The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-18
CHILLY WEATHER
HOLDS INTAKE OF
MOORE TO $500
BY WILLIAM h. sANsoRN.

WO0ss6 ~ VO)OOV
BY WILLIAM n. sANaoRN. 8
The old farm home OF the Moore
family. two miles north and q mile
east OF williamsburg. was the scene Of
. winter day farm sale ON Wednesday.
ct which u purse Of $500 was made
mp In exchange for the wares that Carl
]. Moore put up at auction.
In selecting Dec. II for his sale, Mr..
Moore consulted neither the weather
man, nor the astrologer3 who predict
ed the end of time. AS to the latter he
was very level headed, but II he could
have Induced the weather man to pro.
vide fairer and warmer day. It would
have been money IN the sellers
pocket. -
As it was the sale was fairly salts
factory as to prices and the crowd
was all that could have been expected,
considering the weather and the fact
that SO many are busy shredding fod-
der. or gathering belated corn. Mem
beers Of the williamsburg Grange, and
other farm friends of the Moores,
were out in force, and were liberal
bidders, according to their needs.
The Moore farm was recently sold
~ ava xI4~udIuSs WIZ WILL tdnC pOSSoS~
sion on March 1. In the meanwhile
Carl Moore is building q handsome
home Just outside Of williamsburg, to
which he will retire for a rest from
farm activities. This explains the
clearance sale Of farm stock and i'm
plements.
The sale was cried by H.. H. Jones.
Of Greenville, Ohio; N. r. lrelan, Of
williamsburg. acted as cashier ana VIII
Harris was field clerk. Mr.. Irelan re-
ported q net In excess Of $500 on
balancing the books.
; Live Stock Prices.
Seven head Of farm horses and
mules, Of cattle, IS hogs and 65 head
Of Aheep went under the hammer. The
hogs were Big Type Polands, the gifts
being eligible to register. OF the lat
ter, E. C. Wade selected 3 at $3.50
each. while Will Parker took in six
at $4,000 and $30.25 per head. Mr..
Parker paid $500 for SOW and bid
in IA feeders at from $16.25 up.
A fancy pen of Shropshire ewes
attracted buyers and the price was
run up to $fS.25. r. H. Halderman
was the buyer of this bunch and also
OF II others, for which he paid 1915.
Fred Hiatt paid 1926 for one pen Of
10 ewes and 1926 for 10 more.
Ernest Chenoweth secured six
choice ewes at $12 and 10 other at IS
per head. Mood WEIGH invested SO
in a pen Of 10. this closing the sale.
the balance Of the pens being with
drawn for better prices at private
sale. .,.
or the four mixers the. choice Of
the lot, Jersey grade. cost o. H. Ket-
tering $127.50. The next highest, also
Jersey. brought $91. and L. A.
invested $40 in a COW. and E. v: Meek
ing got his at $50. Coy Simpson
picked out a likely young heifer at
$40: Carl Ross was awarded one at
$35, while Ira Buhrman was lucky en-
ough 20 get two for $3.50. The de-
mand for horses and mules was not
rrecnt and no outside prices were
psid. .. H. Kettering paid the high
Of the day. his black 3-year-old mare
taxing him just $50.
Note and Comment
No hay was sold, and but little corn,
some 100 bushels in all, which was
taken by Will Smock at 1884,. The
VS. bushels OF barley sold at 1920. and
tons of baled straw cost Leroy Clark
80 % per ton. A lot Of fodder in the
field sold at from 45c to 55c per
shock.
There was quite a large display Of
imclements ard farm tools. which IN
clrded neer,ng binder. a gearless
hayloader, Champion tedder, etc.
Ernest Chenoweth paid $73 for the self
binder; the aermotor and woodsawtng
outfit cost J. M. Burt $50; o. H. Ket.
teripg paid $40 for a wagon and $3.50
for the hay loader. and Paul Harris
took home a corn pillow at an expense
Of $3S. Dave MAXWELL Sam Petrie
and Charles Rooms were also buyers
Of Implements.
A. 8. White, OF Eldorado, who was
present to pick up or contract for live
stock, stated that 800 head Of hogs
were shipped from Eldorado by rail
last week and that they were still
coming in freely.
The ladies of the williamsburg
Grange served their first lunch at the
Moore sale on Wednesday. The Soc
has some 200 members and meetings
are held at the Grange hall in Hollans.
burg every Friday evening.
The ladies stated that they were at
the expense Of an entire new lunch
outfit and hoped that the profits of the
day would 60 far toward paying the
cost It was a good cold-day lunch
and the piping hot soup and coffee
made a great hit. The ladies who were
present to serve were: Mrs. Harry Nc
Clure. Mrs. Henry Wolfal, Mrs. John
Mikesell. Mrs. Orla Harris, Mrs. John
Money, Mrs. VIII Harris. Mrs. Leon
Isard Green, Mrs. Isaac Trimble, Mrs
Omar Konpick. Mrs. Herman Horn