The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-02-26
What a Dollar Will Do.

''NIy brother and were together for a long time but
I never see him again. guess said the big Silver Dol
lar to the Five Dollar Bank Note " He taken over to
Mossdae with lot of shiny quarters, while
here to Centervle where I've certainly spent busy six
months. | heard he was sent out of Mossdae to Chi
cagO mail order house to pay for four pounds of eathe
kind that doesn't taste good somehow as you thought
it would when you read about it in the catalOg.
And how I've worked since separated! This is
a live little city you'll soon learn for yourself I've
moved about much call myself The Rolling Dollar
Ever stop to think how many bills dollar can roll
out flat all ready for the Bills Paid Filethat is, if
the people will only keep track Of him and hold him with
ing reach in their own community?
'Why, dozens of times I've been in the same trouser
pocket twice in the same week You see Cenervie folks
spend their money here in town. Perhaps that is
why it has doubled in eight years.
"Just the other day paid out by farmer
grocery bill didn't stay in that till very long for
it payday and the delivery boy got me The next
morning | went into a clothing store The clothing
store took me home and had almost day s rest.
Then his wife bought two settings Of fancy eggs from that
farmer and went back to that house The farm
ers wife spent me for dry goods right away and
the next day | went to carpenter who putting
partition in the store The carpenter used for
part Of his rent money, and | laid in the bank for
hour Then the minister drew me out when he cashed
small check, and in his home rubbed up against shiny
$5 gold piece bridegroom gave him.
1.-THE minister's wife took the two of us to the furni
ture store, and bought rocking chair. The same
day went into the butchers TILL back into the bank and
the next day in to jewery store The eweer bought
lighting fixtures from the man in the next block
| moved down there, and then out into the country
again when the fixture man bought new horse. No.
couldn't pay for that horse by my SELF the others were
new bills, fresh and crisp.
''The man who sold the horse took me to the planning
MILL and heard him say he could square up that he
had sold the horse. went out of the mill Saturday af-
tenoon wages and Monday landed in a shoe store
The man who carried there said the boss had given
him the raise he had been promised because business
was looking up now At any rate, the shoe man had
show window put in his store and helped pay for
that. Right away dropped into the cash register
of restaurant and then back here to the grocery store
Well, we II another often [ guess, you're bound
to around in Centerville.
How do | know I'll never see my brother again?
Why did you any of the money that is sent to
Chicago Buffalo st. Louis or New York coming
back this way? The mail order houses dom buy any,
thing from this distrcttheir business is to sell to the
folks here and then let them rustic around as best they
can to sell what they grow moke. The mail order
house doesn't help you any get the money but it will
help you to get rid of it by buying in larger quantities
than you need and sometimes buying things you can't af
ford just because the picture in the cataog looks so nice
Brother probably went to pay for street improve
ment in Buffalo he helpedust little bit-to pay for
dinner in Chicago grill It's goodbye when YOU
go there"