Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03


certainly to be true of him., He
for hides and furs, and enjoys reli-
able patronage from the farmer"
Il tell you my boy, I want to inn
press upon your mind that in my long
years of observation, I have found
that more family jars arise from poor
bread than anything else. The most
expert baker can not make good bread
out of poor flour, therefore, / advise
you to patronize f. III. Burnham.
His brands of 'sFanchon," s'Golden
Gate'' and Supreme" of Enterprise
mills,'' and our "B' mo. L, from
Mcpherson completes the list of our
specialties, which are equal to any in
the state, and you can also get feed
for your cow and the FLY from him."
sob, while / think of it, said
Ralph eff we take that FLY we will
have to make the acquaintance of a
horse shoer."
"Well, 1 am happy to say Wa-Kee-
ney has got one hOrSeshoer that under
stands his business. J. III. Courtney is
his name, and he has made a special
study of the hoof of a horse and can
tell at a glance the kind of shoe the
animal needs. Nearly every one goes
to Courtney. He is a number one black
smith, too. In short it is just the
shop for anyone who wants good work
at reasonable prices
Mr.. Courtney has partner in the
wheelwright department. A. e. Sig
Ter, is his name. He understands his
business thoroughly and gives his Gus
toners painstaking, careful work.
Should you ever have occasion to have
any repairs in this line take it direct
ly to this shop.
Let US look up surrey" said
Ralph.
Straightway Mr.. Benton led his
friend to L. Schmitt's shop and i'm
plement house. Mr.. Schmidt can fur
nish customer with any manufac
ture he wants. In trice deal was
made for a surrey.
Mr.. Schmitt does all kinds of wood
work and makes a speciality Of pillow
repairing, a feature, he is champion
in, and ia the many years experience
in Wa-Keeney has won trade as
blacksmith and wheelwright that any
one may well be proud of. His shop
is located on Genesee street, and is
one of the best equipped in west
ern Kansas.
''By the way" said Benton, we have
another merchant you will want to
know G. c. Bestor is his name. and
! his store is near the south end of
town on the corner. He is a grocer
who takes as his motto. ''high grade
goods at low prices" and its reality
too He is the exclusive dealer in the
celebrated Chase s. Sanborn Teas and
Coffees: also Heinz's well known bot
tied pickles. chow-chow, ketchup and
other relisheS, dressings, etc. He
keeps particularly large line OF tab
! lets and notions, and shoes, and what
is of interest to all humanity has a
special brand of pure baking powder
put up with his personal guarantee.
Ask for ''Our Own Brandt and you
will be supplied with d baking powder
absolutely pure.
When the party entered this place
Nelly saw many things to buy, the
gentlemen left her in the midst of
feminine glory and passed to the
! street.
| ! They had hardly started on their
way when they met F. S. Diebold, the
coal dealer. ''By Jove," said Mr. Ben
ton here is a man you want to get ac-
quainted with. He is our coal dealer.
Mr.. Diebold, let me introduce you to
my friend, Colonel CLAW. recently of
the insurgent army in Cuba. He is
going to settle here and will need
| fuel. of couse." Then turning to
Ralph he said:
1.-The cost of fuel is no small item
and in order to get the best goods at
the lowest price always patronize my
! firm friend Diebold." During this
conversation the trio were walking
toward the yards. Arriving there,
prices were given on hard and soft
coal and an order was placed at once
! for a liberal Sunnly