The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1920-12-04
KIRK BUILDING IS
BEING OCCUPIED
THE J. {. PENNEY COMPANY
MOVED TO BEAUTIFUL NEW
QUARTERS WEDNESDAY
Building Completed in Three Months
Is One of the Finest in the
City of COlville

The ]. C. Penney company store
has moved to the Kirk building which
was just completed this week. The
Penney company has beautiful new
quarters. due both to the efforts of
Thomas Kirk and the contractor r.
T. Lawrence of Spokane who saw
that the work was done in good time
and in a worl<manlike manner. The
store was built by Mr.. Kirk after
plans furnished by the }. c. Penney
Co. and is similar to all one-entrancc
stores occupied by the company in
the past year.
The front of the store is especially
worthy of note, being Of white brick
with Terraza boor and rich cream
colored woodwork and valance to
match. The valance is of the same
pattern used in all new Penney stores.
during the last year. The show
windows have hard wood floors. The
wooden window fixtures such as ad-
Unstable pcdestals and window divid-
ers were made by James Hendricks
of Colvlle and add much to the
beauty of the windows.
There is "a mezzanine floor 30 by
"a which is rendered attractive by
the arrangement Of the Stairways
and ratings, all in cream color. The
ladies' ready wear department will
be located on the meZzanine floor.
The cashier, the office and ladies'
rest room will also be on the mc2za
nine.
A Lamson four-station air line
cash system has been installed, also
modern indirect lighting. Two Ca
loric pipeless furnaces furnish the
heat They were installed by the
K. F.. Lee Co.
Arrangement
On the north side of the building
in front of the mezzanine is located
the dry goods, ladies' furnishings,
hosiery, etc, and on the south side,
the mems wear. The shoe depart
ment occupies all that portion below
the mezzanine.
The building is 3Ox120 and has
cement basement 30x78. 1t was
started in September and completed
the last of November.
Seven Years in ColvilIe
The J. c. Penney Co. has been
located in Colville for seven years
and this is their second move. They
were located first in the old Myers
building and from there moved to
the Lasswell building which they
outgrew, resulting in their present
move into a building constructed to
plans furnished by the company.
This company has grown in l8
years from one store until at the
present time there are 297 stores
any many more will be opened after
the first of the year. The combined
sales of all the stores will be ap-
proximately $50,000,000 and 100000
900 of that was in shoes alone. The
Penney stores are recognized as the
most economically operated store
system in the United States and the
most successful.
New Help
Two have been added to the force
of employees. Mrs. Fred G. KnauSa,
formerly Miss Lora Y. Ross, has
taken the cashiers position. Victor
Baird, formerly with the r. f. Lee
Co., has been added to the force.
This is a step in advance for Baird
as the men employed by the J. c.
Penney company are not merely
clerks, but are interested in the com
pany and after learning the Penney
system of management are ready for
transfer to management of some
other Penney store where they have
an interest, not only in the one store,
but in all the Penney stores.