The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-02-12
Than ONE HUNDRED EYES
the Interests of the
Town Schuyler Colfax
Named.

| Together with their son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sarber manage to conduct a
great store for a small town. jack
son Daley is responsible for some of
this stores success. and both pro-
prietors and patrons appreciate the
faithfulness of "Little Jack -
A. Drake files saws, and does enough
other tinkering in busy little shop
that had John Bunyan owned it Pill
grims Progress might never have
been written.
John Zehner fooled around milling
machinery until he had almost all his
anatomy broken except his head and
his ambition, then he engaged in the
harness trade. He is doing large
repair business.
j. w. SimonS is the veteran baker
of Argos, and, together with Mrs. ST.
mons and the children, a nice bakery
and restaurant is kept going.
Cyrus A. Peabody is an expert jew
elsr, who has well stocked store, and
is genial gentleman to meet.
The United States express company
serves the people of Argos faithfully
by having +. w. White as their local
agent, and the National, via the
Nickel Plate, does the same thing
through the medium of d. G. Parker:
While his pa keeps saws and every
thing of metallic nature In good re-
pair, John Drake sells transportation
tickets and answers telegraphic keys
for the L. E. s. w. railroad.
Jacob Beam has been making har-
ness in Argos for thirty years. A few
years ago he admitted his son, William,
into partnership and together they
have nice store full of horse fixin's.
, E. A. Gray has "kept a meat mar
ket" until he has become farmer. A
nice farm attracts him and he wants
to sell out.
Next door one lands kerplump into
an all kinds of store. A Belmont
Fair, an optical store, musical In
strument store, and jewelry store
are all rolled into one, and two very
nice gentlemen attend it. G.. w. Car.
michael presides over the general
stock, while @. H. Rowe attends to the
eye fixtures, musical and jewelry de.
| partments.
One of the substantial industries OF
Argos is the Touring mill. Thirty
five years ago Leonard Book bought a
half interest in the old Argos mill
Robert Railsback had breathed the
breath of life into a vacant mill build
ing erected by Wash Gordon and Mar
tim Booker by filling 1T with ma
chinery from blown up mill in La
porte county. In a few years Mr.
Book acquired entire ownership of the
mill, and in 1880 replaced the old pro
cess with a new and complete rolle
process. So well has the milling ant
managing of this mill been conductes
isince Mr.. Books ownership tina
"Send me a sack of B. B." is familia
to grocer and telephone operator II
Argos and vicinitv-"B. B" mean
"Bock's Best" the favorite bran'
of flour marketed by this mill. John
son of Mr.. Book, assists in the man
agement of the mill, and this is tn
first blowing up the mill has expert
, enced since Roberet Railsback filed
, with exploded machinery thirty year
ago. The Books are good millers.
Wickizer & Co.,, deal In dirt, do
nestle. exported and imported, just s
warrantee deed can be used In cor
) veying, obtaining and retaining II
"Doc" Wlckizer represents the junio
; end of the firm, and Jacob the senio
end. Both are hustling business mer
+ and also write fire insurance.
i DR.. S. W. Gould, is not only one {
the Oldest residents of Argos, but
] also ranks as one OF the towns bes
( qualified physicians and surgeons.