This contract, for a piece of land in Woodbury County, Iowa, is between S. H. Graves of Close Brothers & Company for William T. Humble, and Levi A. Kidney and Frank Weibel of Woodbury County, Iowa. It is for Lot Four of Block Seventeen of Coles addition to Sioux City, Iowa for the sum of $1,100.00. This is in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. The contract includes detail of payment between July 2, 1900, and paid in full December 21, 1905. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under the business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.