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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-05-28
MARKETS NEEDED
BY The FARMERS
Presence of Thriving Cities Near
BY, Important to Residents
of Country.
merchants Do Their PART
Tcwn and Rural Community Are De.
pendent Upon Each Other-Co-
operation Alone Brings Pros.
perity to Both.
tCopyright.)

OOpyr1ght.)
Residents of towns and cities every.
where are beginning to realize more
acutely the fact that, except under
very unusual conditions their cOmmu-
mites will prosper and develop only
In proportion to the prosperity and de-
velopment that comes to the farming
sections which surround them. Real
iZlng this fact, commercial clubs and
Chambers of commerce have in recent
years been devOting as much of their
attention to developing the country
districts as they have to securing new
Industries and attracting new resi-
dents. They know that as the coun-
try about the towns becomes more
thickly settled and as the farmers be-
come more prosperous the more money
Will be spent In the towns and the
faster these towns will grow. 1t is
largely for this reason that the resi-
dents of the towns and cities have
been doing more and more to aid the
farmers In growing bigger crops and
In Improving marketing conditions.
The towns and cities have contributed
more and more literally toward the
building Of good roads in the country
districts and have paid large part
OF the expense Of maintaining agri-
cultural experts to assist the farmers
IN growing bigger crops and getting
more money out of their crops when
they are placed on the market.
Not one-sided Proposition.
But this is not a one sided PROPOSE.
ton. II the city Is dependent upon
the country, so is the country depend
ent upon the city. What the farmer
raises Is worth absolutely nothing to
him unless he can sell 1t at price that
Will pay him a fair return on the
money and time invested in it's pro-
duction. The farmer. without mar
kets, would be In the same fix as a
storekeeper without customers. In al
most every case the farmer Is de-
pendent upon the nearby town or city
for market for at least his perish.
able products.
In the language of the street, It liz
a fifty-ffty proposition. The town
needs the country and the country
needs the town. The farmer needs the
assistance Of the storekeepers of the
town In securing a market for his
products. He needs the assistance of
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-05-28
EVERY ONE WANTS
MONEYS WORTH
Natural Desire Is Not to Get the
Worst of Any Business
Transaction.
CHEAPEST NOT ALWAYS BEST
Person Who Buys From Catalogue
House Sees Only the Price and
Forqets That Value Is Thing
That Counts.
(Copyright.)

(Copyright)
When you spend your money you
naturally want to get all you can in
return. No one can criticize you for
having that desire. Only those who
are commonly referred to as having
more money than sense" throw their
money away. All others are careful to
see that they do not get the worst of
any bargain. But one has to be able
to look farther than the end of his
nose If he is to be sure that he Is get
ting the most that he can get for his
money.
That is the defense of the man who
buys from the mail order house instead
of patrOniZing the merchants in his
own town. He says he can get more
for his money when he buys from the
mail order man than when he spends
his money at home. But in arriving
at that conclusion he certainly has not
been able to look further than the end
of his nose.
In most cases the man who buys
goods from a mail order house does
so because he thinks he is getting the
goods for less money than he would
have to pay for them at the store in
his own town. He thinks he is look
ing out for No. l and he says it is
not his fault If the merchant in his
town cannot make any money and is
forced to go out of business. He over
looks the fact that he is likely to be
as hard hit as anyone else when that
merchant closes his doors but, leav-
Ing that probability out of considera-
ton, the chances are about 10 to that
the buyer has really lost money on his
deal with the mail order man.
Price Not Only Consideration.
II buying an article of any kind,
whether 1t be house and lot or pa
per of pins, the price Is not the only
thing to be considered by any means.
You are not in the habit of going into
store when you want to buy suit of
clothes and saying to the storekeeper:
"Give me the cheapest suit of clothes
you have in the house, You want the
best suit of clothes you can get for the
price you pay for it, but you don't
usually want the cheapest thing you
can find.
A man may delude himself into be-
heving that when he buys a suit of
clothes from mail order house for
$40 he Is saving money, but what is
there to justify him In such belief?
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-05-28

