The daily sentinel., 1904-12-19
FROM ACORN TO OAK.
u onderful Growth of The Fair
Graad functions Great Business
House.-Honesty the keystone
of Success.-A New Home to

L hhOhNt--ItontNtN
of Success.-A New Home to
be Built.
The attractions at The Fair are the littl
prices"
a certain pride rests in every cit
! izen of a growing community at the
| size and character OF its stores. rep
| resenting its mercantile interests. 1t
might readily be said without any
fear of contradiction that no town
| of its size in the state, and quite a
| few of the towns of larger size, has
stores comparable with Grand June
| ton.
An institution that ranks high.
not only with the citizens OF Mesa
county. but has reputation
4 through all of western Colorado. is
| The Fair, owned and controlled by
the firm of w. j. Mover & Co. con
sisting of w. J. Meyer and Il. H.
| Craven.
The store is very generally CON
ceded to be the largest in its line
in western Colorado, and it is one
of those institutions which had an
| exceedingly small beginning. but
which has attained its present splen-
| did growth because of the uniform
ly fair treatment given its patrons
and because of the policy of strict
est honesty and integrity that has
governed its every business transac-
tion.
The year 1900 saw its beginning.
The present senior partner was then
its head. w. j. Meyer The stock
might have been contained in two
or three large-size dry goods cases.
but the same dignity and fair treat
ment prevailed with this handful
nf pnnhG 10 E,, hot
department store, with three dis
tinct rooms. covering nearly 10000
square feet of floor space.
Every business transaction of
this big store is done on a cash
basis. Goods are bought for cash
at the smallest possible margin con-
sistent with good business methods.
There is a system to everything.
Each of the partners have their re-
spective duties to perform. the su-
perintendence of which occupies all
their time. Each individual clerk
knows his or her duty, and there
is unison of movement that makes
everything in this big institution
move with clock-like regularity.
The first and original room is
given over to dry goods and ladies'
goods of all descriptions. Whatever
the market has in new and up-to-
date goods, here they viii be found
most tastefully arranged. Eastern
markets are ransacked for bar
gains of all kinds. and there is al
ways something worthy to be
looked at in this department.
The second department contains
mems clothing, hats. caps. boots and
shoes, The best of everything is
kept in this department and oblig-
inc R1artFG ha q
customers. This is essentially the
particular department of Mr.. +. II.
Craven. and he devotes the greater
part of his time to seeing that no
store can excel this one in the var
iety of its stock.
The third store is given over to
household goods of various kinds.
especially house and kitchen fur
nishing. crockery, glassware and
queensware. besides one of the lar
gest lines of Christmas goods in all
the city.
But it is not the goods contained
in these three big stores that The
Sentinel desires to draw to the at
tention of the public. so much as It
is the general character of the store
and the manner in which 1t is oper-
ated. When the history of the store
is recalled, it's small beginning and
the proportions it has grown to, II
is matter of wonderment to the
public, and the principles underly-
ing the conduct of the business it.
self, is of vastly more Importance
than the goods contained in the
stores
The gentlemen composing the
firm of w. j Meyer & Co are w. ].
Meyer and Il. II. Craven, who have
earned the respect and regard of
the whole business community. To
show what may be the future of the
store,it can be said that the coming
spring The Fair will start the build
ing of "A home of its own, on the
property recently purchased by. IT
on the southeast corner of Fifth and
Main streets. Here will be erected
three-story building, rs foot front
by 125 feet deep, modern in every
line, where upon a vastly enlarged
scale viii be conducted the business
of The Fair in the future. That
success will continue with them in
the future, as IL has in the past. is
matter that admits of no possible
question, as the principles underly-
ing this business are bound to win.
The firm, as well as the public
generally, is proud to think that
The Fair will soon be in its own
home and that the building and the
model upon which the store will be
arranged will contribute to the mer-
camille greatness of Grand Junction,
and that 1t will be an institution of
which the people will grow prouder
the older it becomes.