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POLK'S ASTORIA CITY AND CLATSOP COUNTY
(OREGON)
DIRECTORY vo 1938 XV
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens of the Cities of
ASTORIA, SEASIDE, WARRENTON and WESTPORT
A Directory of Householders, Tenants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places and Street and Avenue Guide of Astoria. A List of Business Firms in all Other Towns and Villages in the County. An Alphabetically Arranged List of County Taxpayers, Together With Postoffice Address and Rural Mail Routes for the Towns of Astoria and Warrenton.
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CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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GENERAL INDEX 1
Abbreviations 12
Astoria Alphabetical List of Names 13
Astoria City Officials 20
Astoria Householders' Guide 173
Buyers' Guide .opposite 292
Classified Business Directory 293
Clatsop County Alphabetical List of Cities and Towns 217
Clatsop County Taxpayers' Directory 355
Clatsop County Rural Routes. 363
Seaside Alphabetical List of Names. 222
Warrenton Alphabetical List of Names
268
Westport Alphabetical List of Names 282
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Astoria Abstract Co. bottom edge and 2
Astoria Chamber of Commerce 3
Astoria Florist. right top lines and 13
Astoria Mattress Co
22
Astoria Motor Co.
right top lines and 4
Astoria Office Appliance Co.
left top lines and 24
Astorian-Budget Publishing Co 23
Brookfield Co front cover and 8
City Lumber & Supply Co front cover and 8 Columbia Hospital front cover and 17
Commercial Adjustment Co.
front cover and 11
Commercial Hotel
19
Connacher Motors right top lines and 4
Eastern Outfitting Co 9
Eskola Chas L Agency right top lines and 21
Fearey Bros
11
Finney Ed & Co
front cover and 21
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS-Continued
Finnish Market & Grocery. back cover and 22
First National Bank of Portland backbone and 6
.left top lines and 16 Fisher Bros Co
Hauke E & Co Inc right top lines and 15
Hughes E B Mortuary Inc. front edge and 14
left top lines and 6 Julian's Beauty Salon.
Lovell Auto Co.
back cover and 5
Lower Columbia Co-Operative Dairy Assn. top edge and 20 Lower Columbia Rating Bureau. front cover and 10
Makela Construction Co left top lines and 12
Merwyn Hotel.
right top lines and 19
22 New York Life Insurance Co
Nyquist Motor Co.
5
Owen-Peeke Feed & Grain Co.
left top lines and 15
Pacific Machine & Blacksmith Co back cover and 7
Pacific Power & Light Co
left top lines and 13
StMary's Hospital 18
Serv-U-Taxi Co left top lines and 24 Siddall Hotel 20
Tidepoint Co. right top lines and 12
West Bond Market front cover and 22
Wilson Studio The. 23
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INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of the Astoria City and Clatsop County Directory, as well as more than 700 other city, county, state and national directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1938 edition of the Astoria and Clatsop County Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Astoria and Clatsop County's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for the directory is a mirror truly reflecting the community to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been estab- lished by rendering the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having the courteous and hearty co-operation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Astoria and Clatsop County Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city and county.
Population
The estimated population of the city of Astoria is 11,000, based on the number of individual names in the alphabetical section of the directory, with due allowance for children and for women whose names are not listed separately from those of their husbands. Territory immediately ad- jacent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are concerned, is included in the directory.
Six Major Departments
The several essential departments are arranged in the following order:
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporations for Astoria is included in pages 13 to 171. A feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parenthesis fol- lowing that of the husband. In pages 217 to 290 appears a directory of the smaller cities, towns and post offices of Clatsop County, arranged alpha- betically by towns.
THE ASTORIA DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, TENNANTS OF OFFICE BUILDINGS, AND OTHER BUSINESS PLACES AND STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, pages 173 to 215.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 292 and separately paged from 1 to 24, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Astoria and Clatsop County. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to substantial purchasing factors. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under head- ings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertis- ing at its best, and, as such, merits a survey of all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The community's activities
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in many interesting phases are authentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like Clatsop County, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is very great, and fre- quently pressing. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 293 to 353. This department lists the various manufacturing mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate head- ings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the business interests of the community. "The Directory is the common intermediary between Buyer and Seller." As such it plays no small part in the daily doings of the business world. "More goods are bought and sold through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium."
THE CLATSOP COUNTY TAXPAYERS' DIRECTORY extends from page 355 to 361.
THE CLATSOP COUNTY RURAL ROUTES DIRECTORY, covering the routes served by the Astoria, Seaside and Warrenton post offices, is included in pages 363 to 370.
Community Publicity
The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com- munity, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an industrial site and as an educa- tional center. To broadcast this information the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Astoria and Clatsop County, for business men, everywhere, realize that the city directory represents a community as it really is.
The Astoria Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Clatsop County Direc- tory a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of Astoria Chamber of Commerce, 245 14th, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 450 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the city directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
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City of Astoria
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Copyright, 1938, by R. L. Polk & Co.
STATISTICAL REVIEW Prepared by Astoria Chamber of Commerce
Form of Government-City Manager.
Population-10,349 (Government census), present estimate, 11,000.
Area-6.557 square miles.
Altitude-15 feet.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 51 degrees; annual rainfall, 76 inches.
Parks-2, with 40 acres, valued at $125,000.
Assessed Valuation-$5,053,704 with $2.56 per $100 tax rate.
City's Bonded Debt-$3,095,721.08.
Financial-2 banks.
Post Office Receipts-$64,070.39 for year 1937. Telephones in Service-2,580.
Churches-20, representing 11 denominations.
Building and Construction-449 permits issued, valued at $211,364.
Real Estate-2423 homes, with 59 per cent owned by occupants. Industry-47 manufacturing establishments, employing 2,021 persons, paying wages of $1,774,735 annually and having products valued at $11,783,928.
Trade-Retail territory has a radius of 30 miles and serves 30,000 people.
Newspapers-1 daily, 1 weekly and 1 semi-weekly.
Hotels-7 principal with a total of 391 rooms.
Railroads-1: Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry. Co. Highways-Terminus of US No 30, US No. 101, State No. 202. Airports-1, municipal.
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Amusements-2 theatres, with total seating capacity of 2,337. Largest auditorium seats 1,112 persons. 3 golf courses.
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