The Delta independent., 1919-08-29
DELTA MERCHANTS HAVE
RIGHT PRICES ON GOODS
Somewhere in Kansas.
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Dear Independent Family:
How are you all? ITO use trite ex-
preston: 81 take my pen in hand to
let you know So"
take my pen because in the hurry,
scurry of busy farm life the call of a
typewriter is not nearly SO strong as
| the call of the field disc and thresh-
ing machine.
To begin with, we are having a per-
fectly gorgeous time.
One thing want to speak of before
1 forget it, and l hope all will read
this portion Of my letter.
H A lot of people "over home" have a
"phool" habit of going to Denver to
get dry goods.
i l tarried too long in Denver and
fearing my young son would need
clothes l inquired at dry goods
store that covered blocks and blocks
piled up l mean-of floor space; the
ad of which appears on the back cover
of-well not thhe Coop Telephone Di-
] rectory, but some directory anyway,
| asked of the smiling head saleslady,
for blouses. She said they were hav-
ing special today on boys wash
suits on the second floor" and would
like to look at them?
Now right here l want to state en-
phatically that / am not mail order
woman, which accounts for my ability
to quote Delta prices. Yes l would
look at the suits. Imagine my surprise
when was informed by the spectacled
lady behind the counter that the price
was $29S. Regular 81 suit, lady"
as she got Cor thought she got) the
number OF the cadaverous individual
opposite her.
1.-TWO ninety-eight - regular price
four bucks" My brain reeled and far
away thought I heard someone cal
ling" when / got myself gathered to-
gether l scarcely recognized my voice
as I informed my vis-a-vis that lover
home" at Hillman's, Mathers and the
Variety Store the price was s1.75,
$1S5 and $500 regular. l didn't buy
any suit but scrupulously loaded the
health officer till / could get out Of
town.
went into the best known drug
store in Denver for matted milk.
1t was a big place-people. people
every where, great fans buzzing away
and four immaculate white coated in
dividuals gliding quietly about.
Slop! Slop! After several months
of Harding -Ruber and Osborne-Wil-
hanson soda fountain service, to en-
tercounter this in Denver. On the
square, there was nothing doing|
passed 1t up.
So now If any of you folks expect to
find things better in Denver-just be-
cause its Denver-youre going to be
disappointed.
| Denver is beautiful place, though.
and all needed was several thousand
dollars and good job. to be happy
there for long time.
will pass briefly over the next few
days, which were filled with pleasure
from morning till night
Everyone here has a car or Ford
mostly Fords. l had new exper.
fence when l went after a bunch Of
horses in Ford car. By skillful man
ipulation of levers and the etc" in
connection with Ford, we evaded
cactus punctures and flip-nops, ar
riving home safely.
nearly forgot to tell you about the
telephone system here. It's called the
Independent systematically too. It's
80 very independent that 1t only on
special occasions deigns Number
Please?" When you want to commun
icate with a party-that is a party
outside of your own household-you
step to the phone and grasp the crank
firmly with both hands, and give 6
correct imitation of a man running 6
grocery store coffee grinder-the kint
they used before they used electrical
power. About this time several re
ceivers click along the line when al
many ears,-no excuse me-two ear
to receiver-tune themselves for th'
latest news over the party line. Abou
this time you yell into the transmitte
Someone ring central, please?" Ant
then, because you never know JUS
who Someone" is, Someone" kindl.
relays your ring into central, thel
you call your number and after a sue
cession of relays, you perhaps max
your needs known and sink into
chair within a fervent prayer Of thanks
giving that nothing can last forever
No didn't go through one Of thos
contortions. 1 promised you before
left that would not touch tels
phone receiver. but was an unwillin
witness on several occasions: and a
I ruminated guiltily remembered
very few times when l had r,lng tn
4 Coop. central the second time an
sarcastically enquired OF Alice or MY