Walkerton Independent, Volume 50, Number 34, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 January 1925 — Page 12

Koontz Bros. Electric Company — Os South Bend Located at 319 Hydraulic Avenue is the Leading Firm of its Kind in this City. This Electrical Repair Shop Located in This Community Gives Electric Motor Users the Highest Class of Service. All Sorts of Motor Repairing and Work on Electrical Apparatus Done in the Most Satisfactory Way. Charges Reasonable. Owners Men With High Sense of Service.

Some businesses succeed because of the line of goods they sell the people. Their patronage would be assured whether the owners and managers knew anything about the product or not. Others succeed because of absolute monopoly. And still others succeed because they fill a very definite need in the most efficient manner possible. This electric motor and repair shop located in this community belongs to this last class. Motor repairing, battery, starting, lighting and ignition is the business of experts. The very first essential to success in such a business is that the owners and workmen know their jobs thoroughly. This business measures up to this high standard in every way. To this fact every user of an electric motor in this and adjacent communities will testify. The men here are experts in motors. They are really professionals in their field. That they know their work better than anyone else in this particular field in this community is evidenced by the increasing volume of their business. At first, they started on a very small scale, the owners doing all the work. The present up-to-date, modernly equipped plant was made possible because it was absolutely necessary. Their work came into demand everywhere. Factories which depended for their power on electric motors demanded that the men in this shop do their repair work. Housewives having small motors to run vacuum cleaners, washing machines, and other household appliances found that their worries were over once they entrusted the care of those motors to this shop.

—— l ———■———f— Swanson Plating Works Is the Leading Plating Firm of South Bend With Modern Plant Located at 1142 Oak Park. Men Employed Here Are Highly Skilled in this Line of Work. They Have Extended the Reputation of this Firm Thruout this Entire Section by Reason of Their Unexcelled Service. Owned and Managed by Wide-Awake Business Men of High Standing in the Community.

Nickel plating is not only a highly specialized business but this modern firm has in its employ some of the pioneers in the nickel plating trade and only the very highest grade of work is turned out. Bath room fixtures, ice box trimming chandeliers, metal lamps and stands, and a great variety of other metal articles that may have become worn or tarnished with time, can be made to look and wear like new, and their whole appearance transformed for the better, through the service offered by the Frankham Brass and Bronze company has served many local and out-of-town customers for a number of years. Expert nickel, silver, or brass plating, and oxidizing has merited a name for the establishment. It is with pride that the management claims to keep its customers, many of whom are out-of-town residents, who having had work done here once, give orders for regular service. The management enjoys the steady patronage of many surgeons in the replating of surgical instruments. The shop is prepared to give much varied service to the motorist. The management specializes in replating auto parts, such as bumpers, radiator

South Bend Produce Co, Os South Bend Located at 2216 W. Division, Conudcts a Modern and Up-to-Date Produce Business and Paying the Farmers the Highest Prices For Their Poultry, Butter and Eggs. Volume of Business Transacted Enables This House to Give the Farmers of this Community the Greatest Advantage. Has Promoted Diversified Farming. Is Instrumental in Cementing the Interests of the Rural and Urban Classes. Owner a Man of Foresight and a High Standard of Community Service.

This is a concern which merits the good will of the community because it furnishes a great part of the community—the farmers—with a market for their produce thus saving them the trouble and expense of finding an outside market which could not pay the farmer as well as the soundly established local firm. In this way, this firm has been instrumental in placing diversified farming on the high plane which it occupies in this community today. The manager of this firm realizes also that the prosperity of his business depends upon holding the goodwill of the farmers of this community. To accomplish this he spares nothing. It is an admitted fact that it is to the profit of any farmer in this vicinity to market his poultry, butter and eggs with this local firm rather than to export it to outside m cirkets Because of the great volume of business done by this produce company, its managers are able to offer the farmers most favorable prices for poultry, butter and eggs. The volume of business greatly decreases the overhead of this firm, hence it can share the increased profits with the farmer. They have also turned poultry raising and butter and egg produc-

