The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-05-21
Some Obseruationsof aPessiin,ist

than buying for cash And he also
knew that advertising viii sell goods
y hen no other agency on earth can.
So he started his send only a dollar
advertising. and he piled up millions
millions that should have remained in
the small towns and along the rural
routes from whence they came.
Today the country is FUN OF his fol-
lowers Every postofiice has its pa
irons OF this class OF merchandising.
and the worst feature Of IL all Is. the
number is increasing. All of the warn
ings issued by weekly newspapers
gainst the practice OF taking chances
on such ads seems TO be going for
naught. There appears but one way
TO offset II to any extent. And that is
for the home merchant TO tell his peo-
pie. every week. that he viii and can
sell them even better goods-and they
can make their own terms and be here
where they can get satisfaction IL the
goods are not as represented. IL a
hair from a dog is good for the bite
then lighting the dollar down" con-
Germs with their own kind of ammuni-
zion ought to prove effective. We
heartily invite Phoebe merchants. who
Z
If eatchpenny schemes. TO try it out
md see how il works.
In conversation with a well-known
citizen of Phoebe few days ago he
expressed the belief that the tendency
| Ill over this country to reduce the size
~ farms is n move in the RICH. direc-
I ion. He argued that the most prof
table farm in the world is small
/ tarm, a one-man farm, as he calls il.
/ He said it is more profitable because il
4 is cultivated more closely. And then
We told farmer friend about the
conversation and he gave US some
/ thing to think about. He said:
It's folly to talk about dividing up
The land in this country into one-man
farms. The 800 or 400 acre farm can
| still be operated at profit, even at
| he high cost of farm labor. Besides,
he division of the land adjusts itself;
I cannot be done by legislation. The
big farms will be split up when it is
TO the advantage of the owner to do
so. and not until then. and men will
secure for themselves a one-man farm
when they find they can live better
and have more of the comforts of life
that way then in any other way"
It's an interesting subject and live
topic all over this count today. the
lne-man farm. and we invite our read.
RS to express their opinions. at rca
sonable length, through these columns
Occasionally we wonder what som,
fellows used to occupy their minds be
fore they got an automobile 10 clear
up.
: one expression that is entirely to-
: familiar in Phoebe is, - cant i.f:ord IL
; but I'm going to-
You may think your wife needs a,
twful lot of things when Socing roll
around, but think what solomon he
: to contend with along about ms sea
son.
). You have also probably rotieel tina
K it's a lot easier to finl / presiicntia
:. candidate you are against tu;.u oae 0
are for.
o The secretary OF abor is quoted a
s saving that we are going to hay
n three years of plenty" and the aver
h age Phoebe man would like TO inquir
y Plenty of what"
Uncle Sam is turning out poStae
stamps at the rate of forty million
. day and from the amount of politics
- matter going through the mail it lool
like he'll have to increase the outpu
l. One swallow doesn't make sun
q mer, but since prohibition hit tn
a country it's enough to make a drink.
Accidents happen to the best of rel
- ulated families 50 every Phoebe ri
ought to expect to have her hea
~ broken a few times.
g A whole lot of minds have be-
is eased by the Chicago Judge who r