Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-04-19

In being bothered by such chaps; !
FIRE 'em mighty quick. find every
thing a house.keeper can want In
the stove, tinware and house sup.
ply lines Ia splendid stock at 6. r.
Gould's and I have confidence In
the goods because / know the
house. Prices I've always found
right, same az quality don't low
I've any call to go elsewhere"
Zone of the rankest swindlers of
the day il in supply house furni-
ture," continued the squire. "It's
shoddy, from the cheap imitation
wood it's made of and the paint that
conceals the imperfections, to the
tawdry trimmings that set IL off.
It's simply a cinch that you're 'sold'
when you buy IL, an serves you
right If you are. For right here in
town A. d. C. Harvey has stock of
furniture and house supplies that
the community know to be first
class quality, sold on it's merits and
at close price. The stock includes
all grades for Quitting mansion
or a cabin, of the very latest and &C.
cepted patterns; there is style as
well az quality in Harvey's fur.
nishings."
The deacon still continued to
growl that "the home man had no
mortgage on him."
MAY be not" retorted the squire.
"but who pays taxes to keep up
community expenses1 Who's the
first man you strike with sub
scription list. but the home tner-
chants Who helps you keep up the
schools, churches and charities?
Deuteronomy. Fraud & Co. or
houses like Cooper & Co. And yet
you'll propose to send away for
boots and shoes when you should
know you can get a better quality
for the money right at home. Here's
a store crammed full IF superb
stock of the latest styles of the best
made shoes in creation, and you
ask me to ignore it aud take dead
sure chance of getting swindled by
a concern that never spends cent
here. Deacon, you worry me.
1.-THE home merchants prosperit,
does not interest me-" exclaimed the
colonel.
"Then you are short.sighted." de-
clared the squire. Take the CLOTH
ing house of Cooper & Co. Its en-
ployes consume your products, it's
profits are applied to improve your
town. it pays taxes to help run the
home machine, it subscribes to
every public enterprise. 1t sells
you clothing that is honest at prices
that are economical; it carries a
stock that in extent and variety is
the pride of the town, just because
it is prosperous. Interest you? l
guess yes"
The widow thought the catalogue
houses quoted wall paper wonder
fully low.
"But what's your guarantee of
quality?" demanded the squire. "1f
you 60 to J. G. Polster you make
your own selection. And he carries
every latest product of the mills,
from the ordinary grades for the
modest homes to the ornate mar
wells of art fit to grace the walls of a
queens boudoir. There's nothing
in wallpapers he doesn't have in
big stock. AS to prices it's his boast
that he meets all competition"
81 allow" remarked the captain,
"that the peddler is about the big
gest nuisance that posters a COM
munity."
AN the chief of ems the CRATER
who works the farmers with snide
plows an BINDERS" declared the
squire. "And with a reputable, re-
sponsible house like L. III. Cross
Implement Co. in the field il serves
'em right if they monkey with these
travlin' fakirs. Here's a house,
backed by capital and a known rep.
utation for square dealing. and that
carries only lines of standard ma
chinery and Quitting for farm,
shop or household, and nobody has
any call to take chances with stran-
gers. Then you can get terms of
them that Mr.. Skip-the-prairies chap