The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-06-24
The Paul w. Light
Lumber Company
(By N. o. Shanks)


No industry in the city is more
worthy of creditable mention than
the Paul W. Light & Company, Lum-
Der. The extensive yards and office
are located on South Kansas avenue.
Here Paul w. Light and c. M. Light
owns a block of ground over which
are the numerous sheds, driveways,
buildings and the large stock Of all
kinds of building materials.
The general stock consists of all
dimension lumber, shingles, laths,
sheeting, brick and stone for founda-
tions, siding, finishing. The feature
of the yard is the yellow pine and the
white pine and the fir; the Ashgrove
cement, which by the way is the sup
crime Portland cement; Sewals paint
and varnish and the Chandler lump
coal; the yard has the exclusive agen-
cyfor the Red Top steel fence posts,
as well as the agency for the Iowa
steel gates. Anything kept in we'll
stocked and well regulated yard will
be found here, and two trucks are
kept in readiness to make deliveries
quickly.
]. E. George first established this
yard. Later it was purchased by the
two Lights. Last February, F. j.
Knaak became the yard manager,
through Mr.. Paul Light gives the
business his personal attention. Mr..
Knaak halls from Mullinville, Kansas.
While building has picked up in
this section the past few months,
many have been holding back think
ing something would tend to bring
down the price of building material.
This however is not likely. The war
caused cessation of building; the
country got behind; so did the lum-
Der interests. Supply and demand
regulate the price of an article. The
supply has decreased, the demand is
increasing raidly. So the manager
of this yard does not see any show
land he is in line with the thought of
leading lumber men over the coun-
try and world for that natter for
building materials to take any de-
crease.
The father of Mr.. Light is one of
the early settlers of this country. He
is one of the few settlers of some
thirty years ago who is still living on
his original homestead. Fewer than
twenty-five of the original settlers
are still living on their original fill
ings.
The company realizes that all its
competitors have stock of building
material; their strong point is having
a stock of well constructive non-con-
petitive building ideas; t be a real
source of satisfactory service as a
building merchant backed by a high
class stock of building materials
coupled with accommodations cour-
tesy and fair prices; This yard has
established the widest possible recog-
milton of representing uniform high
quality in lumber yard products.
Liberal is a city of homes; of
home owners-and any city is a bet
ter city when the majority are home
owners; not only in the city but in
the country districts-that kind of
community is always the better one
to live in, more favorable environ
ment for the development of char
acter in children.
This yard has done much to help
in this matter; they have given credit;
they have advised and accommodated
from time to time They were able
to do so; they were willing to do so.
No one can say but that an establish
ment of that kind is but of the best
value to a community.
The yard enjoys trade that ex-
tends over sereval counties in three
states-Ochilree county, Texas, Bea-
yer and Texas counties, Oklahoma,
counties, Kansas.