Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-13
W|NCA-SLAyOtN
IN new BUILDING
Building Purchased Six Hours
Before Flood Complete
y Demolished

Hurrying to close a deal purchasing
The building formerly occupied by the
Oriental Cafe and later by the YER
sailles Cafe in the 100 block on West
Third street before the banks closed,
on June 8. the Winch Slayden Book
store company became the owners for
the period of nearly six hours BEFORE
the flood completely wrecked the
structure. The salvage of the furnish
ings and material of which the buildlng
was constructed amounted TO only
few hundreds of dollars
The loss OF their new building was
not the only one OF the Winch-Slayoen
company; the store occupied at tnae
time At $40 North Main street was az
SO almost a complete loss. "A Few doz-
en- typewriters and some OF the more
substantial goods were the only sal
wage made, as the greater part or tne
stock was paper goods. undauntea.
however, Jack Slayden started up IN
building on Tenth and Main. where
the business was said by Slayden TO
be entirely satisfactory.
It had been the plan since the idea
Of purchasing the new building was
considered to move to Third street,
the flood losses The old structure
was torn to the ground and In It's place
was built a one-story building to con-
tain two stores. Wich-Slayden now
occupies the west portion. and cloth
ing dealer isiexpected to occupy tne
other.
The store front of tho we'll known
book store offers a departure from
the ordinary white tile. grey has been
carried out in the tile. display win
dows. and the interior. The Stock mas
been completely refurnished. A bal
cony has been added to hold the large
stock which u expected to be com
pletely moved in by the first Of the
week. The balcony will contain the
picture framing department. which Is
The photograph developing and
printing department OF Winch-Slay-
den's is noted thruout the southern
part of the state. and has recently be-
come famed as far east as Iowa ana
Nebraska. The equipment and sue
Of the dark room IL one OF the largest
and best in the state. and while 1t y
prepared to handle a large volume OF
business and to do the work with the
speed of Others. such care and pam.
stalking u observed that work IS not
promised in the time often turned out
by his competitors. By experiment.
ing tho department has brought tho
ART to such perfection that all the en-
IsreinE Of the recreational depart
ment of Iowa Engineering college mas
been 6ont TO Lne fucOiO khtu.
In the dark room is found FOUR
tanks. OF which two are used for
washing. one of developing and ono
for negatives to be hypoed. The de-
vcloping tank Is eighteen gallonse in
capacity and In unique In that the
Same solution may be used for days
by strengthening powder being,
added when weakened after extensive
use. An electric washing machine II
also needed to care for the large
amount of developing. Tho machine
washes the negatives by turning them
slowly In running water. Tho print
Ing process In carried on by applying
the paper over n lighted box The In
terror OF tho box contains several
lights. and red shows on the sensi-
tIzed paper until the strong white
light IL wanted.
An Eastman enlarging machine IL
used in the cnlarging of the prints
and Is the most modern obtainable. A
500 candle power globe shines on the
paper at the desired size and distance
needed In the enlarging. A series OF
frames. one placed inside the other.
gives the exact size desired. The
prints are then dried by an electric
driving machine which revolves n
drum around the wet prints. and the
electric heat drys the paper in three
n,tnutes