'MI I - Tower - F A' . f : . :v THE-, modarn. upto-thrmnuU commercial elub-Js the srsaiaat vthlcl for the advaaMment of a citr or a community tbat u twentieth century brain has evolved. The expert advertisers who have vis ited Portland within the last, rear, no matter whether they were connected rlth newspapers, associated with the railroad service or in any other depart' merit of publicity, seem to asres that the Portland Commercial club is easily the best equipped, most thoroughly mod ern and up-to-date organisation of all those of a similar nature throughout the United States. This la a rather , strong assertion, but -those . who are . connected with such bodies throughout the entire nation seem to be a unit in this opinion The Portland Commercial club oceu ; ptea the entire top floor and- two large , tower rooms and observatory of the . Chamber of Commerce building, which contalna more offices than any other building In the -city. The oommodlous parlors of this -club are the - largest ) on the Paclfio coast and have been the scene of soma of the most Interest. Ing functions this city ever ' enjoyed. Its other departments are . a general dining-room, ladles dining-room, la dies' reception parlor, Durret. billiard , room, bowling alley, private dining-room and grill, card-room e, office and cloak rooms. The furnishings arid art treas ures of the club represent -an outlay exceeding $40,000. Four large elevators ' which serve the club have on numeroua occasions comfortably handled 1.000 . people In an evening. The club now has exceeding 100 mem bers, which represent the cream of the business and professional eleven t of Portland. For six months past exceed -. Ing 200 meals have been aerved every day of the week to members of the club and their guests, and there is no place where the pulse of Portland is more plainly felt, as the luncheon hour at this club dally sees every department of Ita commodious home a scene of greet activity. Thousands of Visitors to Port land have been guests within Its noa pitable walla. Distinguished men wh have earned fame in every .vocation of life have been entertained. Probably the .Portland Commercial club a without a rival among organiaa-1 tlops of a similar, character throughout 1 . ----- It it Portion of Ladles' TITS i ' 1 Room Office of Manager Tom "Richardson,- 1 Preaident H. M. Cake and His Working the United States la the friendly feeling felt for It In all parts of the state. There are many social clubs In the United States which are furnished at greater expense, that are mors exclusive. but none are more democratic, catholio and hospitable, and certainly few have been so active in the development of the city, stats and section of the eoun try ae has this very popular organisa tion. The senere.1 Afftcera of tli club ere t M. Cake, president, and on of the most prominent attorneys in the elty J. K. Thatcher, vice-president, the mana ges of the Pactflo States Telephone Telegraph company: Edward Eh moan, of Mason. Ehrman Co.. one of Portland' largeat wholesale grocery firms; Tom Richardson, manager, formerly occupy ing similar position in the New Or leans Progressive union, and a man of z years' experience in oommunlty-bulld Ing' all over 'the country: W. A. Cle land, secretary, successful attorney: W. B. Coman, assistant ' general freight agent of the Harrlmae tines in Oregon, and one or the most popular railroad men in the Paclfio northwest; Mark Levy, of Mark Levy- &- Co., who has built up-a large wholesale commission business here; George W. Hasen. an at torney taking great Interest in public movements for the betterment of Ore gon; R. Ik Stevens, teller of Ladd xuton s bank; w. B. aitfks, of ths w. B. Olsfks Co., wholesale commission merchants having ssveral establishments at different points in the northwest; a. m. smith, president of the Weetern Clav Manufacturing company; Robert Kenne dy, vice-president of the Pacific Coast Elsvator company, among the largest gram .aeaiers on tns racirio coast; I Oerllnger, president of the. Columbia Valley Railway company, and aasoclated With many projects seeking to develop tns nortnwest; L R. Fields, sunerinten dent of -the- Southern Pacific company; R- B. Miller, general freight agent of the Harrlman lines In Oregon; R. F. Prael, of Prasl. Hegele tt Co.. extensive crockery dealers and importers. Some idea of the devotion of thla ffl. clsl board can be gained from ths fsct tnat they meet at a weekly luncheon to discuss mstters of general Interest to tns ciuo and the community. 