The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-12
AND THEN IT RAINED

FARMERS VINO dII6QQ6Q d ldTIH SdlC
on Tuesday can tell you all about the
brand of weather we enjoyed. 1t was
just the occasion for hip rubber boots
and longtailed slickers, as you wadec
around in the barn lots, or selected i'm
plements out in the pouring rain. One
of the men who picked out Oct 10 as
the best day of the esason on which
to hold sale. was out betimes, which
means mighty early, that fateful
morning.
Cold rain couldn't dampen his ardor
and he decided that the sale should
be held, rain or no rain, and so 1t
proceeded to a finish. This particular
sale was held at Reidston by Arthur
Curme, and in spite of the weather
good crowd turned out and made a
cleanup. One farmer, however, thought
the rain bit belated and told Arthur
that ''it was a wonder he hadn't held
his sale three weeks earlier, when
we needed rain so badly"
Among the 126 head of hogs on offer
were Is pure-bred Poland China spring
gifts which were in competitive de-
mand and brought more money than
have some of the same age at recent
breed sales. In fact, all the hogs sold
well; this also being true of the cattle.
three of which were Red Polled cows.
A small bunch of sheep sold for 81
per head, and a promising cold was SO
greatly admired by Nate Colvin that
he bid it up to sos.
looked at from all angles the sale
may be considered satisfactory, as Mr..
Curme stated. The net was between
60 e00 60 T0n "ndd1n ond Hind.
man were the auctoneers and Frank
Taylor, of the First National bank,
made the settlements. The Ladies'
Aid of the Christian church at Center
vile, served a satisfying rainy-day
lunch to a larger crowd than they had
expected as they watched the down
pour. The Curme sale was not a clean
up, simply a Reduction" sale to dis
pose of some surplus stock and imple-
ments.
Various Farm Sales.
The Creek Bros. offering of Big Type
Polands consisted of. SO head of spring
pigs, 33 of which were gifts The top
of the sale was paid for fine boar,
which the buyer Gilbert Orbaugh,
paid $40. Five of the choice gifts
were purchased by Adam Eby at a
cost of $50 each. Peoria, ILL.,, was rep
resented at the sale and few of the
| best on show have now been shipped
to farmers in that vicinity.
Cunningham and Stevens, living
west of Lynn, held their first Duroc
sale, on Tuesday. No exceptional
prices were paid but pretty nice
| bunch of hogs were distributed among
| the farmers of the neighborhood. B
NJ. Perry paid $48 for choice fall
| yearling SOW, which topped the sale
Mr. Perry halls from Falmouth.
| Bentonville is putting on big com
bination sale. A lot of good hogs OF
various breeds, a number of horses,
quite a bunch of cattle and all sorts
of things seen at a community sale
will go under the hammer. The sale
is set for Saturday, Oct. IA.
Have Coal at EIdorado
E. V. Mcclure, of Eldorado, says
that they have all the coal they need
with three cars of Kentucky coal and
one car of anthracite chestnut about
due to arrive Mr.. Mcclure reports
getting three cars of anthracite last
summer, including April shipments
which were divided around. He ex
poets to sell the anthracite now to ar.
rive at around SIS. He explains that
while they have no great surplus they
are dividing it so that people depend
| ing on him for coal win be sure to be
kept from freezing. His price on best
Kentucky coal was $1,000, on Wednes
! day. He said that they had boosted
their price on wheat to $1.07 on this
advance, and that a few farmers still
have wheat in their bins.
Tho plpuaf af rpnnT-fn H both
hard and soft coal in their bins, on
Thursday; not a large supply, but
some of two or three grades, with
more supposedly in transit.
Five Cars Due at Crete
| H. L. Welsh, manager of the ele
vator at Crete, says the demand for
coal is becoming urgent. He has or
dered five cars of Indiana and Ken,
lucky coal, all of which should have
arrived days ago, in fact, two cars of
Indiana COAL for which he has the
bills, were expected in before Oct. /
He also has bills for the Kentucky coal
and has hopes of being able to quiet
the clamor for coal right soon. They
have been paying s1.02 for wheat for
a week or more and he reports a little
grain still on some of the neighboring
farms.
w. B. Woodward, of Dublin, said:
After five months shutdown of the
mines, can't see how we can look for
cheap coal this fall as the demand
must be large right along for some
time. We have little coal here but
the demand isn't heavy, nor has Il
been, so far. We have not done any
requisition business, which is a whole
lot of trouble, as we have been able
to get along without appeals to the
coal board. We now have both Ken-
lucky and West Virginia coal in stock.
not a great lot of it but a little for
those who need it We are pricing
both kinds at $1,000 just now"
New Paris is in shape to keep com.
fortably warm, according to George
Richards. He has managed to get a
car or so of coal from time to time
and has car of Yellow Jacket Ken