The Cordova daily times., 1920-01-01
LOCAL LAUNDRY ClVESST0CK TO
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FIJI Iuc uISL L1l1e III COIuOVd, ana 1 it is believed, in Alaska, an estab lished business has been incorporated and it's employees given shares of stock permitting them a voice in the management and a share in the prof it's Of the business.
 Jones' Laundry, formerly known as the Modern Laundry, was incorpor. ated in November, and as Christmas present all regularly y-employed work men were given shares in the cor poration. When questioned as to the reason for the incorporation, F. A. Jones, president and general manager of the laundry, declared that the rapid growth of his business during the last few years had made it necessary, and also that he desires to be prepared for the period of great prosperity of which he believes Cordova is now on the eve.
 The officers of the corporation are: F. A. Jones, president and treasurer; Mrs. F. A. Jones, vice president; and R. H: L. Noaks, secretary.
 Ten years ago MT. Jones started the present laundry, then known as the Cordova Steam Laundry. In 1913 he entered into partnership with his strongest competitor, N A. Clasen, owner of the Keystone laundry, the partners naming their enterprise the Modern laundry In 1916 MT. Jones purchased the interest of MT. Clasen, management of the business.
 Mr. Jones launched his business in 1910 on a capital of $500 The pres ent corporation is capitalized at $20,- 900. There are now from eleven to fourteen workmen regularly on the payroll, and at rush times as many as sixteen. This represents yearly payroll of over $2O,OO0.
 Jones' laundry handles about 90 per cent of the laundry work of the city, Anu NIT, Jones states that his busi' ness is increasing steadily every month. During the laundry strike in Seattle a few years ago he handled the entire work of the ships and crews of the Alaska Steamship Company. That the work was done satisfactorily is shown by the fact that Mr. Jones received the concentrations of the company and retained part of the work after the strike was over al- though he was competing directly with the larger 1aundries of Seattle.
 MT. Jones declares with pride that his equipment is thoroughly up to date, saying that although there may be larger laundries in the territory, there are none more modern in equip ment or methods.
 MT. Jones is modest about his suc- cess in Cordoya, declaring he has tried only to make service and satisfac- ton to my customers" his constant endeavor. But his friends give addl- tional reasons, saying that his progress siveness, courtesy and unfailing en- ergv have established him in the con- fidence of his customers.
 MT. Jones is a member of the Ma tional Laundry Association, and sub- scribes to all the larger trade jour- nals, through which he is enabled to keep abreast of the latest improve ments and methods of his business.
 After service to your customers, the next thing of importance is adver- tising," MT. Jones declared. He is firm believer in all forms of advertls- ing suitable to his business, and has aroused considerable local interest by the methods he has employed. In ex- n1aining the reason for the amount of advertising he does he declared that the increasing of his list of customers is chiefly a matter of educating the people of the community to the advan- tage of having modern laundry to do their work for them. we always treat your clothes-white," is one of his advertising slogans.
 MT. Jones is as aggressive in pub lie affairs as in business, and for years has taken an active and conspicuous