1 No club has a mora 4antf dentPreslderit ' H. M. Cake can truths ruuy do called -the father of the' club. ,- ;i. i , - ;." J tinlnf Room. OREGOIT SUNDAY JOUliMALV PORTLAND, "-SUNDAY 0 -e Force. v. Ls .. .'vVife-fTf La- '-. Reading But for hie constant attention It wotfld not be the splendid body that It is. and the people of Portland and Oregon owe him a debt of gratitude for the energy. enterprise and self-devotion he haa riven 'to this extraordinarily aotlvs body. For several years the club has been active in ths entertainment of distinguished men visiting Portland, cooperating la the entertainment of delegates to Im portant conventions, and always -with me. ae termination of devoting Its strength and power to the upbuilding and betterment of the city and ftate. ' Two years ago, through the personal efforts of President Cake, assisted by ths board of governors, a promotion, publicity and business 'department was Inaugurated, and for this branch a largs sum of money wss subscribed, which Is entirely Independent of snd additional to the regular dues and other finance! of the club proper. Probably there has never, been a more result-getting cam paign of advertising carried out In the United States than the ons undsr the ---- i V ... ' " " f . . ' , ,m.; Hi, ;i b i L-1 If i v m e z . , usi . Jus.es! . 1 1 Tii assx asj w psi.Hal.iW nHaai iai Office and Main .. - - t' NT. Board of Governor: Top Row Left to Right L. R. Fields, R. B. Miller, Robert Kennedy, A.' N. Smith, R. F. Praet, W. E. Coman, George Hazen, Edgar Ehrtnan (treasurer), Robert L. Stevens, W. A. Cleland (secretary), H. M. Cake (president), J. H. Thatcher (vice-president), L. Gerlinger, Mark Levy, W. B. Glafke, Tom Richardsoa (manager). :, ;? ' ' Executive Committee: Top Rpw Left to Right A. L. Mills, Allen Lewis, Frank Watson, L N. Fleischner, Walter BurreO, R. Livingston, T. B. Wil cox, W. M. Ladd, J. C Ainsworth. , . 7 .' . , "T"".:.1 'i V - w"r:ijV Room. supervision of the splendid executive committee of the Portland Commercial club.. -This body of men represents ths financial, commercial and Industrial strength of Portland,' and sines-ths or ganisation of the committee have de voted their time and monsy toward carrying to fruition any plan that was adopted. The executive committee Is made up as follows: Theodore B. Wilcox, chair man, is president of ths Portland flour Ing mills (some II mills and numerous warshouaes . located at every point of Importance In the Pacific northwest). and ex-presidsnt of the Trans-MIssis-slppl Commercial congress, that organi sation so clossly affiliated with the mo mentous questions affecting thla section of ths country; William M. Ladd, of Laad AV TUton, Jbankers, probably the strongest financial Institution In- ths nnrthweet; A. L. Mills, president of the First National bank and speaker of tbe Oregon legislature;' J. C Ainsworth. president of ths United States National "T 1. TV.-' .H . mm . i.. t r - J Entrance. , r: r' .y MORNINQ, DECEMBER 7 - J--1 inU;v:;ii-:..;; -j, ; - - Portion bank; Robert Livingstons, manager of the Oregon Mortgage company; L. Allen Lewis, president , of Allen eV Lewis, largest wholesale grocers In the north. west; L N. Fleischner, of Fleischner. Mayer A Co., occupying similar posi tion in wholesale dry goods; J. Frank watson, prssldent of the Merchants' National bank; Walter F. BurrelL prsst aent or tbe Burrell Investmsnt com pany, wlthi heavy real estate Jioldlnca in Washington and Ore son. Ths fund of monsy raised to carry on tns general publicity ana promotion work was subscribed for ths purpose of advertising Oregon and ths Pacific northwssV and not to advertise Port land. This was the basis upon which ths money was paid In and the Idea sdopted at the inception of the orgsnl sation has been literally followed. In securing the great conventions thst met In Portland this yer, this commit tee, representing the Commercial club and acting through Its Msnager,- Mr. Tom Richardson, had something to do In securing almost every convention that met hers and waa antlrely responsible tor a number of them. In order to gain ths co-operation of the general - publlo in -sdvertlalng and orrespondenoe retarding Portland. Ore gon and ths Paclfio northwest, rltlsens of Portland