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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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