchased of c. H.
Wiebke an unimproved eighty acres for
s12, 500. The John w. Hicsle 12o acres
east Of Allison was sold to william
Dieckman for $4,000. The Lafe WAN
sley farm OF 800 acres west OF ClarkS-
vile. sold TO Roy Walsh for $50 per
acre.
p. E. Lamborn sold his 213 acres
four miles south Of GriswoId for 1926
per acre. This is one of the best farms
in this part of the country. 1t has a
large new house, having in it every
modern convenience. James OConnor
sold his farm Of 120 acres for $500 per
acre to Irwin Smith, with possession
March 1. Mr.. Smith has already been
ohered an increase. August Boos has
sold ais farm of eighty acres lying