Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1904 — Many Big Land Deals. [ARTICLE]

Many Big Land Deals.

The Past Week's Transactions Break All Records in Money Value of Sales. The sales of land put on Record during the past week, probably break all previous week’s records in the county, in magnitude of money value of the sales made. Certainly one sale is the greatest single sale in value anyone remembers, and one day’s deeds filed, beat in vi.lm-, all previous single days. The one biggest trans-mtien is the sale by the heirs of the late Alfred Thompson, t > the Lawler Brothers a two-thirds undivided interest, in their big farm mainly in the east part of Marion towneb+p.- There are 2,574 acres in the farm, and the money consideration of the two thirds interest is $85,702, or about SSO per aore. Otlu-r property and interest go with the deal, making the total price of the land about 165 per acre, or $111540 paid by the Lawlers for the two thirds interest.

In addition to this Delos Thompson individually sells to the Lawlers a two thirds interest in 280 acres, for $9133, cash, besides other considerations. .The biggest single day’s value of deeds filed was oa Thursday, March 3rd. when the consideration of farms sold amounted to a tota of $124,000. Some of this days deeds are here mentioned: Wm. Birkett to Henry Beokley IGO acres in Carpenter, for $1^,320. Juba W. Shook to Dennis L. Hogan, 269 acres in Marion, the old Bergman farm, for $lB 825, Curtis D. Carpenter to Andrew Gangloff. 178 acres Tir Barkley fer tor $11,250. Geo. W. Smith 160 acres in Gillim to Joseph J. Molitor for $13,250; and 160 in Hanging Grove to A. H, Brubaker for f 10,750, R. B. Harris, of Rensselaer to Jubu Bond, of Fowler. 285 acres in Barkley/or $19,908. John Bond to John Wuthrioh 320 acres in Hanging Grove for $21,010. Geo, W Seeley to Philip Knochel, 320 acres in Carpenter $34 55which is probably the biggest price any single half .section ever sold for, in Jasper county.