Show first prize story why 11 should trade at home won by kirk daly prize by panguitch coop co op the tha following story was was written by kirk daly of the G 11 8 and won first prize which la is a fine pair ot of dress shoes given by S A worthen ot of tho panguitch Pan gultch coop co op we corn com lend kirk very highly upon his tory story read it very carefully and it may ay help you regarding the trade it t home habit the long train on oil which I 1 was riding pulled up tip to the side of a beautiful ittle depot and stopped I 1 alighted alight od and begun looking g around he place beautiful Beautt ful lawns shady walks and praying fountains greeted my eye torn om every side I 1 was waa first vice president of the anton supply company a chain ot of stores tores which was located throughout he a country we had bad a store la in mid ale the city in which I 1 had stopped nd d one in harding a city about wenty enty miles from midvale for amo me reason or other the br branch anch at I 1 arding boen bean doing good bust ess as while our cur midvale store was aking rapid progress at the time the stores were shed hod harding was the largest cit city Y a we though our midvale stores pro ress ess must be due to better cleanly ess ss of the store or better belter manage ent therefore I 1 had come to get different manager for our harding fanch anch and see what was the matter I 1 thought I 1 would walk up the reet act of the city and have a talk with e manager of our store want to get left to catch the in on to harding so I 1 went into the pot ot and asked d when the train left harding oh I 1 we have that e said the agent what at was the trouble I 1 asked oh 1011 they give us their sup rt t some of the influential busies 8 men got them to support the and nd central line which comes in re later from the south so wo we had discontinue our line getting etting rather interested because railroad had a lot to do with the gross ress of our store in harding I 1 ed ow ara are they getting along now ell after we had pulled out and came in the people found out t a rotten bunch they were and quit patronizing them so they I 1 asbed ed out now we are without r it hanking him tor for hla his information ft ifor for a walk up town pe a city was beautifully laid out paved streets and sidewalks side walks t lamps and beautiful buildings ie b people I 1 met seemed happy and anted hen an I 1 came within distance I 1 see crowds moving in and out yc r store I 1 walked into it and that at tho the clerks were mere busy at their ers cers damaged dan aged to got get a chat with the ger er who said everything was fine r getting information as to the stage left for fir harding I 1 to tho the stage companas comp anys head bead ars rs thero the stage was just ig loaded so I 1 purchased my and got in JK stage was loaded with ladles ladies mo fuu full of bundles who alpar pad ad been shopping in midvale erd cored at this because a few before it had been the other out an hours ride WO we approached y of harding no I 1 cant say because lacause it was nothing more one horse country town t k left to right I 1 could see build ath ith closed doors they had bad put ut of business everything litrap lamp globes broken tho the pavement was in tact fact everything had a look see onra one building which seem and nd out from the rest of the bildings uIl dings it bora the name ton lion supply company t see right there it ass that was making it un 61 because the windows were I 1 it if had a nice looking ap bering the store sto rethe the clerks r tor for a customer ced myself and ashod to lanager on becoming ecoling b ac ith him 1 I hada had a liftee talk the mattex matter with business ked ae a said 1 I dont know lust list quit patronizing patronising patron ising home y usually go into midvale a 0 0 for their shopping because they can got get things a 0 tow few cents cheaper on account of the railroad pulling out of here and wo we have to pay freighting expenses extra from midvale Ild vale all our competitors have closed down long ago I 1 hated to toll tell the president wo we had to close hut but it finally had to be done well I 1 said see sao about paying oft off the clerks and wo we will close up tip immediately the manager went to do as I 1 told him so I 1 began inspecting the place everything was neat and as aa nice as could be I 1 began thinking what the people of harding sacrificed just because they did not trade at home they had lost tho the railroad nearly all their business houses and now their nicest building g such is the case with so many towns in fit the country and such will be tilo the outcome it if they do not trade at home editors note watch for the second prize story next week written by andrla cameron which draws the prize offered by W 0 of tife the southern exchange which Is 5 in 1 trade at the store |