Show Metropolitan Acquires More Stores to Chain Metropolitan Chain Stores Storta company compan Inc ha ha hI purchased the property of the Stores Store company operating achaIn achain a achain chain of even seven on en the Pacific co coast t l located In San Francisco co Fresno and California With Wih the ac AC of theco unlit units unis Metropolitan will 1 have Save a cain caln of echt eveny s s. s An As a result of this thin acquisition which makes Metropolitan on Ol ona it ol or tl the lurid larg chain cain store alor 01 ol of ot the Pacific coast cossi coupled with Ith increased sales In stores already owned by the com company pan It Is la expected that that the total of or Metropolitan Metro Metro- pol politan Ian Chain Stores Stores' Hora bu during 1926 wIlt will wi exceed U The annual annuel an an- annual nual nuel report of ot Verne erne M. M f. f Boyle Bovle president dent cent Issued Issue last lut week showed total Pates ae of ot for tor the calendar year Mr 1925 12 againSt In the calendar year yea 1924 Toward the end nt t last l ut r ir arthe the company which la is pursuing a con conservative eon eon- on- on a six ax stores store to Its Ia chain |