Auction Yards

Cheney auction yards for livestock and farm goods went under several names and owners. It was located on the west end of town south of the highway.

957-09-13 - Auction Yard Sold Sept. 1

Col. R.D. Arnold, owner of the Cheney Auction yard, said this week that sale arrangements had been completed with Mr. and Mrs. William Butcher, Post Falls, Idaho, effective September 1.

Col. Arnold said that he was negotiating a resort motel at the equalizing reservoir near Coulee City. He had purchased the auction yard last summer, coming to Cheney from Othello.

Mr. and Mrs. Butcher have four children, three boys and one girl, and will live at the yard. Butcher is an experienced auctioneer, and will conduct sales starting at 11 a.m. each Thursday. Stock will be auctioned beginning at 1 p.m.

Butcher, who will also cry farm sales, said that lunch would be served at the yard each Thursday.

Members of the family who are now in Cheney include two sons, Rozell, 17 and Clyde, 11, a daughter, Mayberta, 16, and Mrs. Butcher. Another son, Delbert, 16, is working at Worley, Idaho, and will go into business with his father later on.

Butcher said that he first planned to conduct an extensive rebuilding program at the yard. He will rebuild most of the building and fences, and will install new shutes.