April 1883 was Dan Harris' busiest month both in terms of lots sold and cash received. In only five closings, he sold fifty lots and made a bulk sale involving one divided block and eleven undivided blocks. On April 2nd Dan sold Lot 8 in Block 9 to Charles M. Wellington for $125.¹⁵ This lot was at the corner of 10th and Gambier with the western half on the face of the bluff. The next day he sold Lot 5 in Block 19 at the corner of 10th and Mill and Lot 5 in Block 38 at the corner of 10th and McKenzie to Max Ferdinand for $125 each.¹⁶ On the same day Dan conveyed to Gotthold Jennig Lot 5 in Block 30 at the corner of 9th and McKenzie, Lot 4 in Block 38 at the corner of 11 and Harris and Lots 5, 6, 7, and 8 in Block 39 all facing west on 9th between Harris and McKenzie all for $700 which gives a price of $116.66 per lot.¹⁷ Again on the 3rd, Dan sold Lot 5 in Block 8 at the southwest corner of 11th and Knox and Lot 8 in Block 31 at the northwest corner of 10th and Mill to Henry Miles for $250 each.¹⁸

    On April 6th Dan also conveyed four lots to Robert H. Miller. These were west-facing interior on 10th Street in Block 19, and Lots 7 and 8 in Block 30 on the bluff at the corner of 9th and Mill. The sales price for each lot was $212.¹⁹ Why these lots brought such a dramatic jump in price is not clear. On April 9th Dan sold Lots 5 and 6 on the face of the bluff in Block 1 to James F. Gazley, Jr. for the price of $112.50 each.²⁰ On the 10th Dan conveyed Lot 5 in Block 4 at the southwest corner of 12th and Gambier to O.N. Reston for $125 each.²¹ Also on the 10th he sold Lot 1 in Block 39at the northwest corner of 10th and Harris to Carl F. Holmberg for $125.²² On the 12th Dan sold Lot 7 in Block 4 on the west side of 12th to Lois Fenton for the price of $100,²³ which was less than he had previously asked for similar lots. This was the first of three sales in which the grantees were women.

    April 16, 1883 was Dan's banner day, for he sold twelve entire blocks to L. D. Fuller for $3,000, representing a price of $31.25 for each of the ninety-six lots involved had they been sold separately.²⁴ These blocks included the entire mill site, which would have been Blocks 27, 28, 29, 40, 41 and 42 had they been numbered, numbered and divided Block 26, which was half on the bluff and half in the tidelands just west of the mill site, and five unnumbered blocks south of the mill site between McKenzie and the unnamed street that would later be called "Larrabee." These blocks covered the entire Padden Creek estuary with its two tidal lagoons. Obviously, Fuller understood what was required for a successful saw mill operation. This transaction also included conveyance of the right to harvest all of the timber in Fairhaven. It's only proviso was reserving to Dan Harris the use of all water from the creek that was not consumed by the anticipated. Why Dan offered such favorable terms is another Fairhaven mystery. Perhaps Dan simply could not refuse such a large lump sum.

    Dan's lot sales continued on April 19th when he had another big day, disposing of thirty-three lots to four purchasers. He sold Lot 8 in Block 13 at the northwest corner of 11th and Knox to John McInerney for $125 and Lot 1 in Block 19 at the northeast corner of 11th and Columbia for $125 each.²⁵ He also sold seventeen lots to Charles Schering, his future brother-in-law for $1,850, or $108.82 per lot.²⁶ These lots comprised all of Block 20, the northeast corner of which was on the face of the bluff between Mill and Harris with the remainder in the tidelands, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Block 30, facing east on 11th between Mill and Harris and Lot 6 in Block 30 facing west on 9th Street. This was the only lot remaining on Block 30 and lay mostly on the face of the bluff. On the 19th Dan also sold seven lots to George Schilling for $775, for an average of price of $110.71.²⁷ These were Lot 4 in Block 19 at the southeast corner of 11th and Mill, Lot 1 in Block 31 at the northeast corner of northeast corner of 11th and Mill and interior Lots 6 and 7 in the same Block that faced west on 10th Street. Why Shilling chose interior lots when corner lots (Nos. 4 and 5) were is another conundrum. Finally, on the 19th Dan conveyed back-to-back corner Lots 4 and 5 in Block 2 to Albion F. Welch for $125 each.²⁸ These were the only lots left in Block 2. On the 24th, Dan sold Lot 4 in Block 44 at the corner of 4th and Harris to Delia O'Neil for $150.²⁹ This was the first of his three sales to women. Dan's last sale for April took place on the 27th, when Gustave Julian purchased interior Lot 3 in Block 43 on the south side of Harris between 5th and 6th for $125.³⁰

    From the parcels sold in April, Dan grossed $9,149.87, bringing his year-to-date receipts to $11,499.93. Subtracting the $3,000 he received from the mill-related sales, his average lot price was $119.72 on the 71 indivdual lots sold during the three months. If his mythical tally book had included a map, it would have revealed that sixteen blocks had been completely sold out with the greatest concentration along McKenzie between 6th and 11th Streets due to the purchase of the mill site and its adjacent blocks and lesser concentrations along 10th between McKenzie and Columbia and along 11th between Knox and Douglas at the northern edge of the town. The map would have shown a marked preference for corner lots, which represented 31% of net lot sales of 118 for the three month after subtracting the 118 lots involved in the sale of the mill site.

    Only thirteen lots were sold in May, involving six buyers. On the 2nd, Dan made his second sale to a woman, conveying Lot 3 in Block 44 to Mary Spellman for $125.³¹ This was an interior lot facing Harris Street between 4th and 5th. On the 4th, he sold seven lots to Rasmus O. Blondin for $1,050 for an average price of $150.³² These lots, all but one of which were located on corners, were scattered over five blocks. In block order these were: Lot 4 in Block 9 at the southeast corner of 11th and Knox, Lot 4 in Block 12 at the southeast corner of 11th and Columbia, Lot 4 in Block 31 at the southeast corner of 11th and Mill, Back-to-back Lots 1 and 8 in Block 38 lying along Mill Street between 10th and 11th, and Lots 5 and 8 in Block 44 located respectively at the southwest corner of 4th and McKenzie and the southeast corner of 5th and McKenzie.

    On May 8th, Dan sold Lots 7 and 8 in Block 18 to J. B. Welch for a combined price of $275.³³ These lots were located at the northwest corner of 11th and Columbia. On the 28th he sold Lot 6 in Block 9 to E. Julius Pester for $165.³⁴ This interior lot faced 10th Street between Gambier and Knox and was positioned largely on the bluff. On May 30th, Dan sold adjacent Lot 7 in Block 9 to David L Parks for $40 less, $125.³⁵ Most of both lots lay on the face of the bluff with the less expensive one having more level groud. The price difference is another Fairhaven mystery. Dan's final sale for May was to Henry F. Swanson, who purchased Lot 1 in Block 43 at the corner of 5th and Harris for $150.³⁶ Total May sales came to $1,890, yielding an average price of $145.37 per lot.