W e are A g e n ts for th e
‘Sometimes your city merchant
[ could do worse than go out in the
suburbs to find a perfect example of
the power of advertising,” said the oc- I
When summer has passed
casiona! story teller, who was one of a |
in these northern states,
crowd of Pittsburg buyers returning in [
the sun is only mild under
the bright blue skies of
a Pennsylvania sleeper from a flying
Southern California. This
trip to New York.
is one of nature’s happy
I live out in the suburbs of Greater
provisions—eternal sum
Pittsburg, and the other day when I
mer tor those who cannot
went in to urge my chief to spend \
endure a more severe cli
—
mate.
more money In advertising a drive I
California has been called
had planned in my department I found
the “ Mecca of the winter
N ° more appreciable present can be selected for
the story of Solomon Levi of Blank
tourist ”
Its hotels and
Run helped a lot.
any member of the household than a nice
stopping places are as var
“ Solomon Levi isn’t his name, but
ied as those of all well reg
I’ll give his name to any of you who
ulated cities. Visitors can
always find suitable accom
want to use him on the ‘old man’ for
Everybody knows what the “ O STLRM O O R” Mattress is,
modations. congenial com
an object lesson. Levi arrived at
panions, and varied, pleas
and having secured the agency, we have a line in our store
Blank Run only a little over a year
ing recreations.
ago. No; I don't live in that heaven
now.
We have a line that will meet the demands of all
forsaken spot. My home is across the
pocketbooks
hills, in Oakhurst, but I’m only half an
hour away from Blank Run by trolley.
“ That little settlement is the last
W ill be glad to sup p ly some v ery attrac tiv e
place on earth where anybody would
lite ra tu re , describin g in detail th e m any de
expect to make a success with a de
lig h ts of w in ter in C alifornia. Very low
round trip excursio n tick ets are on sale to
partment store. But Levi made a suc
C alifornia.
cess
of it simply through advertising.
T h e rate from Forest Grove to Los Angeles
and re tu rn is $ 5 6 . 5 0 .
There’s only a dozen or two families in
L im it six m onths, allow ing stop-overs in
the settlement, all with limited buying
e ith e r direction.
Sim ilar ex cursion rates
capacity. Levi went prospecting along
a re in effect to all C alifornia points.
the trolly line shortly after it opened
For fu ll inform ation, sleep in g car reservations and
and found a big vacant barn in the j
tic k e ts, call on, tele g ra p h or w rite
place that he could get lor a song. He
W . BROW N, A gent, FOREST GROVE, OREGON
took it because the rent was next to
or
nothing and started to do a little in
WM. McMURRAY, Gen. P a s s . Agt.
P ortland, Oregon
expensive remodeling. Then he let a
patent medicine painter put him up a
flaring yellow sign across the end of
the building, ‘Solomon Levi’s Depart
ment Store.’ Everybody laughed—a
department store in Blank Run!
“ But they didn’t know Levi. He
A tto r n e v -a t-L a w
laid in a modest stock. That was the
only thing about his establishment that
Forest Grove,
Oregon was modest. He has since boasted
that he had only #100 capital and i
F o re s t G ro v e
O re g *o n
precious little credit when he started |
i
that wonderful general store. The |
next week we were all amazed to see a
Homeopathist and Surgery
double page ad. right across the inside ()f , he barKains a, Blank Run. And
WAS MIXED OFTEN.
o n e c h a n g e is n e e d e d t o b r i n g t h e
Forest Grove,
Ore got pages of our little weekly paper down nQW So|omon Leyj owns ,be whole
e n t i r e o r g a n iz a tio n up to a r e g u l a r
arm y basis as regards organization.
at Oakhurst, telling people what they tlement. You can see his screaming
T h i s Is t h e a d d i t i o n o f f o u r c o m Druggists Hear Much Praise for a
could get at Soloman Levi’s for 1 cent, signs a mile.
p a n i e s o f I n f a n t r y to t h e F o u r t h O r
Simple Home-Made Mixture.
egon, w ith h e a d q u a rte rs at Eugene.
the things they could buy for 5 cents
I n te r e s tin g lli'in i G a th e r e d
At
first
his
family
furnished
all
the
Some remarkable stories are being
B A R B E R S
T h e s e f o u r c o m p a n i e s will b e o r
F r o m A ll P a r i s o f th** S l a t e .
