Kansas Union Journal from Wichita, Kansas • 8

HYDRO-CARBON LIGHT COMPANY. J. M. KNAPP for Commissioner. J.

M. Knapp has been a resident of UNITED GAS COMPANY. The lighting and fuel supply haf been one of the greatest problems thai modern cities have had to solve and the result of the last quarter of a century's experience has seen great strides Wichita, KansES, 22 years. He has been manager of the Massachusetts This enterprising firm commenced business in Wichita seven years ago, a rather small concern then, but today they are employing over fifty helpers. Their lights and lighting ap Mutual Life Insurance Co.

for Kansas The citizens of our city who are decrying the trusts have an opportunity to buy their meats from a company who is always ready and willing to boost the interests of our city. The gentlemen at the head of this progressive concern have always been fair and just in all their dealings with the people and deserve the patronage of all our people. They have always held a kindly interest in the welfare of labor and laboring people of our and Oklahoma 22 years. His office in DOLD PACKING COMPANY. Wichita is the home of extensive establishments in every brunch of trade, and under the favorable trade conditions which prevail here, all forms of commercial endeavor flourish and grow.

One branch of trade which has received more than ordinary trade (stimulus in its line is the packing house industries, of which Wichita has several firms engaged in this line. Most prominent among the Sedgwick block collected last year $140,000 in premiums and during pliances are shipped all over the of development in gas. The United Gas Company, whoso offices are lo the 22 years he collected for the com pany nerrly two millions of dollars. United States. The Hollow Wire System which they manufacture is acknowledged to be better than electric lights and much cheaper.

This is a strictly a Wichita concern- and the lie has been a trustee and chairman L. C. SMITH TYPE-WRITER. A concern that adds an important degree to the push and enterprise to Wichita is that of the I C. Smith Ero.

Typewriter Company. Business has almost completely revolutionized since the advent of the typewriter, and today the question is not, shall I have a typewriter, but what kind do I want? There are several different makes on the market, all of which have their points, but for a first-class all-around machine, there is none like the h. C. Smith. This machine is one of the best on the market and has been fully tested.

We take pleasure in calling attention of our readers to the concern at 154 N. Market street that handles this well known make of machines, and any of our readers why may need anything in their line will find it very profitable to call and figure with them. of the board of trustees of Fairmount College for the last twelve years. He has been a trustee of the Methodist College at Win field for the past six years. lie is a member of the First Methodist church and one of the trustees.

He was chairman of the committee that located the Kansas Sanitarium on the West side and raised them over $5,000, when Ottawa and Topeka were doing their best to get it. He has done his part to build Wichita. He has given to charities rnd colleges i nthe last fifteen years about $8,000 and he will continue to work for Wichita whether he is elected commissioner or not. If he is elected he will do his best to assist in the enforcement of all laws and also iu giving Wichita a first class business administration. cated at 237 South Main street, has solved the lighting and power question of Wichita for many years to come.

This company has been responsible for bringing natural gas Into Wichita, and thousands of our citizens are reaping the benefit of cheap lights and fuel. The United Gas Company Is a public benefactor in every sense of the word and has done more to advance and better the condition of our city than any other single interest of a quasi-public nature. It has been a boon alike to those of means and to the great masses of people who toil for substance, for to them the lighting and heating problem Is one of vital importance, and each year sees them adopting natural gas in their homes as a matter of economy. The gentlemen at the head of the United Gas Company are men who have spent years In the development of light and heat service, and to them Is a great share of the advancement of our city due. Few cities, any, in the country have gas of so good a quality supplied as we have here and this we owe to the careful Journal is glad to recommend 'its members to the people as friends to the laborer, honest and square dealing with everybody.

The accompanying cuts show the residence lighting plant manufactured by this company. A two light plant as illustrated would cost less than $18.00. The maintenance would cost not to exceed one-fourth of city should call for and insit upon getting the product of this concern. If your dealer does not handle Dold's products, patronize one that does and by so doing aid in building up a Wichita establishment. This concern is not only well known locally but their product has met with general favor wherever used throughout the United States.

Their brands are Niagara hams, Niagara bacon, Niagara lard, Westphila ham, Westphila bacon and White Rose lard. When making your next purchase insist upon befng fur WHAT DOLD IS DOING. This company has just shipped out to Ardmore, one solid car load of Niagara hams for the Easter trade. This is a stupendous consignment of one brand of one staple article to one single town for one occcsion. The shipment consists of about pounds of hams or 20 tons.

The heaviest ham of the Niagara brand is sixteen pounds and considering that every one of these hams weighed the maximum of sixteen pounds, there would be 2,500 hams in the cargo. them is the Jacob Pold Packing Company'. This concern is truly a valuable asset to the citizens of Wichita. The output of their plant is prepared by Wichita labor, and thousands of our citizens find employment with this company. It is the object of the Kansas Union Journal to at all times advocate the patronage of home concerns, and there is no reason for any of our readers to spend their money with outside concerns, especially in the meat line when we have such a concern as the Dold Packing Company in our midst.

a cent per hour for each lamp. It produces a light ten times as brilliant COX-BLODGETT WHOLESALE DRY GOODS COMPANY. Wichita has rapidly forged to the front In every essential clement and her commerce, trade and manufacturers have multiplied at a very satisfactory rate. At the present time our business men are reaching out in all as the average incandescent electric efforts of the above company. Thih nished with these brands and you are company has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars In the extension sure to be pleased.

of pipe lines, and have been a foremost factor In supplying comfort i smsmsmsmsMsmsmm Sm directions and bringing under commercial tribute to this city vast areas of territory hitherto but little reached from here. In like manner our great manufacturing concerns are constantly Invading new territory, so that there are at the present time few places in the great Southwest where articles and economical heat to thousands of our property holders. It Is the aim HELP! Everyone it asked to help fight Against Consumption Consumption can be avoided 19 of this company to keep fully abreast of the times and give the best service it Is possible to give at all times. They Hereditary tendencies can be overcome from Wichita are not to be found in a greater or loss profusion. Among the have always shown their friendliness toward our cause at all times, and our Consumption can be Cured members are numbered by the thous great establishments of our city which have been potent factors in ihe growth Read all about it in this month's ands that patronize this company.

