La Junta tribune., 1901-09-11
PoLLYs UNCLE JOSH.
He Does the Handsome Thing
by the Welded Ones, who
Settle IN La Junta. and are
Happy Forever Afterwards.

the most desirable place 70 build
II you want to see about prices
and terms you must 60 down and
see H. G. Bourne, who runs the
leading real estate Office in the city.
He is q wide awake aud up to date
business man. bought \ farm
Of him several years ago that
proved to be one Of the best in
vestments I ever made. You know
there are some real estate men who
are looking for the best end OF il
but my friend Bourne has been
renting my houses and placing
loans for me for some time and !
have always found him honest and
upright in all his dealings and fair
to both the borrower and lender. +"
"By the way" exclaimed Uncle
Josh, with = paternal air. .Im
thinkin' the next thing to look af
ter is the lumber to put into the
house, so I think we'll drive over
to the r. w. English Lumber
Company, the leading lumber
dealers Of La Junta. ! have known
them for good many years. and
I'm sure Mr.. English will give US
q square deal. When I know get
treated right, l don't do any run
ming around. They carry the most
complete stock in this part Of the
country. everything from sill to
shingles. They have just finished
unloading = car of new lumber
and. by gum. IT'S all right"
After being introduced to Mr..
A. w. English they were all con-
Quoted through his various depart
ments aud were agreebly surprised q
at the fine lines Of building mater.
isl he carried.
..I've known Mr.. English for
nigh on twelve yeats, and you can
see they carry everything in their
line, even down to posts. Just look
Il that line Of brick, lime. stucco.
cement aud hair they carry. Yes,
sir, they've got the biggest yard
r
south Of Denver, and also have
Eve other yards in this county
alone"
"This Is the best place in town
to buy coal 1t, too," continued
Josh, "as l we'll knew before
your Aunt Jane died. See that
bin there; that's got more'n thirty
cars Of coal in it already and there
is more comm too"
"Now that we've bought our
lumber, the next thing to look after
is the painter aud We don't want
to employ . boscher. The person
! always deal with is F. A. Griffin,
our best painter and paper hanger.
He painted up some Of my town
houses last summer and made them
look a. nice - city folks have.
Besides, Franks fne sign paint
e., too, and il you were to walk
through some Of the houses he has
painted you would think you were
walking through fairy land" en-.
phatieally remarked the old man.
"We'll get our wall paper while
we'te here too," continued Josh,
s'as Griffin keeps the best stock in
IOWA.
s.yvs1l," said Uncle Josh. latter
MI this runnin' around, We have
forgotten % buy any hardware" {"
..How could ~ forget the most
impostsni ihing." sid Polly.
..Wejl," J" says josh. .sconne along
with me. I'll take you mp and in
tsoduce you TO A. B. corbin.
manager Of the La Junta Hard
ware Company. and you can pick
out anything you want. AZ soon
~ they went in Polly spied one Of
those new tangled sewing machines
= Is : - q
vhich, she bought, also Superior
stove and range. gasoline stove,
some tinvase, washing machine
and ~ Of cooking utsnsila A.
tes walkisG around for some time.
Polly. With m sye like N eagle.