Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-25
FLETCHER 4 s1liPsoN.

A Mammoth Stock OF Ooods-A Com.
nodious Score Room and
Two Warehouses.
A BULLETIN reporter visited the
mammoth establishment Of Fletcher
4 Simpson Of Mountain Home yes
to-day for the purpose Of obtaining
some information - 70 their stock,
and facilities for supplying this
entire country roundabout with
goods in their line. and he
was surprised 1t the magni-
tuds Of their establishment. Ranchers,
csttlemen, horssmen. and the public
generally are advised to 60 there if
they have need Of anything in the
grocery, dry-goods, clothing, boot and
she, crockery, or farm produce line.
To give you An idea OF the way they
carry on business the reporter will
tell you what he saw. He was first
escorted by Mr.. Fletcher, ST., to the
warehouse back of tho store, . 3Ox4O
foot building that 10 built Of brick and
10 fire.Proof. Here are stored tons of
canned goods, fresh and lucious from
sunny California, chests Of teas, cad
dies Of tobacco, bale upon bale Of rope
Of all sizes and qualities, sacks and
boxes Of Arbuckles' coffee in bulk,
cured meats in hampers, barrels OF
sugar and salt, huge bags OF beans
and hominy, kits Of goldfish, boxes OF
soap, honey, matches, butter, barrels
Of rolled oats, boxes VI raisins and
spices from the Orient, oysters from
the deep sea and syrups from the
South, baking powder in quantity
sufficient - raise al Gilmore county,
and 20 on through the entire list Of
groceries. Thence . visit was made
to the warehouse ct the railroad track,
where they can unload their carload
lots cheaply and stsro easily. Here
was found enough barbed wire "a
fence the earth at prices away down
-four stacked to the ceiling, bag upon
bag Of sulphur tor sheep dip to cure
the diseased, skins, pelts and hides
and Thousands Of yards OF wool-sack.
ing; oats and other produce from the
farm; coal and wosd stoves and
stovepipe; wash.boilers, and barrel.
filled with lamp and lubricating oils.
A trip was next made through the
store proper, whore everything was
found - neat - new pin. In their
respective places were found full
line OF garden seeds, trunks and Va.
Uses, baskets, kegs and demijohns,
looking-glasses, wash.boards, table cut
lery, pocket knives, shears and scis-
sors, castors and butter dishes; the
boots and shoes filled large space and
in this line they do An immense bust.
ness; ready.made clothing fer any
size gentleman; furnishing goods, col.
lars, cuffs and underwear in great a,
sortmsnt, late styles and low prices
hats and caps. neat and serviceable
WOODEN blankets Of al weights, quail
ties and prices. The dry goods and
queensware are departments by them.
selves; in the latter may be found
shelves piled high, different articles Of
glassware and queenswars, pitchers,
goolets, bowls and basins, saucers,
cups, tea sets, dinner sets, pie plates,
soup dishes, in fact . full assortment
of that line Of goods. In the dry
goods line may be found neat and
fancy patterns Of calicos, chintzes,
ginghams, alpacas, silks, muslins-a
full line in different widths, shades,
styles and patterns.
If you don't see what you want ask
for it, and you will probably be &C.
commodstsd. The firm are here to do
b ,siness. Call on them and see il We
have not told you the facts-and then
the half has not been said. Low prices
win in any country-consequent
they do the bulk of the business for
the entire country for miles around
tributary "a Maintain HomA