A first class butcher shop kept according to modern ideas and conducted with personal skill and intelligence is a great boon to any community. In this respect Hill City is amply provided for, be Mr. McManis, who has a most complete establishment of this kind.
He bought
the closed Wheeler market last September and has been doing a good business
since. His fixtures, counters, racks, blocks and tools are all of high class
and not only is he properly equipped for the business but he is an expert
butcher and has been engaged in the business fifteen years.
He keeps
constantly in stock the choicest of beeves, veal, and pork, as well as a very
high grade of home-cured hams and breakfast bacon. He renders his own lard,
makes his own sausage. All the fresh fruits and vegetables in season are to be
found at this market.
To supply
his trade, he buys from eastern markets or directly from the farmers, always
making careful selections. The McManis shop is always neat and clean. In
addition to his market Mr. McManis carries a $500 stock of groceries and has
two well stocked ice houses from which he supplies summer ice [to] customers.
He owns
his own slaughter house and feed yards, the latter accommodating one hundred
head of cattle and one hundred head of hogs.
Mr.
McManis is very courteous and accommodating and is always ready and willing to
please his patrons. He keeps two men constantly in his employ and runs a
delivery wagon for both his own and his customer's
convenience.
Mr.
McManis is a native of Iowa and moved with his parents to Phillips county,
Kansas, when he was fifteen years old. Since coming to manhood he has been
continuously engaged in the market business having owned shops in Stockton,
Phillips county, Colorado and Hill City.
Mr.
McManis' family consists of a wife and one
small daughter.