USA > Oregon > Clatsop County > Astoria > Polk's Astoria City and Clatsop County (Oregon) Directory, Vol. XII, 1931 > Part 1
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30
CITY LUMBER & SUPPLY CO. Foot 9th Street COAL Tel. 1185-Astoria
Columbia Iron & Steel Works
Engineers, Machinists, Founders
Portable Electric and Oxy-Acetylene Welding Machines
Port Terminals
Tel. 413
ASTORIA
FEAREY BROS. INC.
ED FEAREY, Manager
COLLECTORS Representing PACIFIC COAST CREDIT ASSOCIATION COLLECTIONS AND LOANS
306 Spexarth Building
Phone 1220
Astoria, Ore.
Successor to Successor to .. SCOW BAY FOUNDRY 1. J. W. LOVELL & SON
ASTORIA FOUNDRY
J. W. LOVELL, Propr. Foundry and Pattern Shop IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS Telephone 257
18th and Franklin
ASTORIA, OREGON
HUBLER AGENCY
GENERAL INSURANCE
COMPLETE INSURANCE SERVICE Young Building . .. Phone 576
125 14TH STREET
ASTORIAOFE.
E. T. EDISON-INSURANCE 224 ASSOCIATED BUILDING
TELEPHONE SP
206 FISHER BLDG. Telephone 40 ASTORIA, ORE. + Auto Freight - Bud's Express (
All Beaches to Cannon Beuch
Daily Service Portland, Astoria and
Insured and Bonded Carriers
. .
MARBLE MONUMENTS
GRANITE
Astoria Granite Works
(PAUL D. THOMPSON, Prop.) ALL GRADES OF CEMETERY AND BUILDING WORK ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED 409-415 Taylor Ave. Tel. 1187 ASTORIA, OREGON
This- DIRECTORY
Represents the County and Its Business Interests
Are You Doing Your Share?
2
THE BANK DIRECTORY OF THE WORLD
GIRARD TRUST COMPANY
TRANSACTS A
----
OLK'S
ANKERS
ENCICLOPEDIA
BAKOVER NATIONAL BANK ------
LWPLUS- PROFITS #23.000.000
$3.000.000
Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia
MOST CONVENIENT AND COMPLETE BANK DIRECTORY
Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia, issued semi-annually in March and September, is compiled for the use of bank executives, brokers, col- lection and credit men, manufacturers, merchants and industry gener- ally. It covers completely and accurately the banking field throughout the whole world, giving the names of officials and directors, resources and liabilities in detail.
ISSUED IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME ONE-Devoted to the United States, U. S. Possessions, Canada and Bank Laws.
VOLUME TWO-FOREIGN SECTION-Devoted to Banks and Bankers Throughout the World. (Except the United States, U. S. Possessions and Canada).
The FOREIGN SECTION, included without additional cost to sub- scribers of POLK'S BANKERS ENCYCLOPEDIA, is the only complete list of its kind.
Price $15.00 per copy In Canada and Foreign Countries $20.00
Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia Company
Executive Office 431 Howard Street
Publishers of Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia
New York Office 524 Broadway
Detroit, Mich. Polk's Bank Information Service Bulletins New York City
3
POLK PUBLICATIONS
Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia (Directory) of the World, Polk's Dental Register of the United States and Canada, The National Iron and Steel Blue Book CITY AND COUNTY DIRECTORIES AND STATE GAZETTEERS
ALABAMA
Live Oak and Suwannee County
Mierni
Besserer
New Smyrna
Birmingham Florence
Cicala and Merion County
Mobile Montgomery Opeliks Belma
Tuscalcose
ALASKA
Alaska and Yukon Gazetteer
ARIZONA
Phoenix
ARKANSAS
atatn Graretteer El Dorado Hot Springs Little Rock
Pine Blu:7
CALIFORNIA
Alhambra Bakersfield
Ulico
Corona
Culver City
Eureka and Hum- boldt County
Fresno
Hayward
Imperial Valley Inglewood Los Angeles Merced
Modesto and Stentalaus County
Monrovia
Boise City and
Napa
Oakland
Bolse County
Bonneville County
Canyon County
Pomona
Redlands P.edondo Redwood City Richmond
Pocatello and Bannock County Twin Falls
Wallace and Ohn. chone County
ILLINOIS
Beardstown
Belleville
Elcomington
Canton
Carterville
Chicago
Chicago House-
holders
Clinton
Danville
Dixon
Edwardsville
El Dorado
Evanston
Georgetown
Granite City
Herrisburg
Hillsboro
Hoopeston Jacksonville Johnston City
Ventura Watts
Joliet
Kankakee
Kewanee
Lasalle-Peru and
Oglesby
Lincoln
Marion
Mattoon
Moline
Monmouth
Ottawa
Randolph, Hol- brook and Avon
Rockland and Abington
Somerset, Dighton, Swansea and Rehoboth
Spencer, Warren and Brookfield Stoughton Weymouth
Worcester Sub- urban
MICHIOAN
State Gazetteer
Adrian
Alpene
Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti
Battle Creek
Bay City
Benton Harbor and St. Joseph
Cheboygan
Detroit
Ecorse
Escanaba end Delta County
Fenton, Holly, Davisburg and Linden
Ferndale
Grand Rapids
Camden.
