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Arizona republican., 1915-03-28

If the best short story writer in America today should be commissioned to produce brief fictional account of the nhenomenal rise of a business GOV ering a period of ten years; he could find nothing more alluring, neither facts nor fiction could be assembled that would make more interesting reading than the simple history of the growth of The Toggery in Mesa. The history of The Toggery is full of ac- tion Every year has been full to over flowing There has not been back ward step nor a retrogression. Ihe history grows from a small beginning to a grand finale--what could be more interesting?
 No better time has ever occurred for the celebration planned the coming week than just as the store completing it's tenth year Of success and achieve ment Attaining success, prosperity, leadership are all causes for celebra- ton. All of these could have been fit tinely acknowledged the first year or tine second year or the third year or at the end of any of the ten years but there was one thing that caused the management to refrain-to wait until a decade had been rounded out and then with one mighty effort put on a celebration that would make up for all lapses in the past and go down in the history of the municipality as an event that would long be remembered.
 It seems such a short time ago when The Toggery began in such small way and when compared with the present department store bearing the same name it seems impossible that the two store are connected by ten busy years of merchandising, yet within those ten years lies the basis of this account.
 The residents who were walking along the south side of West Main street one morning ten years ago this spring were somewhat surprised to learn that a new establishment had opened it's doors to the upblic few yentured inside that first day where they learned that the stock consisted principally of very limited assort ment of mems togs and some very large trunks The trunks were given very prominent place from the fact that they assisted materially in filling up the bare walls and made the stock seem more pretentious than it really was. However. while the stock was limited. the optimistic enthusiasm of
Arizona republican., 1915-03-28

He is young man, full of vigor ana vitality and the red blood of business activity pulsates through every department of his agreat store. Always working in harmony with his department heads he is enabled to no matter how intrinsic a detail it
 may appear. Not only is he alive to the selling end but twice each year he invades the eastern markets of learning new ideas getting first hand information and incidentally securing country for goods, dependable mer- chandise that he may bring to his acquaintance of many years, who know him by the familiar name of George. He, like all successful busi-
 ness men has been criticized the more important objection has been that he is ten years in advance of the times. He has answered this that Mesa has a future and that it is up to The Toggery to continue abreast of the town and that in the future as in the past if his advanced ideas are a fault that he will be even open to greater criticism than in the past It is his contention that
 The Toggery will continue to go onward and upward growing from
Arizona republican., 1915-03-28

less the little store doubled and quad rupled it's business until it became nee essary to seek larger and more com mOdiOus quarters and when the splen- did Chandler building was completed it was The Toggery that moved into the largest section. The buyers contin ued to increase and the demand became so great that 8 Ladies Toggery was ad- ded to meet the needs. That same careful business judgment prevailed. The newest things in ladies ready to wear and millinery came by express direct from the fashion centers of the east. It was an innovation in Mesa but the response was immediate and far reaching. The end of the sixth year saw in The Toggery one of the most up to the minute stocks within the borders of the state. There was a con- stant increase of patronage, there was a constant demand for more goods such as the Toggery carried and at such prices as The Toggery offered when the word went out that The Tog- gery must have more room. Compe- titiOn had been cast aside and there was but one competitor, The Phoenix stores. There is said to be a delusion in every man that greener pastures lie over the next hill. Mesa people were imbued with the idea that they could do better in Phoenix the same as Phoe- nix people have an idea. that they can do better in Los Angeles. However, The Toggery met the proposition squarely and fairly. The stock was increased, the prices were lowered, was astonishing. As result very few people trade in Phoenix and many Phoenix people buy in Mesa. They have discovered that the very latest or as late as telegraphic orders with express shipments can make them can be secured here. The in novation has been appreciated and in that appreciation The Toggery has been able to convince Mesa people that they absolutely can secure bet ter bargains not only in dependable merchandise but in lower prices right here in Mesa.
 The Trade at Home" argument was convincing. However, it meant the same old cry for more room fer the growing corcern and last year the elegant W. II. Coie building was completed and The Togegry moved in on a ten years lease
Arizona republican., 1915-03-28

