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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September G, 1913, 
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WIRE and FENCING 
BUILDING MATERIAL 
Our G reat FALL Announcement 
You can order a complete car• 
load of material including every - 
Shing you need to construct a build • 
ing and we will ship it forward toy ou 
without you paying ue a cent down. 
No Money Down 
Write Ms for Our Liberal Terms 
You are safe when you deal with 
as. Our capital stock is $10, 000, • 
000.00 and 20 years of honest 
dealing have earned a place for ua 
in the public confidence that is on* 
questioned. 
Lumber Prices S-m-a-s-h-e-d 
Yes, we mean smashed. Absolutely 
busted to pieces. That'sour policy. We quota 
prices on lumber that will positively save 
you big-money. If you will send your lum¬ 
ber bill we will send you a freight paid 
estimate that will mean a saving to you 
of from 30% to 50%. Every stick is abso¬ 
lutely first class, brand new and fully up-to- 
jgrade such as you would buy from any reputable 
Un 
Eouse in the 
We have determined that the Fall of 
1913 is going to bo the Banner Sea¬ 
son in our great lumber depart¬ 
ment. We have on hand 20,000,000 
feet of high-grade lumber suitable 
for the construction of Buildings, no 
matter for what purpose intended 
Come to our great yards in Chi¬ 
cago and let us show you this stuff 
actually in stock. No other con¬ 
cern in the world has a more com¬ 
plete stock of everything needed to 
fmlid, whether Lumber, Shingles, 
Structural Iron, Plumbing. Heat¬ 
ing. Boors or anything else that 
i 'ou may need. Bo you know that 
umber Is getting scarcer and 
scarcer every year? Yet our prices 
ore lowest and will continue so until 
our stock is gone. WRITE TOBAY. 
Shingles at Big Saving 
I We have 
I a special 
lot of 
. 1 . 000.000 
'5 to 2 
10 1 n c h 
Clear Shingles on which we are 
making an exceptionally low price 
of $2.99. Order by Lot No. M. S._40. A 
Jnited States. 
This Door at 98c 
Lot MS-39. Four panel 
painted door, size 2 ft. 
6 in.xS ft. 6 in. 600 in 
stock. A high quality 
door for the price. This 
is only one of our many 
special bargains. Our 
grand Building Material 
Catalog and Bargain 
8heets will show a full 
line of Inside Mill- 
work of all kinds. 
Free Building Book 
A 200-page Book of “ 
Bargains in Mill- 
work. Building Ma¬ 
terial of all kinds, 
including Paints, 
Plumbing, Heat¬ 
ing, Structural 
Iron, Metal and 
Composition Roof¬ 
ing, Hardware. 
Carpenter's and „ , 
Blacksmith’s Tools. Wire Penolng. 
No prospective builder should be 
without it. It Is Free. . . 
Smash Go WIRE and FENCE Prices 
BARB WIRE Less ,Than 2c Per Rod 
New galvanized, heavy weight barb wire, put up 
on reels about 100 lbs. to the reel. Lot 2-AB-26 
per BO lbs, $1.03. Galvanized barb wire, light 
weight, first grade, best made, put up exactly 80 
Coda to reel, 2-point barbs. Lot 2-AD-28, per rool, $1,40. 
Wire Nalls, PerjKeg, $1,28 
6.000 kegs, put up 100 lbs. to the keg mixed all kinds to- 
aether. regular nails, such as made by nail 
S-AB-SJ, price per keg. $1-28 1.000 kegs of 10 penny¬ 
weight regular new wire nafis, 100 lbs, to the keg, while they 
last, per keg, *1.88. Write for our free Wire and Pence 
Catalog. Gives valuable Information to any land owner, 
fill in the coupon below. 
Smooth Galvanized Wire Per 100 lbs. $1.13 
vines or for any 
— irregular-- „ 
$1.13 is our price for No.,96»t*8e- 
Other sizes in proportion. 
15c Per Rod Buys Heavy Hog Fencing 
m 
Here is another one of our romarkable bar¬ 
gains, A good heavy fence, bought from Ohio 
flooded factory, perfectly adapted for hogs and 
general farm purposes, 26in, high, square mesh, 
put up in suitable size rolls. Lot 2-AD-31, price 
per rod 15c. Other heights in proportion, 
READY House PAINT 
is under the 
You can buy a carload of Building Material from ue with¬ 
out paying us one cent in advance. All we want to know 
is that the money will be paid us as soon as the material 
is received, unloaded and checked up. Our terms are 
more liberal than anyone else offers- 
Chicago House Wrecking Co. 