Englewood, Leonie and Tenafly
Freehold
Hackensack
Jersey City and Hoboken Millville
Morristown
Durant
Childress
Casper and Natro- na County
Cheyenne
Laramle and Al-
bany County
Dalhart
Hugo
Dallas
Sheridan and Sheridan County
IOWA
Menominee Marshall Muskegon and County
Perth Amboy Plainfield
Lawton McAlester
Rahway
Miami
Muskogee
Nowata
Fort Worth Gainesville Galveston
Graham Houston Lubbock
Lufkin
Marshall Midland
Minerai Wells
Fampe
Paris Port Arthur
St. Petersburg Sanford
Spencer
KANSAS
State Gazetteer Abilene
Arkansas City
Atchison
Augusta
GEOROLA
Chanute
Cherryvale Coffeyville
MINNESOTA State Gazetteer
Albert Lea and Buffalo
Freeborn County
EN Dorado
Austin
ZAL porie
Bemidji
Eureka
Brainerd
Fort Scott
Duluth
Hempstead
Hudson
Altoona and Hotll- daysburg
Salt Lake City
VIRGINIA
Alexandris
Bristol
Charlottesville
Hampton
Lynchburg
Newport News
Norfolk
Petersburg
Portsmouth
Richmond
Roanoke
Etaunton
WASHINGTON
State Gazetteer Bellingham and Whatcom Coun- ty
Bremerton and Kitsap County
Hazelton
Homestead
Cowlitz County
Jeannette
Johnstown
Kittanning
Lancaster
Latrobe
Lebanon
Mckeesport
Mainline-Over-
brock to Fraser
Meadville
Monessen
Monongahela
Nanticoke Nazareth
New Kensington
Norristown and
Pottstown
Oll City
Philadelphia
Fayetteville
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Kinston
New Bern
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Webb City
MONTANA
State Gazetteer
Anaconda
State Gazetteer Bismarck and Mandan
Fargo and Moore- head (Minn)
Grand Forks
Shamokin
Moundsville
Sharon
Sunbury and
Parkersburg Weston Wheeling
WISCONSIN
State Gazetteer
Appleton
Ashland
Chippewa Falls
Eau Claire
Fond Du Lac
Green Bay
Janesville
Kenoshe
LA Crosse
Madison
Manitowoc City
and County
Marinette Merrill
Milwaukee
Neenah and Me- nasha
Oconomowoc
Oshkosh
Racine
Rhinelander and Onelda Counties
Sheboygan
Stevens Point
Sturgeon Bay
Superior
Watertown
Waukesha
Wausau
Wauwatosa
West Allis
WYOMING
Key West
Lake City and
Columbia County Lake County Lakeland
Peru and Miami County Richmond South Bend Terre Heute Valparaiso and Porter County Vincennes and Knox County
State Gazetteer Charles City and Floyd County Council Bluffs Creston and Union County
Davenport Des Moines
Fairfield
Fort Dodge Fort Madison
Marshalltown
Mason City Muscatine
Bloux City
Gwosso End Shla- Wassee County Petoskey, Harbor Springs and Em- met County Plymouth and Northville Pontiac Redford. Bright- moor and Rose- dale Park Rochester Royal Oak
Balem Somerville Union City Vineland Wildwood
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
Clayton
State Gazetteer
Astoria and Clat- sop County
Baker City And County
Coos County
Deschutes, Cook and Jefferson Counties
San Antonio Sherman
Sweetwater
Texarkana
Tyler
Vernon
Americus
Atlanta
Augusta
Brunswick
Columbus Macon Moultrie
Thomasville
Fredonia
Galena
Northfield
Jamaica
Jamestown
Rangetown
Lynbrook
Mamaroneck,
Blue Earth County
Larchmont. Bar- rison and Rye
Caritsie
Carnegie
Chester
Clearfield
Coatesville
Columbia
Connellsville
Dubois
New York Copart-
St. Paul
