Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1913 — D. B. NOWELS MADE BIG COLORADO DEAL [ARTICLE]

D. B. NOWELS MADE BIG COLORADO DEAL

Former Rensselaer Man Made One Land Sale Amounting to $133,800; Another $50,000. D. B. Nowels, son of “Uncle” David Nowels and a brother of W. R. Nowels, of Rensselaer, and himself a citizen and businessman here for many years, has been, extremely successfbl in business at Lamar, Colo., to which city he moved several years ago, and recently he made two land sales and trades that aggregated almost $200,000. The Lamar Register relates the deals as follows:

“On last Friday the largest real estate deal ever put through by a private individual in Prowers county was made for D. B. Nowels through the R. M. Ziegler Real Estate Agency. The deal included 538 acres of the home ranch of Mr. Nowels in 17-22-46, and is one of the finest and the best improved farms in the county. With it the fine blooded stock owned by Mr. Nowels was included. The purchasers, Baker & Big&s, of Canon City, will take charge at once, and Mr. Nowels has already begun preparations to transfer his extensive farming operations to his large tract of irrigated land near Channing. He will, as in all his other operations, make it a model farm and stock it with the finest of thoroughbred animals. “The price paid for the land was $225 per acre, and for the stock $250 per head for the fine bunch of mules, $250 per head for the thoroughbred Shorthorn cows, and SSO per head for the thoroughbred hogs. The total amount of the deal was $133,800. In the trade Mr. Nowels becomes the owner of one of the finest business blocks in Canon City, and. a big stock of dry goods, the balance of the purchase price being paid in cash. He will take charge of the business there himself for the present, but will still maintain his principal place of business at Lamar and make this his home. He still remains one of the largest land owners under the great Fort Yyon system and has just been elected president for another year. “This deal proves the worth and benefit of fine stock and the value to the farm of having it. The splendid stock »which Mr. Nowels always was improving was not only of value itself but added materially -to- the worth of the farm. It is safe ' to say that there are few such attractive farms in the state and it will be further improved in the near future by the addition of a beautiful home.

“On Saturday evening Mr. Nowels was again the principal in a big land sale, amounting to over $50,000. This time it was over 300 acres of land in 16-22-46, being part of the old J. K. Mullen ranch that he sold through the R. S. Liggett real estate agenscy, of Stanberry, Missouri, to S. J. Dice, of that place. E. E. Pike represented Mr. Nowels in' this transaction, and he secured 2960 acres of Missouri land situated near Winona. The ranch sold by Mr. Nowels was also one of the finely improved farms of the Fort Lyon system and brought $135 per acre. These sales of evidence of the growing interest in our irrigated lands and show that people ar,e gradually learning the lesson that there is no other method of farming that offers as sure and as large profits as the Irrigation system.” Our Great January Clearance Sale, bigger and better than ever. Starts January 10th. It will pay you to wait for this sale. ROWLES & PARKER.