and the things for 10 cents. There clerking force, but now he has a num
g a n i z e d a s s o o n a s p r a c t i c a b l e . W a r told about town and among the coun
HAIR CUTTING A SPECIALTY
must have been a hundred articles that ber of hired hands. And a lew weeks
D e p a r t m e n t o r d e r s allow u n til J a n
u a r y 2 0 , 1 9 1 0 , f o r c o m p l e t i o n o f try people coming in ol this simple
Postoffice Row
Forest Grovt he advertised for 1 cent—for clothes
Receiver
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ago he announced that he had arrived
home made mixture curing Rheuma
th e reo rg a n iz atio n .
pins, thirty invisible hairpins—you as a successful merchant in a unique
L a G r a n d e - R e c e i v e r A. A. R o b -
tism
and Kidney trouble. Here is the
know, the things that women always I advertisement thal ran something like » v ' t , a h a l f - b r o t h e r o f C o n g r e s s m a n
W ill E n la r g e C apitol.
recipe and directions lor taking: Mix
Hills, w h o s e a c c o u n t s h a v e b e e n
are running out of.
{bjs.
S alem
S e c r e t a r y W. N. C a t e n a ,
[ f o u n d t o h e In a m u d d l e d c o n d i t i o n
F a s h io n S ta h le s
• f t h e C a p i t o l H u i l d i n g CommlaHloii, by shaking well in a bottle one half
The merchants of my home town
“ Eighteen Months Ago I Was Worth a n d w h o h a s b e e n r e p o r t e d to be h a» b e e n I n s t r u c t e d t o s e c u r e a r c h i
>unce Fluid Extract Dandelion, one
a b o u t ) I O.UOO s h o r t , d e n i e d S u n d a y
had been taking the usual six inch
#100
S i y li s h T u r n o u t s
t e c t s ’ p l a n s f o r t w o a d d i t i o n s t o t h e ounce Compound Kargon, three ounces
n ig h t t h a t h e w as a n y t h i n g like th a t
S tate H ouse
T h e proposed a d d i
spaces to announce their sales. Solo
a m o u n t s h o r t in h i s c a s h
He also
Today I Am Worth #50,000.
FOREST G ROVI
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. Take
P tC IF IC AVE
mon Levi’s new general store at Blank Ail Because I Gave the Public Bar g '. r e s t h e lie t o t h e s t o r y t h a t h e h a s t i o n s , If c o n s t r u c t e d , will be p l a c e d
o n e i t h e r s i d e o f t h e w est w i n g o f as a dose one teaspoonful after meals
b e e n s p e c u l a t i n g in l a n d d e a l s a n d
Run overshadowed them. The follow
t h e S t a t e H o u s e , a n d will b e tw o
gains
t h a l if, a f t e r h i s b o o k s h a v e b e e n
ind at bedtime.
D R . J . H . K IN O X
ing week he was quoting prices offered
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In What They Wanted to Buv at
V e te r in a r ia n
No change need be made in your
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in all the other stores in the suburbs j MY GREAT BLANK RUN EMPOR w ill be c o n s i d e r a b l y les s t h a n $ 1 0 0 0 | a r e u r g e n t l y n e e d e d , a s office r o o m
usual diet, but drink plenty of good
a n d t h a t h e w ill m a k e g o o d t h i s )
County Stock InspLCtor
roundabout in parallel columns with |
IUM.
a m o u n t , o r w h a t e v e r It 1», f r o m h i s a t t h e S t a l e H o u s e Is c r o w d e d . T h e water.
p l a n s will h e s u b m i t t e d t o t h e l e g
ffice. First Street and Pacific Avenue his own and offering to pay the trolley
“ And his advertisement was ac p r i v a t e h a n k a c c o u n t .
islature.
T h e p r i n c i p a l q u e a t i o n Is
This mixture has a peculiar tonic ef
oth Phones at Office and Residence fare of every patron who bought 60 companied by a picture of his family j R o b e r t s ' t r o u b l e s . It Is s a i d , h a v e I w h e t h e r t h e a d d i t i o n will m a r t h e
fect upon the kidneys; cleansing the
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te rio r D ep artm en t a t W ashington ]
clogged up pores of the eliminative
catchlines as ‘Why not save 15 cents
“ Rather unusual, eh? Yes, it’s a h a s b e e n h o l d i n g u p c l a i m s e v e r
tissues, forcing the kidneys to sift and
on a dollar’s purchase and get a trolley j freak case I admit, but it’s the clear s i n c e t h e l a n d - f r a u d e x p o s u r e s , a n d
W O R L D 'S N E W S IN B R I E F
■ train from the blood the uric acid and
t h a t fi li n g f e e s h a r e a c c u m u l a t e d a t
ride thrown in?’ seemed to catch the est example of the power of advertis a l l o f t h e l a n d offices In t h e s t a t e , j
other
poisonous waste matter, over-
T h e U nited S ta le s A tlan tic b a ttle
W E E K S t i R A N I T E eo.
eye of the frugal housewives in the ing I ever saw. You fellows tell the I t s e e m s t h a t R o b e r t s ' s y s t e m o f j s h i p fleet p a s a c d t h r o u g h S i n g a p o r e
■oming
Rheumatism, Bladder and
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3 0 1 1 t h at.
