The weekly Republican., November 30, 1911, INDUSTRIAL NUMBER, SECTION FOUR, Image 30

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Our Stock Of
Dry Goods
Boots Shoes
Groceries
Queens ware
and numerous other articles is a
heavy one.
You can always make a ood
choice at our store. Everything
is of an up-to-date character in our
place of business.
We buy in the best and cheap
est markets and our customers get
the beneift of our experience.
Prompt and efficent service
All Dairy Produce n. Specialty.
Everything Fresh, Clean and at
Moderate Prices. Give us a trial
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The Town of
DONA1LDSON
One of the interesting centers of
Marshall county is the town of Don
aldson, eiüht miles west of Plvm
outh on the Pennsylvania railway.
This is an eneriretie little town and
a jroctl business center. The two
institutions which make the place
of move than oiVlinary interest and
more than an ordinary trading point
is the presence of Schlosser Bros,
creamery station and of the Heinz
salting plant.
These two industries bring a
larie amount of money into the
community every year. Milk, pick
les and onions are the special crops
which make Donaldson a prosperous
center. I
Iy far the most important of
these is -the creamery. Its steady
stream of money in return for the
steady stream of milk and cream
furnishes the big part of the "life
blood' of the business. Onion and;
pickle raising are good sources of
income also, but their returns come
in bunches in the fall. j
This coodly community lias two
irood general stores, a blacksmith
shop, meat market, a postoflice with
a rural route, a railway station.
THE TOWN OF
LAPAZ
TEEGÄRDEW
Big
Geeeral Store
J. F. BELDON, Proprietor
UR STORE IS ONE OF THE
most complete in every de
tail to be found in Marshall county.
We keep everything in stock nec
essary for the household.
GROCERIES, always fresh,
DRY GOODS, in great variety,
BOOTS AND SHOES, which wear
well,
GLASSWARE, TINWARE and CAN
NED GOODS in great variety,
DAIRY PRODUCE of the very best
and a hundred and one other
lines.
We keep a -first-class
Hardware Dept.
in connection with our store, where
all goods of such nature are kept in
stock.
Patronize our Store
and Get Satisfaction.
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hotel and livery, telephone exchange,
U. B. church and graded schools.
Donaldson needs a good physician.
A large amount of veal, chickens
and turkeys is shipped annually from
Donaldson to Chicago. It is no un
common sight to see two trucks full
ready for shipment. It is estimat
ed that about 500 dressed veal are
shipped from here annually.
From twelve to fourteen carloads
of onions are shipped from Donald
sen each fall, and this industry is
increasing, as there is much land in
this vicinity adapted to that kind oi
crop. The largest onion growers
here are Nils Pearson, Lewis Seibeft
and Victor Xewburg.
The largest pickle jrrowers are
Victor Xewherg, who from 22 acres
this rear received $023.34: John
Lavine, who got .flO.j.Ol from l1!
acres; Andrew Bergstedt, who got
$173.S1 from l1 acre and John An
derson, who received $120.98 from
one acre.
Dan'-elson's Blacksmith Shop.
Donaldson may congratulate it
self that it has a very fine black
smith shop. Mr. C. T. Dani?lson
erected last summer a new building
24x.")0 feet and has it well equipped
for ti e trade. It has a cement and
wood floor combined. He learned
his trade thoroughly when he learn
ed it lr.anv years asro. and one will
iret here only the best of work. He
makes a specialty of horseshoeing
and knows that work in all its de
tails. He is also equipped for and
does all kinds of wagon work.
Owing to the excellent character
of his work he draws trade from far
to the north, from the south and
from miles into Starke county.
J. D.Garrison's General Store.
In 1003 Mr. J. D. Garrison erect
ed a splendid and well equipped
store room about a block north of
the railway and opened a first class
general store. Here in neat arrange
ment one may find those wares in
the line cf proceries, dry goods,
clothing, ruBbers and slices, hard
ware, tinware, flour, horse blankets
and saddlery goods, school supplies,
etc., etc., which are the necesities of
a country community. On entering
this store one is impressed with its
cleanliness and neatness, and with
the unusually large stock of all goods
carried for the benefit of the com
munity. Mr. Garrison is a careful
and accommodating busin2ss man
and has built up a large and lucra
tive business which is still growing
at a rate pleasing to the owner.
Burgener & Baum's General Store.
S. J. Burgener has conducted a
general store at Donaldson for 23
years and there is no one within a
radius of miles who doe" not know
him and his store. This wide ae
quaint ance, coupled with fair deal
ins with all customers, has made his
a large and constant business.
About two years aso Mr. Burjren
er decided to move to Chicago, and
in order to continue the business in
the same good way. he associated
with him Mr. Albert Baum, a well
known younsr man of the community
I who has since been in active charge
of the store. Mr. Baum is also act
ing agent for the Adams Express
Co.. and looks nfter the large ex
press business connected with this
trade center.
Mr. Burgenerxis also president of
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THE TOWN OF
TEEGARDEN
La Paz is an incorporated town
which at the last census had a pop
ulation of 390. It lies eight miles
north of Plymouth at the intersec
tion of the Vandalia and B. & O.
railways, the station ofLapazJc. be
inir practically the same as the town
of La Paz, although it is about
three-fourths of a mile east.
