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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1912)
THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, EVENING EDITION- f " I , ft R ealization Great raal !am; f Dr U ilU" Tine Co Ac Sm ran Juuumibeir M anofactoiiniE Co, 5 TiwinK miimrhablo record ,lB following ' nchiovc- 'lh0? r.-lc8 Axol Smith, m ', f iho 3mlth L",bcr 5Ue'f.rt r '" " th0 ,m" iXMan s ' - companies nro ST, " nmca recently In tho JOMI Hill Ul iiiu lilc find Intcrest- s nnd dovolop- and truly cnllcd winced examplo turliiB nnd dls- ierican a Iodine 1' few. '? " r' iS recital 01 mi- i """:' ,' Itlsprob IS he molt ex- ivo nnd detailed LTnitlon of 11 " nrnctor OVor np" gin a tr-'o Journal. Tho rs ..-,. ennf ' own stnf f writer ga ,ta(f photogr. rlrr to Coos Ilay Sliecorcd nu u- - - iP? mi..... ,i 1irt nnnrtnav nf Wit band i" t . P" t .... 1. n,imn nttrl Air fi American i" " """" " A Smith, TIkT eg haa been pcr- jllfj to USO Hi" nginni cms iimi 'the Illustration-! nppenrmK " "" lowing eight pa" nro from Hint He extent nf Hin opcrntlona of C A SmlHi I.umnor w .uniiuiuc- I". - fl- Milll IIA M T 11111)1 lUIULl'll itricc - " -. . - --- r perusal or mm account, ai- V . n a a.niili tnlll la Vnowii .Wo.nAI 1 .3III.L. .......... ,V nost moiloni lumber tnnnufne- Anc plant In the worm nun in a iff) one ns woll us uovoinpnipni ki: tho Hnca laid down by Kb (JtJcr will mnko Cons nay tho ,. inr tho lumber men of Amcrl- rii ihe center of tbo lumber trndo ftt raclflc Const. vMi'u:i) ixihviiical ac- fOMI'MSIIMIIXTS. II1S It tho first detnlled doscrip- i:a of ono of tbo greatest or ile I'aclllc const lumber mniiti i ;-r concerns Hint linn npponred i t fast, ntnl It Ih theroforo of tell MUTCH mere ih, iiihii, u tu personal eieiiii'in in hum story. a narrative of the career of ono t'artctl lumber mniiiifncturliii; KctMcien )oars ago ami wno to ll the owner of moro Htnndlng iUr i ha i) any other liidlvldiin , r:so lumber iiiaiiufiii'liiilim r:'-n are nniong tn. wor:u h It In tH story of ClinrVs i! Smith ntnl of the C. A. Smith r Company, of MliiiiceupullH, it ami lla Point. Cnl.; or tin- l Siiilth l.uinlier & Muuiifiic'iir f Ripauy. of MiiihIiIIo d, Ore i' P A Sniltli Tlmlier Coin. iv hnlilliiK iirnlmbly ItO.ODO.OOn- (cft or MatiuiiiK timber in Ui- rrnl Cnllfcriiln, hugely In tho i state Ah Mr 8 tilth owim i'eer imrt of the o eornorntloiiH lb f ;entla!ly nn ui'coiint of lilm- ! J hnldlnus unit ntierutloiiH. It Smith lins been u lonilliiK (1k- a lumber mnnufiicturo In Mimic t r Ikcnly-Niveii yeni-8 nud Iiub ""re jear'g huwIiil' aluml tboro. i'j the last four yenrH ho hns M and put Into operntlon, at tilled, Ore., one of tho kTont dIIIi of tho Pacific count, tho i l of which, this vear. at tbo I w rate of sawliiK of COO, 000 ten Hours, will, If tha mar irrants, bo In tbo neighborhood t HI I BBw' 'tT.cii , .flBU.' uNXH2RHIHHb ;. v JBJBBbJT!imjAfi . urns'. CuSnw'SRraNKtnl I CHARLES A. SMITH lMti:SII)i:.T, I'Ol'NDKIt AM lU'lMHCIt 01' THIJ MOVU.MHNT l, ()ltAM..T:().V lOK TIIH MA XlKACri'lti: AXI SAM: OK PA CI Kit' COAST U'MUKK. Kioiter business lulilevcments of n on of S,vo)lsli birth than nny other stnto In tbo I'nlcn, as that locality np penlo.l e''efnlly to those of Swollsh nntlonnllty. To their Hturdlness, thrift mil determination that state owe, in iidi of Its prosporlty. Aiiioiir the lout? list of those of Swollsh birth who have won success mid reputn Hon nnd nmno In Minnesota nono has made for himself i i nti Of San 1 F" OftAnnA - re 'Ms ea 'Plant, win. faA o.. , " HIIIIU ! 