East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-02-11
S. G. Cohn Heads New Corpora
tion Linked With FaIk Mer-
camille Co., Idaho'S Oldest
Wholesale Establishment.
SPACIOUS QUARTERS ARE
SECURED IN ELKS TEMPLE
Remarkable Business Growth
Brings to City Headquarters
for Trade Extending Over
Territory in Three States.

Pendleton was placed on tho mar
as distributing point for wholesale
mems furnishings In the Inland En-
pire today with the announcements OF
new s65,000 Incorporation. Sylvan G.
Cohn Co. Inc. The deal completed
today. associates Mr.. Cohn, ]. b. Nc
cook and j. n. Raley. of this city, with
the Falk Mercantile CO.. Idaho's
strongest and Oldest osta blshed whole
sale concern.
Mr.. cohn. who one year ago enter
ed the wholesale furnishing goods
business with headquarters here, Is
president OF this newest local enter
prise. Leo J. Falk, president of the
Falk Mercantile Co. Ltd. Of Boise. is
vice president. Leo T. Balk, "A cousin
Is secretary of the local concern and
treasure OF the Falk company. ]. b.
McCook. vice President OF the Amerl-
can National Bank. IL treasurer. These
four. with ]. X. Raley constitute the
directorate.
lease Quarters In EIks Temple.
five year lease was signed today
with Pendleton Lodge OF Elks for tho
entire basement and the south half
OF the main floor. where the Cohn
company will have headquarters. II
for occupancy by April i. MIR. Cohn
now conducts his busIness from
store room on Webb street in the ST.
George hotelsbaiiufng
Eastern oregon. Southern Idaho and
Southeastern Washington comprise !
the territory in which the cohn COM
pany will operate. From The Dallcs !
to Boise and from Yakima to Walla /
Walla roughly denotes the boundaries (
OF their trade The Incorporation was 4
brought about chiefly Mt the instance 4
OF the Falk company. who noticed the /
remarkable growth OF business which |
Mr.. Cohn had as n result Of his oper-
ations in the extreme eastern portion
OF oregon and into Idaho.
Big Asset To Pcndicton
Mr. Cohn and his local associates
feel that the new incorporation is a
big step forward for Pendlctun The
Falk company has assets OF $1,441,310
and is reputed the largest concern OF
its kind in all Idaho. It was organized
In 1891 as an outgrowth OF the old n
Falk & Brother company. first found
cd in 1868. Last year this company
did a total business OF $3.14g.936 of
which S2,349,s95 was wholesale. Two
large stores in Boise the Owyhee ho-
tel thcre. and n large store in Nampa'
are owned by tho Falks.
MIR. Cohn has been a resident Of
Pendleton for six years trntil he en-
tered business for himself n year ago
he Was employed as a travelling sales
man handling mems furnishings dry
goods and notions. Since establish
ing. he has confined his business to
mons furnishings. As the new busi-
ness becomes grounded, dry goods and
notions will be added and several
salesmen put on the road.
Success Attracted ATTENTION. u
Far more business was developed
by Mr.. Cohn in this territory than was
thought possible. owing to the location
OF headquarters within the selling ais.
trict. The volume of sales in his one
year attracted the attention of the
big Boise concern and negotiations
have been pending for more than two
leading to the incorporation.
Overtures came entirely from the
Iuaho people but were OF such ma
ture as to demand attention. The en-
trance of such "A concern to Pondleton
Is considered an excellent indication, p
locally. of the possibilities of this city
as a dlstrlbutig point for eastern Ore
gon in a wholesale way.