The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-13
U. D. sHoRTHoRN SALE

The Union District Shorthorn Breed |
ers' association sale at Liberty, on
Thursday, drew large and greatly IN
terested crowd and fair prices were
realized, taking the sale as whole.
The district represented at this, the
third annual sale, covers Union,
Wayne, Butler and Preble counties
and consignments were representative
of the entire district. The catalog
showed 80 entries, by 16 breeders. AS
one of these did not show In the rlng
only SO head went under the hammer:
The total of the sale was $4,000 and
the general average shade over $113.
Considering the young STUFF put up
and prevailing conditions. this sum
was considered satisfactory.
The members of the association
making cohsignments, were: Joseph
Marley, o. B. Creek, Samuel EWING,
Ralph Druley, Frank Druley, Stanley
Rrattain. Herman McAdams, Joseph
Witter and Sons, Raymond Slender,
Wilson and Kinsey. William Whitsen
and Son, J. ]. Reiboldts Cramer Char-
| les, Mack Black, Roy Carson and Ever
EFT Gardner. A fine catalog was sent
out to announce the offering and a
committee was appointed to meet all
| trains and to welcome visitors. j. j.
Yerian, of London, Ohio, was in charge
of the sale and was ably assisted by
Howard and Carr, of Liberty. 0. B.
Creek and Ralph Druley, both OF
Kitchell, are respectively president
and secretary of the Union District as
ISOLATION.
Charles Johnson of the Union Coun-
ty National bank, kept the sales rec
ords and made the settlements.
The first animal to show, Mina's
Jewel, was bred and owned by S. Shen-
| dler and Son, of Richmond, and had a
calf at foot She is a solid red, and
dates from Christmas day, 1919. After
some spirited bidding she was award
ed to Gilbert Gardner, of Eaton, at
$685.
The next to show was Violet Lucy,
owned by Joseph Witter and Sons, of
Liberty. This cow dates from Nov. 9,
1914, and is also a solid red. Elmer
Davis, of Glenwood paid $275 for her,
this being the high watermark of the
sale. Lancaster Rose B., owned by
! Stanley Brattain, was third in the sale
ring. This roam COW was calved on
July 1, 1920, and sold to Robert Kitch-
ell, with calf at side, for $3.50. The
fourth COW put up, Ruby c., also
brought $3.50. Ruby c., dates from
Feb. TO- 1921, and was bred and owned
by Kramer Charles, of Kitchell. Carl
Eaton, of Liberty was the buyer.
Golden Victoria, a splendid looking
white COW, was bred by w. C. Prewitt
and Sons, of GAINESVILLE, Mo-, and was
consigned by O. B. Creek, of Kitchell,
owner. Emmett McDevitt, of Camden,
thought she was worth at least 1852.
to which the auctioneer assented. Next
came Crimson Lass, owned by Hugh
Marley, of Eaton. She was bid up to
an even 500 by c. l.. Quick of College
| Corner, where she will in future make
her home. Crimson Lass is a three
year-old.
Snowdrop Brings $21o
Snowdrop, as you might expect, is
a solid white COW. She was bred by
Paul McCray, of College Corner, and
was calved in November 1917 Snow
drop was consigned to the sale by her
owner, Ralph Druley, a Shorthorn en-
thusiast. She was awarded to Clay
ton Montgomery, of Liberty, at $210.
Lustre Maiden, with calf at side and
owned by B. M. Black, of College
Corner, went to George Stanley, of Lib
CITY DIT d COSL Ol 9lDU. lIduy ~, dlSO
with calf at side, brought S165, Ed
ward Dolan, of Glenwood, being the
! high bidder The next buyer, Cecil
Larsh, of Eaton, selected Bessie, a
handsome roam and paid S140 for the
right to take her home with him.
Frank Druley, of Boston, was the own
er of Bessie Ray Brosier, of Camden,
paid $40 for Maud Lou and $50 so
/ signed by j. J. Reibold, Jr, of Laurel,
and Roam Mary by VIM. Whitesel1, of
! College Corner Following these two
Carl Eaton, of Liberty, paid S152.50
for Lucy B., which was bred and own
ed by Cramer Charles, of Kitchell.
Cattle From Green's Fork
4 Wilson and Kinsey, well known
1 Shorthorn breeders at Green's Fork,
had a number of good ones in the sale
ring. These included No. in the
catalog, a young heifer calf, for which
/ Elmer Davis, of Glenwood, paid Sos;
a fine roam COW which cost Edward
Dolan, of Glenwood, s165; heifer calf
for which Roy BroZier, of Camden
paid $50; a roam COW which went to
Oxford, o., at sS7 so; another roam for
which Roy Brosier paid $50, and still
another roam which cost Forest Win.
tiers, of Liberty, exactly 800.
Claude Kitterman, the banker at
Cambridge City, was an interested Wis
itor at the ringside. Among his selee-
tons were No. II, owned by J. ]. Rel
boldt, Jr., of Laurel, which cost him
/ sos. This COW was a straight white
which dated from June, 1920. His sec
ond purchase was a roam named Ros.
1 eta, from the same owner, for which
he paid 800.
Wilson and Kinsey were also among
the buyers and one of their good pur-
chases was a white bull, a yearling
named Buster. bred and owned by
Joseph Witter and Sons, on which they
ran the price up to 500.
The sale resulted in the distribution
of some choice stock and its effects