Inc mere lact tnat ne Is getting SUIT
for $40 does not mean that he is saw
ing money. The chances are that If
he should go to the man who runs the
clothing store in his own town and
ask for II he could get suit Of clothes
for $40 and the chances are also that
1t would be just as good If not q bet
ter bargain than the suit which he
could get from the mail order house
for the same sum. 1t Is not the price
he pays that shows whether he Is get
ting a bargain or not. 1t IL the quail
ity Of goods that he gets for his money
that counts.
Can Underseil Mail Order House.
The home merchant can sell as
cheaply as the mail order man If he
sells as cheap goods as the mail order
man sells. His expenses are not as
heavy as those of the mail order man.
He pays less rent in proportion to
the business he does, his taxes are less
In proportion to the capital invested.
His advertising bills are less than
those Of the mail order man in proper
ton to the volume of his sales. He
can undersell the mail order man any
day in the year if he wishes to sell
only goods of the same quality and
style of those sold by the mail order
man, but he doesn't do this because he
knows that the majority of the people
in his town do not want that quality
and style of goods. Therefore he keeps
in stock goods of all qualities and all
prices. He has the $40 suit for the
man who thinks that he can get more
for his money by buying suit at that
price than he can by buying better
one for $50, but he tells the customer
just what he is buying.
The next time you think about buy
ing something from mail order house,
II you ever do think Of such thing,
60 first to your home merchant and
ask to see the article which you are
thinking of buying.
Ready to Compare Prices.
Your home merchant is business
man. He gets the best values he can
for his money when he buys goods, and
he does not expect his customers to
do anything else. All that he asks, in
return for the favors he does his Gus
toners ana the things. he does for the
good of his community is that he be
given an opportunity to meet the in
sidious competition Of the mail order
house. He is perfectly willing to have
mis- prices and his values compared to
those of the mail order house, but he
mas a just complaint when he is not
given a chance to make this COMPARE
son.
If all buyers would take the value as
well as the price of the article they
are buying into consideration, the mail
order houses would all so out of BUSH
ness tomorrow.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-05-28

1t is known by those who have
looked up his record that Townley
head of the Non-Partisan league. is
rank Socialist, yet there is a
disposition to resent it on the part
of members of the league when it
IS pointed out that they are being
guided by him and his Socialist CO.
workers into the ranks of Socialism
and Communism and the Soviet.
Leaders of the league, or MEM
bers of it, may disclaim any part
nership with Socialism. but the
Socialists themselves do not deny
it and welcome the league members
vas brothers. Read the following
! from the New York Call, the Of
gficial daily organ of the Socialists
' or Communists in this country:
Good for Townley and the
North Dakota farmers! If they
: are mad we want to see them bite
1.-The agriculturalists of all other
; states and infect them We do not
look upon their efforts as a COM
E petitor or rival of Socialism but a
movement cOnverging on the same
+ road and with the same objects.
They are Socialists whatever
other name they may call them
selves, and are working for the
realization of Socialism. We extend
,-fraternal greetings to the farmers
of North Dakota. They are, at
last. on the right track. and we
sincerely hope they will show the
way to other millions Of tillers of
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-05-28

me storeKeepers OF me town IN getung
good roads over which he may haul his
products without losing more time
than the products are worth. He often
needs the assistance of the stOrekeep-
ers in helping him over a period OF
financial stringency.
storekeeper Needs Farmers Trade.
On the other hand the stOrekeeper
needs the business of the farmer. He
does not ask the farmer to sell him his
products on credit even though at the
time he may be hard pushed for cash
and may need more credit badly. He
does not ask the farmer to help him
build a sidewalk in front Of his store.
He does not ask for the business OF
the farmer provided that he can sell
the farmer the goods he needs at as
low a price as he can secure them for
elsewhere.
But does he always get the farmers
business? Ask the mail order man
In the big city or ask the postmaster
or the express agent in any town or
city in the country. They could, If
they would tell of thousands Of dollars
sent away to the big cities to pay for
goods that could be purchased Just as
cheaply and much more conveniently
in the nearest town or city. These
thousands Of dollars, when sent to the
mail order houses in the big cities,
never come back. They do not help
to build good roads past the farmers
houses. When the next crops are har-
vested, the mail order man won't buy
any of the farmers products. The
potatoes, the tomatoes, the melons and
other things that the farmer raises
may lie and rot upon the ground so
far as the mail order man is concerned.
No Credit From Mail Order Man.
The mail order man won't sell the
| farmer 2 cents worth of goods on
one days credit no matter how badly
the farmer may need the goods or how
little ready cash he has to pay for
them. If the farmers house burns
down, the mail order man is not 60
| ing to sell him any lumber on credit
so that he may build another home.
He will take what cash he can get the
! farmer to send him and there his in
terest in the farmer ends. If the farm
er has no money to pay for what he
needs. the mail order man will find
others to help swell the stream of dol
lars which Is building up his great for
tune and helping build up the great
city In which he lives. Let the home
merchant help the farmer when he
needs it. And the local merchant does
help the farmer as long as he can. but
there comes a time when he cannot.
He cannot make money without GUS
toners. Without the legitimate profit
that he makes from his sales he can
not Garry the farmer over the rough
spots, he cannot contribute to the good
| roads funds. he cannot pay the farmer
cash for his products
New York Herald-"Fair and
Warmer" Look for gales of
laughter.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29

