The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16

the farmers of this section, and are
thus great factors in bringing here
tofore unproductiye lands here-abouts
into profitable crop-oreeding.
Here the farmer will find the most
celebrated and practicable mechani-
cal servants for filling the soil,
among the number; the Thomas pillow,
rakes, etc.
These young merchants belivee that
Winona wagon, the Thomas mowers,
goods well displayed are half sold,
and accordingly much of their stock
is teasingly displayed In word,
this store would do credit to any
community in Eastel Il Oregon, how
ever ctitied it might be, and their
/ prices make competition vince. Their
stock is frequently replenished by in
coming carload lois And because
they have ample capital to operate
on discount all their bills and buy in
bulk from first hands and, frequently,
on declining market, are some rea-
sons why they always match competi-
ton. Truly the Westfall Commercial
Co. is to be reckoned with in all these
parts as the years come along and
events crowd upon us.
They carry general merchandise
stock in eth fullest sense, and still
some, everything that this trade de-
mands in groceries and provisions,
dry goods, boots and shoes, gents
furnishings, notions, candy, cigars
and tobaccos, hardware, paints, oils,
sash and doors, wagons and agricul-
tural implements. And of grain they
bought and paid tn ehighest cash
market price for over 100000 pounds
this very year.
Since the personalities of the young
mercantile captains who have built
up this splendid business in an in
credibly short time have been and are
to be master moulders of the COM
mercal destinies of Westfall and the
little Empire that pays its trade trib-
ute an inlook into their careers will
be welcomed by our readers, and it
is pleasant duty for the writer to
patch the following facts pertinent to
each together.
II. NJ. Gillian, President
of the Westfall Commercial Co., is
native Oregonian and an honor to
the brand. He made his entry into
the world at The Dalles, less than
forty years ago. and if he felt a lit
tie hunched up with pride over the
stock from which he sprang it would
be eXcusable for his father was Cap
tain NJ. p. Gillian, whose valor is
among the treasured traditions of the
Cayuse War, who served under his
brother, a more famous Indian fighter
during that campaign of scalp-lifting
and wholesale burial of the redskins,
General Neal Gillian, in whose honor
Gillian county, Oregon, was named, a
man whose martial genius and SUI
perb deeds of daring the impartial
verdict of history has been pleased
to embalm for posterity.
Merchandising in all its depart
ments has been the life pursuit of H.
NJ. Gillian. For IA years he had con-
tinuous practical experience in re-
failing goods, and for six years he
travelled for wholesalers, hence he has
the advantage of most retail mer-
chants in that his past experience on
the road serves him wonderously |
we'll in buying. He was formerly |
with Wadhams & Kerr Bros, of Port
land, one of the largest wholesale |
grocery houses on the Pacific coast, |
and when he left them he had practi-
cally taken a post graduate course in
wholesale craftsmanship,
David 4. ECkPrman,