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.
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