by the police. The window display of
jewelry store was carried away.
Girls were reported to have looted the
window of a millinery store, carrying
away the display Of spring hats.
To prevent looting Mayor Price issued
a proclamation tonight placing the busi-
ness district under military law.
Storms Freak Stunts.
Stories Of the freak stunts of the
storm are legion. The families Of Louis
and Charles Henning were seated at
dinner when the cyclone lifted the house
from over their heads without iujurins
any Of the party. Ten houses in n .pace
of three blocks in that neighborhood we're
destroyed.
The first train into Elgin, leaving Chi
cage at 2:O5 p. M, reached here shortly
after 4 o'clock and was halted in the
outskirts while workmen sawed and
chopped away scores of trees which had
been blown across the tracks. 1t pro-
ceeded west after a delay Of more than
an hour.
William Mcclure. city assessor, esti-
mated after a survey of the wrecked
district, that reconstruction would cost
81 600, 600.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29
36 Are KILLED
100 INJURED IN
ALABAMAST0RM

Atlanta. Ga. March oS.-At least SO
lives were lost, hundred or more per-
sons were injured and property damage
possibly running into millions Of dollars.
was caused by tornadoes that swept
through Georgia and Alabama late to-
day.
La Grange and West Point, Ga. towns
near the Alabama Georgia border. suf-
fered the the heaviest. Twenty-onc
bodies, six whites and Is negroes, were
found.
West Point reported ten dead and
severe property damage in the business
section: Five persons were killed at
Agricola. Aha, which reported many in
1ured. The tornado also was felt m
Macon, where property damage ran high
and some persons were injured.
Wire service. both telegraph and tels.
phone. was partially paralyzed and It
was impossible to ascertain exact
property damage or to get reports from
many sections Of the state. Many towns
were in darkness. Heavy rains fell
throughout a great portion Of Georxia.
The Red Cross here is preparing to
rush supplies to La Grange by army
motor truck as the Atlanta & West
Point railroad reported it could not
dispatch relief train because it's wires
were down.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29
arm " Law IN ELC|N
TO PREVENT L00T|NC

El9in. Ill.,, March 2S.-With eight
known dead, 100 or more injured and
property loss that may exceed $4,000. 900
Elgin tonight is paralyzed as a result of
tornado that swept over this town at
noon today.
Tonight this city Of 1900 persons
is in darkness and almost cut off from
the outside world. At p. m. the busi-
ness district. which bore the brunt Of the
storm, was cleared by order Of Mayer
Erwin f. Price and national guards and
volunteers are patrolling the streets to
prevent looting
Mayer Price, in proclamation issued
this afternoon, called on Company u,
Tenth Illinois infantry, to take charge
and asked ex-service men and others to
volunteer. More than 200 volunteers,
many Of them in the uniform Of the army
and navy. with overseas chevrons on
their sleeves, responded, supplementing
the 60 men of the local guard company
and Elgin's regular police force Fifty
uniformed boy scouts also answered the
call.
Four Killed at Church.
The storm. which swept path 200
yards wide across the heart of the city,
took it's greatest toll of life at the
Congregational and Baptist churches
where four women were killed and
dozens injured.
The first four were killed when the
Congregational church collapsed.
Services had been completed a few
before and the majority Of the
had gone home A few re-
mained waiting for the rain to abate,
without warning, the storm struck
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29