'hat "Ime- ii ""'"tratlo ,cber. Mr Si, f'ael n rln tan .. it..'. .; ' iMCK A. WAItHKX l"co, Assistant to Trehl. i C. A. Smith. " 8 c' any 0 Illri . I1' u .-..- PteS? limber. In addition ho will ninn i' tlO.000,000 feet at his Mlnuo tho last fifteen yoirs has had out of 100,000,000 to 1.10,000. Smltlt has nccompllshol iluiln-r but ,iS years of age Is nn e. tlio opportunities that are aff ini tio United States. As producers plnnts at Minneapolis nn 1 Man.1 -lfturel over 200,000,000 feet of lint; In mnRiiltudo the output of Individual lumberman. v envoi lUlllllllllllllV m i ' hI11111111111111111KV i Mr. Smith to seruro his stnrt In tho business worl I While n stu lent at the university, Mr. Smith llvo.I with Governor Pillsbury, working for lilm all his sparo tlmu during tho winter, nnd being omployed In tho governor s hnrdwaro store In Minneapolis, on what was then known ns Hrl.lgo Siiunro, during his siimmor vacations. Do ing compelled by Illness to dlsrcntlnuo this work ho re luctnntly nbandoned his efforts to seruro a unlvorslty education and entered tho governor's hardware storo, whoro ho worked until 1878. In that year, with the holp of Mr. PUIsbury, Mr. Smith went to llormnu, Minn., then a new town on tho (Irent Northern Itnllway, built an olevntor, and opened nn Implement storo an I lumber yard, doing business for six years ns C. A. Smith & Co.. bo nnd Mr. PUIsbury being equal pnrtnors. Finding VllltXOV P. SMITH Of Mnrshllelil, Tieasiuer of C. Smith l.uuilit'i' and Miimi fiii'liiiliig Co, A. O. A. SMITH ' 'ho outset, thnt ono mny under icoinpli8bod by Mr. Smith, to Iook from tho time, when at tho ace of in I sister, ho loft tho land of bis lie ITll11n1 Clnloa 11a wna hnrtl 5 On cominl?ste,reot,nn(I- Sweden. December 11, " stato 2?.t0 the United States he xvent to Mln- i unuoubtedly haa been the scene of h M-V"' rtV B "' lathii tt. a. for the u '"iui K n iiiaiiof ninro In tbo recor's of Its people thin hns Charlos Axol Smith, and of Into years his reputation ns, n man who ncioninlM'O' things worth while "ii I of mag nitude hns extended to the bbores of the I'm Iflc. nnriiii? 1RG8 nn;l K 00 Mr Snlth atten !oi the Mlnnb-1 npolls nubile schools, pnl In 1872 and 187:1 be studio I nt the University of Mlniioiitn, nt Minneapolis, an Instl tutlrn which was then firmly ostabllsbol an I which has since become cne of the leidlni; universities of the ioun trv The prcgre.s of tils Initltutlrn was maie possi ble' at the beginning largely through the efforts of tho late John S. PUIsbury. for several years governor of the state, who did much for the university through tho try ing days of Its youth and who also made It possible for IiihKiI'' JHIiiH r Herman business for his firm $50. 000 nnd in the other venturo $10, 000, n half or onih sum being his In dividual prorim. Ik-ginning of liidfKiii1eiit Operntlons Mr. Smith wnn then 32 years of ago, was fait l cicce-afiil nnd ambi tious, and wm t'lerifnro ready for the offer that Ciin.e from Mr. Pills bury In 1SSI. Th( govornor hnd loaned some loggom nbout $30,000, nnd ns they wuie unaM,' to pay tholr debt Mr. Smith un- nfked to holp him buy the logs nnd mnnufacturo them Into lumber. This Mr. Smith agreed to do, nnd nt that time tho lumber mnnufnctiirlng concorn of 0. A. Smith & Co. wnB formed, this bo lug tho beginning of Mr. Smith's ca reer ns