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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1881)
May, 1881. THE WEST SHORE. 119 FOSTER & ROBERTSON. The acntral .tor of th magnifloent Cosmo politan, bUA ia lu be oooupied by the hard war tabllsomnt o( Hour. Foster A Bob rteon, and th four (tori. (Including baaement), will be 811ed with everything la their line. In th basement th heavier good will b stored or displayed, including luch erticlee i nails, spikee, grindstones, taah weight, rope, ate. Th salesroom will b on th ttnt floor, which it th handsomest and mott elaborately flttad up of any aaleeroom of limilar kind on th FaeiAe ooaet Tha shelving it made of Oregon ah and th oountere ere alio of native wood aud are flu Uhed In artistic atyl. Tbii room will txhiblt to th patron etery artiol of ahalf hardware and a complete aaeortmrut of builder'i hardware, and th arrangement will not only be pleasing to th ye, but will be displayed to that th ouetomer can oak hie purchaeea eeslly aud systematically Th aeoond floor will oontain eae goods, shovels, handle, aiee, agricultural ton! and onmraoditia of a like kind. On th third floor will b found all of th goode in bulk and unbroken package displayed in th two lower stories, Th hoary interior buyer here find duplloalee of all th ar. who wall known bueineea Integrity and fair Meeera. Hodge A Calef- (th latter gentleman dealing baa given th firm a (landing in th country wrond to no otW laUiiiuwut of the kind on th Coaet Mr. IHvid Hobertaon th Junior member of tha Arm la a netlv of Portland, , a young man of rar commercial ability, who waa made a partner in 1H80, and bringa iuto tha bout Tim, vigor and uutlilng energy In th manage ment of th business. Th offloee of th firm ar palatial in their appointments and combine legeno with convenience. Thle Arm import! direot from th great facioriea of th eut and th old world, and having special freight rate with all th trunk, eaet and weet linn, they ar enabled to cell goods aa low and In many inatanoet lower than the heavleet houso In their liu in San Frencltoo. nonet; davis aco. Thle Arm, occupying th oorner ator of th Cosmopolitan block, ar th largeet wholesale dealer in drug, medlclnee, paint and oil on th North TaaiAo ooaet. Th Arm ii on of th oldeet in th olty, it foundation dating back to IBM, when Hooper, 8nll Co. opened th A ret drug ator In Portland. Bine that time thli home he auld goode under th Arm name of 0. W. Hnell Mela be has eeleoted, packed ready for .Moment. I a rv, rt.tw.fc a .. m. un... and before he is fairly out of th. .tor hi. good, i 0. H0ry, Bmlth Dafia. p.vt. A Kchuyl.r, rn.yhaT.bwn marked, lowered into th street , Mi T A. Devi. A Co. Th. prmnt Arm is th. and placed on draya, ready to be h.uM to th eoneolldallon of th. lut named Arm with Hodge, wnan or aepoi. , gll,, k Co , WK lu B(UBd koM wM Thi. aeUhlishmeut wm founded In IKA7 by Mr also at that tint on of th leading drug house Jehn B. Foetoi, th eenlor member of th Arm, in th oily, having been founded In WW by deceased). Th consolidation fv a Unra ite tu to th buaine, aa it brought Into th Arm a large amount of oapltal and th eipenenc aad trad of year. Tha member of this Arm ar now Charles Hodge, T. A. Davis, Oeo. W. Bnell and F. K. Arnold, all gentlemen, In the) broadeet senee of th word, eommsrolally and aoclally. Th amount of buslnee traueacted In th oouree of each season, and th number of employe and attach, la marveloue, ven for th queen city of th northwest coast. Tha location and arrange ment ol their Mbibliahment i. such a to gir them (very facility for displaying, selling and shipping their goods. Truck, oan discharge or load freight direct at th basement doors, when are) stored oil, pilch and th heavier gotxle of til houe, and I th only establishment In th city that uJoy Ilk facility. Th flrsl floor I. th aaleeroom proper and alto 0011 tains th elegant oflloea of th. Arm. The) aeoond story is th. package department, wkila th uura nonr is aimosi entirely oeuinaien en uw manufacture) of th " Oregon Kiduey Tea " a pre paration of which this Arm ar Ml proprietor, and which ha already beaom a favorite remedy all over tha FeoiA Coast. Tbla Arm ar adding almost daily to their itnmene stork new article brought to light In th Bold ol medical knowledge, and new remedial agent .. w.ll as all the addi tions made by eoleiiWU) discoveries for th bnflt I mankind. t. .1 1 . 1 1 is 1 ' si 1 1 1.1 iiai 1 p ii.aisjsaseii . ' 11111 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 - 1 W ' ;Sii 1 :H t. a it t. H i ; 1 v THE NEW fOSMOI'OUTAV HIKK, FRONT STRRr.T, KF.T. fiAK, AS.D STAKK, K)mi.ANrj