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Bowlingoosm = Alleys
Cigars and Pipes
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The firm of Iluston Bros. was or-
ganized in March, 1905, and includ-
ed at that time Roscoe B. Huston,
'02, '04L., Irvin "Si" Huston, '03D.,
and Corwin Huston, '05D. They
purchased the billiards business of
James W. Reid and started business
at 312 S. State St., on the 26th of
March, 1905. The fixtures Included
seven billiards tables and one six
foot show case for cigers, cigarettes
and tobaccos. In the summer of
1907 the second floor or the build-
ing was remodeled and four addl-
tional tables were installed, also 'a
ten foot show case on the ground
floor. In the summer of 1908 the
second floor of the garage building
at 311 Maynard St., was leased and
eight bowling alleys and a six foot
show case put in. In the summer
and fall of 1909 the firm built its
own building at the pre.sent loca-
tion, 307-309 S. State St., and moved
the eleven tables and eight alleys
there. Five more tables were ad-
ded, also forty feet of new show
cases and a twenty foot wall case.
Business commenced in the new
place Oct. 30, 1909, the day before
Michigan defeated Syracuse, 44 to
0, in the big football game or that
fall. Five more tables were again
added in September of 1910. In the
fall of 1911 the two older brothers
bought out the interet of Corwin
Huston, continuing the business,
however, under the old firm name.
In the summer of 1912 the entire
pipe .business of R. E. Jolly (for
25 years the exclusive "3B" agent
in Ann Arbor) was purchased and
the "3B" agency acquired.
ATHLETIC PICTURES-
We have on the walls of our store
group pictures of all championship
Michigan athletic teams since 1897,
with names of players ant scores or
games printed beneath. We also
have pictures of the crowds at the
big football games and Individual
pictures of all team captains.
room is the largest, finest appear-
ing, most complete, and best equip-
ped ground floor room in the United
States, and this in a town with but
15,000 population. All our tables
are standard Bruswick make equip-
ed with Monarch cushions and best
grade cloths, cues and balls.
BILRtI)S INSTRUCIONS-
"Si" Huston will give free in-
structions daily from 2 to 4 P. M.
to patrons anxious to improve their
billiards playing.
The bowling room occupies the en-
tire second floor and contains eight
regulation A. B. C. alleys equipped
with simplex spotters, loop-the-
loop returns and mineralite balls.'
All the alleys have just been re-sur-
faced, polished, and completely re-
finished as good as new. The
room is probably the finest appear-
ing and best lighted one-floor room
in the state. The bowling manage-
ment for this school year has been
entrusted to a student, Efton James,
'16E., who will have two assistants,
also students.
BOOKS AND ,UNLES-
We have storage space for books,
bundles, suit cases, etc. Students
are always welcome to leave these
in our care. We believe that the
more people we can .accommodate
in this way, by use of telephone,
wash room, bulletin service, cash-
ing checks, etc., the more business
we will do.
BIl1DING-
We built our own building after
we had been in busines for four
years and as a consequence the
building was made to fit the busi-
ness, and not vice versa as is nec-
essary in a rented place The build-
ing is brick, stone and steel con-
struction, 50 feet front by 90 feet
deep, two stories high, with a base-
ment 50 feet by 100 feet underneath.
Not one billiards or bowling room in
500 is in a building owned by the
proprietors and especially designed
for the business.
CANHI REMISTfER-
This summer we have installed
a new cash register. It was built
to order for us by the National Cash
Register Co., and is the latest, larg-
est and best type. It miay be of in-
terest to some of our customers to
know that this register will do
among other things the following:
Issue a receipt ticket for each pur-
chase. Record every transaction in
printed form on a detail strip locked!
within the regiter. Keep each
clerk's money and table cards, also
No Sale, Memo, Mslns., and Pipe
sales tickets in his own private
drawer for which he retains 'ey
and which cannot be openeo or op-
erated during his absence. The
register also gives at all times andj
at a glance the total number and
amount of each clerk's sales, or ta-
ble cards, of paid out, mdse. dis-
count, pipe and mslns. sales, mdse.
sales, and prize table tickets. EveryI
table time card and each check
cashed are stamped with clerk's in-
itial and amount.
porion, set or fration of theni
practically the entire male student
body. What store of any kind could
be pat roni?.e by a lbetter class any-
w here?
('E 1) 1 1 'o m . )o : 11(
mail oult 1n0 statemntsi~:, doing a cashi
business only. Why? Net because
studets vould fail to settle in too
large numrs for we d(id eit
business tfor four years and at the
end of that time less than one-enth
of one per cent of our total business
was on the books. The reason for
our present policy which we are
convinced is the best and when wC
aso think is appreciated by our
customers, is this. 95 per cent of
our business is with students; hil-
liards ,and(1bow;ling are fascinatling
gamesy, smit ng is a habit, credit Is:
too easily obtainable in Ann Arbor.
