The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-15
6reat Progress Made By Local Business
House In That Tine
FIRMS OUTLOOK BRIGHT
Soon to Occupy Larger Quarters-ln-
teresting Interview With
+. w. Kaser.

the county of Walla Walla that do not
know of the Davis-Kaser company.
In the city of Walla Walla the Davis
Kaser company is recognized by all as
one of the institutions of the town
an institution, too, that in recent years
citizens never have failed to point out
and enlarge upon to strangers with
considerable pride.
Learning that the we'll known firm
is soon to occupy additional large
quarters; is about to celebrate it's 18th
year in business in Walla Walla, a
Statesman reporter sought yesterday
an interview with F. w. Kaser, the
leading spirit and general manager of
the company.
Facts relative to the company's past
and future activities, would make good
news, thought the reporter, and that is
what he went after.
Yes" said Mr.. Kaiser, 1--WE have been
in business in Walla Walla for some
months over a decade-to be exact, it
was on the 26th of January, 1894, that
our house was established. Our first
start was on Main street in the store
now occupied by the Paul Housefur-
nisning company. In this stand a little
over year, we moved to 10 West
Main street. For a number of years
We were located at this address, but
our quarters finally becoming too
cramped in the spring of 1899 we
moved again, this time to a larger store
next to the Baker-Boyer bank. But
our business continued to grow by
leaps and bounds and after a few years
at this location it was soon seen that
larger quarters must be sought and ar
rangements were made forthwith for
the erection of our present building on
for the past three years"
And after just three years occu-
pancy of your present big store the cry
was again more room?' queried the
reporter.
That's about it, replied Mr.. Kaser.
You see, ours is a firm that has
ever had the greatest faith in the flu
ture of the city of Walla Walla and
the fertile valley of which it is the GEN.
ter. Perhaps this one fact has had
much to do with our success; proved
the main incentive for us to branch
out-each year of our business life to
take on and handle additional and diff
ferent lines of goods
And your new store, the big annex,
that your firm is arranging to occupy
in few weeks, how large is that to
be? Will it be large enough to meet
your requirements" queried the scribe.
WELL smiled Mr.. Kaser, I'm be-
coming rather skeptical regarding this
question of sufficient store room for
the Davis Kaser company. But the
big addition that we are soon to Oc-
cupy ought to serve our purposes to
perfection, at least, for awhile. The
big addition, counting the basement.
will give us four floors, additional en-
frances both from the front and rear.
The number of feet of floor space the
new addition will give us. to be exact
will be $4,000 square feet"
You will really have use for all that
space?" was the next question put to
Mr.. Kaser.
I'VE certainly will-require it to the
last inch, too. At present we operate
many complete departments. A few of
the leading ones including hardware,
furniture, carpets, paints, crockery,
second hand goods and these along
with other branches thai take in al
most every kind of furnishing for the
home, are not small by any means
when considered in the aggregate. we
will need all the room made available
by our new addition, all right. Ana
further l will say this. that when
snugly enconsed in our greater store
we will have a trading center, retail
emporium or whatever its best name
may be, that local as we'll as shoppers
from the surrounding country are
bound to appreciates; that will be
credit to the greater Walla Walla IL
every respect. In fact, the Davis
Kaser store that is to be reallt.
within the next few weeks will be
store second to none of it's kind, il
service and up-to- dateness, in the en-
tire country At the proper time tn
public will be cordially invited to Sc
it in it's fun glory, and, I know whe
that occurs there will be few who wi,
not be ready to agree with me-
AS nothing makes such interestin
reading as the history of SUGGEST,
enterprise, the last question asked
the reporter was the following: