Polk's Astoria City and Clatsop County (Oregon) Directory, Vol. XIII, 1934, Part 1

Author: R. L. Polk & Co.
Publication date: 1934
Publisher: R. L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 330


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VOL. 1934 XIII


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.


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GENERAL INDEX


Abbreviations


34


Astoria Alphabetical List of Names.


35


Astoria City Officials


41


Astoria Householders Guide


175


Buyer's Guide


13


Classified Business Directory


261


Clatsop County Alphabetical List of Cities and Towns 215


309


Clatsop County Taxpayers Directory


315


Clatsop County Rural Routes


219


Warrenton Alphabetical List of Names


247


Westport Alphabetical List of Names.


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Astoria Abstract Co


bottom edge and 15


Astoria Chamber of Commerce.


14


Astoria Florist


right top lines and 24


Astoria Lumber Co


Astorian-Budget Publishing Co


Bank of Astoria.


Brewer Billie Lumber Co.


front cover and


City Lumber & Supply Co.


front cover and


Columbia Hospital


front cover and


Eastern Outfitting Co.


Fearey Bros.


Finnish Meat Market


First National Bank of Portland.


Fisher Bros Company


Hauke E & Co Inc.


Hotel Norblad


Imperial Grill


left top lines and


Johnson Motor Co


.front cover and


Karlson C W & Son


left top lines and


Larson Electric Store


right top lines and


Lovell Atuo Co


right top lines and


Lower Columbia Co-Operative Dairy Assn.


Lower Columbia Rating Bureau


front cover and


Merwyn Hotel


Nicholson & Kerola


Nyquist Motor Co.


Owen-Peeke Feed & Grain Co


left top lines and


Pacific Power & Light Co ..


StMary's Hospital


Service Center


Service Cleaners & Dyers


back cover and


Service Garage


Siddall Hotel


Turska Wm N.


left top lines and


Williamson Motor Co.


Wilson Studio The


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20 18 28 31 17 30


front cover and 29 30 19 29 19 19 26 23 20 21 back cover and 30 backbone and 18 25 24 28 32 16 32 23 31 15 top edge and 29 22 28 back cover and 17 17 23 24 27 18


Brookfield Co.


Commercial Adjustment Co.


front cover and


right top lines and


right top lines and


Laws W C & Co.


back cover and


Seaside Alphabetical List of Names


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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 1934 edition of the Astoria and Clatsop County Directory.


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Populaion


The estimated population of the city of Astoria is 10,850, 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 plases, are authentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like Clatsop County, the necessity of having 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.


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THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporations for Astoria is included in pages 35 to 173. A feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parentheses fol- lowing that of the husband. In pages 215 to 260 appears a directory of the smaller cities, towns and post offices of Clatsop County, arranged alpha- betically by towns.


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ASTORIA CITY DIRECTORY (1934)


THE ASTORIA DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, TENNANTS OF OFFICE BUILDINGS, AND OTHER BUSINESS PLACES AND STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, pages 175 to 214.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 261 to 308. 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 busiess 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 309 to 313.


THE CLATSOP COUNTY RURAL ROUTES DIRECTORY, covering the routes served by the Astoria, Seaside and Warrenton post offices, is included in pages 315 to 324.


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.


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Copyright, 1934, 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 Valution-$6,602,537 with 102.9 tax rate.


City's Bonded Debt-$3,151,572.35 net.


Financial-2 banks, with total deposits of $55,077,952.65; resources of $62,821,892.32 and clearings of $23,495,813.53.


Post Office Receipts-$51,130.24.


Telephones in Service-2,436.


Churches-16, leading denominations.


Building and Construction-Value of building permits $54,363.50.


Real Estate-2800 homes.


Industry-Establishments having products valued at $10,000,000.


Trade-Retail territory serves 75,000 people.


Newspapers-1 daily, two weeklys.


Hotels-7 principal.


Railroads-1: Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry. Co.


Amusements-3 theatres, with total seating capacity of 2,212. Largest auditorium seats 1,112 persons.


Hospitals-2, with 210 beds.


Education-5 schools, including 1 senior high and 1 parochial. Number of pupils in public schools, 1,944. Total number of teachers, 71. Value of school property, private and public, $480,550.36.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 35.7, with 30.4 hard surface and 5.3 macadam. Miles of sewers, 47.88. Capacity of water works (municipal) 5,000,000 gallons daily with 42.8 miles of mains and plant valued at $1,009,099.85. Fire department employs 15 men, with 1 auto, 1 triple combination machine, three hose and chemical wagons and 1 hook and ladder truck, in 3 station houses. Police Department has 9 men with 1 station and 4 pieces of motor equipment.


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ASTORIA CITY DIRECTORY (1934)


ASTORIA, "HOME OF THE KING CHINOOK"


Astoria, the county seat of Clatsop County, is located but ten miles from the mouth of the Columbia River, in the northwestern corner of the State of Oregon. Astoria is of greater commercial importance than indicated by its population as it is the trading, financial and shipping center of the Lower Columbia River District of northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington.


The known history of the Lower Columbia River and Astoria begins with the discovery and naming of the Columbia River by Captain Robert Gray on May 11, 1792. The Lewis and Clark expedition was the first exploring party to reach the mouth of the river by the overland route, arriving on November 15, 1805, and spending the winter of 1805-1806 near the present site of Astoria. In 1811 the Pacific Fur Company made the first permanent settlement and named their trading post Astoria in honor of John Jacob Astor, principal stockholder of the company. They had expected to establish a chain of trading posts throughout the territory but the War of 1812 and consequent lack of government aid and support forced abandonment of the enterprise and the post was taken over by their British rivals, the Northwest Fur Company and renamed Fort George. By the treaty following the war, the entire Northwest country was made subject to joint occupancy by England and the United States. The number of American permanent settlers increased so rapidly and the demand for a stable government became so insistent that in 1846 the long dispute over ownership was finally settled by fixing the 49th parallel as the boundary between the two countries.




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