Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-10
OLD TIMER MAKES A
VISIT TO MONTE VISTA
UNCLE HEZ HANKIN WRITES A VERY INTERESTING
LETTER TO THE JOURNAL
Good Farmer Likes This Progressive City and Its Live
Merchants. and Prases Their Goods and Methods

= plum good un.
Me and Liza and the kids had been
aworking hard al spring and summer
and got together bunch OF country
produce and sum pertators what we
had for to sell. So Liza sed to me
one mite as how we'd ought to aswell
sell the things right now and git 'em
Offer our minds.
We had been a readin all along
bout the markets and from what We
could gether by words OF mouth ano
Monte Vista wuz bout the best mar
ket in reach and Liza decided, she
allus does the decidn for the family
Gaze she's decidedly the better half
as how I'd better hitch up ole
Beck and Jude to us folks horse!ess
kerridge and drive q few lodes or
ruther pull few lOdes-oh no. l
mean to drive the mules and let
them pull a few lodes of produce
and pertators to Monte Vista and
sell at once.
Wall. We had to pass through Cen
ter and all them thar store mer
chans run out and tried to stop Beck
and Jude right thar SO we'd stop in
that air town, but we Jest axed the
price OF pertaters and produce an
come on.
An so We driv on again till We
driv up to Monte Vista.
Well. sir. do you know ! hadn't
more'n drove In with my pertaters
an got the weights checked up be-
fore l wuz offered consida BILE more'n
l could a got In Center an l finally
sole 'em to Frank NJ. Hopper for u
leetle more'n l could got any
where's in town. Mr.. Hopper is one
Nv those here progressive sorter fel-
lers what believes in maxim things
move an he's allus ready to pay all
pertaters Is wuth ON the market an
sometimes he pays II lettle more'1
they's wuth TO keep things agoin.
That's way he byes n lot NV the per
taters that goes TO Monte Vista.
got 1875 and some odd cents
for my produce and as ! knew Liza
would want to know where all that
money went to-I make all my fin
ancial reports to her-I thought l
had better put them greenbacks in
the First National Bank and draw
checks as l traded with the mer-
chants. Liza said check that you
drew was as good us a receipt and
the First National Bank was strong
enough to hold my three hundred
around and turned II over TO one OF
their clever tcllers and he showed II
into the big sock that they keep
change in during the day.
| wuz fclin purity good over my
trade ON them pertaters and pro
duce an as | naohcrly felt lik. buyin
something In Monte Vista ! wen,
Ioun To the Self Serve Grocery store
Bein us how Liza wants TO nave bis.
cits for breakfast and a liili. sweet.
min for the coffee. l bought a few
sacks OF that famous Pansy Flour
which he sells. Taken som. Nv them
well known Solitaire canned goods.
an some OF that honest to- goodness
ole-timc coffce-vcry best ground.
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an u nifty birgun Il was-sot me
kinder started and when ! wound up
] had TO give Mr.. Hawkins u check
FOR twenty dollars to square up.
This kinder got me brok. In Ia
byin mn No ! struck out fur a plac-
to shed my ole rusty suit. Gaze Liza
had done told me she wouldn't go
TO meeting with me nary another
Sunday thout bought me new
suit OF store bought eiocs. J. C..
J.nny Co.'S. store wux the very place
an ! eouidn', NV been better pieax-d
II I'd sent to Denver or Shccarso
for en-. They air made specially
for Penny. standard an poplar price
clothes. an every suit IL guaranteed
all shccp's wool and to wear 10 the
-sttrc satisfaction Nv tho customer.
They look swell and tit . fclisr
natehsi an tasty like an make I'm feel
iiks . city drummer right out Nv =
bAaA box.
Liza has bees gr.stin' s~fsi with
rsDatis last few days. a. know.d
ihse 1t Fullsr's DruG ssors--ths
ksxali stors-ihs knowed what
wosld pat her hack u good shape.
Vail. While he's stxia sp the old
laAy's medicine. spssd oss Nv them
iistls stne tooth tAiags We uss Oh
ths ehiiluns' top ksets nov asA sAsn