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Our stock has given excellent satisfaction, and we
cordially solicit the patronage of any me wishing the
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UNITED STATES NATIpNAL
BANK, OF SALEM, OREGON.
While there are many evideuce3
f the reigning spirit of loyalty In
the citizenship of the city of Salem,
.and the enduring efforts put forth
on their part In laboring for a Great
er Salem, none stands forth so
prominently or so Imposingly im
pressive as the splendid new steel
frame, fire proof, modern five story
torn? of the United States National
Bank, of Salem ane of the finest
A Stirring
How Two Young Men
Principal Actor
By Wm. P. Strandborg, special writer
This is a little story about success.
It is more than that. It is the story
of a young man who had the stuff in
him that turned what ordinarily
would have been crass failure into
brilliant success. Such are the
stories that most of us like to read
about for the purpose of Inspiration.
There has always been a certain
amount of the spirit of "splt-on-your-hands-and-go-to-work"
for those who
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P. O. LAVEY
" President and Gerteral Manager P. C.
Larey & Company.
have read bow Hannibal found the
Alps blocking his way. He forced a
breach through the eternal hills and
used nothlngU vinegar. But he
there.
Alexander the Great was opposed
at every step that finally placed him
in the position of being the most
powerful figure of his times. But he
got there.
Elbert Hubbard (Fra Elbertus)
has given American youth a wonder
fully appealing inspiration in his lit
tle brochure. "The Message to
Garcia." Lieutenant Rowan 'was
given the message and he was told to
deliver it to the Cuban general. He
didn't question why. lit he got
"Pottinp. There" seems to be about, hadn't had lusty enemies. I'm ln
all there is lorth wh?! in this mod- clined to think that Lavey. today
,n fnnfh anTnnll strueele would have been an ordinary sort of
r Inill to fill about "Pat"' a hum-drum real estate man making
Lave ffl lUtle'whilffor he'l. his stipend a month, but nothing
about the best exponent of quick, more.
sure and substantial "Get There" j He simply had to have., like every
that I know anything about. I am other young man thatr is worth a
calling him "Pat" because he Is Just whoop in Jericho, some good live en
that sore of a chap. If you are dcring emies and some powerful opposition.
business with his firm, you are deal-j
Ing with the P. C. Lavey & Company,'
InK with the P. C. Lavey & company,
but you get to Know mm ana
YEARS 1911 GREATER SALEM AND WESTERN OREGON DEVELOPMFNT EDITION
FISHER
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12; 1:80 to 3.
i banking houses in the state and in
dicative of the strength and progres
I'slveness of this financial institution.
Outside of public buildings, this la
Salem's first really modern business
structure, It having been planned
along most modern lines and pro
vided with every convenience of the
bBt buildings of the larger cities of
the country.
That the modern equipment of this
building was appreciated, is evi
denced by the fact that all of the
fine offices in the four upper stories
Battle For
Made Good Against Great Odds, One, the
in This Drama of Business, Got His
Start in Vancouver
Portland Evening Telegram, written for The Columbian.)
right of way agent for Southern Pa
know what he has accomplished, you mer" when "Pat" was trying to clnc R' R-'a 8erles o town slte n
feel like sticking out your hand and negotiate the loan of a few thousand tne.new malnl,ne ' too Southern
saying, "Put here there, Pat, I'm dollars on good security. He told me Pac,flc that Presented unrivalled op
glad to know you." 1 a year ago with tears In his eyes and Prtunlties for the modest investor
"Pat" came out here from the fire in his eye that one crowd went and home-seeker. They formed corn
Middle West a while back and he even so far as to threaten to transfer panles for he townsltes of Mount
began to stir up some of the dry its account if a certain man endorsed ,,rebrn and Morris, California and
bones. He was kind of bitter at first his paper. It was pretty tough for Worden and Klamath Falls, Oregon,
because he felt that the "Big Fel- him, for at that time, he had a Jne.y started ,n wltn a couple of
..w- ..uo ij,a i-c-
i" as he likes to call them, have
r "hammer" out for the young
lows
their
chap. He was given to understand
that there wasn't much of a chance
of opportunity for the "Young Up-
start." He let the thing rankle in'
his bosom for a while but just about
a year ago, "Pat" Lavey let his Irish
get the best of him, or rather, he let
it bring the best there was In him out
of him, and he said "Come on, you
fellows, I'll show you. I'll match my
steel with yours."
And, so this little story is to be
about this young "Upstart," who, in a
year, started out at the bottom of the
ladder with nothing for capital but a
goodly healthy body, tremendous en
ergy, unflinching ambition and an in
domitable spirit, and yet be stands
today among his fellow men with an'caillne about for the hern-. nlr tn
almost unlimited credit and with a
cool quarter of a million dollars of
assets. How many men in this part,
of the country can you pick out that;
can lay ciaim 10 sucn results or their
own energized pluck, push and in-
tegrity in one single twelve months?
