The Dickinson press., 1905-09-30
r 4 BUI DING.
Beautiful twenty thousand Dollar Struc'
ture. Credit to its Owners and
Great Addition to City. ...z

s CONSTRUCTORS.
The Ray block. begun April 7o,siss
compiete6 and the various occupants
are getting settled in their respective
quarters. Hancock Bros. Of Fargo were
the architects and ]: a. McDougaI the
contractor. w. G. Ray has given the
construction his constant attention and
careful supervision, and to his constant
oversight is due the fact that all is so
satisfactorily completed. .5
r4E BUILDING. a
The blockS .1ich is located on Willard
street. just opposite the approach TO the
N. P. depot. presents an imposing front
from any point, noticeably SO from the
depot platform. and it will give fine
"frst impression" of the city's business
enterprise to, visitors to North Dakota's
western metropolis.
1t has a frontage of fifty feet, is one
hundred feet deep and two stories high.
The front is certainly the most ornate in
the city. Costly. red stone has been
used unspzringly for main cornice,
tablets. window cornice and coping in
pleasing contrast to the brown-buff
pressed brick. and producing fine
effect Upon q red stone tablet below
the main cornice are cut the words,
Ray Building" A little lower on
either side are stone tablets hewn in
floral design and two Gothic cornices of
stone, each covering two of the front
windows of the second story and cut in
like manner. The lower floor is divided
into two large stores and has hall on
the west side leading to the second
floor. The entire building is finished
in Georgia pine, in natural finish. The
stairs are of oak and the stairway and
hall are ceiled some three feet, which
]. not only serves as protection to the
walls. but adds to the appearance as
we'll.
HEADQUARTERS"
The west store has two large FROM
plate windows and one return, with An
entrance from the east side, also from
the west hall.
This is the home Of the "Headquar.
ters," and is presided over by Joe Gus
kelley, one Of the early settlers of Dick
inson. The place is equipped with some
of the finest fixtures west of St. Paul.
RoQuETTE BROS STORE.
.z This flrn, composed Of Fred Roquetts
and Frank sRoqueste,. brothers, beear
business Ia DickiInson three years ago
Both are experienced mercantile mer
and both are hustlers. More than all
they give their personal attention *
every detail Of their business and they
have been rewarded by seeing large
increase in their trade, which had en-
tirely outgrown their old quarters.
They now have a store, 100 by25 feet
light, airy and new. The entrance is il
the center with fine display windows OF
B either side, wide return glasses giving
deep window shelves for decorative pur
poses. The upper border glasses 0
these windows as also those of tn,
"Headquarters" ARE loaded, and eacl
loaded light is outlined by band 0
opalescent glass, this surrounded by
narrow band of bright red. The ricl
effect of the light through these must b.
seen to be appreciated. The walls ar,
tinted blue-green and the metal ceiling
which extends down upon the walls t,
form the necessary finish. is pure white
Shelving for this firm was included il
the building and was put in under thei
direction.
The proprietors and all the clerk
!. were busily at work moving and settlin,
in their new quarters when the PRES
representative called. On the rightof tn
entrance, novelties, notions, ribbons ant
ladies' belts, gloves. corsets, ETC., wer'
being put in place. Miss Mollie Koste
leckey and Miss Williams will hay
charge Of these departments. Next O
the right wall are the cases for gents
furnishing goods and on counters in tn
center floor, gentlemen's ready mad
clothing. Frank Roquette preside
over this section. The last departmen
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