P o rtla n d . O ra
workingmen’s homes along the trolley ( o l d m a n a b o u t it t h e n e x t t i m e y ou , k h e a e v p i n i n g g n a e c g c l e o c u t n e t d s t h o a s k e b e e p e n t r a f c a k u l o t y f , t h h e e ; . . a r . ,o r „ ‘ u,n . M ’ . . " . . 1 ,, 1 , __
11 * ,' 1’
Urinary troubles in a short while.
Tor D tslq n s an d P rie r» « '
line. Every week for five mortal t a c k l e h i m for s some
om e particular a d v et- m o n e y s t h a t he h a s f o rw a r d e d to th e
M o r e t l a n . u s e a m e n i a v l o st
A druggist here who has had hun
t h e i r l i v e s off t h e U p p e r N o r t h A t
G o v e rn m e n t, o r of th a t w hich he re
weeks
he
kept
that
double
page
ad.
V . H. LIMBER
tising campaign.” —Pittsburg Dispatch.
l a n t i c C o a s t d u r i n g t h e last few d a y s dreds of calls for these ingredients
t u r n e d to th e en try m en when th eir
going in our home paper—the biggest j
as th e re su lt of a sto rm of u n p re c e
applications w ere tu rn ed down
Local A ie n t
Fo re a t Grave
■ince the first announcement in the
d e n te d severity.
ad. in the paper. Every one of those j
newspnpirs
last October stated that the
T h e n ew m a g a z i n e rifle j u s t p l a c e d
CAN'T BE SEPARATED
five ads. compared the prices at the
S to p K illing B irds fo r T w o T ears.
In t h e h a n d s o f I b e a r m y o f t h e people who once try it “ swear by it,”
P o rtlan d
Officers o f t h e O r e g o n U n i t e d S l a t e s a n d t h e m i l i t i a o f t h e
stores in the nearby suburbs with those
especially those who have Urinary and
at Solomon Levi’s emporium, for it Some Fore.» Grove People Have F i s h s n d O a m e A s s o c i a t i o n will p ro - v a r i o u s s t a t e s h a s p r o v e d t o b e m o r e
Kidney trouble and suffer with Rheu
pose exten siv e a m e n d m e n ts to th e p o w erfu l, m o re a c c u r a te a n d rap id
had grown to be an emporium by th is, Learned How to Get Rid ot Both.
e x i s t i n g g a m e l a w s o f t h e s l a t e at t h a n t h e r i d e o f t h e K r a g J o r g * u s e n
matism.
time.
1 Backache and kidney ache are twin t h e c o m i n g s e s s i o n s f t h e leglaln t y p e w h i c h It r e p l a c e d .
All the druggists in this neighbor
tu re . A c o m m itte e , re p re s e n tin g th e
T h e colonial b u d g e t of G e rm a n y
“ Then he reduced the size of his ad- brothers,
a s s o c i a t i o n , is r e v i s i n g t h e v a r i o u s I n c l u d e s a n o r i g i n a l a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f hood say they cm supply the ingredi
s e c t i o n s o f t h e c o d e w i t h r e f e r e n c e $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 , t o be f o l l o w e d by $ 2 2 , 0 0 0
vertising in the one paper and went in- You can’t separate them,
ents, which are easily mixed at Lome.
to every blooming country paper he
And you can’t get rid of the back- t o t h e p r o t e c t i o n o f flsh a n d g a m e a n n u a l l y , f o r t h e e r e c t i o n a n d m a i n There is said to be no better blood-
T h e c o m m i t t e e will r e c o m m e n d a t e n a n c e a t T s l n g T a o , In t h e G e r m a n
Houses Rented and Rent* Collected could find along the trolley line. By ache until you cure the kidney ache, la w e s t a b l i s h i n g a clo s e d s e a s o n o f t e r r i t o r y o f K l a o C h a u , C h i n a , o f cleansing agent or system tonic known,
this time swams of women with baskets
If the kidneys are well and strong, at le a s t t w o y e a r s f o r t h e p r o t e c t i o n s c h o o l s f o r t h e C h i n e s e n a t i v e s , and certainly none more harmless or
A n o t h e r w h e r e i n s t r u c t i o n In t e c h n i c a l m a t
were
asking
the
conductors
on
the
car
the
rest of the system is pretty sure to ' o f t h e C h i n e s e p h e a s a n t
Forest Grove
Ore.