One thing is significant. Although it has been necessary to enlarge the working force of this shop, the quality of the workmanship has been maintained. This is true because the owners will not allow any but the most experienced workmen to be employed here. They dare not be untried apprentices. The owners know that the success of their business depends upon maintaining the present good reputation among electric motor users in this community. The work of this shop is not limited strictly to motor repairing. The workmen are equally expert in all sorts of affiliated electrical work. Wiring, armature winding, repair on all sorts of electrical apparatus are their specialties. They also have for sale new, used and rebuilt motors. The taking of the agency for motors came as a result of a demand on the part of electrical motor users that men who were such experts in their knowledge of motors should offer for sale motors which met the approval of their expert judgment. As a consequence, the owners of this establishment looked over the entire motor field and finally took the agency for what they believe to be the highest grade of motors offered for sale. They also offer used and rebuilt motors, the latter being thoroughly overhauled by their electrical experts. Such an establishment is indeed an asset to any community and its owners are to be congratulated on the way in which they have served the motor users of this community. Men with such a high sense of service in business and service to the community could not fail to succeed.

• shells, and drum headlights. Many a headlight is made as good as new through having the reflector resilvered. Such a firm is absolutely essential, particularly in a manufacturing community of this type. Manufacturers, as well as others, have learned to depend absolutely on this firm for this class of work. They have learned by much experience that when this firm tells them that a certain piece o* work will be done on time it will be done. There is always a need in the community for men who will do their work well. The experts in this firm represent that type of men. They are satisfied not only to do their work well, but they believe that they must live well their parts as citizens of the community, and in the time which they have lived here, they have become respected as men who supported quietly, not ostentatiously, every project w’hich has proved for the good of the community as a whole. This paper takes pride in congratulating such men who fill so well their places in this complex world of ours, particularly in the community in which they live.

ing into more than by-products for the farmers of this community. Many farmers, who before the establishof this firm, used their butter and eggs and poultry merely as side lines, today make these their main lines. This movement has done much to increase the prosperity of the agricultural classes in this community. In this regard, this firm has been a true community developer. The farmers themselves have been quick to appreciate the advantage given them by this firm. It has overcome their antagonism for the middleman and has built up a system of cooperation between farmer and city man which is bound to insure the prosperity and progress of this community. Another reason why the farmer likes this firm is the courteous and accommodating service which he always receives at the hands of this firm. The firm also functions as a bureau of information to the farmers in giving them the latest market prices on all produce. It would be impossible to speak of the success of this firm without speaking of the man who has directed it for its successful career. This business proves that he was far-seeing. His attitude toward the farmer proves his willingness to boost the community in every way possible, and in business or out they are thoroughly public-spirited business men.

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Long Motor Company, Inc. Prominent Among the Automobile Firms of This Community Are Located in South Bend at 144-148 Lincoln Way East. Because Willys-Knight Leads the World in Automobile Improvements, This Local Sales Agency Consented to Sell These Cars, Willys-Overland Corporation Well Represented Here With Both the Willys-Knight and Overland Offering Every Need in the Community. The Overland Coupe-Sedan at $585 is the World’s Lowest Priced Four Passenger, Four-Door Closed Car. Mr. Albert M. Long , President is a Valued Man in Every Phase of Community Life. Overland-Knight Sales and Service at 110 North Mill St.

One almost unique feature about the Willys-Knight is that it has always been a leader in the automobile field. For this the Willys-Knight and Overland corporation is to be given great credit. No new feature has appeared on an automobile but that the Willys-Knight was not among the first if not the first in adopting it. There are a number of these: that silent engine which improves with use, the engine that never needs cleaning or valve grinding, the body design which immediately captured the eye, and now there is a new feature ,a feature which overcomes one of the greatest problems of automobile construction, the problem of eliminating vibration. The solution to this problem which has puzzled automobile designing engineers for years

South Bend Carpet Cleaning & Weaving Co. 1 he Most Modern and Best Equipped Plant of Its Kind in This Section With Main Offices in South Bend, Located at 666 LaPorteAve., Is a Firm ILat Specializes in the Cleaning and Renovating of Rugs and Carpets, and Carpet and Rug W eaving. Oriental Rugs a Speciality. Prompt in Out of Town Service. All Work in Charge of Experts. Specialists in All Kinds of Rug and Carpet Repairing Manager and Owner of the Plant, Is a Business Man of High Standing and a Valued Member of the Community.

