Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-01
I'VE DON'T GO WEST OF RENO

Such were the words we read in
several letters of eastern parties, In
veetment Companies and Insurance
Companies. That lie to say,s we are
afraid of you people in Barton county
and the west, and consequently we
don't loan our money so far west.
Well, that is pretty good thing, We
don't want them west, we don't need
their money. The fact of the busi-,
ness is, the farmers can loan them
money. They don't know that we
have had good times for the last four
or five years, they don't know the far
mers of this county have paid up and
have added acres to their farms and
have paid for it with, their own money
and not a dollar Of eastern money
used. If our good crops keep up for
several more years, the people of this
county will have money TO go back
east and buy out those individuals
and then rent their property back to
them. q
They will come here, though, and
that very soon. those very same peo-
pie who don't want to loan their
money here now will be Begging the
people here to take their money, be-
cause they will sooner or later learn
(you know they live back east and it
takes . long time for them to grasp
hold of new idea) that Barton
county people are the best fixed peo-
pie in the country, and they are the
second county in Kansas for growing
wheat, that they are the seventh coun-
ty in the state in their bank depos-
its, that they have now fourteen hum
dred thousand dollars In the bank
with five millions of bushels of wheat
harvested this year and one half yet
to sell Consequently you see there is
quite balance In the hands of the
people to spend in some way.
Now we would not advise you to
spend all of this money this year or
to put it all 10 the house, or in land.
1t is always good to have little on
hand for q rainy day, for sickness. for
emergencies of any kind that might
arise. But should you conclude to fix
up the house little this fall. and
make it a little more pleasant for the
long hours that you will spend in it,
we would like you to call and inspec.
our new furniture we have just re-
ceived In the way of bedroom cults,
parlcr suits, wardrobes, kitchen fur.
nIture, sideboards, book cases, tables
of all kinds, safes, beds, lounges, wall
paper, carpets. curtains, pictures and
picture frames.
Some have not bought these articles
thinking they are too high. but if you
will Just come in and see what $1,000,
$15. 90 or $4,000 will buy inc carpets,
wall paper, ETC., you will be astonish.
ed, andoafter you have them in your
house you will appreciate them more
than the, money you put in them. .
We will also be glad to- have you
call and look over the Genuine Gar
land steel ranges and cook stoves, the
Genuine Beckwith Round Oak heating
stoves, and the Art Garland and Rs~,
dent Home hard coal base huratr
Notwithstanding that all articles
made out of iron and steel, have gone
up in price, the advance on these
articles have not been so great as on
others.
We thought we had enough but we
haven't, and that ia barb-wire go we
have ordered another car load We
suppose it ia on account of all the far
mers pasturing their wheat, which
will be a great saving as fodder is
quite scarce.
Should you conclude to go little
farther and get watch, clock, or
some jewelry, we will be- pleased to
show Won what wa have and olive Won,