Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-03-16

His name Il b. Fletcher Flanagan,
but what's IN namef His ances-
tors for generations back were Ger
mans. At fourteen be was q farm
er boy with fourteen cents In his
pocket. He Is now thirty, but what
we started out to tell you is that
four years ago, at the time Of the
money panic, he owned eighty head
Of hogs. He says that the conditions
Of affairs made him mad. He could
hardly sell the hogs at any price
and was paying fifty cents for corn.
Flanagan decided to hang ki' hogs
on q cottonwood tree in his yard.
He slaughtered every one Of thcu
and sold first class country sausage
to his neighbors and to tlle people
in tho country and this citr near
Nv. His card now reads, "E. n
Flanagan, Abilene, Kansas, U. s. A.,
Country Sausage, Lard and Cured
Meats. r. r. D. No. 7. Phone 1850"
His experiment gave him courage
and confidence and put ideas into
his head. Flanagan worked his up
per story and developed something.
Easy enough thing to do for any
who will don that headgear called
a thinking cap.
Abilene did not know much about
him for awhile. People saw q smart
Gifted delivery wagon on the streets
and wondered who owned 1t. They
INQUIRED and found 1t belong to Q
farmer-then they asked questions
about his business and bought nia
products. The newspapers Of the
neighboring towns commenced adver-
Using FIanagan's meats. The sec.
ond year he killed two hundred and
eight porkers, and this year six hun
dred. But he did not use the cotton
wood tree for slaughter house,
nor the cellar Of his residence for
A butcher shop and store room any
more. Flanagan was graduated from
the public schools long before he
reached the high school, but ne knew
how to build good foundation wall,
and his brother with him was a
carpenter. He now has buildings
with solid cement Easements, spac-
ious work rooms, clean large store
rooms, a smoke house, four and
eight horse power gasoline engines
He is now installing in a new build
ing, a two horse power engine to
separate the cream, churn the but
ter, pump water, run the washing
machine and other machines too
numerous to mention.
Flanagan is sending his products
to all the country around and as far
away as Denver. Well, all these
things did not merely happen, but by
foresight, patience, stick-to-it-ivenessi
hard work and by making only first
class goods, the man made them
happen. This last is really what we
wanted to tell you most. Flanagan
makes quality goods. He kills only
fine, fat, ten-months-old, three hum
dred-pounders, and he has no fears
Of the pure food inspector.
Flanagan is a standpatter. He
figures the cost of everything en-
tering into the manufacture of his
products, then makes living price
and sticks to 1t. Nothing can induce
him to change his price. The best
Is the cheapest and advertlses itself
and Flanagan, different from some
Of his fellowmen, has the rare good
sense to know 1t. Do you wonder
that he has a business that Is pay
ing interest on s25.OOOf The capi-
talization is not too high, either,
and the business Is in it's infancy.
Flanagan is q square dealer, too. The
five men In his employ are paid good
wages in addition to their board,
and not one wants to quit. The 9TH
or day he returned ninety cents Of
q customers remittance when he
found that the price Of lard had
broken after delivery-but he did not
tell It, for he considered 1t merely
his duty. He may be a millionaire
packer yet-you can't tell. Anyhow
his prosperity is assured.
Do quality goods and business
methods on the farm pay? Ask
Enoch Fletcher Flanagan.
WELL, WELL!