Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-28
KANSAS AHEAD.


though it may be bad sickness; be :
cause Kansas goes to the extremes in
everything, in the good and in the
bad.
One riding over Barton County,
either North or South, East or West,
would find it regular Klondyke,
where the gold is not in the hard
quartz rock deep down in the bowels
of 3he earth, but on the top of the
ground. It is covered with the rich
golden heads'of wheat which is easier
cut and marketed than the gold that
is in the mountains or in the valleys.
No state in the Union shows off to
a better advantage than the state of
Kansas in Its green garb in the spring
and summer time, and certainly no
state in the Union gives richer returns
to the farmers, year in and year out
by the cycle of time, than the glorious
state of Kansas.
Of course we cannot expect to have
large wheat crop every year, nor
could we hardly wish it So; but we do
know we have all been bumped up
against the hard knocks of time Of
ten, in the past, that when hard times
come again they will not be felt so
much, because every farmer will be
80 fixed that he can enjoy the dead
times with the surplus he has saved
from the good times.
And aow while you are sitting. in
the cool of the evening, thinking of
the future and talking with each 9th
er how you will enjoy life and what
you will get to enjoy life with, which
is legitimate and proper, please don't
forget that we have few of the arti-
cles that you need in the house and on
the farm that will contribute to your
ease, happiness and comfort, and that
is what you are, after, is it not?
You are not working just simply to
see the wheat in the stack, or the
money in the bank, or hid away in an
old tin can, bet ween bed. ticks, or in
the bureau drawer. Of course you
are not going to spend it all, but you
are going to spend just as much as you
think right and proper to make each
of the household have better love
for the home and for each other.
That is all-nothipg more, nothing
less.
Now you may, right after harvest,
need Gang or Sulky Plow. Don't
forget to get the Oliver or Hummer,
which We have. They are the best
because they have proven themselves
80, and what is more, the Oliver is not
in the trust and we hope it never will
go into it. We sometimes think the
Oliver will burst the Trust, by not
not going into it, because the Oliver
Company is worth just about as much
as the other pillow companies combin.
ed, and why should they 60 into the
Trust? They are not after the money
80 much now as they are after name
and fame. They want to see one of
their plows in every farmers hand,
and they are selling at a price that
every farmnr can get one.
Then you may, after harves,, need
a Mower and Rake, and you know
you cannot get anything better than
the Woods, Cham pion, Standard and
Osborne, and if you will just simply
get one we are certain you will find
that none are better. We also sell
the Acme Stackers and Go-devils.
We are just receiving 3 car loads of
Winona -Rashford and Studebaker
Wagons; 4 car loads of Parry and
Moon Bros. Buggies; 2 car loads of
Oliver Gang and Sulky Flows; 3 car
loads of Kentucky, Decatur and Do
wagiac Disc Drills; car load of Key
stone Disc aud Lever Harrows, and
several car loads of Furniture.
Now while you are fixing up on the
outside. please don't forget that the
ladies would like to fix up on the in
side. Enjoyment is what you want
them to have; are you going to let
them get it or are you going to get it
for them4 Had Won not better saw