Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-07-07
FRED REPPERT
WRITTEN UP IN
FARM JOURNAL

fred Beuncrt vdely known In the
Ninh1rdl" Tor hls work as an auction.
."r at Hereford sales. II the subject
fDr 100 extended wrIieup in tho July
I ISSUE ~ the American Hereford Jour
/ nal The articl. says that MIR Reprert
/ vas horn IN log house four miles from
/ Decatur. Ind. july g. 1877 A. MS
/ father was a country luctlone"r % WIS
nly natural that Oh, son should follow
/ .n the line.
Crying his first sale az the axe ~
o. E'upert hccum. tr"wn as the boy
auotione.r ~ Indiana AZ 20 years ~
ig, Heppert moved Co. 'hc county seat
and TOOK a job in q hardware store at
/ 'i week. He worked a. this job Tor
I five Years and did some Iuctioneering
along with H. ~ th. meantime b" mad
raved $500 and bought snm" real estate
1901 $500 u took niw many years 10
ay FOR the real estate bat IL was the
pundation of his wealth.
After securing these first lots. Rep.
"'rt made Il pra.fIo" 'O buy ana trade
% real estate and l0t u. me k3l' seed
hat n. carries uu hI- hip has been
Hlde through his transactions 30 dirt
lie owns zoo acres Of land loo on" body
art % which is within the corporate
limits ~ Decatur This 200 acres IN
lules th" Northern Indiana Fair
ground of ll2 acres Ho al~l owns a
lUuacre plantation boo Louisiana, 900
acres In Missouri Hrl ID ranch n Texas
when Roppert started 'o improve his
farms he decided that d would be
h,lp.r o. own mmNar ward. than 10
gin. -1mrcu, ,ls. fH. profit un the
Material that o., found D. necessary 20
buy So he went n'0 'rr lumber bus.
u,.- tie now nI 3d. ulH interest IN
.hr,r lumber and 600. yards. ono .n DE-
atur Ind ON. n Il0H-Hni Ind Ind
ur IN Louisiana
The Belmont Farm p.s club Is
a,,.d by N'pp,.. Nh. I"tH boys ana
r's huv pig, ar1 guarantees them a
ruGt a.. sponsors thy Northern In
.uru Fair which I- considered the
greatest ono man fair iD America.
IN, art.rI. concludes NfH Ih" follow
ing statements.
Colonel Edwuud..H 90 claude Texas
tls America. ifH.r. Hereford auD
iur,Dr in Repp,f u.. laE. hui va
nundsou was getting u.I ruI H.r"tords
were BOO M. doldru -I'- wrr" slow
nd e lot OF hard work wI- required g
.,f bidders Co.. IYO-.' .n ldWuudsnn
yl. mighty glad DOB howe 100 active hair
boo like Reup,i around to take the
.D.H off his hands r no. tilend Of
some of his sales H'nr. was as gl1d
-,f q ,hlurr co. N. |uUk JS Ed
.,uI.Uu WIS to give % him. and So
b, Decatur wHu lHo N.s acquired eN.
poriouco as Hereto salesman.
Though DIS ....,. .Uu with I'd
l,uds,r Eruu.rf v1, cooked ls an as.
I-'lm on a 1rg, number of Whiteface
lies among Vh,h Was th. Interim
Iuull .al" Of '9u, During the latter
arf uf this international ale Fred was
given chance 10 se'l lot ot tailenders
100 rejects Hr did n0' get much ~
rice tor them bat the speed with
ehiDh ho sold them met with the favor
Il Hereford breeders large number
whom were present from an over the
country
"Ntt.r that TD'.rnationa, showing
..r. mm,dn'.'. frightened Tor Rep
merit md ho tp, since been iu constant
demand fr Hereford sales AN over the
nf,d State, Hr probably turns down
81. much Norh 3s o accepts iio sin I
OCCASIONALLY ores hog sales. but thcS
rr few and fir between. hecau-. n, /
l, long n.eu recognized as the official /
WD,or,.r OF the WhIteface breed ana /
s kept busy with his favoritc cattle
.H,up.r, b. married and has two chin /
fr.n nu. and a girl he lives Boz one I
10 nroUIHrs most beautiful homes