I have already stated something an honest and industrious young man i
about the narrow hair-breath that down
divides failure from success. Lavey, He brought another vigorous
had no encouragement wnen ne
formed his magnificent determination
to shoulder his way through to sue-
cess against all the odds that might
be imposed against him. Almost any
ma" tV
Here he was an utter stranger in
a large city where there were hun
dreds of competitors engaged in the
same line of business. Lavey, fortu
nately I say, acquired some bitter en
emies. They proved to be Just the
sort of fuel that would separate the
dross and the gold In the crucible.
"Pat" didn't particularly court en
mity, but he was and he is today,
friends, one of the greatest and most
unrelenting business fighters of , a
fighting race I ever knew. That's
whv he erew fat on opposition. If
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THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, A MODERN
are fully occupied by Salem's most'
progressive professional Individuals'
and firms.
i The ground floor is utilized by the
. United States National Bank, and in
the furnishing of the banking room
nothing seems to have 1een over
1 looked which would appeal to the
sense of the beautiful, expedite busl-;
' ness or Insure to the comfort or
. convenience of the patrons of the
I bank the substantial Italian marble
counters, bronze grill work and ma
hogany fittings showing that the
idea of permarcy was also an ele
ment taken Into consideration. The
Business
mm, iui ttu mill, iime, ue naa a
wagon-load of debtl hanging over
hlra something like $6000. That
didn't scare him. It helued to make
him. Because Lavey has proven that
he will pay his debts.
He had what we like to call manly
pluck. He refused to quit. His ten-
acious nerve never wavered and in a
little while he began to be heard
from.
Aside from his buoyancy of spirit
and "never-say-die" persistency, he
worked on the theory that the for
tunes of tomorrow were to be made
out of the foresight of today by
bringing together the "landless man,
.and the manless land." He soon re-!
moved himself from the early fin
ancial embarrassment and organized
tho P P 1 .avav A Cr Dnri HAran
bring the vacant land and the prod-1
active tennant together. That was'
less than a year bko. "Pat" took his
coat off and went to work and day.'
and night for months, he worked
and tolled to show the envious and
carping rivals thaUthey couldn't keeD
young Irishman I was going to say.
another chip of the old block out
from Wisconsin, Casey, Augustus P.
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combined result Is all that could
possibly be desired both from an
artistic and economic stand point,
and visitors to the Capital City are
at once most favorably impressed
when this fine structure and its
artistic furnishings attracts th(e4r at
tention. Not only in the erection of this im
posing edifice has the influence of
the officers anl directors of the
United States National Bank for
civic betterment beftin strongly felt,
but in all that has entered into the
upbuilding and development of Salem
and the surrounding territory, both
Casey, to help hew fortune out of the
boundless west. Casey had been a
school teacher, an exponent of read
in', 'ritln' and 'rithmetic. But with
a brain that worked -and an honest
ambition to succeed Lavey said
"Casey, these three Rs are all right,
but you and I have got three bigger
and better Ks out here.
"What are they?" asked Casey.
"Realty, Realty, Realty," replied
Lavey. And so the two young Irish
men went at it. Irish fashion, they
struck hands."
They seemed gifted with prescience
for they acquired with the help of
Major and Wm. Worden. the latter
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desks way up on the t0D fIoor of tne
Lumberman's Building and in a small
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O. ' Lavey & Company
Secretary P.
room. But it wasn't long before they
had gathered around them a group of
more than 20 young men and these
fellows went to work with the same
spirit that imbued Lavey and Casey.
The offices had to be moved, and the
company soon had large roomy quar
ters on the main floor of the Lumber
man's Building and was doing a
business that put the former "knock
ers" to shame.
Lavey did something which I don't
think any other real estate operator
In the country has had the ner.ve to
do. And, it shows -the nature, the
brains and sharp business acumen of
the man, and' his faith in the-public.
He put up in cold cash one thous
and dollars and I saw the money
to prove that he was a liar. Not that
exactly, Uut be gave the publtc; an
opportunity to rrove he was a liar if
he had told them an, untruth.
The splendid and convincing
methods which Lavey and Casey had
adopted In their business dealings
had borne fruit more lavishly Jhan
they had ever dreamed of- They had
Jsold in a few weeks, lots and acreage
in their holdings to hundreds of peo
ple irom an part or the Northwest.
Ana none or tne purchasers bad more
iuau rat L,avey a wora lor wuat
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FIREPROOF STRUCTURE
as an institution and as individuals
they have been liberal contributors.
