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Show PRESTON JNOUSTRIAL NOTES' What Some ot the Firms of Preston Are Doing In a General Way. M010 llian passlnir notice Is due the Superior Lumber Co. which started In business about live yeais atfo. The members of this lljm are Messrs. Mon-son Mon-son ifc Skldmorc, formerly of Rich-moiid. Rich-moiid. The corner on which they arc doing business, 00 feet square, was formerly owned by the Utah Implement, Imple-ment, company, who transfeircd It to tlm Hist named gentleman for $100 and the privilege of selling implements imple-ments theio for one year free of chai gu. Today the land is worth to.ooo. The extent of tlie business done by this II nil can be understood when It Is stated they will sell in UKWi one hundred cars of building material. Their railroad Heights will reach ML'.OOO The linn has iccently constructed con-structed a lumber shed l!00 feet In length and :!! feet deep. The linn runs a dray of Its own. A large foicc of men Is constantly atwork receiving and selling lumber. Kverything in a building line Is carried by this linn. The People's Market, owned by .Jensen .Jen-sen biothcrs and other piomlnent clticns of 1'ieston, lias had phenomenal phenome-nal success since they purchased the business from Nyrum Hansen some two jeaisago. Since that time the business has Increased seven-fold, one of the Jensen's manage the business. He is courteous and kind to all and thus captures a fullshareof the trade. K. It. Nccdham, manager of the Preston branch of thoOgdcn Knitting factory, who started business hi this city four months ago, lias built up an excellent trade. He Is pleasant and congenial and Is drawing custom. Henry T. Rogers, one of the progressive pro-gressive bishops of this city, with Ills partner In business, Chas. F. Hawkcs, has about completed a line brick structure fiOx feet which will be used for a general grocery and utitchcr business. These gentlemen started In a small way a few years back and through their energy and frugality have a lucrative business today. ruder the management of Wllford Chatterton. the Preston branch of theC. W. & M. Co. has Increased former business by three-fold. The business for 1005 will icach near $),-000. $),-000. The company has spacious rooms for the handling of their goods, but from present appearances they will bo Inadequate foithc business in a short time. ,1 oil 11 Lai sen Sons are doing business busi-ness In their old store 100m, which has been moed west from the coiner. A line two-story structure Is about completed. At the present time this llrm is somewhat handicapped, but when they enter their new building they will bo to tho front as one of the leading llims, as they carry an Immense Im-mense stock of staple goods. The building of John Larson, damaged dam-aged by wind about three weeks ago, has been put In shape again and It will be pushed vigorously to completion. comple-tion. Mr. Jonassen, salesman fur Thatch, er Music company of Logan, Is doing a good business. The Greaves Mcrchanlilc & Hanking Hank-ing business Is enloying an excellent patronage. |