Under these conditions and our old
system tudeints would o ten run
up) largraccountithan they could
afford,(woud1th.in we were wor-
ried about the indebtedness, which
Do times out of 100, was not the
case, and as a result woud stay
away f rom our store altogether un-
til1 they 'ould pay in full. Al osti
theitr uinessin th1meatim; a-
so the father ;'if h mterc Tn o
his attenutindi l i, e
cially in the ease of a billiards
room, roarded bM mny, 1altough
fase ly, ason a par with the corner
"1p001 room";i-il nI ome small tow~n.
We did not like this feeling elier
on the part of the student or the
fat he'rand murch p1refer the "payw-as-
yo-go' -planmwhereby Ihestudent
is much more likely to spend what
he can afford for his billiards., bowl-
in, or sooking.
We have not only tlie highest
grade tables and alleys but chalk,
cues, cloths, balls, etc., and all ac-
cessories are the best and kept "up-
to-snuff" by men who know how
because of ten years of experience
in this business.
CI(~ ~RE'i2TES-
Our cigarette sales have increased
over 600 per cent in the last four
years. Why? Because we buy stan-
dard brands direct from the factory,.
order frequently, keep fresh stock,
and have the most varied assort-
ment of any retail store in the state.
exclusive cigar and tobacco stores
not excepted. As an illustration of
the volume of our cigarette busi-
ness it may be stated that, although
we handle over 100 different kinds,
our average daily sale of one lead-
ing brand is enough to supply a
smoke each day to every cigarette
smoker in the University.
houlers, cigarette cases, tooacco
pouches and the famous one cent
"WAlt"n matches of which we retail
"ach month enough to supply every
student of the iUniversity, male ana
foale, withy over 100 matches per
month.
NO AMllIANf -
(Gambling and betting of all kinds
is prohibited in our store. We have
no "house" players among the stu-
dents. We have never had a dice
box at our cigar counters, will not
hold money for bettors, have never-
evIn raffled a box of candy, a pipe,
or anything (rse. Why? Because
we have $50,000 invested in our bus-
;hess, value the "good will" at
much more, and are here to stay
permanently in our own building
ana not for a few years only in a
retedrt place. This policy in our
case is the best 'ron a busines*
stanlpoint in Ann Arbor where we
are desirous of the good will of our
eustomers. and of the cIty and Uni-
versity authorities, and of the par-.
ents back home.
PAB EN TS W ELCOIUE-
W are ahvays glad- to have stu-
dents bring their parents or friends
uno our store. Our customers- fre-
quoutly (o so when the chance of-
felrs.You have nothing to be asham-
ed of and neither have we. We have
had many a student's father con-
gratulate us on the character of our
I)lace and assure us that he consid-
ers his boy's time for recreation
well spent with us.
We are the Ann Arbor agents and
importers for the famous "3B" and
-OWN MAKE" pipes, the cholce or
student smokers everywhere and
ior years acknowledged to be the
world's best pipe line. The largest
and imost varied assortment or any
retail store in the state is kept in
stock, a large portion of which is
atvays in sight and readily accessi-
ble to prospective purchasers.
The proprietors in this firm are
frmer Michigan students and have
the same viewpoints and sympa-
thies. Our policy has always been
to "try to treat you right." This is
our motto and we believe that what
business success we have had has
been largely in proportion as we
and our clerks have lived up to it.
as is to be found anywh
year we gave out $-3,829
trade checks good for hi:
bowling, over 97 per cent
were used.
RE,ULAR 11HOIRS-
Our store is open dail
A.M. to 12 P.M., Sundays
7 P.M., bowling room dail
A.M. to 11 P.M. We oper
no earlier and no later
how large or small the da
of business. Thus you w
know when to find us oper
neither to ttike an unnec.
when away nor feel that y
stop play early when yo
and business is dull.
SCORES--
We get all the basebal
ball scores regularly, tick
on World Series games, a
telegraphic running acco
Michigan out-of-town foc
es and Inter-Collegiate N
SERtVICE-
You do not want to wa:
utes or so to be served w:
into a store to buy canet . er yo ge qucep i n ed a d u t ol
etc. Here you get quicd
experienced, and courteo
Our clerks have been 'w
eight years, in fact since
in business.
STAT1E 1ILIJARIMS
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I CIGARS
We carry all the standard brands
but no cheap "long shots," that is, cI-I
gars of poor quality but costing the
dealer less. We have 18 feet of
show-cases for cigars alone, by far
the best assortment inbthe Univer-
sity section of Ann Arbor. Our ci-
gar sales have increased 110 per
cent in four years and will increase
steadily for a number of years in
the future as older customers, other
than students, get better acquaint-
ed with the variety and freshness
of our stock.
FId'BS11 STIOCK--
C A LCUL A G.'R Pi-
CTIECKS CISHIE-
BILLIARDS-
The game of billiards has risen
in popular esteem by leaps and
bounds in the pat ten years and
now claims more active followers
than any other pastime both in this
country and the world at large.
