The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-06-11

the money is invariably sent with the
order, there is no charge account, nc
statements to be sent out, no posting
| from the day book to the journal, and
from the journal to the ledger, and no
long waits for the money. II one cares
to order from mail order houses and
hasn't the money, he goes to his bank.
or and borrows it, and sends it to the
mail order house. He says he saves
money. Would not his home mer-
chant-his neighbor, the man who
helps pay the county and state tax, the
man who helps build up the city and
county, treat this customer the same
if he knew he was getting his money
when he sold the goods? OF course
there may be exceptions, but we be-
lieve the average merchant would be
pleased to revise his credit prices to a
cash basis on any bill presented to
him for quotations, and would meet
foreign prices, and in many instances,
make even better prices. D. :.
''7 W.. @r' 50
B. J. Sibbert is spending the week
in the Dakotas where he is looking
after his extended land interests. He
will first stop in Clark county, S. D.,
in which county he owns considerable
land, among the more important
pieces being seven hundred acres,
known as the National Cash Regis
ter ranch This is very highly i'm
proved farm, having nine-room
house, two large stock barns, two
mammoth granaries, a number of cat
tie sheds, corn cribs, hog houses and
other buildings. The land is all till
able, and is being worked by Martin
Wagner, a former Crawford county
farmer, who is making good money
for himself and Mr.. Sibbert. Another
Clark county farm owned by Mr.. Sib-
bert, is Of 4S0 acres, and is rented by
Harry ,Helkenn, formerly of Holstein.
This farm is also very highly improv-
ed, having large set of buildings,
and is all under cultivation. Still an
other section owned by Mr. Sibbert
in Clark county is being worked by
Roy Austin, also an Iowa, man. This
Section, like all of Mr.. Sibbert's South
Dakota holdings, is in a very high
state Of cultivation, and well improved
with buildings. Any of this land
would sell for $3.50 per acre, but Is not
for sale. AS a speculation Mr. Sib-
bert owns about three thousand acres
in North Dakota. and Is also interest;
ed with others in two or three other.
big tracts of land in that state. Mrs.
Sibbert is accompanying her husband
on the trip. df 's d. ..i*' .
Black Hawk county is the first of
the Iowa counties to vote on the mat
ter of hard surfacing of the roads.
The election for this purpose was held
last week, and there was only light
vote, as the day was very rainy. The
carried by more than six
hundred votes, and the amount of
bonds called for was $1,500,000.
+. sai~E D}4 ,;lLaF- SD t5'a.- ..
/ John Wiese, Who is now living on
the Meehan farm west Of Denison,
was in town OF" Saturday. He reports
everything looking fine out his way,
with every prospect of big crop. For
Seven years John lived down near
Manning but. -he4is glad to, get. back.
nearer pfar Denisolnl acknowledgements st:i..t,t
Cashier E. M. Hugg has workmen
out on his farm ssouth of Denison
where he is building fine perma-
nent foundation sunder a large barn.
The foundation is 32xS6, and is being
erected of hollow tile. Mr.. Hugg con-
templates a number of improvements
to: his place before the building season
IS over. S :...s5 II. y r
"a weed is any plant in the wrong
place. Vegetables too close together
are as injuriousStn each other as
weeds. Thin them aout before they