:Ed the brick edifice collapsed, burying
the victims in its wreckaxe.
Theater Stage coilapses.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Beverley, of
Milwaukee, were IN their dressing room
at the Grand theater preparing for the
matinee performance when the stage
collapsed. Their presence in the building
was forgotten for more than two hours.
When search finally was startcd the
bodies were uncovered. Both apparently
had been instantly killed.
The G. w. Peck department store. a
three.story brick structure, the Landberg
and several Of the principal business
structures were destroyed. They carried
no tornado insurance. Fire broke out in
three places following the tornado, the
flames adding to the terror Of thousands
and stores came tumbling down.
All street car service has been sus-
pended.
The storm struck Elgin from the
southwest during a torrential downpour
Of rain. The windstorm was followed by
terrific hailstorm, lasting fifteen
minutes.
Much Livestock Killed.
Towns which felt the full effect of the
storm include Wauconda, McHenry,
Woodstock, Algonquin, and Marengo.
III. Dundee is said to have been passed
over by the storm, but damage in the
surrounding farming country was heavy.
Scores of horses and cattle were killed.
Sherman and st. Joseph hospitals here
are filled with injured tonight. while
other scores were bruised and cut.
Two reports Of lootng were received
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29
MURDERS WIFE
KILLS HIMSELF
AFTER QUARREL

Billings. March 26-Enraged because
his wife locked him out Of the house and
refused him money. Frank I. Jones. Il
tax'cab driver, smashed in a rear door
entered his wife's bedroom and, after
struggling to wrest some money from
her, shot her through the forehead and
turned the revolver ON himself.
Indications are that death in each case
was instantaneous. The shooting &C.
Cured early Sunday. The bodies were
discovered BY q neighbor about noon.
Mrs. Jones is said to have been mar
ried to Jones In Wyoming last summer.
Jones came here several months ago
from Sweet Grnss county, wasns b h&S
a homestead. he served as sergeant
in the signal corps with the America1
Expeditionary Forces.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29
DAMAGE.
KNOWN
HERE

Sam Beverley, and his wife Ada
Beverley, killed in the tornado Sunday
afternoon at Elgin, ILL.,. when the stage
OF the Grand theater in that city col
lapsed, are remembered by Great Falls
theater goers.
Mr.: and Mrs. Beverley appeared at
the Grand opera house In this city on
Tuesday and Wednesday, May 26 and
n, 1919. with the Pantages vaudeville
show. Sam Beverley made a decided hit
with his song "She is the Sunshine Of
North Dakota" in the Swedish dialect
The audience sang with him "Oh, You
Women"
The couple had one Of the best of the
smaller acts which has appeared on the
Pan circuit during the past few years
During his turn" Sam Beverley wore
a small round hat, accentuatins his
makeup.
They were in their dressing rooms
preparing to put on the same act in
Elgin when the tornado struck that city
Sunday.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29
SEVERAL KILLED
OTHERS INJURED
IN OHIO STORM

Toledo, Ohio. March 2S.-Severol nor
sons were reported killed and more
than score of houses demolished hv a
cyclone which struck Genoa, a town 1S
miles northwest of here Sunday right,
Reports were brought here by r. r.
Pitcher, engineer Of a New York Centrai
passenger train.
Our train stopped a Genoa" said
Pitcher, land brought three injured ner. %
sons to Toledo hospital. Beside the
tracks l saw two dead women. one With
her clothing almost torn off
I'VE brought to the hospital a Mrs.
Pearl Younker, who was complctrly
scalped. Her infant child was killed in
her arms,
saw a dozen houses blown down,
one of the houses being on fire.
In one house l entered there werc
five badly injured children. They were
being attended by physicians
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29
Freaks of Storm
in Chicago Suburbs

