Drug Stores

A FINE DRUG STORE. – R.E. Beattie Has a Magnificent Place of Business. –

            Cranbrook has many enterprising merchants, and it is to their energy and intelligence that the town owes much of the prestige that it enjoys today.  Among the numerous stores that attract the attention of strangers in town, as well as giving rise to a feeling of pride on the part of the citizens, is the drug store of R.E. Beattie.  When Cranbrook was but a hope and the town was naught but a prairie plat and lot stakes, Mr. Beattie opened his store on the corner where it now stands.  Then it was only half as large, and the stock and fixtures were like any store of that kind found in pioneer towns.  But, with the progress of the district and the growth of the town, Mr. Beattie continued to improve his place of business and increase his stock until today he has the largest and finest drug store in East Kootenay, fitted up with metropolitan style, with a stock of drugs, stationery, toilet articles, leather goods, fishing tackle and novelties that will compare favourably with any drug store in British Columbia towns many times the size of Cranbrook.  Within the past two weeks he has put in new counters that are artistic in the extreme, and add very materially to the tasty appearance of the store.  Mr. Beattie believes in patronizing home industry, and these counters and show cases were made in Cranbrook by G.R. Leask and finished by Pieper & Currie.  The workmanship would meet the approval of the most exacting and is a practical demonstration of the fact that it is better to keep money for such work at home.

            Mr. Beattie has also added a handsome soda fountain which will meet with a hearty reception from the ladies of Cranbrook.  He proposes to give this branch special attention this season and, will endeavour to make it pleasant for ladies who visit his store to enjoy a cooling drink during the warmer days.