Previous to moving into the Code building F. w McNamara. western representative of the largest whole sale concern dealing in goods handl- ed by The Toggeiy, purchased the interests of |. E. Johnson, who had been financially connected with the business from the first. The addi- tion of MT. McNamara to the con- cern was a stroke of business judg- ment In his position he is placed in direct touch with the great bargain centers and with him in the concern the purchasing power of the estab- lishment was enabled to make prices beyond all competition.
 While the rise of the Toggery has been phenomenal it is interesting to stop for one instant to delve below the surface to find the cause. There is a reason that stands out promi- nent and paramount and which in the belief Of the management is in Q manner largely responsible for the success. It is simply that the per cent of profit that has been made from the sale of merchandise has gone back into the business to secure efficiency, service and dependability. No where else in the state Will one find such an array of plate glass windows decorated by a professions
Arizona republican., 1915-03-28

trimmer. Hundreds of feet of floor space behind the wide windows is given over to 8 showing of the many things in store for the hurried bur chaser. In side the spacious stores will be found just what is meant by the word service and efficiency Dressing rooms galore. mirrors every where, competent salesmen with ideas up to the minute on what is latest in apparel, rest rooms. inezzanine floor overlooking the dry goods and mems department, dressing rooms and lava tories
 However the Code building which it was estimated would hold the con- cern for several months to come was soon taxed to it's capacity and the entire west wing of the Chandler building was again leased and a fur niture department added At this juncture R. C. Reynolds who had been with The Toggery the previous four years took nominal share in the furniture business. From the outset the department grew rapidly. People who had formed the habit of going elsewhere for their furniture were invited to visit the Toggery, they saw, compared and stayed to pur- chase. Follwing the installation of the furniture department was that of the department of hardware. Like wise it has started out along Toggery lines and promises to be a great sue cess. Gradually the idea of a de- partment store is being worked out until Mesa has every reason to be proud of the big healthy growing concern which has now advanced to the important position when it is second to none within the boundaries of the state
Arizona republican., 1915-03-28

year to year and that ten years hence will see as great advancement as in the past ten years. At any rate it must be conceded that The Toggery has kept pace with the growth of the community and has provided the residents with an i'm portant adjunct in commercial way: place where they were en- abled to purchase needed articles at a more reasonable price than in the larger cities and at the same time with the assurance that they were getting the latest in styles and pat terms.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-28
Mems Department

One of the most important adjuncts to the Toggery is it's Mems depart ment. The business was started as an exclusive mems store and even in the rapid growth of the concern the important features which made the concern grow from such a small beginning have not been lost sight of. Prominent in the mems department is Mir. C. E. Angulo, one of the best known statesmen in mems lines in the state. He is the personification of courtesy. He is at all times ac- commodating and spares no pains 10 make a customer satisfied. He is at all times accommodating and spares no pains to make a customer Satis- fled. He is in direct touch with every line within his department and has at all times the prices and merits of his goods cn his tongues end.
 Suits
 In Mems Clothing, The Toggery is truly the "Homo of Hart Schaffner adapted to young men is another celebrated line carried. Right at this time the firm is featuring splendid array of Palm Beach Suits which offer a variety seldom found in cities ten times the size of Mesa. Easter togs are already on display and never before was .he Toggery better able to meet the needs of the discrim- mating well dresser than right now. Moreover in instances where the GUS
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Arizona republican., 1915-03-28
The Man Who Makes It Go

From the outset the personality of George A. Johnson has been the power in the dynamo that makes the wheels go round. No man in the state could be in closer touch with every detail Of the business than he There is no article too small nor
 business proposition too gigantic for him to fail to know if it comes with in the scope of the Toggery He has with far seeing vision planned far into the future and has had the courage of his convictions to back his judgment with money and energy.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-28

sides Queen City Arizona The Togges development into big department
  d today stands mercantile establishments this highly favored setion of Centr Arizona
Arizona republican., 1915-03-28

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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-24
DRY TOWNS WET AGAIN,
DECLARES u. s. SENATOR
James E. MARITIME Says People
Learn That So-Called Pro-
hibition Lowers Civic
Standards.