Nowhere has this growth been more
marked than in Ann Arbor. It is
confidently asserted that there are.
more students here who play bil-
liards both in number and propor-
tion, than in any other University,
and this, notwithstanding the fact
that the average Michigan student
has much less to spend on recrea-
tion than is the case in many of the
large Eastern schools. Huston
Bros. were the pioneers and prime
movers in the remarkable billiards
development locally. Our 21 table
Whenever play starts on a table,
a time card numbered to correspond
with the table is put in our Calcu-
lagraph which stamps the exact
time on the face of the card. The
card is then placed on the proper
hook, also numbered, and when
play stops the card is again put in
the Calculagraph which not only
stamps on the face of the card the
exact quitting time but also the
correct amount due in dollars and
cents. This avoids any computa-
tion by the clerk, saves time, and is
satisfactory to the customer as it
insures accuracy.
We carry a complete line of all.
the best selling five cent bar can-
dies and a full assortment of "LOW-
NEY" bulk chocolates. Freshness
of stock and frequencyof orders are
special points. Our candy business
runs a close second to our cigar
and cigarette business and is larg-
er than that of any other retail
store in Ann Arbor other than ex-
clusive confectionery stores.
We cash checks for all students
without question. The banks are
located down town and so this is an
accommodation much appreciated.
We cash an average of 100 student
checks a day, more than any two
banks in Ann Arbor. It speais well
both for the Michigan student body
and for their good will toward our
firm when it is known that out of
more than 200,000 checks which we
have cashed for students in the last
eight years we have not lost one
cent on a single check. This is all
the more remarkable when it is un-
dertood that we have never gone
either to the University or city au-
thorities for assistance in making
checks goot.
CLASS OF PATRONAG_-
We claim unhesitatingly that
there is not a billiards or bowlIng
room in the country that will sur-
pass ours in the character of its
patronage. Our patrons are the
students of the University of Michi-
gan almost exclusively, and not any
We order Irequently and in comn-
paratively small (lumtities and on
staple merchandise tlircct from fac-
tory. We also make speal enorts
to keepJstock right. This isnsure
fresh goods, If not, nmoney lre(iun-
ed.
JOBBING-
\\e make special jobbig prices
to club and fraternity slores and
for large orders, commititees and
banquets.
1E AGU ES, TOU RNAUIENTiS AND
EXHIBITIONS.-
InI sea!son we oraieun conr-
duct student b C illiardsai bowlin
leagues and tour'naments. iRegular
schedules are played and special
prizes offered; We also arrange
during each y ear a numbe of ex~i-
bitions for thre best prnossioinal )bil-
liards layes at yerw a
here among other famous player s-
Champion \\Wille Iloppe, Sutton,
Demarest Oriz, Schaeffer, Catton
and George Sutton the wonderful
"armless" billiards player-
PRI VATIE CUES-
About two-fifths of the games 1y
the Michigan Championship Tour-
nament for the Detroit Free Press
cup are played in our room each
year. No charge is made to witness
these games in which all the best
state billiardists participate. The
cup last year was won permanently
by "Si" Huston and a new one will
be offered this season,
STOCK ROOK-
We keep a stock book in which
are posted all items of merchandise
and pipe stock daily as received.
We inventory each three weeks.
Thus we have at all times an exact
record of all stock bought by items,
of the amount sold each three
weeks, and of the amount on hand.
phis system is for our own guidance
in ordering stock and guarantees
that we will not over-order on poor
selling brands which will become
stale before sold.
TELEP HONE-
Students are always welcome to
use our telephone. Do not stop to
ask permission. It is on the coun-
ter at your service any time.
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We carry a complete line of all
the standard smoking, chewing,
scrap and fine cut tobaccos, and an
especially large stock and varied
assortment of the higher grade pipe
tobaccos.
Our toilet room is fully equipped
with wash basin, drinking fountain,
soap, sanitary paper towers, etc. It
is on the ground floor and open to
the public at all times. It is 'used
on an average by 2,000 students dai-
ly.
INCREASE OF BUSINESS-
Our total business nearly doubled
the lirst four years and more than
doubled again during the second
four years. Why? Ask any upper
classman, or better yet come and
see for yourself.
Each year we reserve over 500
cues for the private use of individ-
ual student billiards players. These
cues are put aside for your use as
deired and kept in repair without
charge.
gi:AI "Y ','id ITS-
Our cash register issues a receipt
ket for each purchase which giv-
-e heLnumbe and date of sale, in-I
ial 1of clerk, amount, and nature of1
the transaction. These tickets are!
valuable to the customer and this
year may be redeemed for cash,
merchandise, billiards or bowling at
the option of the holder, and for
from 7 to 33 1-3 per cent of face
amount of purchase.The well known
?'nited Cigar Store coupon system
is based on only a 4 per cent cash
basis. We believe our system to be
probably as liberal to the customer
ISCA N EO1J$
3i E GI A N-
We also sell daily iand Sunday
Detroit and Chicago papers, stogies
of all kinds, "Bicycle" cards, ciga-
rete pa' < rs, cigar and Cigarteh
We TrytoTreatYou Right
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