nership & Cor- poration (Brook-
Freeland
Greensburg
Greenville
Grove City
Riverside
Sacramento
Balines
Ben Bernardino and Colton San Diego City and County San Fernando Valley Bun Francisco
Ban Fedro and Wilmington
Ban Rafaci and Marin County Santa Barbara Santa Cruz and County Santa Monica
Santa Rosa and Sonoma County Stockton and Fan Joaquit County Taft
Vallejo and Fair- Deld
Whittier and Rivers
COLORADO
Boulder end Boulder County Colorado Springs Fort Collins and Larimer County Grand Junction Mesa County Pueblo
CONNECTICUT
Greenwich
DELAWARE
Streator
Taylorville
Tri-Oltles
Waukegan and North Chicago West Frankfort
INDIANA
State Gazetteer Clinton
Beatrice
Fremont
Hastings
Kearney
Lincolni
Gmaha Scottsbluff
NEVADA
Reno
State Gazetteer
NEW JERSEY
OKLAHOMA
Columbia
Memphis
Nashville
TEXAS
Ardmore
State Gazetteer
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Big Springs
Breckenridge
Brownwood
Cisco
Cleburne
Guthrie
Corsicana
Henryetta
Ocean City Passaic
Red Bank Rutherford
Oklahoma City
Pawhuska Picher
Shawnee Tonkaws Tulsa
Punta Gorda and Charlotte County Quincy and Gads- den, County
St. Augustine ard St. Johns County
Tallahassee and Leon County Tampe Wauchule and Hardee County
Traverse City and Grand Traverse County Wyandotte
Brooklyn and Queens Copart nership and
Corporation
Salem and Marion County
The Dalles, Wasco and Shermen Counties
PENNSYLVANIA
Ogden
Valdosta
Waycross
HAWALL
Independence
Mankato
Tala
Junction City Kansas City Lawrence
Leavenworth
Neodesbe
Ottawa
Parsons
Redwing and
Goodhue County
St. Cloud
Seilns
Topeka
Wellington
Thief River Falls
Willmar
lyn and Queens Boroughs)
(Manhattan and
Bronx Boroughs) including elgbt
Hanover and Mo- Sherrystown
monthly supple- mente
Nyack Olean
Ossining
Peekskill
Port Chester
Poughkeepsie
Richmond Hill and Woodhaven
Rockville Centre
Saugerties
Tarrytown
Valley Stream
Watertown
Westchester Coun-
ty Business
White Plains
Bt. Charies
St. Joseph
St. Louis
St. Louis County
St. Louis Red-Blue Book
St. Thomas
County
Bedalla
Springfield
Billings and Yel- lowstone County Bozeman and Gal- latin County Butte
Great Falls and Cascade County Helena
Kalispell and
Flathead County Lewistown end
Fergus County Livingston and Park County Miles City and Custer County Missoula and Mis- souls County
NEBRASKA
State Gazetteer
Lancesier
Columbia Spartanburg
Lima
Lorain
Marietta
Marton
Newark
Huron
Piqua
Rapid City
Sloux Falls
Watertown Yeniton
Toledo
Toronto
Bristol
Daytona Beach Deland
Fort Myers
Gainesville and Alachua County Highlands County Homestead and Redland Dis- trict
Mishawaka Newcastle
Houghton County Iron Mountain and Dickinson County Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lincoln Park
Ludington and Mason County Manistee and County Marquette and County
New Brunswick
Newton North Hudson
Cushing and still- water
Drumright
Duncan
State Gazetteer Altus
Alva
Bartlesville
Chickasha
Claremore
Wilkinsburg
Columbus
East Liverpool
Findlay Ironton
SOUTH CAROLINA
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington Washington Bub- urben
FLORIDA