Haven’t you many times walked I into a home and before you noticed I anything else found yourself admiring the carpet. Whereas you felt your carpets always looked rather dull, the rugs and floor coverings in such a home seemed to have a certain freshness. Did it ever occur to you that per- । haps those carpets were no better, no । more expensive than your own—they i were simply cleaned regularly. This [firm has successfully cleaned carpets from many of the best homes in this community with the result that they looked almost like new carpets. This < ompany’s plant is equipped with all tie latter mechanical devices for rug and carpet cleaning of all kinds. The firm is doing an expensive business and its work is giving universal satisfaction. During recent years a great deal । luore attention has been given to Uncleaning of carpets with the result that many new machines and devices have been developed to facilitate this work. All this latest equipment has been installed in this plant with the result that the cleaning here has given so much satisfaction that the reputation of the firm has spread far bei yond the bounds of this community and a special department has been 1 organized to take care of out-of-town work. The plant has the reputation of taking care of such work in the quickest possible time. Having your carpets cleaned—like having your clothing cleaned—is a great economy. You will find that it will often save you the expense of buying new rugs. Why buy new ones when your old carpets can be made just as good as new’ at much less cost than the price of new rugs?

Licensed Employment Agency Is the Leading Employment Agency of South Bend Located at 218 Monroe Bldg., Where They Serve Both Employet and Employee. Os Great Assistance in Getting Employer the Right Type of Employees and in Getting Employee the Right Kind of Position. Mr. A. D. Hubbard, the Manager, is a Resident of South Bend for the Past 38 Years. He is a Capable Business Man and Popular in the Community.

“Brokers in Brains.” This is the unique name applied to this modern employment agency by one of the thousands who had benefitted by its service. This is by no means a misnomer. When you are looking for a job you are looking for a place where you can capitalize on your brain power with the greatest possible results. The purpose of this up-to-date . employment agency is to obtain for you the most possible for your brains, I for your ability. In this important function, this । agency has succeeded admirably in this comunity. Its business is to get the man who wants work and the job together with the greatest possible advantage to everyone concerned. For this service only a nominal fee is charged to the man getting the job. This service is of inestimable value to three classes of people: the employer who wants just the right individual for a certain position, the man or woman who is already workI ing but feels that he or she wants and is fitted for a better position, or the ( man or woman who is out of work 1 and is looking for a position. Many employers do not find it pro- | fitable to operate their own employ- , ment departments. A specialty with this agency is the taking care of such accounts for manufacturers and business men. The agency takes over all I obligation of keeping the positions of I such manufacturers and business men

has been solved by the invention of the Lanchester balancer. Without actually trying out the car, it is hard to realize the great value of this new improvement in automobile motor construction. It is Tomething entirely new in vibrationless engine running. There is absolutely no vibration at any engine speed. Consider the pleasure of driving an automobile with no engine vibration. Gone that tiresomeness in driving a car after about the first fifty miles; gone, too, the weariness in riding in a machine for any long distance. As a matter of fact it is practically the last improvement required to make automobiling a genuine, unadulterated pleasure. It is because the Willys-Knight makers have alw’ays been foremost in making improvements on their cars, because they have been abreast and ahead of everyone in ideas of automobile construction that the enter-