simple to use.
law will b e s u g g e s t e d p r o h i b i t i n g t h e t e r s w ill b e g i v e n .
to put them off at Blank Run. They be in vigorous health
j k i l l i n g o f e l k f o r a p e r i o d o f five o r
—New slock of latest Ladies' Home
Doan’s Kidney Pills make strong, six y e a r s .
laughed and scoffed when they first
— We always pay the highest prica
T h e l e g i s l a t u r e a l s o w ill he a s k e d Journal dress patterns at Bailey’s Big
saw the barnlike structure at the road healthy kidneys.
for wool and mohair.
Bailey.
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Store.
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“ M y w ife su ffe red from k id n ey and bladder
— M. Turner of Banks has a full line
e d by t h e c o m m i t t e e t h a t m o r e b i r d s
troub le for a lo n g tim e and n o m atter what sh e fried,
the same.
— Money to loan on farm security of Rubber Aquepelle and wet weather
sn d o th e r g a m e a r e killed a n n u a lly
found no r e lie f. S h e su ffe red from p a in s in h er back
“Soon my wife's washerwoman was and limb« and to bend or stoop w as im p o ssib le. At time» by t h e m t h a n by t h # s p o r t s m e n
W H. Hollis, Forest Grove
goods
T h e r e Is a d e m a n d f r o m m a n y
asking her why she didn t buy .ier sh e was lam e and tired , a lso had troub le w ith th e kid
n e y sec retio n s, th eir a ctio n b e in g v er y Irregu lar
All
washing soap at Solomon Levi s and th e rem edies sh e tried did h er n o good and sh e a lso «»ed s o u r c e s t h a t t h e la w w h i c h f o r b i d s
s a l e o f d u c k s In t h e m a r k e t b e r e
save 2 cents on every three cakes. p lasters aud lin im e n ts but fa ile d to find r e lie f At last p e a l e d . V a r i o u s o t h e r p r o v i s i o n s o f
sh e heard ab ou t D o a n ’s K id n ey P ills and p rocured a
The stock at the emporium became bo*. T hey h e lo e d h er from th e first sn d It was o n ly a t h e g a m e l a w s o f t h e s t a t e w 'l l b e r e
I N O N E OR MA N Y COLORS
d p u r e l y In t h e I n t e r e n t o f p r o
j more ambitious, and I do believe that short tim e b efore s h e w as e o t ir e ly fr e e from ev e ry t v e ise
IN T M * I
ction.
%ymp*rm <*
coasp iain *
f also u sed D oan 's K Hires
L A R G E S T F A C IL IT IE S
1 in those days the proprietor enumerat- P ills and the re su lts w ere h ig h ly s a tisfa c to ry
IN
T H E W E S T FOR
R eport o f A d ju tan t-G en eral.
j ed every blessed article he canied in
For sale by all dealer*. Price 50
T H E P R O D U C T IO N O F j
P o rtlan d
Many Im p o rtan t re c o m
m u t u a l
t ’ lM t t w m j k i " A m a ru .
stock
in
his
weekly
ads.
He
took
a
cents.
Foster-Milbum
Co..
Buffalo,
HIGH GRA DE WORK
m e n d a t i o n » a r e e m b o d i e d In t h e bl
shed alongside the big barn as an ad New York, sole agents lor the United e n n i a l r e p o r t o f t h e m i l i t a r y d e p a r t
ditton to the emporium and then States.
m ent of th e sta te , su b m itte d S a tu r
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d a y by A d j u t a n t - G e n e r a l W F. F lu -
moved an old frame house twenty feet
Remember
the
name—
Doan's—and
H IC K S -C H A T T Ê N
p e r t o G o v e r n o r C h a m b e r l a n.
to make another addition
All winter take no other.
I t la s h o w n by t h e r e p o r t t h a t t h e
E N G R A V I N G C O . i the women insisted on braving the
O r e g o n N a t i o n a l G u a r d Is so w In a
weather each week to take advantage . The News #1.50 per year in advance. I ht*h state ol eatr-ienes sad I bar but
a « A ld er, P O R T L A N D . O R E
FOR XMAS
Rocker
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.
Come and See Them
Rockers, Chairs, Couches, Rugs, China
closets, Buffets and a host o f others
Chas. O. ROC & CO.
W.
H.
HOLLIS
Pioneer Furniture Dealers
Dr. Geiger
Moulton & Bogan
: DOINGS IN OREGON :
Misner & Gordon
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