Through their unexcelled facili
ties, their efficient courteous staff of
assistants, and the rendering of a
truly personal service they have at
tained the highest possible success
the growth of the bank being truly
phenomenal deposits having In
creased in six years from the sum of
$27,156.14 to over . $800,000.00 a
showing which any banking institu
tion would have just cause for pride.
It also is an evidence of the strong
position occupied by its officers and
directors In the' community, their
they were getting. Not a single one
had ever seen the property vhich he
had bought.
"Casey," said "Pat," one morning,
"Let's show all these people that are
putting faith In us that they r re get-
ting a square deal and let them see
it with their own eyes.
"All right," says Casey, "I'm in and his company and who bought
favor of that right now.V lots or acreage. And, what hap-
"Just let them go down there to pened?
Mount Hebron, Dorrls and Worden,' At every ono of the townsltes in
and put their own foot on the land which the P. C. Lavey company was
they have bought. That's wliat we interested we were met by bands and
want to do. Let's make this crowd ' reception committees comprised of
our personal -friends as well as our' the leading business men and cltl
business partners." So the 'bargain zens. We were dined and feasted
was struok.
Lavey sent his agents out to the
various cities where the property had
been sold and requested that they
select reliable representatives to visit
the property at the expense of the
Lavey company and if they reported
that Lavey had In any way misrepre
sented things to the purchasers he
would forfeit oue thousand dollars In
gold, refund the money they had
paid In, and close his doors.
That was just an example of the
business methods of P. C. Lavey,
The purchasers selected their dele
gates and the party was made up
consisting of C lonel E. Hofer, editor
and proprietor of the Salem Capital
Journal; C. E. Fox, merchant, of
Albany, Ore.; T. R. Shockley, busi
ness man of Silverton, Ore.; W. W.
Aldredge, business man of Oregon
City, Ore.; W. J. Byrne, business
man of Portland, Ore.; George Sal
tan, newspaperman of Salem, Ore.;
P. C. Lavey of P- C. Lavey & Co., and
the writer.
A more thorough and faithful In
vestigation could not have bean made
than that which was conducted by
the men selected. Every foot of
land which Pat" Lavey & Company
had put on the market and which
had been sold to the people of the
northwest was Inspected. We saw
where unmeasured vistas of land
whose rich fertility of soil Js almost
beyond conception were being pre
pared for reclamation. We saw,
where the great Harrlman system'
was blazing its way into an empire
of untold wealth of lumber, of agri
culture, of livestock and manifold
Industrleafo which each man, ac
cording to his own bent might direct
his energies. We saw where po
tential energy running into the hun
dreds of thousands of horse-power
lay untouched In the: unharnessed
streams of that fairyland of promise.
We drove through miles of valley
where the land had already been
placed under cultivation, and ob
served with what small labor men
were able to wrest an easy livelihood
out of the soil. .si
We saw' how little towns were
springing up here and there under
the witchery of railroad building
and impetus of the rich productivity!
of the soil. Everywhere we went we!
were met by happy and thrifty peo-J
pie.. - Every man was satisfied . with
his lot; he. was optimistic. He had
already been successful In his ef
forts to gain a competence and ho
looked ahead to see more wealth
pour Into his coffers as the country
was developed. And tho country Is
developing today faster than any
other part of Oregon.
The people there gave the strong
est testimony for P. C. Lavey. They
were the ones who. If anybody could
might give his me'hods and his oper-j
DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL
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DEUBT
Derby & Willson
Real Estate and Insurance Brokers
Stock Grain and Fruit Lands. City Property a Specialty.'
Rooms 206-7-8 U." S. Building.
Phone 320.
t Kooms 41 to 415.
Capital City Nursery Company
Fruit, Ornamental, Fruit and
Shrubs
U. S. National Bank Bldg. Sulem, Oregoa
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ADELAIDE HARDIN
X Chiropodist, Manicuring, Scalp
T Treatment, Shampooing, Hair-
T dressing and Facial Treatment
f of All Kinds.
X Bake Oven Baths, Salt Glows,
I French Oils and Electric Rubs.
Room 301 U. S. Bank Bldg.
HALUAl, UKEUOS
names being sufficient guarantee of
that absolute integrity and upright
honor demanded by people entrust
ing funds to the care of institutions
of this character.
. The last published statement of
the United States National Bank, of
Salem, as made to the comptroller of
the currency, showed a capital stock
of $100,000 and total resources of
$954,637.62. It has a surplus and
profits fund of $40,144.14, a circula
tion of $25,000 and is, in every
respect, one of the strongest financial
institutions of our city.
