Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-04
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES

farm of 1903 acres, owncd by FRANK
Bell. price se75 and the -old William
Danforth farm Of 100 acres owned by
Byron Garland price $27o. This Is
said TO be the largest real, estate buy
ever made in Madison county Mr.
Mayer Is young man about forty
years OF age who recently sold his
Adair county farm and will move next
March.
Since the above sale was made the
Hamilton firm reports the sale of the
j. w. McGlothlen 100 acres on the
Bluffs road to Byron Garland at $3o2
per acre,
The Winterset Land Company report
the sale of the George Hess farm OF
l25 acres to G. A. Clark at $500 per
acre. Mr. Clark sells his eighty acre
farm to w. p. Mcclure at $500. The
| old James Ham place In Monroe
township has been sold to Anna Jones
at s225 per acre. The Jones place has
been sold to Norman Hollen at $1l5
per acre and has been resild to Nels
Lawson Of Stuart at s127.5o. The old
Caleb Price place in Union township
has been sold to Oscar Lucas, the lat
ter trading in so acres in Union town
| ship. The Charles Lott eighty in
| Webster township has been sold to
Mack Davis of Patterson, q Patterson
| residence being included in the deal
A. p. Shriver reports he sale of the
Mrs. Breeding farm of 100 in Union
to E. J. Alexander at $3.50 per acre;
also 200 acres from the 8. b. Johnson
farm in Union to oliver James at 5000
per acre.
Tucker. Bros. reports the sale OF the
Hagen e. Fndies farm in Union owned
by oliver James to c. f. Seidler. This
farm consists Of 216 acres and sells for
$4,000; also 24O acres of the s. h.
Johnson farm in the same township
to Oliver James. price $4,000. Milo
Berry Eighty. acres. Monroe to j. F.
Handley. price $500. Mike Volk so
acres Grand River to Frank Bates,
price $4,000.
Cherokee--One Of the largest real
estate deals ever made in Cherokee
county was completed when Charles
Groves sold his $50 acre farm to Jake
Lauer and Henning Nelson at $210 per
acre, or a toal consideration of $780,
500. The land is about five miles south
of Cherokee.
Fontanelle--The Diers Land Com
pany has purchased the John Mus
| maker farm of All acres. just north OF
Orient. for $4,000. DR.. j. X. Hogan
has traded his eighty acre farm to
John Edwards for 100 acres in Rich
land township. The Hogan land was
valued at SITS per acre and the Ed
wards farm at 5000 per acre.
Storm Lake-A new record price for
land was made in this vicinity this
week when the w. L. Geisinger farm
of 11s acres, laying just east of this
city, was sold to Charles F.. keister,
at s466 per acre. Mr.. Keister. who OPP
crates a large farm near Early. will
farm the place. It Is understood that
Mr.. Geisinger. long prominent in this
community. will move to Sioux City.
Hampton-Several, farms in this
county have changed hands recently
and the prices are hitting the high
marks. The Robert F. Slice farm south
OF Hampton has been bought by
George d. Patterson. Frank j. Scant-
lebury, f. ]. Knoll and F. II. Ridge
way. at 1925 per acre. There are 240
acres of it, William Vestwebber sold
$40 acres west of Alexander for $500
per acre, and Gust Vestwebber sold
100 acres at $3.50. The Dodge farm
near Chaplin was recently sold to Ray
v. Hobson, Frank J. Scantlebury and
Charles A Fox at $3.50 per acre. The
160-acre farm of Evan Engebrtson in
Richland township was bought by
August iSchaefer for $500 per acre and
c. F. Roemer has sold his 100 north of
Hansell to H. ironing. at good round
figure.