Illinois towns and those Of other states that
within the next two or three years, to return
to the wet column, according to James e.
MARITIME, United States senator from New
Jersey, who was in Chicago yesterday with o
party of seventy Washington legislators and
members of their families on the way to
tons there.
II was sorry to notice that a number of
Illinois towns voted the saloons out this
week." said Senator MARITIME. ''They will
regret their action in time. Prohibition has
proved itself all over the country, after years
It is a failure and a failure of hypocrisy. It
changes q daylight business, open and above
board and subject to regulation and observa-
ton, into a sneaking midnight huckstering In
dark corners, that Is not susceptible to OBJ
servation or regulation. 1t does not prohibit,
large as ever. The only change is that it
lowers the quality Of the liquor sold and that
it turns o. legitimate business into an outlaw
trade. a change thru which everybody con-
nected with it, whether producer or consumer,
suffers a moral degeneration.
Prohibition Not New
"When the good people of this and other
states vote out a set of saloons they think
they are doing a new thing. They think that
growing into higher ideals and that in a short
time the liquor business will be no more and
drunkenness will have disappeared from the
'ae sg IL th hesear ps5pIe should look up the his
find that the dry idea, like other ideas. has
its ups and downs, that it comes In waves.
catching the popular fancy; The people get
sn idea that prohibition viii raise conditions.
They get worked up over 1t and enthusiastic.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-24
H CHAUTAUQUA.

The Saturday News doubts whether for an equal amount o
money any organization or institution i'll American adds more
pleasure and profit to the sum Of human knowledge and accom-
plshmcnts, taking the rank and file of the people into account.
There is too much tendency in modern amusements to cater to
the baser element in human nature: too much tendency merely %
amuse without regard to the possible effect upon young minds; 100
much hurrah and noise and ecat too much to please the eye and IL
ear and not enough to elevate or even educate the mind.
Originally the chautauqua was organized as a summer school
largely for mental training. Commerciaism has modified the orig
inal program and the modern chautauQua furnishes a varied pro-
gram, clinging, withal, to the original outlines in that it adhercS
to those features which tend to elevate, to educate, to enlighten, to
stimulate mental development, and to instruct along moral lines.
It's program i'll WATERFOWL next week includes twelve sessions,
costing an average of less than seventeen cents each if a seas N
ticket is purchased in advance. Nowhere else in America Except
ing under chautauqua management can such a varied program of
excellence be seen and heard for such q small sum Of money.
We think it would pay every young man and young woman in
Watertown and vicinity to spend two dollars each for a season
ticket, even though they might have to practice a little economy in
other directions.
Just make this investment once-and then you'll repeat it the
very next opportunity.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-24
BRITISH SOLDIER MAKES
HIMSELF KING AT YPRES;
~RULERSHlP LASTS A WEEK

Dunkirk. Frante.--The story Of the
British private who made himself
king at Ypres afrssr the nrst bonn.
bardment of that city las 9sovemper
is being told at British head4s.arteIs
When Ypres was bombarded in 80
vembar the British withdrew their
troops from the town. but did not re-
move the civil population. There
was one British private who did not
leave with the rest, for he was asleep
In a cellar. Next morning he awoke
to find Ypres without any authority,
and not liking that condition of affairs
he set about governing 1t himself.
He kept the citizens under an iron
discipline, had looters shot at sight,
and though himself inclined to the
bottle. prevented Drunkenness In 9TH
|ers.
The inhabitants called him the king
of Ypres, but his kingsfip lasted only
for a week He was arrested by IA
British officer and sent before a
courtmartiai.
The courtmartia1 duly tried him.
found that his efforts: in the cause Of
order had beengood, and forgave him
for his other delinauencies.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-24
co.oPEaATloN