State Garetteer Arcadis
Crawfordsville Elthart
Evansville
Fort Wayne and Allen County Gary
Hammond
Huntington
Indianapolis
Kokomo and How- srd County Lafayette and Tip- pecanoe County Logansport and Cass County Marion and Grant County
Clearwater
Dade City and Pasco County
Peoria
Pentlac
Minot and Ward County
Valley City
Northumberland
OHIO
Uniontown Warren
Washington
Waynesboro
West Chester
Chillicothe
Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport York
Clarksburg Elkins Fairmont
Huntington
Reading
Martinsburg
Scranton
Morgantown
Pekin
Balida and Chaffer County Trinidad
Rock Island Staunton
Sterling and Rock Falla
Fitchburg Sub- urban
Franklin, Belling- ham, Wrentham and Norfolk Hingham and Co- hasset
Mansfeld and Foxboro
wilmington Wilson
Phoenixville
Pittsburgh Blue- Book
Pittston
Pottsville
Punxsutawney
Port Angeles and Clallam County
Beattie
Skagit County
Spokane
Tucoms
Vancouver and
Clark County
Walla Walla City and County
Wenatchee and
Chelan County
and Elite Direc- tory
Yakima City and County
WEST VIRGINIA
State Gazetteer
Beckley
Bluefield
Charleston
Ellensburg and Kittitas County
Everett and Sno- homish County
Grays Harbor County
Lewis County
Columbia
Excelsior Springs
Hannibal
Independence
Jefferson City
Jopiln
Kansas City Nevada
Ashland, Holttion, Hopkinton and Upton Dedata and
Westwood
Everett
Frederick Hagerstown
MASSACHUSETTS
Const Cities
LOUISIANA
Columbus
Hattiesburg
Meridian
Natchez
Vicksburg
MISSOURI
State Gazetteer
Annapolle
Cape Girardeau
Baltimore
Cumberland
Owatonna and Steele County
Pittsburg
Pratt
Couer D'Alene and Kcotenal County
Wichita
Winfield
Winuna and Wi- nona County
MISSISSIPPI
KENTUCKY Lexington Owensboro
Lake Charles New Orleans
Shreveport
MARYLAND
Minneapolis
New Ulm and Brown County
Mt. Vernon and The Pelhams New Rochelle
New York City (Manhattan and Bronx Bor- oughs)
Butler
Carbondxin
Pendleton and Umatilla County Portland
Waco
Wichita Falls
UTAH
State Gazetteer
Logan and Cache County
Provo and Utah County
Garden City
Hibbing and
Hutchinson
Honolulu and the Territory of Ha wali
IDAHO
Btate Gezetteer
Ada County
Pale Alta
Pasadena
Columbus
Concordia
Saginaw St. Joseph
Santa Fe
Bliver City
NEW YORK
Bronxville, Tucka- hoe and Crest- wood
Eugene and Lane County
Ranger
San . Angelo
Sault Ste. Marie
Los Vegas Raton Roswell
Dunkirk and Fre- donla
Freeport Glen Cove
Faribault and
Ambridge Braddock
Franklin
Stillwater
Cartilage
NORTH CAROLINA Durham
Philadelphia Blue- Book, Club List
Philadelphia DI- rectory of Direc- tors
NORTH DAKOTA
Ashtabula Bellaire and Shedyside
Bucyrus
Cleveland
SOUTH DAKOTA State Gazetteer Aberdeen
Portsmouth
Salem
Tiffin
TENNESSEE
Asbury Park Atlantic City
Bridgeton
Medfield, Medway and Mills Northbridge, Whitensville and Uxbridge
Parts
Wilmington
Brevard County Brooksville and Hernando County
Jacksonville and South Jackson. ville
El Reno Enid
Denison Eastland Electra El Paso
Albany Anniston
Pensacola Polk County
OREGON
Albany
Longview Olympia
Yonkers
Harrisburg
POLK'S ASTORIA CITY
and CLATSOP COUNTY
(OREGON)
DIRECTORY
VOL. 1931 XII.
