Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-18
A. WORD TO
:" THE FARMERS

"' @u& s3eSaVu@9~0
About their Fall and Winter Tradjna
r. To the residents of Ramsey county,
we want to say few words and these
few words will be well worth reading.
From now on almost every person in |
the county will begin to make prepara- |
tions for their fall and winter buying
and before you make single purchase |
read this article and consider it care
fully, We are making an appeal for |
the merchants of Devils Lake and
what we have to say in connection |
with this will convince you that Devils
Lake is the place to buy. Consider
for a moment the difference between
the stores in this city and the store
IN the neighboring villages. The diff
ference is a vast one and therefore the
merchants Of this city are In a position
to fill your wants more perfectly than
the merchants Of any town in this
section of the state and this is where
you should do your fall trading.
r The trading facilities of Devils Lake
far outclass any that the neighboring
towns have to offer. Here we have
the largest stores and the best assort-
ment Of merchandise in this section of
!, the state and it is easy to see where
you can be benefited by trading here.
Small concerns can not sell as cheap
as large ones, for the simple reason
that they do not buy the volumn of
goods that the larger ones do there
fore they do not get the prices on their
goods and consequently can not meet
the prices quoted by the larger stores.
1 In Devils Lake the stores carry as
complete lines of merchandise as
4 stores ia much larger cities and are
Therefore ready to meet the prices
quoted by any concern in the north
west. These things can not be ascer-
tanned until you pay visit to the city
and investigate for yourself. Every
merchant. in the city has been east
during the past month and are back
home and now have on the shelves
and Tables. the most scompl land up.
!. to-t 4 Inanut te line sof goods OF ali de:
Iscription Sthat."can be carried. This
Ifall they are making special efforts
1. to bring trade to Devils Lake and have
cut the prices SO low that profit is OF
i secondary Importance. We want your
, trade in Devils Lake and when you
: visit the city the merchants will make
= or$h Tn
l tagain. AZ greater saving on your fall
i shopping can be made than you realize
: and when you get ready to do you,
). fall and winter shopping pay visit tt
e Devils Lake and you will be satisfied
y lthat you have been losing a goot
many dollars in the past year by no
trading here. ,..
ni And for. those who have done theil
q trading in this city in the past W.
Sj want to give them a gentle reminde!
that this is the season of the year tha
ell the cataIOg houses are flooding tn,
u imails with their advertising literatur,
/ 4 and we want to give you a word o
= warning. Before you send your goo'
d money away to some concern win
atwould not give you a dollars worth Q
credit If you were compelled to asl
v for it. Many Of the farmers as well a
q Others thoroughout the country max
IL a practice of trading with the hom
I. merchants ali through the sufnme
months when the money lis scarce an
e,lafter harvest when their grain is sol
la and they have sufficient to pay thei
~ Idebts and buy considerable more the
81 forget the merchant who, has bee
q their friend In the hour Of need an
i has carried 9 large account for the1
= ON their hooks. Then is: the time the
~ begin to investigate the catalog heus
itI prices and will send away for their IA
winter supp Is this Justice.
d-I 1.-THE merchants of the city, and thos
1e who have been friends TO you Whe
III you were ins need of assistance and d
III not have the cash to pay for what 10
wanted. Trade with the firm that 9hs
d befriended you and when you are 4
need again sshe will be willing to hel
W " you out III 1t lis necessary And nj
he only are we making an appeal for tl
le merchants Of the city in the tinanei
IA. way but we want 10 remind you th,
ii. every dollar you spend with the cat
log house u you only get dftyS cen
~ value received. This may seem d nd
ia cnlous statement To some but nsve
thelessSi II isS so. It III an utter impu
'ses S aibility for eatalos houses TO sell q
81 81 same quality off goods 10 you for u
of same prices that the home rnerchan
Eo- quote and Il you don know this IN
ss. about time that yoa were learning q
i'd ! The gooda carried ny the concerns a
ID. 4 os u cheap inferior &orsler and VIII y
s come up tto the standard OF agticl
ss#2sI carried bys geodi rslia abls snerchan
such as WA have ID DaYils Lake
s8.ss You send mon
catalog houses and iira gsslirn VII
send anything at answers the a
seription that yots hare ordered Il,
vneshar ss or slett II,
nal have to ksep iiss and yes, have aaolll
t to coarae to CAL loiiay mi
wv III aye sntt respssd 81 B
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