Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-27
PIONEER NEWS DEP0T.
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 There has been reared and just com l p.ateJ in tins city, store building that would do credit to any city of five times thc number of inhabitants that Tucson possesses, in aly portion of the United States. |. is finished in modern style, with ali the ad:uncts necessary to carry on an extensive business iG the special line of tgado for which it was designed, and viii be adequate to conduct that business for many years to come.
 The 1uilliug to which reference is i made .s the new bookstore of Mir. J. ;. Mansfield, proprietor of the Pioneer News Depot, one of the substantial ill., stitUtiJns that has grown up with the advance of the city until 1t has become a landmark of the Territory.
 few words in relation to the eneT- cctic proprietor of this model store will not be uninteresting before going fur ther iu;O details concerning lis present business: Mir. J. $. Mansfield Is a native Of Prussia, and was regularly educated for business; he served four years as an apprentice and three years Gs a clerk be- fore emigrating to the United States. He arrived in California in 1856, and for three years clerked for Getlesou Brothers in Shasta, when he became partner III the bookstore in Shasta formerly owned by Mir. \ Roman, now of San Francisco, and remained there until lS63, when he went to Virginia City, where his partner had been conducting business for two years Through a disastrous mining speculation of his partner. Mir. Mans field there lost iu few months the care- ful accumulation of years in CaIfor- nia lie then went to Idaho City, arIIv- ing there early in 1SO-, and immediately st rted business. He fitted up a store and laid n a stock of goods, but a fire winch destroyed tue town lei, Eim with- out dollar in the world, and deeply in debt. By a rare display of energy and perseverance, Le started up a-diu and began to prosper when @ second fire swept IdaLo City almost out of exist euce. As tLe t0rl begun its dGcadeuge about that tune, Nr. NalsielI went to Silver C.lr and for a few months dli well until tie Nl.te Pine excitement Ier1pula-cd the place, when he Was rgnrelicl ta close his business and joTu ir the general sXodus. but being unable t-, z,,., -z- place at White Pine he went into :be reWlgu ming camps south Ci that country. lie ass- ,kae first person who to1k a stlc5 of mcrcLaLG.se ilt5-slL ccLe, then called the Ely District, but his7 ~rtculatious iu the miuIE- camps were not profitable, and tide ot misfortune seemed set against Elm. Having
 
 oi San Diego when the railroad cZrltg- M,uJ attracted much attention Co that ulace. Mr. Mansfield made his way tAgre and for nine months worked hard, when the excitement began tu die out, aud a the summer of 1870 he turned Ills lace towards tue arid sands of Arizona. A5 that time there was no news depot OF bookstore iu the Territory, aud soon @!- ter his arrival here Slr. Mansfield began in an exceedingly modest way the bust ness which has now attained such great proportions and brought golden sands into his cUfTers. He began shortly after the CITIZEN was first established, and from that tme to this day his business advertisement has not been out of its columns. He began in a little room m the corner of the old building which has now been replaced by his new structure, and for seven years he worked without assistance and personally distributed the newspapers to hIs patrons.
 The later history of this gentleman IS more or less familiar to all the people of Tucson: how his little room was eu- larred time and again, until he was com pellcd to rear a magnificent store to ac- cOmmOdate his growing trade. A glance into his splendid establishment Is truly interesting. Not only has he very complete stock of standard text and hJ- erary works, stationery, blank books, and the usual stock of a book and sta tionery store, but ten thousand fancy articles for use and ornament, new and unique in design and materials of con structiOn. His store to-day was piled full of boxes Of new Eu"s'- .---St leCGi, eo s.,,ar..,, 2, inch are beautiful holiday gifts, tO suit any taste or purse.
 Mir Mansfield has placed but small margin of profit upon his goods, m or der tO make it an inducemeut for people to purchase here instead of sending away for their goods. The effort to de- scribe his stock will not be attempted, as but poor justice could be done to the subject. His goods will be properly displayed in a few days, and a personal inspection of them should be made by all who contemplate purchasing holiday goods.