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens of the Cities of
ASTORIA, SEASIDE, WARRENTON and WESTPORT
A Street and Avenue and Householders Guide of the City of Astoria. A List of All Business Firms, Personal Taxpayers and Patrons on Rural Deliveries in the Towns and Villages of Clatsop County.
ALSO
A BUYERS' GUIDE And a Complete CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY For Detailed Contents See General Index
" The
DIRECTORY
Price
IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER
$15.00
R. L. POLK & CO.
PUBLISHERS
325 Artisans Bldg., Portland, Ore.
(Directory Library for Free Use of Public at 325 Artisans Bldg., Portland, Ore.) (Member Association of North American Directory Publishers) Copyright. 1931, by R. L. Polk & Co., Portland, Ore.
5
Section 28, Copyright Law In Force July 7, 1909
That any person who wilfully and for profit shall infringe any copyright secured by this act, or who shall knowingly or wilfully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun- ished by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.
City Directories Compiled froma Door-to-Door Canvass Are The Cornerstones Of All Good Mailing Lists RL Poes
PUBLISHERS NOTE
The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.
The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors and omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.
The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their atten- tion of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.
R. L. POLK & CO., INC., Publishers
6
-
GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations 34
Astoria Alphabetical List of Names 35
Astoria City Officials 42
Astoria Householders Guide 193
Buyer's Guide 13
Classified Business Directory 289
Clatsop County Alphabetical List of Cities and Towns
239
Clatsop County Taxpayers Directory.
349
Clatsop County Rural Routes.
353
Seaside Alphabetical List of Names.
243
Warrenton Alphabetical List of Names.
272
Westport Alphabetical List of Names 282
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Astoria Abstract Co
bottom edge and 14
Astoria Foundry
front cover and 28
Astoria Granite Works
right top lines and 32
left top lines and
2
Astoria Loan Co
18
Astorian-Budget Publishing Co .. 29 Bell's Greenhouse
right top lines and 30
Brookfield Co.
..... front cover and 17
Bud's Express .... front cover and 14
City Lumber & Supply Co
front cover and 26
Columbia Auto Co
15
Columbia Hospital
22
Columbia Iron & Steel Works front cover and 27
Commercial Adjustment Co.
19
Daily Messenger The
29
Edison Evald T .. front cover and 26
Erickson Floral Co
20
Fahrion Funeral Home
right top lines and 32
Fearey Bros Inc.front cover and 18
Finnish Meat Market
right top lines and 28
First National Bank
left top lines and 17
Hauke E & Co Inc right top lines and 21
24
Hotel Astoria Inc
Hubler Agency.front cover and 26
Hughes E B Mortuary
A B C cards and 32
Hustwick Floral Co.
20
Karinen Printery
left top lines and 31
Karlson & McIrvin Mortuary ..
....
Larson Electric Store
left top lines and 20
Laspa Motor Co
16
Laws W C & Co.
right top lines and 31
Lovell-Nyquist Auto Co.
right top lines and 15
Lower Columbia Dairy Assn
.top edge and 25
Lower Columbia Rating Bureau 19
Merwyn Hotel
24
Nelson W A .... left top lines and 28
Oregon Painting Co.
right top lines and 30
Owen-Peeke Feed & Grain Co ....... 19
Pacific Coast Credit Assn
front cover and 18
Pacific Machine & Blacksmith
Co
left top lines and 27
Pacific Painting Co
left top lines and 30
Pacific Power & Light Co.
left top lines and 20
Puusti Alfred & Co
21
Rosenberg C C C.
back cover and 31
St Mary's Hospital
23
Service Garage
16
Siddall Hotel
24
Wilson Studio
30
7
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 1931 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 11,373, 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 adjacent, 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 BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 13 to 32, printed on tinted paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and profes- sional 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 depart- ments and are indexed under headings descriptive of the business repre- sented. This is reference advertising at its best, and, as such, merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The community's activities in many interesting phases, are authentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like Clatsop County, the necessity of liaving this kind of information imme- diately available, is very great, and frequently pressing. General appre- ciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporations for Astoria is included in pages 35 to 191. A feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parentheses fol- lowing that of the husband. In pages 239 to 288 appears a directory of the smaller cities, towns and post offices of Clatsop County, arranged alpha- betically by towns.