Now operated under the name of 
HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY 
F OR twenty years the CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING 
COMPANY h,iB been well and favorably known to the 
public. Buring all these years the four Harris 
Brothers have been the executiveofficersand owners 
and for that reason have finally decided to operate under 
the name of HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. 
There is no change in our business, except that in the 
future the four Harris Brothers will advertise and sell 
their goods, heretofore advertised and sold under the 
name of the CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKINGOOMPANY, 
under the new nameof HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. 
Why We are Called the Great Price Wreckers 
Consider what becomes of the stock of goods, when a 
manufacturer or big retail morcliant goes bankrupt or 
•'busted” as the saying goes. It is estimated that about ton 
thousand merchants annually moot with business disaster 
—this is why our company exists. If the stocks are suffi¬ 
ciently largo and the goods are now and desirable, they 
find their natural way to our groat forty aero plant for 
distribution at a small added profit, to our thousands of 
customers, who in this way get the benefit of wonderful 
bargains. In many cases our prices do not oven represent 
the original exist of production. We stand foremost in our 
lino. We recognize no competition. That’s why we are 
called “THE GREAT PRICE WRECKERS.” 
Our Binding Guarantee 
We guarantee absolute and complete satisfaction. 
There Is no half way about this guarantee. Every pur¬ 
chase you make from us will booxaotly as represented and 
you will be satisfied in every way, or wo will make such 
just amends as are witliinour power.We will takeback any 
unsatisfactory article at ourfreightexpenso both ways and 
refund your purchase price. We refer as to our responsi¬ 
bility to the publisher of this or any other publication or 
any bank or express company and to the public at large. 
We Sell Practically Everything 
Our stock includes practically ’’everything under the 
sun”. It’s in truth, from a needle to a locomotive. No 
matter what your vocation, or what position in life you 
occupy, or what your business, or how great a merchant 
you are, you have use for us, and wo have tho goods that 
you can buy from us to a decided advantage. The quicker 
you learn to recognize this fact, the sooner you will be 
‘‘putting money in your pocket.” 
Our stock includes Building Material, Lumber, Roofing, 
Sash, Boors, Millwork, Wiro and Fencing, Hardware. 
Plumbing Material. Heating Apparatus and Supplies, 
Furniture, Household Goods, Rugs, Stoves and everything 
needed to furnish or equip your home, your olub orhotel. 
It inoludesGrooories.Ofothing.BryGoods.Bootsand Shoes, 
Furnishing Goods and every single article toclothe a man. 
woman or child. It includes Sporting Goods, Fishing 
Tuckle.Hunting Outfits, Tents, Guns, Harness and Ve¬ 
hicles, Jewelry.Sowing Machines,Clocks; also structural 
iron neodod in construction of buildings, bridges, etc. 
Maohinory, gasoline, gas and electric power outfits. Infaet 
you cannot think of a single manufactured article that wo 
cannot supply you at a saving in price. Let us convince 
you—it means but little effort on your part to prove tho 
truth of all we say. Writo us to-day for our Oataloguo 
and literature. Fill in the coupon shown below. 
The Great Price Wreckers 
*735 
Buys the Material 
to Build This House 
This Is Our House No. 6A. 
A beautiful up-to-date full 2 story, 7 
rooms and bath, home. Hasbeensold 
over 400 times. Copied and imitated all 
over the U. 8., but our prico and qual¬ 
ity cannot be equaled. The price is 
easily 25$ to 60 % below local dealer's prices. 
Immediate shipment right from oar Chicago 
stocks, where you can come and aeo it loaned. 
NO Money DOWN. *2.00 buys perfect 
Blue Print Plans, complete, ■pacifications and 
detailed dencriptive material list, with O re¬ 
fund of $1.60 if you do not like them._ 
ORIGINAL METHODS 
We are the originators of a 
eystem of selling practically com¬ 
plete Houses direct to the con¬ 
sumer, at a great saving. 
We eliminate all in-between 
profits. We sell and ship direct 
to you from our own stocks. 
