The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-06-24
PROGRESSIVE MAN
BUYS SEWARD HOTEL

(The following. concerning the Sew.
ard Hotel, hosiery popular with
Hood River people, is taken from a
current issue of the Pacific Northwest
Hotel News).
One of the most important hotel
trans nsactions of the year was that re-
ported late last week when the Seward
Hotel lease and furnishings were sold
| by Mrs Seward to w. c. CuIbertson,
proprietor of the Cornelius Hotel, the
House of Welcome"
The amount involved in this transac-
ton is somewhat under the $780, 600
mark. and included in the deal was a
Montana ranch owned by Mr.. Culbert
son. which constituted the bulk of the
purchase price. Fifteen thousand dol
lars actual cash changed hands. Mr..
| Culbertson has been busy for a week
taking inventory and getting things in
'hape for the rush which will be on
now within a few days.
Patrons of the Seward will soon real
| re that Mr.. Culbertson does not do
| things by halves. He will, as soon as
The rush is over, begin important i'm
| pfovements in the interior of the hotel.
which will practically reVolutionize the
| place, and if he does this on the same
scale as that by which he rejuvenated
The Cornelius Hotel. which he bought
something like year ago, the Seward
| certainly will shine.
Mr.. Culbertson, aside from being an
attorney, has acquired the facility of
doing big things in a business way and
ais taking over the Seward to operate
IN his own account at price in excess
Of what the average man would care to
pay for it, would indicate that he can
see ways of instituting methods of eco
nomical Management in conjunction with
the Cornelius. that the average man
could not put into practice. Later the
patrons will probably see a laundry and
an ice machine installed to supply the
two hotels, and one bus operated for
both. Publicity work will combine the
two hotels, and the House of Welcome
slogan atmosphere will be placed around
the Seward Management. Therefore,
if anyone can make money out of the
Seward at the price paid by Mr.. Cul-
bertson that man evidently can.
A leading Kansas City paper had this
to say concerning Portland's most re-
{. Culbertson, the subject of our re
view. is native of Missouri, having
first seen the light at Rolla, September
II, 1874. The family was of old Scotch
Irish origin. Mr.. Culbertson obtained
his early educational training in the
public schools of Rolla. Later he
launched out into the newspaper field
and was editor of two weeklies for
awhile in his home town.
In 1898 he graduated from the Kan
sas City Law School and at once be-
came member of Wallace, Wallace &
Culbertson. In 1903 he branched out
for himself. The ease with which he
handled his cases and the success he
has met stamp him as man of unusual
legal knowledge, and capable of digest
ing the most complex problems of
law
In 1908 Mr.. Culbertson was nominat-
ed by his party and elected to the up
per house of the City Common Council. |
During his campaign for this office a
Kansas City paper said: 1T can be
we'll said that Kansas City has never |
had representative in the council |
chambers that has at all times served |
the people better than has Mr.. GILBERT
son. There is nothing to his discredit |
that can be brought against him.
The opportunity coming to him, Mr. !
Culbertson decided to go to Montana
and there engage in ranching on an
extensive scale. He acquired sui
stantial interest in big cattle ranch |
called The Pines. After getting things
to going right on the ranch he opened a |
law Office at Stevensvile in Septem-
ber. 1916. This step was taken largely |
through the continued opportunities of
friends that he do so. After a few |
months at Stevensville, Mr.. Culbertson
moved to Missoula to get wide scope |
for his activities.
AS a booster for the great resources
of that rich section with its five flour ,
ishing valleys merging at Missoula, MIR. |
Culbertson at once applied himself.
He did this to the limit and in a write
up of a big booster meeting the Mis-
soula Sentinel said: "Brother to
prince and fellow to a beggar, if he be
found worthy" Also "A Booster?
Yes. as he halls from Kansas City. If /
you don't think he measures up, just 90
talk to him, walk with him and ex-
change a handclasD with him. -