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About Ashland daily tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1925)
Friday, ***• '4 Í St’ Saturday, Owner of Establishment Ha« Been in B a sin e« in Ash land for More than Fifteen Years. S ter te d jn Small Store Room in Present Elks Building, Then Newest Structure in City. , J' Fifteen years ago, J. H. M«Gee opened an exclusively ladies furnishings store in oiu> of the store- rooms in the Elks building, at that time the newest building in the city. ' Today, after fifteen years of successful dealing with the Ashland public, Mr. McGee Is open for business in his newly completed store room on Main Street, between Pioneer and First streets, hut a few doors belowi the new Lithia Springs hotel. I During the fifteen intervening years, Mr. McGee has been through the ups aud downs, usual with businesses of the sort he has established, but those fifteen years have seen him Income firmly established us one of the leading merchants of ¿he city, until now in his new store, he stands out as one of the most progressive and able business men in the city. • After six years in business in his original location, Mr. McGee saw an opportunity for the enlargement of his business. A double store room, in the Minkler building, almost direct^* across from his present location, was va cant. He immediately engaged the store room, and doub led the capacity of his store. He enlarged his business line with reafly made women’s wear. Nine years after his move to the Minkler building, saw his double stor.e room crowded with merchandise, and Mr. Mc Gee felt the need of again enlarging hi^ business. A lot directly across from his loca tion was for sale. Mr. McGee purchased this lot, and imme- diately started excavating for the construction of a new store building, dcitii ed to be the finest of Its kind in the city. During tl? last week in June of this year, co ».-''.ruction work was started on (lie building, and three months later, during the last week in September, the building stood completed and. ready for occupancy. The new building, the home of McGee's Ladles Furnishings store? is a one story reinforced concrete building, 50 by 100 feet In sise. W ith front and rear meaanine floors, and with a warehouse on the roof of the rear , th .. ample space for storage of mer chandise. The furnace room is in the rear of the building, in the basement. The lighting effects through out thpt-^alldlng are of the fin est. Four large skylights fur nlsh light for the store, ex cept on very dark and rainy days, when electric lights are used. Indirect lighting effects are obtained in the show windows. These windows, which are set back Into the building, with a larg e ' Island window In the Inlddlo, are beautifully con st meted with old oak paneling for a background. A large number of new fix tures hare been, installed in the new building, although a num ber of the old fixtures, used In the M inkler locatidh, a r t now tober 9th ctober lòti OfNew are cordially invited to visit our new location, on Balcony at McGee’s new store, Friday and Saturday of this week, when the newest creation of Fall Millin ery Styles will be exhibited. We are proud of our beautiful new store—a large, airy, bright display room—and our stock, of mer chandise will always be in harmony with the beau tiful surroundings. When attending the opening or at any other time you visit McGee s new ¿tore, come upstairs—at the front of the building—And visit with us. S u g g 's M illin ery on the ßalcony at TlcOEE’S NEW STORE . Six y e a n id the millinery business in Ashland, have Him established Mn. J . & .S u gg as one of the leading deal ers in ladies hats in the city. For six y e a n , M n. Su gg’s millinery business’ Was octadneted in the Billings building, on Main street, be tween North Main and Oak streets. W ith the opening of the new McGee’s I .adieu Furnishings store, Mrs. Sugg moved her establishment to the front messanine floor of the McGee building, where ample spaoe has been provided for her business. W ith the large, very well lighted front mesxanine for her business, Mrs. Sugg has been able to keep on hand and display a much larger line than anything possible before, and in fact, the largest stock o f ladies hats in the. city. Since moving into the McGee building, Mrs. Sugg has added several new lines to the standard, reliable lines she already carried, giving her a wide range of hats, both in styles and prices, from which her patrons m ay select their new bonnets. ' • la addition to haadllng rsgn- la r wholuaalu lines, of hats already autdo ap. Mn. S u n also « a la - a department in which hats are made to order. Miss Gates, an and with the many liaea carried fig Mrs. Sugg. she is able to meet almost every demand. "W e now carry the popular priced llaee, as well as the ex clusive liaea,.’* said M n . Sagg. "For some tia^e, we did not carry the popular priced kata? eatertag solely to the exclusive trade. hht we hard found such a demand for the popular priced lines, and these llaee pre go good, that wa installed them ia our department" she continued. »- One of the refinements which will be Installed ia Mrs. Sugg’s de partment within the very near ---------------------------------------------------- ( « * « • . »■ * Frsneh room, ia wlUch may go try oa hats °* otrioa, away from the of the public Although tk i. Stock Returns iTOVOSl Lumber Co FURNISHED THE TAKES PRIDE IN ANNOUNC- - (ING THAT IT FURNISHED THE IN THE MAKING OF THE Boiler - C o n s tr u c tio n W o r k on the New McGee M cG E E B U IL D IN G Handled by ONE OF THE MOST ARTISTIC STORE STRUCTURES IN ORE- FOR THE NEW BEAUTIFUL A. L. L a m b , Genera/ C o n tra c to r We are proud to have furnished this IS ONE OF THE MOST CONVENIENT AND MOST BEAU r iF U t STORE BUILWNGS IN OREGON, AND ASHLAND SHOULD FEEL PROUD OF THE SPIRIT WHICH PROMPTED MB. McGEE TO .* T H IS ASHLAND BER CO. Ashland, Oregon equipment and work in the making of Ashland’s newest store, one of the most beautiful stores in Oregon.