Great care and study has been 
given all our Plans. Economy is 
the watch-word both in materials 
and construction. t 
V No Worry v No Loss 
No Waslo 
Our Binding Guarantee both 
Bs to quality and quantity goes 
With every sale. 
Write us for lotters from people In 
your vicinity who have bought from 
us. We have thousands of unsolicit¬ 
ed testimonials. 
^ Our House No. 6A. 
Special Information 
If you Intend building, you will 
lose money if you don’t write us at 
once. Tell ua what yon want. We 
will answer you promptly and give 
you valuable information regarding 
building. Send rough pencil sketch 
showing the kind of houso you want. 
Wo will make you a freight paid iprico that 
will eave you big monoy on material neces¬ 
sary to build same. Evory atick first class. 
If you intend to make Improvements, writs 
na what they are. and wo will help you to save 
money on your purchases. 
Our FREE Book of Plano 
Our Book of PlaneJF 
containsl20 Besigns of 
different kind, of build- 
dings. Everything from 
a 2 room Portablo House for 
$147.50 to tho finest kind of 
a 10 room residence. 
Houses are complete¬ 
ly illustrated showing 
the floor plans, prices, 
etc. And it’s free. 
per 100 sq. ft. 
buys best 
steel roofing 
BEST QUALITY 
PREMIER. MICHAELSON 
Our paint department 
personal supervision oi 1*1 r. v. 
Michaclson. for 30 years the foremost 
paint man in America. His picture has 
appeared on over 8,000,000 cans, and his 
name is known from ocean to ocean. 
Paint of quality is his specialty. Every gallon baa oar strongest 
Kuarantoe. Our Ready Mixed Bam Paint at 66c a gallon will out- 
laat any similar paint produced. If you want quality paint, writ© 
ua: or writ* to Mr. Michnoluon If youprefor. Finest, mootvalu¬ 
able paint book over published aont I? R E E. Bond coupon. •— 
price 
Staples, 100 lbs., $1.75, 
mr Freight Paid Prices 
Send Us Today Your Complete List of Lumber and 
Building Materials for Our FREIGHT PAID PRICES. 
Smash Go ROOFING PRICES 
Galvanized Steel Roofing is Fire, Water and Lightning Proof 
We bought 20,000 squares of 
this Corrugated Iron Koofiner# 
which weofforat this remarkably 
low price. It Is new, perfect, ana 
first-class, but light weight. The 
shoots are22 x 24in. xlJ4 in. corru¬ 
gated. Our price of $1.25 per aq. Is 
f. o. b. cars Chicago. 
When ordering this Item, spec¬ 
ify Lot No, AB-i00. This Is not 
— galvanized, butblacksteel roofing. 
Write ns today for our spooial FREIGHT PREPAID PRICES 
on new. galvanized roofing. We are offering prloes lower than ever bo- 
fore offered In the roofing business. Galvanized roofing at $2.15 par 
square and up. Ask for froe samples. 
We can furnish anything needed in Roofing, Siding or Celling. 
62 CENTS PER 108 SQUARE FEET BUYS BEST 
* RUBBER SURFACED “AJAX” ROOFING / 
Here again we show the lowest price ever known 
for roofing of quality. Thissmooth surfacod roofing we are 
offering Is our one-ply ‘’Aiax” brand, and theories includes 
necessary cement and caps to lay it; this prioo is f.o b. Uhi- 
cago; at 75o per square, wo pay Uie freight in full to any 
S oint Ea6t of Kansas and Nebraska and North of tho Ohio 
iivor, providod your ordor Is for at least 3 squares. Prices 
to other points on application. 
roofing Is guaranteed to wear as long and give as good ser¬ 
vice as any Ready Rubber Surfacod Roofing on the market. 
It is put up in rolls of 108 square feet, and contains 3 to 4 
pieces to the roll. - H e— 1 - 
We have other grades of Ready Roofing, which we offer 
at prices easily 30 por cent below regular quotations. Write 
to-day for free samples and Roofing Catalog. Fill in tho coupon. 
98 
Per 
Gal. 
Fill in This Coupon 
Send mefree of cost the following catalogs, (Place 
anXmark in square opposite the catalogs you desire) 
□ 
□ 
□ 
Catalog of 
B 0,000 Bargain 
Plan Book of 
Houses & Burns 
D 
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Building 
Muterlal 
f 
$8.50 for a High- 
Grade, Sanitary, Com¬ 
plete Closet 
Syphon acting, 
vitreous bowl, 
hardwood seat 
and cover. Low 
down, latest 
style, copper lined tank. 
