The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-05
By WILLIAM r. sANBoRN


The lookout farm, a mile west OF
Losantville, presented very animat-
ed scent on Tuesday, from early till
late. A big livestock sale was stag
ed for a pleasant, springlike day, and
the buyers came early to look over
the herds, inspect the horses and to
size up the hoge. Having done so
they were more in the mood to bid
and had a clearer idea Of what might
show up in the sale tent that partic-
ularly interested them-at a price.
But Bobbie Burns said: 1.-THE best
laid plans of mice and men, gang aft
aglee." Many a man has set a men
tai limit to the price he would pay
for team, a fine COW or bunch OF
hogs, only to be swept off his feet
when the bidding became fast, and he
discovered that others had set high
er value than he had. The spell OF
the lucid, plain speaking, and per-
suasive auctioneer, and the psyche
logical effect of crowd intent on get
ting what he thinks he wants or
needs, causes many a conservative
man to bid the high dollar to get the
goods.
We mentioned "the lucid, plain
speaking auctioneer" man who is
understood. If men don't know what
you are talking about, what price has
been bid, etc, how can they be I'M
pressed? We know two or three men
whose "a-half, a-half," ETC., echoes and
reverbrates like the roll of a kettle
drum, and speaks no palmer lam
guage.
But this is no part of our story.
What the reader desires to know is:
Are the prices of livestock being
maintained? Are buyers numerous
and the interest in farm sales main
tanned? That is why we go into de-
tails covering the important facts in
relation to the various sales report
ed.
Bookout's Annual Auction.
The sale on Tuesday was conducted
by Doc lookout and Cable Pool,
according to their advertisement in
The Palladium, and announced as
"Bookout's Annual Sale" This was
all that was necessary to get the buy
ers out, regardless Of the fellow who
comes merely to look on. There were
enough buyers to absorb more than
200 head Of horses, cattle. hogs and
sheep, but IL head of the latter being
listed. A few implements were sold.
also some harness, but it was the live
stock which counted in the receipts,
which were $11,700 in round numbers.
Earl Rawlings and F. H. Thompson
were respectively clerk and cashier
of the sale. Mr. Thompson being a
banker in Losantville. Delno Ores
bach, Glen Conway and Oren Ross
were the auctioneers.
livestock Sales and FIoures
In the horse ring II. II. Stanford got
the pick of the horses at $1S5. A pair
of black mares sold to Bert White
for $41250. while o. ]. Parker secured
his span of red roam mares at $3.50.
Willard Cox picked up the next team
at something less tina n $500 and a
span of mules went under the hammer
at $40. About forty head of horses
were put up, we believe, there being
a number added after sale bills were
printed; at any rate there was a
bunch of them.
The top on cows was $3.50, which a
man who was bound to have her, paid
the cashier. There was brisk compe-
tition in the COW ring, and at times
outside prices were realized-but not
always. Some very good mixers went
at a little less than one would expect,
but the offering was large, IS head at
least, that sometimes the interest
Jagged. John A. Harris, who was
among the liberal buyers, got good
COW at $i0S and after following her
up from S65. His next COW cost
him but SS9 There were three mem
bers of the Harris family, John, Jacob
and Dad" Harris, and all were buy
ers. A Newcastle man bought two
cows at SS1 for the first and climbed
10 S111.50 for the next one. 1t was
a free-for-all occasion and the high
dollar won Jacob Harris first show
ed in the ring by the purchase of a
heifer az $3.50. The first cow sold
brought the most money, $3.50, and the
buyer was Ben Howell, living near
Winchester. L. p. Dow countered by
paying $227.50 for two cows. Charles
W. Gilmore, of Muncie, bought II
head of cattle, including steers, at
a cost of 1881. A number of cows
and calves were sold together. Glen
Jordan got pair at S152.50 and John
Cook, of Greenville, paid s132.50 for
his selection.
Clarence Penland, of Fountain City,
got as good bunch of sheep as we