a lumber manufacturer. In this purchaso C. J. Johnson hnd nn interest. Ho nnd Mr. Smith nnd Mr. PUIsbury mndo up tho partnership, nnd Mr. PUIsbury continued to bo nssoclntcd with Mr. Smith until 1S90, shortly beforo tho death of tho gover nor, when Mr. Smith bought tho lat tcr's entire Interest In the business. Official Kniliicnce. As n lumberman Mr. Smith has al ways boon prominent In tho higher , counsels of tho trndo. Ho wns vlco prosldont of tbo Nntlonnl Lumbar , Mnniifncturcrs' ABSoclntlon nnd n ! member of Its bonrd of govornorn, j and for years was nctlvo ns an officer nnd director in the Mississippi Vnl i ley Lumbermen's Association, now tbo Northern Pino MmminG ABsoclntlnn. In lSOn ho wan a prosl dontlnl elector, chosen to enrry to tho Xntlnnnl Capital tho voto of Minneso ta for McKlnley nnd Hnbnrt, which fact Indicates his political nfflllutlon. In 1000 he served ns n dolognto to tho convention which nominated Mc ( Klnley and Roosovolt. Ho nlBo Is n regent of tho University of Minneso ta, having been appointed by tho Into Governor John A. Johnson, nnd In now Borvlng his Focond term nB bucIi. Mr. Smith ban boon Blgnnlly hon ored by tbo king of Swedon In recog nition of his services tn tho subjects nf that country In Amorlrn nnd In tho fatherland, hnvltig been crontcd n Commnndor of tho First Dogroo Or der of Vnsn. Ho Is woll known to nil Srnndlunvlnns In tho Mlddlo West for IiIb generosity to niimoroun ' sclools nnd churches, nnd for tho prominent part bo took In tho raising of funds for tho relief of fnmlno suf ferers In Finland, to which cniito bo gnvo liberally, i Homo mill Family. Mr. Smith's domestic relations nro happy. Ho married, February 14, 1S7S, Miss Jobnniiu Anderson. To them hnvo been born five children, threo daughters nud two sous. Tho oldest sou, Vernon A. Smith, after n preparatory course at Hotchklss School, Lakovllle, Conn., entered Ynlo nud wns graduatod from that university In Juno, 1011. For tbo Inst year or moro ho hns boon trens- uier 0f tbo C. A. Smith Lumbor & .Manufacturing Company, of Mnrsbflold, Oro. Ho Is 23 years of ngo. Tho youngest son, Cnrrol V. Smith, wns graduated last Juno from Hotchklss School, nt tho ago of 17, mid this fall entered Ynlo Unlvorslty. Tho eldest daughter, who was Miss Nann Smith nnd after whom tho Smith company's big steel steamship Xnnn Smith wns named, was graduated from Smith Collego, Northampton, Mass., nnd Is now tho wlfo of Frederick A. Wnrnor, residing In San Frnnclsco, whoro Mr. Wnrnor Is assisting Mr. Smith In looking after many of tho details of tho westorn business. Tho noxt dnuL'Mnr MUs Adollno Smith, wns graduatod from Ogontz School, near Phlladolphln. Tho youngost daugh ter, Miss Myrtlo, secured hor degree at Smith Collogo ' -, nrlnK of 1900. Mr. Smith koops boforo him In his ofllro desk n photo iranh of his oldest son, Oscar, who was accldontnlly killed when n youth of 17 yenrH of ngo, somo yonrs ago. With this son ho had planned to shnro sonio day (Continued on Next Pago ) CAHHOMi W. SMITH Of Heikeley, Youngest Son of C. A. Smith. opportunity during this time to extend tholr business, C. A. Smith & Co. openej retnll yards at Evansvlllo, Ilrandon and Ashby, Minn., taking as n partner C. J. Johnson, who has ever since been associated with Mr. Smith In his Minnesota operations. During those six years Mr. Smith was very successful; ho oleurod In his .1. V. SMKATO.V (client! Manager of tho Interests. Smith