La Paz is a hustling little town
and the amount of business done
there is not realized, perhaps, by
the people of the place. The Balti
more & Ohio railway has made La
Paz a division point for their trains,
and there is talk that the shops may
be moved there in the near future.
The coal chutes have already been lo
cated at La Paz. and the double
traekinz of the road from the east
has progressed as far as La Paz.
Just west of the town Is one of
the finest clay pits in the state, and
from it six to ten .cars of clay are
shipped daily to the cement mills at
Syracuse in Kosciusko count v. The
clay is loaded with a steam shovel.
La Paz has an elevator, three gen
eral stores, hotel, postoflice and drug
stcr( hardware and implement
store, meat market, millinery, bar
ber shop, good livery barn, two coal
dealers, blacksmith shop, a physi
cian, shoe shop, and stock buyers
who ship- a car load or more of
stock each week. The Heinz salt
ing station does n good business
here. A few of the bigger grow
ers of pickles are Wallie Zimmer,
who from one acre this year made
$10S.97; Samuel Barber, who has
one acre and got $1 15.08 :Clel Mum
mey. who from only one acre got
$204.27; and Henry Mattern, whose
returns from 21 U acres were $101.00.
A number cf La Paz men are so
liciting stock for the formation of
a State Bank there with a capital
stock of $10,000. Two-thirds of
this has already been subscribed.
Tie new township high school
building is locate! adjoining the
town and has five teachers. Many
students are hauled here in school
wagons and the educational facili
ties are good.
Lapaz has three churches; Metis
odist, Lutheran and United Breth
ren. the Donaldson telephone company,
and was with others instrumental in
forming this valuable local system,
which not only gives the community
good local service but allows them
to reach without extra charge all the
patrons of the Winona Telephone
company in Plymouth. Mr. Hayes
Mu nn is secretary of the company,
E. R. Day treasurer and F. IT.
Bollinger a director.
GIDEON LOGAN
DRY GOODS
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GROCERIES
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LAPAZ, INDIANA
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Groceries, of all kinds, Flour
Salt, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Hats
and Caps and a hundred and one
other articles necessary to good
housekeeping.
My $3000 stock is as
complete as is to be found anywhere
even in the larger cities. My
stock is absolutely Fresh, and my
Dairy Produce of the best to . be
found in Marshall county.
EXCELLENT AND
PROMPT SERVICE
Courteous treatment and fair
prices charged for all goods in my
store.
GIDEON LOGAN.
PHONE 19 LAPAZ, IND.
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Straw Fcr Road-Making.
It is claimed that straw is proving
remarkably practical as a road-making
material on the extremely sandy
roads in Mississippi county, Mis
scuri. Its practicability was dis
covered some time ap:o by water
melon haulers, who were in the habit
of dryinjr up bojrry places by throw
in? straw in them. These places
soon became hard and firm, and last
vear an tntire stretch of road was
attempted. This also proved suc
cessful, and now about 50 miles ofj
straw road is under contructi.n.
The method !' const ruKlnu adopt
ed is to cover ti e roads with wiuMt
straw twice each year t a depth of
alout t ne foot. The straw is then
covered with sand from the road,
and soon becomes firmly embedded
in it by the action of the passing
tratlic. According to reports, the
mixture soon cements itself together
so that a surface nearly as firm as a
crushed-stone road is secured.
Rei'd The Weekly Republican.
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Teeparden in the northeast cor
ner cf Polk Township, is one of the
thriving little centers of Marshall
county. Siurondinr it -are some of
the lands which are assessed for tax
ation at the highest amount pel
acre in the county. An elevator, !
one of the very best saw mills to
be ffund, a j.ood tile mill, telephone
)exchan:c, two general stores, a gro
cery, blacksmith shop, Implement
store, millinery, postoflice and hotel,
are tie chief business interests
which this town supports. It has
also jrcoil school buildings, and a
church which was built by all the
community and preachers of any de
nomination are welcome to preach in
its pulpit. .
Hirsh, Stein & Co.
Calumet
Brand
FERTILIZERS
Chicago, 111511
F. A. Forbes,
Dear Slr:-
Plyrcouth , Indiana
Ve are Just in receipt of a communication
from our Mr. Voyles who has forrarded us a contract made
with you for the sale of our High Grade Fertilizers in your
territory for the season of 1912.
V7e would taKe this occasion to advise that
the .arrangements as made with you meet with our hearty
approval and we are pleased to enclose accepted copy of the
contract.
Would assure you that the business you
have favored us with in the past has been appreciated and
our best efforts will be expended in the future in taking
care of your requirements in a manner to meet with your
approval and justify your having favored us with your trade.
The fertilizers that we are now preparing for, our Spring
trade will be well seasoned and in excellent mechanical
condition. The . same careful attention has been given their
crop producing qualities and you can assure your prospective
customers that the goods sold under Calumet Brands will
contain the full amount of plant food guaranteed and in an
available form. These fertilizers will continue to be as
they have always been in the past, crop producers and
trade winners as well. , - -
17e are sending you under separate cover a
supply of advertising matter which ve trust, you will use to
the best advantage, and thanking you kindly for courtesies
shown our representative, we remain
Yours: very truly,
HIRSH, STEIN & CO.
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