The Hutchinson Wholesaler from Hutchinson, Kansas • 15

The HutcHiNSoN wh6lsAlr. I3 AGE FIFTEEN Saturday, jUly 9, 1910. SOUTHWEST BUSINESS HAPPENINGS When Your Wife Begins to tell you she needs new window shades, lace curtains, portieres, couch covers, or some fancy window or arch way draperies -then is the TIME rOK YOU TO THINK of our special lines of these items. Largest stock in Kansas. We show special designs-all sizes newest patterns-and name lowest prices.

Will pav you to write us, or come to Hutchinson and see. LET US FIGURE on the shades FOR YOUR NEW HOME. If In Your Store You need big window shades, office rugs, desks, or other up-to-date fixtures, we have what you need, and the price is lower. All special sizes of shades MADE TO ORDER. heavy damage.

The Nesbit grocery on the first floor suffered a water damage of about $2,700. All the damage was covered by insurance. Theo. Farnsworth has purchased the stock of the Augusta Mercantile at Augusta, Kas. The O.

K. Clothing Company of Muskogee, has opened a branch at Talequah. A. Schhardein, the hustling general merchant of Pekin, was a Hutchinson visitor on Wednesday. Fred S.

Olds, busines smanager of" the Wichita Price Current, was in Hutchinson on Thursday on business. W. R. Van Deusen, a merchant of Groveland, spent Monday in Hutchinson and called at various jobbing houses. Harry L.

Schnatterly, the Kinsley, merchant, was here Monday to spend the Fourth and to visit the wholesale houses.Mrs. Schnatterly accompanied him and remained in Hutchinson for the week, with friends. Geo. S. Bueford, the Nickerson druggist, was down this week, and transacted business at the jobbing houses of Hutchinson.

P. R. Graber, proprietor of a large general store at Pretty Prairie, was in this city on Wednesday, on business with the jobbers. W. R.

Guth, manager of the Home Mercantile company at Tampa, accompanied by his wife, spent Monday in Hutchinson at the celebration and remained over Tuesday. F. L. Farnsworth of Cullison, manager of the Farmers Elevator company, was a Thursday visitor to the wholesale district of Hutchinson. B.

Blachly of Nickerson. was a visitor yesterday to the jobbing houses, in the interest of his store. McBurney's, "The Woman's is in the midst of a successful jubilee sale. It is a busy time at that store. BANQUET BY GRAIN MEN Burrton, Kansas, business men are talking of organizing a commercial club, to hustle for.

things the town needs. Oscar H. Smith of Coldwater, is the new owner of the Stewart bakery at Protection, Kansas. The new Golden Rule grocery store at Great Bend, is open for business, located in the McBride building on Lakin avenue. O.

L. Calvert is arranging to open a new general store in Mamcbetfter, Okla. C. P. Hacker of Tupelo, has purchased the 'City Bakery at from John Durkee.

The Plainville, Kansas, Mercantile Company, has purchased the Felix Gay furniture stock in that city and has moved it to the second floor of their building. McClure Son have opened the new Home Bakery at Thomas, on South Main street Hutchinson is talking of several modern large business buildings on Main street. One of tnese is a six-story reinforced concrete frame building, at Main and streets. The Hutchinson Board of Trade received its first car of wheat on Friday morning, being a car of new wheat from Lewis, Kansas. T.

K. Miller, of the grain buying firm of W. W. Miller Sons of Anthony, was in Hutchinson Thursday night, for the grain men's banquet. M.

McOormick is conducting an eight days clearance sale in his store at Nickerson. preparatory to mov utchiftson Ccirpet Go. "The House of Quality" 100-102 N. Main Hutchinson, Kansas "If it's a Sign You Want" "We Can Make it" INTERIOR DECORATING We Make and Ship Signs to all Points in the Southwest gh Grade Show Card Work Pictorial Wall Advertising CountryBoard'Advertising Signs ing into his new building. Belpre, Kansas, merchants are planning a street fair, to begin July 21, to celebrate the big wheat harvest The Hutchinson Retailers resume tie monthly live stock sales days, beginning with a July sale on the 27th.

Fred Howard, who has been manager of the A A drug store at St. John, is the manager of the new A A store opened this week at 325 North Main street in Hutchinson. The directors of the Central Kansas Fair Association have decided to spend $15,000 more than at first planned, in making improvements for this year's State Fair at Hutchinson. A. G.

Whitney of the Whitney Jewelry company of Wichita, visited in Hutchinson on Wednesday. The store of Gus Knobel at Bland, was burglarized in May. This week T. C. O'Daniels, who worked for Knobel in May, was arrested near Burrton and is charged with the robbery.

The Hutchinson Commercial Club has abandoned all night meetings until September first, and will transact business at the Friday noon luncheons held each week at the Elks club. E. P. Fuller has sold his merchandise stock at Strong City, to a firm known as Henstag Burkett, composed of men from Emporia, Kas. A.

F. Kelly is the new proprietor of the Stone Grocery at 602 South Hol-brook street ia Fort Scott H. D. Truax has moved from Hinton to Binger, Okla and has opened a produce house. Shouse Bros, of Hendrick, have bought the J.

A. McFarland stock at Hennessey, Fire on Monday night caused about $10,000 damage in the Midland hotel building, and for a time threatened Big Spread at the Bisonte Hotel on Thursday Night Celebrating the opening of the Hutchinson Board of Trade the grain men of this city prepared a banquet at the Bisonte Hotel oa Thursday night, at which time they were hosts to a large number of grain men from over the Southwest. Nearly a hundred grain dealers partook of the spread and took part in the discussion of grain problems which followed. T. J.

Templar, president of the Kansas Grain company, stated that Hutchinson today has a greater grain storage capacity than. Kansas City had when its board of trade was organized in 1878 Mr. Templar predicted the building of more big mills and, elevators in this city and said that hundreds of thousands of dollars could be profitably invested in building such conveniences for trade here. J. J.

Huddleston, manager of the grain department of the Moses Bros. Mill Elevator company at Great Bend, Kansas, stated that the section of Kansas between the eastern line of Barton county and the western line of Ford, at Dodge City, would this year turn out fifty million bushels of wheat, which is more than Coburn's report predicts, Mr. Huddleston is optomistic for the future of western Kansas as a grain district The Hutchinson Board of Trade and interested grain men will endeavor to secure a state grain inspection station at Hutchinson, to expediate the grading and handling of grain through this gateway. The local grain men and visitors all speak very optomlstically of the future of Hutchinson as a grain center and all believe that the organization of the Hutchinson Board of Trade is a big step In the right direction. BRANSON SYSTEM 14 W.

First Ave. Black.