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Show IMPROVEMENTS AT A BIG STORE Extensive improvements are under way at the shoe store of I. L- Clark & Sons company, Washington avenue, which will, when completed, about March 10th, give to Ogden what is probably the most up-to-date- and modern 6hoe store in the Inter-moun-taln west. Numerous features never before seen In this city, or in fact in any western city, have been Incorporated Incor-porated In tho general plan of Improvement, Im-provement, and with a seating capacity capac-ity of more than 30.) people It begins to look as though Ogden will he the retail shoe Mecca of the west. A feature which will cause songs of praise from the nhoe clerks will be the shelves for chocs on sale, which reach just about to tho height of an average man's head, and will do away with the use of ladders for getting get-ting shoes out for the customers. This will also have another advantage, advan-tage, inasmuch as it will gTeatly facilitate fa-cilitate the work of the clerks and enable (hem to wait on nearly twice as many customers as under tho old plan of using ladders and having shelves for stock reaching to the ceiling. Another Important feature Is the lack of a base board, the shelves being even from top to bottom, so that when a clerk removes a pair of shoes to show a customer he will he unable to leave them lying on the base hoard and will have to put them back in slock immediately. This will save a great deal of confusion and mixing up of the stock, and Is ex-1 pected to minimize the wear and i tear from handling, which is said to be quite a factor in the business As a good Indlcaflon that the Clark company is a shoo booster, the furniture furni-ture and In fact all the woodwork-serves woodwork-serves well, It being all designed and manufactured by loeal firms. The interior of tho store, which will be devoted de-voted exclusively to shoes and hosiery, ho-siery, Is finished in colden oak. mission mis-sion style, and presents a beautiful appearance. ap-pearance. In tho rear of the store a balcony for the comfort of patrons has been erected, wbero reading matter mat-ter and writing materials will always be on hand lor the convenience and use. of visitors and patrons. This feature is expected to prove a decided de-cided attraction to the new store. Tender Ten-der the balcony, or rest room, is the workshop and store room for heay rubber g.ods, of which tho firm had announced its Intention of putting In a complete supply. The capacity of the sales room will he about DiOO pairs of shoes, which, added to the 5,000 pairs which will be stored In the flock rooms In the basement will make a grand lotal of 14,000 pairs of shoes In stock. From present Indications the new store will he the most modern shoe store In the country. The Ideaa are all eastern, east-ern, the latest to he had, while the work is alj of home manufacture. I. G. Clark and J. B. Foulger obtained the plans for the flttlnj up of the new store last fall, when they to-.k a trip hack east to the large cities especially es-pecially for this purpose. The chairs to he used In the store are said to be the latest of their kind, being constructed substantially of heavy steel rods, with padded leather back and beat, and on a pivot. In addition to the single chairs about ten seats will be used, each having a seating capacity of five persons. The lighting effects are new and unique, and are expected to add materially to tho general scheme of decoration in tho department. |