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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1924)
I r- THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21. 102 1 .C. BEES SWARM OX VESSEl While the American steamship West Nomentum, en route f torn Yokohama to Portland, Ore., was anchored off Da vao, Mindanao, P. I., about a half-mile from the shore, the captain suddenly Sob served countless dark objects cir cling round the chart room. On investigation he found the visitors were an immense Bwarm. of bees. The chart room doors were hastily clewed and some minutes later the bees located themselves on the top of one of the ship's booms in front of the bridge. There they remained until late in the after noon when they disappeared. Thi Is eald to t the first case known of bees swarming on auy part if a deep-water vcsel. Vh5re tr.3 bees came from or where they dis appeared to is not known.- Path finder. ADD ANOTHER STORY He May Provide a Place for the Arts League in His Proposed New Building 0 ILL MAY f - i f. v r i i lr t f t I .i ii . i . 1 I f ' iiimnin wwpi ii.iiiiiiiiiuiiiii. hi h.iiiim i mm n w wm 'ini'iiu'wuwiiimi uiiy . J. , . , .-.- -- i,,.-, -i-n Ji " "'!'' i'i.Hiii. mm, .-i.iir,niii..in wm nwi inw I - TT"""''-.- I , """" . ; . . I : I I j . f - j- !'.:.t.-' Salem Fortunate in Having igh Through epretully worked out business methods and a long ex perience in Vurnlture selling; the Giese-Powers Furniture company, of Salem, Oregon, is able to offer to its patrons a furniture service seldom found In a city of 20,000 persons. This store, carrying a tde variety of household furnish lngs, is remarkably successful and presents a great example of the highest type of furniture business for a city the size of Salem. 1 Carl F. Giese, manager and part owner of the company, has been a furniture man for more than thir ty years. In fact, to quote Mr. Giese. "Why, I never did anything else." - ' A brief study of the store, its rapid progress, and some of Mr. AN View of a portion of the Qiese's methods no doubt would be of interest to all dealers, f ,I started in business ifor my self three years ago in the little 25 by 75 foot room next door that we now use for a second hand salesroom," said Mr. Giese. "I had then a stock that would invoice at about $2,500 if you stretched it a little. On the thirty-first of July this year our inventory read some thing over $75,000." ; " The location was chosen, : Mr. Giese explained, because at that time nothing else was available. A merchandise store had just gone into the hands of the receivers and Mr..;. Giese bought the lease. In spite of the fact that he did not consider it the best location for such a business, he has made it pay and has also made the location a most-desirable one through his untiring'efforts. , 1 Not long after he started his business there he felt need of more room, so he added a balcony and soon built on a small room at the "back, as well." Next, Mr. Giese rented part of a garage next door to use (or a store room and con tinued to work toward a real store. ; r V Aisles Carpeted . About a : year ago he decided that the time had come to "grow- Beady w ' ss Burned Clay Ilollow Euiliins Tile for Beauty, Safety and Comfort. t ft1ACZ IN ALL SIZES '"SSf Class and Attractive Furniture Store Available up" and hare j a truly attractive show room for j his goods. Conse quently he annexed the remainder of the building, j which provided him with a large main floor, a sec ond story room, and a basement store room. lie redecorated the entire building tastefully and at tractively and now on .entering the store one sees i a furniture estab lishment that would do credit to a city twice the size of Salem. It is finished in ashes-of-roses gray, has a wide balcony in the same tint, and .the aisles and stairway are carpeted with a deep piled rug in a darker shade of gray. A row of square pillars through one side of the main room divide it into spaces that can be used for displays of furniture for various rooms. ATTRACTIVE INTERIOR ! I" main floor of the Giese-Powers i i I t i One very .interesting .feature is the portable ; music . department. Three attractive booths - are mounted on casters an can - be moved anywhere in the store yet they have a look of permanency. Mr. Giese is Justly proud of this system for keeping talking ma chine records.: j Shelves have been arranged along the front of the booths, so that the girl in charge is always in sight. There is never where among the .rear shelves ny danger of her being back some when a customer shows an inter est in records or machines. ' , : Back of the music section is the drapery department, which Mr. Giese is just starting. He plans to build this department up until it is one of the best outside of Port land. , ' Business has continued to grow to such an extent that the greater part of the basement has been re modeled for ja salesroom. This room is about 50 by 90 feet and will be decorated to harmonize with the rest of tne store. The entire stock of ranges and dinner ware will bel moved to the new salesroom. 