a special feature of cleaning Oriental rugs and carpets. This department like the whole plant, is in charge of experts in this particular line. They can tell as soon as your oriental rug is examined just what sort of cleaning it needs. The work of this plant on Oriental rugs surpasses much of the work done in Metropolitan shops, and you need have no fear about these prized possessions if the cleaning is entrusted to this up-to-date plant in charge of experts. When it comes to carpet and rug weaving, they can’t be beat. Expert weavers in this plant have established a reputaation for high quality work that extends throughout this section for many miles around. The same is true of their rug and carpet repairing department and every year they are adding new satisfied customers, by reason of the superior quality of their work and reasonable prices. Courteous and efficient service has been the foundation on which the enviable reputation of this establish-1 ment has been built. Promptness is ; a feature of this service. Furthermore, the firm is absolutely reliable not only in businesss dealings but in the doing of its work. If rugs cannot be cleaned, this company will tell you so. Their experts are going to [ run no chances of ruining them. Most rugs, however, are improved rather than impaired by cleaning. The members of this firm know that a good name in a community is built on continuous satisfaction to all customers. These men are not only outstanding business men in this city and vicinity. They are respected citizens of the community, ready and willing to do their part in any project which seeks to make the community a bet ter one in which to live.

filled at all times. The managers and workers in this agency have studied the types of individuals who are suited for particular positions. They are able to judge an individual’s capacities and abilities quickly. For the man or woman who is looking to improve on his present position, the services of this agency are indispensable. This agency makes it its business to know the particular needs of employers not only in this but in adjacent comunities. The experts working in this office have been so long at this type of work that after an interview they can tell many men and women how they can improve their income. They know the individual that is suited for a particular position. No man or woman can be satisfied or successful in a position to which he or she is not suited. To obtain jobs for individuals to which they are suited is one of the paramount aims of this firm. The service of this agency, furthermore, is not limited. It places every class of working person from office boy to manager. No job is too large or no need is too small to receive the ; most careful attention of this agency. ' This publication does not hesitate ] to recommend unqualifiedly this ; agency to any employer who desires < a certain type of employee or to any- ] one looking for a position. The man- ; agers of this firm are reliable, trust- i worthy adn public spirited. | j

prising owners of this local sales room consented to take the agency for the Willys-Knight and Overland cars. They were convinced that here was a line of automobiles that could be offered to the people of this community without any apologies whatsoever. They have not been disappointed. And the Willys-Knight and Overland owners of this and surrounding communities have not been disappointed. This line truly meets all needs. The Willys-Knight meets the wants of the most discriminating and the Overland meets the needs of those who do not want quite so expensive a car and yet .w T ant a car with which all care in construction has been taken. They want the lower priced car w’hich has back of it the guarantee of this peer among automobile construction corporations. Overland owners are satisfied. The man who drives the Willys-

Dr. G. W. Taylor, Dentist With Up-to-Date Offices in South Bend Located at 302 South Michigan St. over Star Store Has Established High Reputation by the Unassailable Quality of His Work. Work Done Without Pain. Bridge Work, Extraction and Children’s Dental Work Specialties. He is a Man of over 25 Years Experience, a Specialist in Pyorrhea and an Expert in Roofless Plates. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Enjoys Wide Reputation Throughout This and Surrounding Communities.

Most people have almost the same fear of a dentist’s chair that they have of an electric chair—except that there is no disgrace attached to the former. This is natural. All human beings fear pain even though some of them won’t confess it, and in the past the dentist’s chair has always been connected in the same thought with pain. This has had a detrimental effect; it has caused people to neglect their teeth which has resulted not only in having no teeth or bad ones, but late scientific discoveries show that many diseases, even some types of insanity, can be attributed to the improper care of the teeth which has resulted in a decayed and diseased condition. The people of this community may be thankful that in this community there is no need tc neglect one’s teeth because of the traditional fear of pain. This well known local dentist does his work absolutely without pain. He is an expert in the use of all painkilling processes, including all types of local anasthetics and gases. These processes, many of them improved by late scientific discoveries, absolutely kill all pain. As a matter of fact, in the field of local anasthetics alone, so much progress has been made that some of the world’s famous physicians are now performing such major operations as the removal of an appendix by the use of nothing but a local anasthetic. For dental work, these anasthetics are particularly valuable. Dr. Taylor is an expert in the use of them. This very fact has made extracting one ’of his specialties. Although

E. J. Waechter Os South Bend Located at 406 North Scott St., is an Extensive Manufacturer of Soft Drinks of All Kinds. Local Bottling Works Turns Out Large Quantities of Pure, Wholesome and Delicious Beverages. Market Includes All Sections of the State. Popular at All Soda Fountains and Soft Drink Parlors. The High Quality of Their Products Combined With Service Have Made I his Business a Success.

