Portland, Oregon, A.D. 1999, and other sketchesHayes, J. W. (Jeff W.)
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Portland, Oregon, A.D. 1999, and other sketches
Hayes, J. W. (Jeff W.)
American fiction -- 20th century; Portland (Or.) -- Fiction; Short stories, American
"Very few, if any. You see, the flying machines revolutionized the hotel
business and most of the finest hostelries are now out of town, several
being constructed on Mt. Tabor, Council Crest and other eminences. The
Multnomah Hotel is still running but the environments and surroundings
have wonderfully changed, the old wooden buildings have disappeared and
commodious, well-built structures have been erected instead. Space is
too valuable down town for hotels, and the traveling public demand more
suburban locations where there is more quiet and better air.
"Clossett & Devers are engaged in business away down on Front Street,
and occupy a whole block and the odors arising from their coffees and
spices smell just as sweet as they did when you passed by their store
years ago.
"Now, there is Fleischner, Mayer & Co. They have certainly kept up with
the times generally, being just a little in the advance so as to set the
pace for their competitors. The business is now being conducted by I. N.
Fleischner the Third, M. M. Fleischner the Third, Sol and Sanford
Hirsch, Mark Mayer the Third. There are grand nephews of Sam Simon
connected with the firm and the old names are much in evidence.
"In the insurance business, I notice we have some of the old names yet.
There is James Peter Moffatt, Jr., Rosenblatt Bros., J. D. Wilcox, Jr.,
John H. Burgard III., J. McI. Wood, L. Samuel III, Henry Hewitt, Edward
Hall, F. E. Hart, Thos. Jordan, F. J. Alex Mayer, Frank Motter, Harvey
O'Brien. It is remarkable how the sons of professional men follow in the
footsteps of their fathers' business. There is Erskine Wood, who must be
a great grandson of Mr. C. E. S. Wood, Robert Strong Sargent,
undoubtedly the branch of Harry K. Sargent. Dan J. Malarkey, Jr., the
grandson of our Dan. Russell Sewall, whose grandfather you knew well.
P. J. Bannon, nephew to our own Mr. Bannon. Henry E. McGinn, who is none
other than the grand nephew of Judge H. E. McGinn of the Circuit Court,
the most wideawake, fearless exponent of good law in the state, I find
the names of M. C. George III, John F. Logan, a grandson of our John.
John Ditchburn, once known as 'Honest John,' and 'Gentleman John,' whose
name is among the attorneys of 1999. Here is a list of the rest of these
attorneys: J. D. Mann, Chester Murphy, W. D. Fenton, Walter Hayes, John
Manning.
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