The 114 North Main Street, CHAS. YOUNGHEIM Proprietor. Wichita, Kansas. of our cities commercial interests is METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE ik. If your dealer loo.

Copy old out, writ, to l-50Yr lamp. The company is located at 311-313 North Main street where member of the firm will be glad to explain the workings of this popular lighting system. the Cox-BIodgett Wholesale Dry Kansas Union Journal takes pleasure In giving the the United Gas Company prominent mention In this trade re Goods Company. They are extensive 3 Wett 29th Street, New YorU Jobbers and wholesalers of dry goods, view edition. and this is the home of the well known I Your "Buffalo Brand" Dress Goods, Shirts Pants, Overalls and Wear Prooft Hos iery.

It is our purpose in this, our Spring Trade Review and Easter Edition, to make prominent mention, and urge our members to call for and in Easter mm. A ul-j iyviu i sist upon being furnished with the ets el products of the Wichita concerns, nd Trades Trs esldent 2 i mm la Or (Oil lv i i ask our readers, to remember the names of-hcati4 when purchases We And this company has always been fair and liberal In the treatment of their many employes. They pay them a wage commensurate to the service performed, and their large buildings are modern and sanitary in every respect. The gentlemen at the head of this company have been 1 I April 11 W. L.

Douglas $3.00. $3.50. and $4.00 shoes are made in all styles and all leathers.AH sizes Douglas name and price stamped on bottom, which protects you against high prices and inferior shoes of other makes. Insist actively identified with the growth and progress of our city, and they have aided In every way possible for the betterment of Wichita. and widths.

1 upon having them. Take No WESTERN PACIFIC TEA CO. There is always a "Best" in every line of industry, and one that bears that distinction is the Western Pa-i cilic Tel Company, located at 320 Substitute! THE BEST East Douglas avenue. A great many pr of our members and readers are al ready patrons of this well known company and to those who are such SHOES IN 1 is Easter Sunday I the day of all Idays when ev- ery man likes to 1 don new spring suit. Have you I given the mat-l ter any thought? I Why not get a suit this week this concern needs no commenting THE WORLD orfljs-; on.

To our members who perchance have been buying their coffees, tea-, somewhere else we would recommend this com i)ini. and ask for a continuance of the patronage they now enjoy. This company has always shown their friendliness toward our cause and it is with pleasure that ve give them this mention at this time. W. L.

Douglas makes and selfs more men's 3.C0 and $3.50 shoe than any manufacturer hi the world. I and have it ready to put I CHAS. WOLFE PACKING COMPANY (Topeka, Kansas.) The above concern Is one that Kansas feels proud of and there are nev-tral reasons why It should. The output of this packing plant not only Into the homes of the Kansas people, but has gained a cplendid reputation throughout the United States wherever it Is placed on the market. This company buys the largest per cent their stock from the Kansas farmers.

THE REASON on faster Sunday. We; I show all the smart crea- Boys' She L75fr2.00 I make and sell more men's and shoes than any oilier manufac turer is because I give the wearer the hern-lit of the most complete oraraniza- Best In tSVft I tions in men's wear, new tion of trained exerts and skilled shoemakers in the world. Fast Color Vied 'J The selection of the leathers for each Tart i fabrics and styles in spring and to the farmers of our state they are a valuable asset. Their plant Is of the fchoe, and every detail of the nial.iiig in every depart merit, is looked after by the best I Clothes of high quality shoemakers in the shoe industry. If I could show you how carefully W.

I Douglas shoes are made, von would then understand why they hold their oliapc, fit better and wear longer than any other make. fly Secret Process of Tarmiittj tho ftoltom Gales produces Mora and longer Wearing are the Hub kind. We; not only guarantee satis-1 I faction, but save you leather than any outer Tannago, canltary and up-to-date In every re-sct. and all their products ore Inspected by government Inspection, Their famous brands of Hanquet hams and bacon find their way onto th tables of thousands of our member! and readers, and that they give iitire satisfaction Is videnced by their growing popularity. Topeka and Wichita both have In the past been liberal patrons of this company.

They do not beloiisT to the trust, and thy should receive the support of every one that labor for a dally wage. There Is no excuse for patronizing foreign I money besides. Suits from If your local dealer cannot supply you, order direct from tacior. Shoes sent everywhere by mail or express. Write for illustrated catah giving full Instructions how to order by mail.

VV. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mr- ROBERT CHRISTIAN, Wichita Shoe Store Sole Agent, 826 East Douglas Ave. concerns when we have within our boundaries such concerns as the Wolfe I $10.00 to $30,001 Packing Co. Insist that your butcher furnish you with the producti of this til known company.

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