8
9
ASTORIA CITY DIRECTORY (1931)
THE ASTORIA DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, TENNANTS OF OFFICE BUILDINGS, AND OTHER BUSINESS PLACES AND STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, pages 193 to 237.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 289 to 348. 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 349 to page 352.
THE CLATSOP COUNTY RURAL ROUTES DIRECTORY, covering the routes served by the Astoria, Seaside and Warrenton Postoffices, is included in page 353 to 358.
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 R. L. Polk & Co., 325 Artisans building, Portland, Ore., for free reference by the general public. This is one of nearly 500 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.
R. L. POLK & CO. Publishers
City of Astoria
Gateway of the Pacific to the Columbia Empire and "Home of King Chinook"
Copyright, 1931, by R. L. POLK & CO.
STATISTICAL REVIEW (Courtesy Astoria Chamber of Commerce)
Form of Government-City manager.
Population-10,349 (Government Census).
Area-6,557 square miles.
Altitude-15 feet.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 50.9 degrees; annual rainfall, 76.99 inches.
Parks-4, with 48.21 acres.
Assessed Valuation-$9,365,435 with 95.9 tax rate.
City's Bonded Debt-$4,101,755.04.
Financial-3 banks, with total deposits of $2,928,949.22, resources of $3,- 615,759.72, and clearings of $29,508,016.82.
Post Office Receipts-$62,521.75.
Telephones in Service-400.
Churches-16, leading denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $305,269.50, with 3 new dwelling units constructed (1931).
Real Estate-2500 homes.
Industry-Establishments having products valued at $10,000,000 (last report).
Trade-Retail territory serves 75,000 people.
Newspapers-2 dailies.
Hotels-7 principal (newest built in 1923).
Railroads-1: Spokane, Portland & Seattle.
Amusements-2 theatres, with total seating capacity of 1,836 persons. Largest auditorium seats 1,112 persons.
Hospitals-2, with 161 beds.
Education-7 schools, including 1 senior high and 1 parochial. Number of pupils in public schools, 2,046. Total number of teachers 83. Value of all school property, private and public, $746,500.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 34, with 31 miles paved. Miles of sewers, 49. Capacity of water works (municipal) 5,000,000 gallons, with 51.8 miles of mains, and plant valued at $1,082,680. Fire depart- ment employs 15 men, with 1 auto, 1 engine, 2 hose and chemical wagons and 1 hook-and-ladder truck, in 3 station houses. Police department has 10 men, with 1 station and 4 pieces of motor equip- ment.
10
11
ASTORIA CITY DIRECTORY (1931)
ASTORIA, THE HOME OF KING CHINOOK
Astoria is located at the mouth of the Columbia River. It is the oldest white settlement in the Northwest. Astorians from their verandas can watch the ocean liners of the Pacific plying their way in and out of the Columbia entrance, or silhouetted against the setting sun on the breast of the ocean.
Astorians are properly proud of the early history of their city, for it was the portal through which civilization of the white man extended up to the Columbia River and throughout the Oregon Country consisting of Oregon, Washington and part of Montana.
Captain Robert Gray, a Boston mariner, was the first white man to enter the Columbia River and his ship "Columbia" was the first modern type ship to enter the river, in 1792, and after which the river derives its name. In 1805-06 Meriweather Lewis and William Clark, aided by the famous Indian woman, Sacajawea, made their overland expedition to Astoria, and established Fort Clatsop near the river which now bears their names. They remained at Fort Clatsop during the winter of 1805-06, securing salt for their return expedition by boiling sea water at Seaside. The salt cairn of Lewis and Clark is located at Seaside, Oregon, and is viewed by thousands annually. The explorations of these two adventurers penetrated as far as Cannon Beach, where they utilized a stranded whale to supply them with sustenance on their return journey. A flag pole at Fort Clatsop now marks the site of their original activities.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.