Help n another the snowfakes
said,
As they huddled down in their feeey
bed;
Zone of us here would not be felt,
One of us here would quickly melt;
But I'll help you, and you help me,
And then, what a big white drift
we'll see"
Hop n another, the maple spray
Said to his fellow leaves one day;
The u would wither me here
alone.
Long enough ere the day is gone:
But Tx help YOU, and you help me-,
And then, what q splendid shade
there'H be"
Help n another the dew drop
cried,
Seeing another drop close d its side;
THE warm south bpaege would dry
me away,
And / should be gone ere noon today;
But I'll help you. and You help me.
And we'll make q brook run TO the
sea-.
"Help one aonther,a q grain of sand
Said to another Just at hand:
@sThe wind may carry ms over the
sea
And then. O. what will become Of
But esne. NJ brother, give 40 yeur
hand,
wen build j mountain ana there
wen stand"
And sesthe snowaakes grew to drifts.
The grains of sand to-ulountains;
Theleaves became pleasant shade,
The d~ew.drops fed the fountains.
Anonymous
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-24
DO MEN REALLY PROGRESS?

The supreme court of South Dakota disbarred Mr.. Egan some
years ago.
Later, after he began to make some Roadway in arousing pop
uar prejudice against the court, that august body reinstated him
in its good graces.
Now, however, according to letters recently written by the at
torney general, if purported copies have been correctly Transcribed,
the supreme court is seeking fresh evidence on which again to dis
bar Mr.. Egan,
IL Mr.. Egan keeps on winning libel suits, and if the court per-
sBts in it's alleged effort to discredit the Sioux Falls man, Mr.. Egan
might possibly ride into power upon a tidal wave.
It's strange that men continue to make monkeys of themselves
SO long after they learned to walk on their hind legsl
Congressman Dillon hits the nail on the head when he says that
nations are years and years behind the citizen. In olden times men
walled in their cities to protect themselves collectively and built
great castles to guard themselves individually with their families.
They wore helmets with yisors turned down and carried great
spears In their hands. Today the state says they must not settle
their disputes in the old way-they must appeal to the courts and
abide by The decisions. But nations still resort to the sword.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-24
EGAN AGAIN A CANDIDATE.

George W. Egan announces through a Sioux Falls paper, that he
will again enter the race for the governorship of the state.
This isl in keeping with his statement to the people Of WATERFOWL
in 1914 when he said that he was then taking a layoff in order to
dispose Of certain libel cases pending against certain newspapers.
We don't know what sort of a fight Mr.. Egan will. be able to-
put up in the next campaign. He has twice been defeated for the
nomination. It may be that he will be more fortunate in his next
candidacy.
Whether the people of South Dakota are yet ready to knock
out the political machine which superseded the party organization
of ten years ago remains to be seen. ~ likewise remains to be seen
whether, even if they are known to be DESTROYS of RELOCATING the.
machine, they are willing to accept Mr.. Egan as the standard-bearer.
Mr.. Egan has bitter enemies within the party. He also has
|staunch friends. His controversy with the supreme court In the
past has somewhat tended to enhance his political fortunes, and it
seems within the probabilities to say that the present attitude Of the
supreme court with respect to Mr.. Egan, assuming that recent let
tiers nurporting to have been written by the attorney general had
the sanction Of the members Of the court, wl be a source Of
strength rather than of weakness in his third candidacy.
If Mr.. Egan wins his next contest for the nomination, it VII not
be because Of his personal popularity with any faction of the party
or Of the party Ieaders-its will be largely because of a desire on the
part of the people to- rebuke the state machine and to get back upon
the principles of the square deal
The Saturday News, under its present management, is not in
|elined to be very Eganesque, it freely admits,
But
Il can imagine things worse than living under the governorship
LOT George w Egan.
It's almost 1 shame for Uncle Sam to use So much 81 sixteen
million doiarsfor one fighting ship when with haff Of II Billy vii
llams could give every boy and girl in Codington county 4 summers
ride on Lake Kampeska with board and clothes thrown ii,
Excepting III Georgia, the home of the prisoner, public senti,
lment seems to sustain Governor Slayton IN committing The sentence
lof Leo M. Frank To- life Imprisonment. The coantry as d whole
appears II entertain grave doubt concerning the mans guilt
Senator Moses Glapp, delivering ali address at Dawson lNinnsy
recently. said that were 1t not for the stream of new life going into
1.-THE cities from the rural communities there would be d noticeable
retrogression IN moral stamina AZ the densely populated centers
Moses clapp may have been somewhat wiigelingsin IL Ills political
affiliations ii the past fonr years, but III will take ! pretty good man
Ito beat him for denomination we opines We hardly think that fors
ner Congressman Fred Stevens has the necessary speed to ditch
Moses
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-24
Always Wet Again, He Says

