The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-07-22

finest store buildings in the Palouse
country in addition to the finest bank
building in the Inland Empire out
side of Spokane, and the two will
stand on opposite corners of Main
and Third streets, making the finest
business corner in northern Idaho.
F. A. David & Sons, Moscow's
pioneer and largest general mer-
chandise or department store, are
showing their faith in Moscow and
the Panhandle of Idaho, by planning
to remodel their already fine store
building and make it second to none
in the Palouse country. Pullman has
long been boasting of its fine 1885,
900 department store building" The
improvements planned by David &
Sons will cost almost as much as the
Pullman building and lot, so you will
have some idea of the extent of the
improvements planned.
They are not only plannd, the plans
are perfected. The architect, an ex-
pert in his line, is coming from
Grand Rapids, Michigan, to plan the
interior changes of the building,
which is to be enlarged and made
modern in every sense of the word.
He comes from the Grand Rapids
Furniture Company to superintend
the changes to be made for David's
great store.
To Enlarge Building
The store room, already the larg-
est in Moscow, occupied by one firm,
is to be enlarged and extended back
to the alley and made full two stories
high with basement 100 feet square
beneath it, thus practically giving
three floors in addition to the bal
comics and increasing the floor space
by many thousand feet.
The wall on Third street will be
taken out and modern glass front
will extend along the entire side on
Third street. The entire front on
Main street is also to be remodeled
and made one of the most attractive
fronts in this section. 1t will be of |
plate glass with the most modern |
and up-to-date show windows obtain
able. The one story building occupied
by the Third street shoe shop will be
torn down and two story modern
building erected. This will be oc-
cupied by the grocery department
which will have a store room 80 by
30 feet and especially equipped for
one of the finest grocery stores in the
west.
Next to that, on the west, will be
the shoe department, % by 80 feet,
and it will carry stock of $4,000
worth of shoes. Special attention will
be given to ladies', childrens and
misses shoes and nothing that will
please the tast of the most fastidious
will be omitted. Few shoe stores in
The west carry $4,000 worth of shoes,
but that will be only one department
If the big store which will be the
bride of Moscow.
Will Install Escalators
The store will be equipped with
sscalators or moving stairways in
stead of elevators. These will carry
,atrons to the upper floors and from
me department to another. 1t is be-
ieved that these will prove more
than the ordinary ele-
,ators.
The building will be steam heated ,
and will have every mod
IN convenience. The improvements
re estimated to cost not less than 1
10000 but may cost more. No ex-
ense will be spared to make it the
est building for department store :
hat can be obtained. 1t is expected
hat work on the exterior will begin !
7ithin 80 days and will be finished :
efore cold weather. The interior t
yill be completed in early spring.
Have Faith in Moscow.
That David & Son have faith in
loscow is shown by this splendid
enture. F. A. David, head of the
irm, recently sold fine farm in \
outhern Idaho for more than $40,-
90. He said to the writer at the
me: 'I will invest in Latah county.
his county is good enough for me
nd the good old Palouse country cam =
OF be beaten" He is showing that q
aith by investing in this fine build a
lg and enlarging the great store l,
nat has been one of the prides of ]
[oscow for quarter of a century. n
eve have no fear about the future"
aid Homer David, of the firm. "Mos- :
wv is the best town in this section OF :,
lie country and the city's trade is
sing extended. We have evidence Il
: that continually During our re- k
mt home coming sale we got trade Il
ON territory we had never touched !
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