Chicago, March 2S.-George Mix, a
watchman at railroad crossing in Will
mette, was severely injured when tho
storm lifted his shanty and rolled it
for more than three blocks. carrying him
as prisoner.
One half of the roof Of st. Augustine's
Episcopal church at Wilmette was car
ried more than three blocks by the
wind. The parsonage nearby was not
damaged.
f. A. Waidner. a Chicago commission
merchant. lost trees valued at $50, 900.
One of the queerest freaks of the storm
haystack in North Evanston. The hay
stack had to be torn down to free the
COW.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29
l2AREK KILLED
100 RESIDENCES
DOWN, GEORGIA

| Atlanta. Ga, March 2S.--At least II
persons were killed IN \ tornado that
struck lAGrange, Ga, late today, ac-
cordiDg to word receirel here t0niaht.
A telephone report said some estimates
placed the dead A. high as so. The court
house and churches were being used as
hospitals.
The town was left in darkness a. the
light and power plant was damaged and
the waterworks also went out OF com
mission.
The greatest loss ef life and property
was in the hillside mill section where the
tornado smashed everything in it's path.
Estimates were that from one hundred
to three hundred small residences were
destroyed or damaged
The Atlanta & West Point railroad
reported that passenger train No. 86,
from New Orleans, had not been
Macon. Ga. March 28.-A storm Of
cyclonic intensity struck Macon Sunday
night, causing heavy damage. Several
persons are known to have been injured
and several buildings were unrooEed or
destroyed
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29
8 DEAD IN ESTATE TORNADO
HUNDREDS INJURED, THOUSANDS HOMELESS M
DEATH
LIST

Iornadoes that struck In half dozen
states Sunday caused death list that
may pass three score, caused property
damage reaching many million dollars
and played havoc with wire and railway
service In widespread areas.
e Chicago suburbs and Eluin, H., where
Atlanta reported that the death list II
Georgia and Alabama was at least 36.
Apparently there were three distinct
storms, one driving northward into
illinois and dying out on tho shores OF
Lake Michigan. lSst north Of Chicago;
one striking In Georeia, and Alabama,
and passing into Ohio and Michigan.
The known dead:
Eisin, Ill.,, eight-Mrs. W. D. Klmbali,
Miss Elizabeth Mowat, Miss zilla Foote,
Miss Isabel mcc connachie, Samuel wy
rick, Sam Beverley, Mrs. Ada Beverley
and an unidentified farm hand.
Melrose Park. nine-wl!'iam Seik,
Lesaaski. kr: and Ms. William Ieck-
meyer, August Swanson, Joseph lvansek,
Mrs. Nellie Butts, aged 80.
Ounnlng, four-Mrs. Hansen, Edward
Jameson, Alfred Il. Hansen, Elizabeth
Laufenderger.
Zulu, jno., throo-AII unidentified.
st. Louis, one-louis Heliings.
East Troy, Wis.,, one-mrs. Louis
Brown.
Other points suffering great damage
follow:
Chicago suburb-Fifteen killed, hun.
dreds injured, dozen or more missing
and damage Of upwards of half million
dollars done.
la Grange, Ga-Death list reported
as high as so and heavy property dam
age.
West Point, Ga.-Five reported killed.
Agriuoia, Ala.-Five killed.
Greenviile and Union City, 0hio-Six-
teen reported killed.
Hart, Mich-0ne dead.
Fenton. Mich.--Seven killed.
Genoa, 0hi0-Several reported killed.
Nashville. Ohio-Four known killed
and the death list estimated rs high
IS 20.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29
FIRE IN STORM RUINS.

Chicago. March 2S-Several Melrose
park houses damaged by the tornado
were destroyed by fire when gas from
broken mains ignited. The towns water
supply had been cut off and water had to
be pumped from wells. All villages swept
by the. storm were without fire protec-
tion. No electric current was available.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29
EIGHT KILLED
WHEN TORNADO
HITS MICHIGAN

Detroit. Mich. March 2S.-Eight per-
sons were killed in a tornado that swept
over portions of central and western
Michigan Sunday, according to fragment
ary reports reaching here over demoral-
lied telegraph and telephone wires. Seven
men were killed when buildings in which
near Fenton, 16 miles from Flint, and
farmer was crushed to death in his
barn near Hart
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-29
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
is STORMS CENTER:
CHICAGO SU!BURBSH HIT
Damage Egm Alone Estimated and Death and Desoa-
ton Are Shewn Over City, Nearly zoo Building. Wrecked Outskirts
Of Metropolis; Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri Are Hit

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