The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-13
BY WILLIAM r. sAEEoRN.

have paused long enough to inquire
the cause for such a large gathering. |
You then would have learned that the
field full Of automobiles, the numerous
cars strewn along the lane, and the
hundred or more machines pa rked on
the ample grounds fronting the resi-
dence, had come filled with people.
who had come out to attend one Of
the most interesting farm sale 5 ever
held in eastern Indiana.
Viewed from the road south of the
| farm home the gathering rem inoed
| one of the crowds to be seen at 4
county fair on the morning of the
"big day" True, there were neither
sideshow tents or banners, but the
/ crowds were in evidence, men, worten
and children And more than this,
| the majority of the man present had
| long been friends of Tom Commit, who
passed beyond some months ago, nd
| for the settlement of whose estate thus
| sale was being held. Col. Tom. Co n
milf was for many years Wayne couAa-
| tvs best known and most popular auc-
tioneer, and his fame and efforts ex :
| tended far beyond the borders OF this !
! county
| And each of the three much young
er men, Weddle. Hindman and Plat.
who disposed of the Commit farms and
chattels at the sale on Monday, often
! had assisted at numerous auctions at
which Col. Tom had officiated. They
had been trained, so to speak, in his
school," and to say the least, have
shown that they were apt pupils. The
| three farms were disposed of by Al
| bert Hindman from the front porch OF
the residence, and all three took part
in disposing of the live stock, imple-
ments, etc.
Sale of the Realty
The Commit farms for the purpose
| of this sale were numbered /, and 3.
Number / consisted of 1854 acres,
number 2 Of 1876 acres and number 3,
of 1886 acres Number ! and adj
joined, while number 8 lay to the
: south a little distance, in plain sight
of each of the other properties.
The sale was made under the order
OF the Wayne circuit court for the
settlement Of the Commit estate, by
the American Trust and Savings bank,
commissioner.
The live stock and farm equipment
was sold by the Dickinson Trust COM
pany, administrator of the estate.
Farms numbered l and were &C
quired by Tom Commit several years
, ago, at the time of the settlement of
his fathers estate. Farm number )
was purchased some two or three
years ago. What the two original
farms cost the deceased is of no spe-
, cial Importance now. Values have
i. changed so materially since that time
: that an entirely new standard was
reached during the war. and another
standard of farm values is again being
+ established
/ Valued at $3.50 Per Acre
v Charles Jordan, of the American
Trust and Savings, said at the sale
S that Col Commit had once told him OF
a refusing 5000 per acre for the entire
a tract sold on Monday. Also that Con-
e milf had said at that time that about
2 $3.50 per acre would meet his views,
particularly as to the two largest acre
/ ages. At this a farmer remarked that
:. the deceased had been offered 1926
s per acre for these two properties dur
: ing boom days.
o Terms and Prices
The terms of the sale were: One
third cash, one-third in one year, and
the balance in two years; interest
| seven per cent.
L
II SIS and was run up to $11050 by Ed
: | ward Rodenburg. The bidding was
a 4 halted at this point and farm number
RI was offered. Bidding on number
: advanced slowly from a start of S75
. | up to 500, when this sale was checked
to try out the temper of the buyers on
. farm number 8. This acreage was
!. started at $40 and booster to SEQ by
+ Charles Thomson. At this point il
vas announced that the sale would be
lldjourned for dinner and concluded al
l. O'Clock, at which time the farms
b aving all been sold separately would
he offered as one tract
The Sale Concluded
Immediately after lunch the SALE
re- ,opened. Edward Rodenburg, the
I OIL lginal bidder. kept the lead unit
tn price on the 1854 acres reached
Z 81 $50. William Hinshaw. of Rich
mo nd, ran the price on number two
78.t' acres, up to s110, and Charlie.
e Tho mason bid number three up to Sc;
q per acre.
All three farms were then put u,
as me tract, TO be sold for a luml
I sum to a single bidder. AS no sue
bidde appeared, the sales were mad
9 as al loYe and to the bidders named
!. On ca ,mbining the acreage and price
it wa found the land had brough
S23,93 as total, and this made
: net al -erage of s107.70 per acre. Nj
Thorn Lson, the buyer of the smalles
tract, owns the farm adjoining it. Hi
{ purchs Sc is we'll drained and is in Gu
q tivatio 4, but has no residence builc
Z ing. ar d no outbuildings of much in
> portant :e.
Big Type Poland Hogs
The most important feature of til
! live sto ok sale was the 200 head {
u B. T. p Bland China hogs, 25 of whic
2 were bn pod sows, almosa due. Thes
were re- ,istered and all the hogs O
e the plao were eligible. which mad
it star offering in its class. Thel
were alsot 19 head of cattle, includin
10 II cows.
e. The coll,lition Of the cattle mark'
4 H. IF .