Outfit is Lot 5-AD-105. 
1 1 / 2 H.P.«* $24.75 
The lightest, strongest and most com¬ 
pact Gasoline Engine ever produced. 
Thirty days’ free trial. It is 4-cycle, 
self-contained, horizontal, hopper cooled; 
on heavy wood skids, 
with battery box, ship¬ 
ped complete, wt. 250 
lbS.Hasautomatlo gov¬ 
ernor. Easy to atort. Send 
fcirS^ocial Gasoline Engine 
Kitchen Cabinet 
$17.35 
$30.00 
VALUE. 
Every 
Qood 
Feature 
Known. 
Soe our 
froe big 
book. 
Roofing, Siding 
and Celling 
Wire and 
Fencing 
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Plumbing 
& Heating 
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My Nam* <•- 
My Address t«--— 
County - State 
B.R. 
Paint s 
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PO 1 
$13 Buys Complete BATHTU B 
This is a white enameled, cast iron. 
eno-picco, heavy roll rim bathtub; fitted with 
, i ., the latest ntyle nickel- 
plated trimminga,Including 
r \^i 5 tuT-jliHuMIl Fuller double bath cocks 
for hot and cold water. 
W V o nickel - plated connected 
Waste and overflow, and nickel-plated euuply 
pipes. It is 6 ft* long and is good enough to 
newer the needs of any man. Lot 6AD-101. 
Hot Water Heating Plants 
Wo are headquarters for steam, 
hot water and wurin air heutiiiir 
plants. They are ouitublo either for 
new or old homoa. It is easy to 
inetall one of these plants in your 
old building. For this great Fall 
Sale of oura wo are offering a warm 
air beating plant large enough for 
the ordinary 6 room house, with all 
necessary plana and complete* in¬ 
struction* for inntulling, for $46.00. 
50,000 Bargain Catalog FREE 
. TBl ____ 
Wonderful “Price Wrecker’*. It la a book of 1000 
pages, with wonderful illustrations, and with clear, 
frank statements explaining exactly the naturoof 
tho goods we have for sale, and quotes them at the 
lowest possible prices. It is a book of real mer¬ 
chandise truths—tells you tho factaao plainly that 
you cannot misunderstand us. 
Our busin ess is founded on truth and virtue. 
We want satisfied customers—we 
need you every day in our business. wo 
treat everyone aa though ho or she wore 
tho only customer on our books: and this 
tlOOO pago “Prico Wrecker” of oura 
great 1000 pago "Prico Wrecker" of oura 
la our beet and truest factor. If you have 
not a copy in your possession, you fail to 
ondomtand fully how to buy goods. It 
will nmko you wiso to prices that ought 
to prevail, and if you haven’t a copy, 
then it ia time for you to got busy, and 
writo ua to-day to aoud you thia wonder¬ 
ful Catalog of oura. 
Fill iu too coupon. 
Iron Pipe and Fittings 
SID 
i pipe (n random lengths 
dth couplings, suitable 
M 
Good Iron 
complete wil ___ _ 
for gas, oil, water and convoyanco 
of all liquiaa; Hire 8-8 to 12 inches: 
our prico on 1-in. per foot 8c; 1 1-4 
inch at 4c per " ~ 
stock of valvoB a 
ua your epociflcai 
*1.0 0-0 lO 1. lUCIiWW, 
-in. per foot 8c; 1 1-4 
per foot. Complete 
and fittings. band 
cations. 
AXMINSTER 
RUGS at 75c 
Wo bought nt Now York 
Auction an enormous utock of 
high grade, brand now ruga 
and floor coverings. This iu a 
auraplo of our monoy-auving 
bargains. Write for complete 
Free Rug Catalog, allowing 
actual colors. 
FURNITURE 
Woarotho World'a Bargain 
Hoadquartera for tho outfit¬ 
ting of your home, club, lodge 
or hotel, from tho very latest 
to tho fineat. An assortment 
of Household Goods ami every¬ 
thing such as will be found ia 
no other institution in tho land. 
Writo for freo copy of our Fur¬ 
niture uud Household Goods 
Catalog. 
’MmmMMMMMm 
HARRIS BROTHERS CO. 
OWNERS 
35th and Iron Sts. 
Chicago 