This non has happened time and again. 7
p Paxa s9 the F Wash ihs aoIgh da9paien ana eam =
dozen others, Each time the people grew en-
thusiastic. thinking they We're backing a real
were disillusioned and returned to the old,
normal, regulated, revenue-producing system.
were doomed and that We e. Would ID have I've eternal.
national prohibition. u But each time the fact
itself, and the saloons came back as the lesser
of two evils. Ha5ENen7Nssssssssss~ sa
This must Inevitably occur again in those
all states. particularly in Maine Georgia and
plete failure. y In Georgia, which has been
pointed pointed out as SO shining an example of
Roness Georgian th1s wi ii aaa artIi this st once so; A 4Rs
condition in Atlanta is ludicrous. Hoke
Smith tried to defend def It. but could not. Tse
difference is that they sell cigars in the front
room and beer and rum in the back room. In
more highballs and cocktails than I have ever
seen anywhere else in my life.
One Year in pIainfeld
city. Piainaeld. n. j. one year a was o eno1 ugh
In place of a reasonable number Of regulated
amenable to supervision, hundreds of little
sneakholes opened up. The locker system
with Widai q mem nba mh p e no more than shan i've " e mea
each. Doing business like rats IN holes,
supervision was Impossible. knockout drops
and every kind of vile substitute for decent
liquor came into common use. AS a result
during that one dry year we had five times
the number of arrests for drunkenness and
disorder that we normally have. At the end
of the twelve months everybody voted the
town wet again in order to have, not prohibi-
ton with its unlimited booze, but regulation
with its limited number of saloons. open and
susceptible OF police observation and control.
1aThe people OF the West will find. as a
result of their present experiments with pro.
raising, their civic standard and that they
will be forced back to the license system in
order to bring things back to their present
level" Chicago EpentnD Post, April 20, 1915
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-24
SEES u. S. TAKING MEXICO,
Mccumber Believes We Must Con
troll at Least Part Of Republic

1879 tAE.EEIMhGfE
Fargo, N. D., June NThe situa-
ton in Mexico said Senator T. q
McCumber here today, is another
source of great trouble to President
Wilson and for the people Of the
United States. The present genera
ton viii see at least g portion ct
Mexico a part 81 the United States
4 am greatly surprised a. the res-
ianation of the secretary s.asss
From the comments prior to the sis
suance Of the last note to Germany
Mr. Bryan led the people 70 expect
something radical. On the other
hand, the presidents note. while firm
and serious. certainly IS not % direct
as his former one
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-24

for they believe they are doing a good thing.
Then the state goes dry After a year or
two or three the eyes of assnajority have been
They see that it does not prohibit, that it
only makes conditions worse. AS a result
they become Disguised, and vote the state
wet again.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-24
Congressman c. II.
Dillon Wants More
So. American Trade
Uncle SANS Trade Relations With
Southern Countries Should
Be Billions.

Congressman c. II. Dillon, of Yank,
ton, recently visited Watertown in
the interests of matters connected
with the estate of the late Judge
Bartlett Trip, VINO had considerable
property interests in this vicinity.
Mr.. Dillon is one of the pioneer
professional men of the state. He
has resided in Yankton for a great
many years, and has several times
represented his district in the leg
j. lature. In 1912 he became the re-
publican nominee for congress and
was elected by a round majority. In
1914 he was renOminated and re-
elected.