The Nome nugget., 1929-03-23
EXPORTING MEAT TO SIBERIA BY
 AIRpLANE

On returning from his trip to the States he bought out the P. A. 1 Peterson Shoe Co.,, then located on the corner of Hester Way. and Front Street, which at that time was the largest shoe store North of Juneau, Alaska. This made it necessary for additional store room and he then rented the store for merly occupied by the Whistle Cafe next to the Dry Good Depart ment and opened his shoe depart ment in that building.
 In 1925 he installed the first filling station North of 5 for the accommodation of the numerous autos and delivery trucks now being used in this far Northern city. Heretofore. the only way to i fill the tank of your auto or truck was with a funnel and a five gall lon can of gas, and good deal was spilled and wasted in this manner. and the fire risk was con- | siderable. After the installation of the station, gasoline was shipp- ed in fifty gallon barrels and the tank at the station was filled from these barrels. This meant great saving in the price to the public and convenience to his many patrons and the risk from fire was eliminated.
 In 1927 he absorbed the D. E. Crowley Grocery Co.,, the C. w. Lewis General Merchandise Store and the Independent Meat Market and Cold Storage Plant. This again necessitated the further en- largement of his store rooms By absorbing the Independent Meat Market and it's holdings. he gained possession of the property former ly occupied by the Pacific Cold Storage Co.,. which adjoined his grocery store on the west side. This building vas remodeled and with large plate glass show win dows and modern fixtures. is now occupied by the Dry Goods De- partment and would do credit to a city of 25,0oo inhabitants.
 The Grocery Store and Meat Market front was also remodeled and new plate glass windows were installed. 4 new refrigerator room has been installed in the meat market. Ceiling and walls are in , sulated with double layer of three inch cork and cement plas- tered The floor of this room has two layers of cork board, each three inches thick and surfaced with four inches of concrete. A York" automatic refrigerator unit l will keep this room at the desired temperature in the summer months and also supply refrigeration to the plate glass show cases in which meats are displayed, and is so arranged with ventilators, that during the winter months. mother nature will furnish the necessary refrigeration. The meats and poultry carried in this up-to-date market, so MT. Lehman informs us, are of the choicest that are obtainable from the best packing houses on the coast. In merging the. Crowley Grocery Co.,. he also secured the agency for the Ford Motor Co.,. for Ford cars. trucks, tractors and accessor- iess This department is located
 next door to the Dry Goods De- partment on the West side, in the building formerly occupied by the Milos Cafe and now owned by MT, Lehman. Here are carried all the necessary accessories for Ford cars, tractors and trucks.
 While visiting with MT. Lehmann who is the sole owner ef the busi- I ness, we learned that Lehmann's is the oldest establishment in our city and from the smlll Grocery Store of about 25 feet frontage by I 30 foot depth, started tn the Sand Spit in 1900, the. establishment has l grown to its present proportions. With a main store for space of over 5000 square feet and three ,arro warv storaSe haeements with