The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-19
A Profitable Visit.

1t usually is of great interest to ladies
and also men to read something in re-
gard to a large dry goods house, espec-
tally in a community in which they trade
or where they should. We intend to
write Of the leading dry goods house OF
northern Montana and it is a question ii
it is not the largest in the state. The
house of which Joe Conrad is the pro-
prietor is the oldest business of its kind
in Great Falls and fast as the city has
grown it has not equaled the growth of
this house, which would do ample credit
to any eastern city of $4,000 population.
AS you enter the store room devoted to
exclusive dry goods and notions, you are
at once astonished at the elegant and
lavish display of rich goods. At our
right we were shown black dress goods
and silks of every price and quality,
showing at a glance that this popular
house is catering to "A popular trade.
Adjoining the black goods are the color
ed wool dress goods, and we were shown
such ar array of Henriettas, serges, chew
lots, boucle effects, plaids, stripes and
every conceivable color, pattern and
style that We were perfectly dazed, In
the next department is kept the Innings
for dresses, also French and domestic
satins, g~inghams. calicos and colored nov
city wash goods. The stock is wonder |
fully large and the styles are noticeable
for their newness and hard must be the
lady to please, either in price, quality or
style in wash goods. Extending from
the wash goods to the end of the store
are household goods and white dress
goods. This department is certainly the
good housekeeper's resort, for here she
can find all the necessary linens, muslins.
etc. in lavish quantities and varieties
suitable for either the pocket of a me-
chanic or to the artistic taste of the rich.
This house certainly has cause to pride
itself on keeping fine linens for the table,
linens, napkins, towels, etc, which we
saw would be hard to surpass in any city
of the country. Commencing on the
other side we were shown through the
ladies' underwear. hose and corset de-
partments. which would certainly do
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From here we are taken to the dress
trimming. ribbon and small notions
counters, but we found such a variety of
articles that it would be impossible to
enumerate further than that all showed
a desire on the part of Mr.. Conrad to
keep only reliable goods. Passing from
this room through the arch way draped
with rich draperies of rare laces and vel
vet velours. we entered a room of mag
niticent size, the sides beautifully and ar
tistically draped, evidently. with all kinds
of beautiful and rare drapery goods,
while arranged on an oiled floor of Ore
gon pine were displayed carpets of every
hue and design, from the cheap mating
of China and wool ingrains to the better
grades OF two and three ply Hartfords
and Lowells, and from the cheaper tap
estries to Brussels ~velvets, Morquets,
Wiltons, etc; also linoleums and oil
cloths. In this room are also kept win
dow shades and drapery goods, such as
laces, muslins. velvets and flax ~velvets.
We were also shown a large and varied
stock of ladies' jackets, shawls and small
wraps, and calico and bingham wrappers.
From this room we were piloted for
ward to the shoe department. In this 4,
room it is impossible to see the side walls
so high is the shoe stock piled. Shoes,
shoes, shoes on every hand and from the
samples shown us we would recommend
all people who desire reliable goods to
p%atronize Joe Conrad. Hurriedly noting
the evident desire to fill the sole-ful wants
all we passed to the basement, where,
all sides, mammoth piles of reserve
goods, which looked sufficient to fill
ordinary stores, but the cause
was evident to us, when we were inform
ed that this e%nterprising house does
quite a large jobbing business, compel
ing with the wholesale houses of the
east. They are agents for the Butterick
Publishing company of New York and
send out gratis every month over one
fashion sheets.
We are sorry that want of space will
not let us go into a more detailed ac-
count OF this very enterprising house,
but we would suggest to those living out
the city that one of the places they
visit when in the city should be the
dry goods house of Joe Conrad.