who had formerly resided In other states , wre asked to ' ssnd In namea of their -friends st a dlstsnce and booklets, local - nawspspers and other printed matter were sent to these ad dresses ' accompanied by a poatal 'card giving the name of the local citissn at whose request the matter had been for warded. Ae a result many thousands of people In . all portions pt ths United States becsms Interested In Oregon and the Pacific northwest, net only through correspondence direct with' the club, but through letters passing between the frlehds and acquaintances hsrs snd those st a dlstsnce. This plsn has often been attempted, but has never before been rewarded with anything like success such ss has- been achieved here. The Portland Commercial club, neither on behalf of Its bosrd of governors nor Its executive committee, . claims any ex traordinary credit for thla grand sue cess. Portland and Oregon were giving a ; great exposition the people were aroused to a high pitch-of clvlo and state pride everybody seemed not oniv willing but snxlaus to lend a hand In the great werk4t la gsueraily eonr - l 24, ' 1CCJ. v - 4 A T (0 w "olfPiirlor. that this was the turning point In pub lic Interest toward ths exposition, for It gave everybody something to do, and as a consequence of this splendid stsrt Portland last year mads a greater per centage of Increase in her postal receipts thsn sny other largs city in the United States. - Ths busy business men. in order that they might elicit the aaalstsncs of the school children, addressed, them on two different occsslons, and as a direct result of one1 of these svents 1I.S00 booklets, giving important facta about Oregon, were sent out in ons day. The Portland - Commercial - club co operated with the active working forces of ths Lewis and Clark Centennial sx po sition, worked oonstsntly In connection with ths newspapers, kspt la touch with ths passenger and immigration depart ments of all ths railroads, but paid especial and particular attention to three great avenues throughout 'all por tions of ths United States, Canada and Mexico the psssenger and Immigration . ft - , . ei-. m mi ' ' ' ' r ... ; . if '1 V agents, the publle libraries and ths commercial and industrial bodies of ths country. Ths active men of the pas senger and immigration service of the railroads were supplied with "many copies of Portland papers, with printsd matter, with special correspondence, and it is universally conceded by active railroad men that this club baa carried on a more extensive correspondence with the railroad officials of the United States than any other body In ths United States, and It Is a fact that many railroad men correspond con stantly with the Portland Commercial club and with -no other organisation ot ita kind In this country. "Thousands of newspapers, printed matter and other literature were sent to the libraries of the country, white dally Intercourse with the active and ener getic commercial and - industrial bodies ot the country is a matter of everyday, business. There are few great movements any where throughout the United Statee of a general publle Interest, excepting of course those having to do with partisan politics, in which, ths Commercial olub haa not a voles. The advertising and publicity secured In this way sou Id not be bought for money end the organisa tion feels that it haa done a grand work and now that It has become well known snd Is accepted as the most thoroughly representative and Intensely active organisation In ths Paclfio northwest, its opportunities to do good In ths future have been Increased many fold." ' This club takes great pleasure la ac knowledging its obligations to the news papers of this elty and those throughout ths state of Oregon, to railroad offt- . dais, to ths stats organisations com posed of former residents of other statee, and to innumerable individuals who have rendered valuable aid In spreading ths story of the Oregon coun try throughout ths union.' The Portland Commercial club bag been especially active in promoting ths various excursions of Portland business msn, having for their object the ce menting of the ties between ths eitr and the great territory from which it draws Ita trade and to which tt la In debted for Its growth. ' Ths wealthy men of Portland stand behind her with a liberality that is (Continued on Following Page.) , -4 .-if .11 ...