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— - (illIMPORTANT BUSINESS CHANGE wft»iaffnfy !H«tlt; untilt* Couipunv by i St*.the .lrff«*PM.n l*luud Trading I «. j pj.iAn important business deal wa-* con- ,r sumated at Whitehall a few days ago, °whereby the interest* of the Gaffney Mercantile Company were absorbed by the Jefferson Valley Trading Company. The Madisonian learned of the deal through Mr. John E. Davis, manager of the latter Institution, who was in* the city, Monday.The Gaffney Mercantile Company wa3 a branch of the mercantile house of W. B. Gaffney, the Boulder banker and merchant. It was established by him about a year ago. About the *ame time, or perhaps a little later, the Jefferson Valley Trading Company, of which Mr. J. E. Gaylord is president, was organized. The mercantile establishment of W. M. Fergus, one of the pioneer business men of Whitehall, was bought out, Mr. Fergus becoming a stockholder in the company. The new company went in on a stupendous scale, and in a short time was carrying a mammoth stock. It was soon appar-f ent that the condition of business in j Whitehall did not justify the maintenance of two large commercial concerns. Mr. Gaffney decided to sell and negotiations looking to the result of last week were opened.The Whitehall headquarters of the Jefferson Valley Trading Com|any ha ve been moved to the Gaffney block, -1 the old building being utilized as a I warehouse, and by the new arrange-! ment the J. V. T. Co., will be enabled 1 to handle their large and growing trade i advantageously. They carry one of the largest and most eomplets stocks of general merchandise In Montana and j their line is kaleidoscopic in variety.• I They handle everything from a pin up i | to a steam thrashing plant and invite t: buyers wno read this to call and get e their prices.I Smoke the J. T.—i ear Havana fillerr j ami ‘ and made Montana Mfg. Co..anclcunsiiwawafinv°wapadeesire;©ndrafInaFic
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The Madisonian
Virginia City, Montana, US
Sat, Jul 18, 1896
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