Popular because it is one of the enterprising businesses of the community and because, too, it furnishes the community with pure and wholesome refreshments, this well known bottling works deserves a high place among the institutions which are responsible for the phenomenal progress of this community. Witbout question, this firm is one of the largest producers of beverages in this section, their brands being the most popular at soda fountains and soft drink parlors not only in this community but in all sections of the state. Particularly of late years, America may truly be called the soft drink nation. No people is more quick to recognize pure and wholesome refreshments in the form of soft drinks. This explains the popularity of this local company. Excellency of quality and purity are insisted upon in this plant. The most modern bottling machinery has been installed and every known facility is available for bottling pure and wholesome soft drinks. To insure purity every part of the machinery as well as the bottles is in a state of sterilization at all times. The bottles are not touched by human hands until the sealed corks are on and they are ready to be packed in the cases for delivery to dealers. In other words, the beverage which you drink, if it comes from this plant, is absolutely pure. This firm not only meets every requirement of the Fed-

Knight, the new Willys-Knight has that satisfying sensation that there is no better car on the road. He can drive alongside of all of them and realize that no car performs better, none appears better. His wife, too, with her high feminine sense of pride is glad and pleased to drive this car. She knows that here is a car which gives her a place of distinction among her friends and which can be operated as easily as a vacuum cleaner or any household mechanism. The service of this ( local sales agency has only added to the good names of the Willys-Overland corporation. The public is given that courteous first consideration always. A service station carries out the same high standard of service as the salesroom. The business speaks for the enterprisership of the owners who are also men of inestimable value in every phase of community life.

everyone is anxious to keep all of his or her teeth, at the same time if a tooth is less harmful out than in, one should feel no hesitancy in having it extracted. Bridge work is another specialty of this well knowm dentist whose exceptionally perfect work in this line has given him a reputation throughout this entire section of the state. Is the greatest when the person who smiles can smile and show a set of beautiful teeth—but what about the “good looking” person who^snules and shows a set of ugly, decayed teetK.or “ missing teeth? Those who are bothered and troubled by having decayed teeth extracted and dislike the wearing of a plate, should come to this office and investigate his specialized bridgework. If you have two, three or more teeth left in either jaw, we will make you a complete set that will stay permanently in place. Whether you need but one tooth or a whole plate or an entire set, this dentist can meet your needs satisfactorily. Making a bridge is a delicate piece of work; it is so easy for it to be unsatisfactory to the user. People using bridges made by this man testify to his skill. His laboratory as well as his offices are equipped to do any sort of dental work. He has a wide knowledge of and a long experience in all sorts of dental w’ork. Dr. Taylor has a high professional standing built upon the high quality of the w’ork he has done for the people of this and other communities. He is a respected citizen and a man who is a leader in civic projects.

■ eral Food Act and the Pure Food laws of this state; it insures that ‘ every bottle of beverage going to the ■ public shall be absolutely pure. The plant is the pride of the pure food officials of the state. The products of this company are more than beverages; they are foods. An analysis of these soda water beverages by experts show that they con- ; tain a comparatively large amount of food materials, the elements which are absolutely essential to building ; body and brain tissues. Not onlydo these beverages have a high food quality, but they act as an antiseptic to the digestive system. They also greatly’ aid the process of digestion and assimilation in both children and adults. It is a pleasure to visit the modern plant of this company just to see the efficiency with which this bottling process is carried out. Not a movement too many’ is made from the time the bottles enter the plant to be sterilized until they emerge at the other end filled with the delicious beverage, corked and cased for delivery. The manager of this plant is a sound business man who believes that he is filling a real need in the community. His support is readily given also, to any project which has for its aim the betterment of the community- as a whole. This publication can do nothing but compliment them on the fine business they have built up and on the place they hold as individuals in the community.