' The officers of the bank are: J. P.
ations a "black eye," for they were
there on the ground and know just
what there was there. The dele
gated Investigators of the party
made keen inquiries about every
conceivable point that might have a
bearing on the value of the holdings
of those who had trusted in Lavey
like the lords of creation. We were
given, as it were, the freedom of the
city. We were taken for drives
through all the neighboring territory
and in, all that entire week that this
critical crowd was making its ln -
spectlon not one word of criticism,
not one syllable of adverse comment,
not a breath of 111 report was heard
about the goods that "Pat" Lavey
was delivering to his multitude of
customers. Where we might reason
ably have expected a howling wilder
ness awaiting the brain and brawn
of man to give it the touch of
civilization we found thriving com
munities. We found substantial
business centers with rapidly grow
ing residence sections surrounding
them, We found an up-to-date rail
road cutting its way right through
the very heart of the rich and
beautiful valley. We found thrift
and culture, enterprise and civiliza
tion, business and commercial activi
ty. And Lavey's advertisements had
said nothing about these towns being
there then.
It was all a wonderful empire Into
which "Pat" Lavey wbb bringing his
people. As we stood one bright
afternoon in the glowing sunlight at
the head of the great Klamath basin
and let our eye traverse the un
limited expanse that sunk its hori
zon Into the distant haze of coming
twilight we could not help but feel
that here, Indeed, was a promised
land, a region of plenty, a country
that even then was a poor man's
paradise and a future empire that
would be the abiding place of thous.
ands of contented people, where
there was room for ail and wnere
the merest effort along the lines of
safe husbandry would bear rich
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J. K. WHICItltV
Assistant Secretary V. C. Lavey & Co,
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J. W. WILLSOX I
Salem, Oregon f
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Real
Estate
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Rogers, president; G. W. Eyre, vlc
president; S. G. Sargent, vice presi
dent; E. W, Hazard, cashier and D.
W. Eyre assistant cashier. Salem
has just cause to feel proud of the
United States National Bank and the
enterprise and progqeeslveness of Its
officers; and there is no question of
the Influence this institution will
exert in the future on the general
progress and prosperity of this city
and surrounding country. New
comers to Salem and Marlon county
are made particularly welcome and
ane made to at once feel "at home"
in every sense of the word.
fruit, where youth In all its vigor
and fulness of hope could find plen
teous recompense for honest toil and
where all who sought a home could
be assured of a steady competence.
"Pat" Lavey had made good.
The Lavey methods are unusual.
If they were not so, he would not be
able today to stand forth as a living
militant example of the bright, ener
getic young man who has won suc
cess. -He would not now be able to
rank himself among those who have
broken no opposition and kept his
gaze steadfastly on a single purpose,
that of making good and delivering
the goods to the hundreds and thous
ands of people who have had faith in
htm and have entrusted their earn
ings to his keeping.
The youth who is Just starting out
in life wondering In which direction
ihe may turn his ambition and energy
can certainly find healthy Inspira
tion In the success that "Pat" Lavey
has achieved, success that has been
achieved quickly and in apparent
contradiction to all the commonly
accepted business notions. Lavey
has since his arrival in Portland al
ways held out the helping hand to
tho man wh would do the true and
right thing to carve out his fortune.
A better friend than "Pat" Lavey no
man ever possessed, he Is true to the
core. Where he has ; had a busy
horde of "knockers," he' has never
wielded the "hammer" himself. His
philosophy which he expresses In
and out of season Is that the world
and its real work is big enough for
us all. Live and let live, is a motto
he cherishes and I believe will fight
for to the end of his days.
If what is set down here seems to
smack of the eulogistic, let everyone
take note that I know the man, and,
knowing the man, I can say that
"Pat" Lavey Is entitled to the whole
some respect of bis followmen be
cause he has been engaged for some
little time in the honorable business
of uplifting others and he has been
able to do It while obstacles that
would baffle the less aggressive man
have been plied In his way and
which he him shown keen delight in
surmounting.
If the world loves a man who is
willing to touch steel with any ob
stacle tlint bars bis path to success,
then "Pat" Lavey has a place In this
big world's business and he will
blaze the way to financial success for
hundreds of less courageous men.
WADE, TEARCE S CO.
An issue of this kind, forming as
It does a catalogue of the business
enterprises of Salem, would be In
complete without mention of this old
and well known concern. It is the
oldest business house in the city with
the exception of one hanking house
and one newspaper publishing house.
It has been In continuous buttlncss In
Salem for more than forty-five years,
and has been under its present man
agement for nearly forty years. This
company carries tho largest line of
hardware, stoves, mechanics' tools
and supplies, wagons, carriages and
farming machinery In Western Ore
gon outside of P:rtlnnd, and enjoys
a largo and Increasing trade.
Its name Is synonomous with high
quality merchandise and fair dealing.
Its place of business Is at the corner
of Commercial and Court streets. W
bespeak for It the confidence rfnd.
patronage of the community.
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