'iTnis will take up about' all the; space down there." said Mr. Giese, "or we carry 42 patterns q? dinnerware from rea-jone .. : - : mi. I i.iwiimuium ii muinnwi "umiiLu'dL MS L li LP I ' St- S: sonably priced American ware to the Lennox." 1 , "In spite of the fact that the field, here is comparatively small. I have never restricted my stock to its limits. I always give the peo ple such a wide variety, to choose from that they do not feel the ne cessity for going to the larger city nearby.. "Perhaps it is a small thing," said Mr. Giese, "but there is never a day that we do not have baskets of cut flowers we have a standing order with the florist, j People like the idea. It gives a homelikeness to the displays, and it is a simple and easy thing to do." The windows are cut almost to the level of the sidewalk and thus make a show wnidow of the entire " f' "' T" ' t, 3 4 J Furniture Company, of Salem. store. The lowers are particularly effective at night when spot lights and tall lamps make the Interior resemble a well-lighted home. "I believe that the rear end of the store is quite as Important as the front," Mr. iGese declared. "It is just as essential to check what comes in and goes out as it is tc handle the customers properly.' George II. Giese, brother of the manager, work. takes care of all this "As to merchandising our stock, we push something different each week. For instance, if we have chosen ranges, the salesmen talk ranges to every customer who comes into the store. Our ads an nounce to the public that this is 'range week but we do not cut on prices. We do not find it neces sary, to put on a sale. ; We simply devote more attention to that line than any other. Our biggest week is usually on mattresses the last' one we held we sold 72 mattresses, while our ordinary average is about thirty. A medium priced mattress was put on - the main floor and from this the salesmen icould learn whether the customer jwanted a more or less expensive During our dlnnerware week. we sold 39 sets and did not shade the price one cent." ' The town is divided into sec tions and : each salesman has ' to look after as to new homes, re modeling, etc. He calls on the per son, once, invites him to the store. and gives any suggestions that are asked or. He does not in any way force himself upon the prospective buyer. If the person does not then call at the store, he is not trou bled again. As for advertising, the Giese Powers store runs ads In the city newspapers most of the time. Thyj circularize their patrons only once or twice a year, and they give out a very attractive children's party book to every child who comes into the store. , Besides this on Sep tember 1 they started a store .mag azine a ten page monthly that will he mailed out to 5,000 persons v LIUIIIIU UU1ILHU IS Realtors ,Report Successful Season ' Under This Branch of Activity According to reports made pub lic by the auditor of the multiple listing bureau of the Marion-Polk County Realty association, one of the most successful seasons was brought to a close at the end of the fiscal year November 30. Dur ing that time a total valuation of $1,860,585 of property was listed and filed with the multiple listing service. So satisfactory was this arrange ment all officers of the association were elected and a full-time ex ecutive secretary secured. A. C. Bohrnstedt was re-elected as chairman of the board of directors and Karl E. Becke secretary. The full-time executive secretary elect ed was Junior Eckley. He is to devote his entire attention to the affairs of the organization. George Grabenhorst, Judge J. H. Scott, Karl E. Becke, W. O. Krueger and A. C. Bohrnstedt comprise the board, which was te-elected. Some of the constructive work accomplished during the past year was the payment of $162.50 to wards paying half of the expenses Incurred by the appointment of a special: representative of the Chamber of Commerce, at the Sa lem auto park." " v' : Listing of properties and a thorough valuation of the proper ty is promised by the bureau. In this manner buyers are protected by the expert appraisals of Luther Chapln, an authority. The bureau has passed through a successful first year, which re sulted in a surplus of funds for the treasurer, a showing of con fidence in the bureau by. the mem bers. Additional funds was voted by the membership for the coming year. Mails Will Carry American Groceries Into Germany HAMBURG, Decembre 20. The German housewife is soon to be given the opportunity of or dering American food by mail and having it delivered to ; her door step by a fast freight from a gen eral distributing warehouse to.be established In Hamburg. The promoters of the scheme promise that the system will be in opera tion within a few weeks, and this despite the opposition that has arisen among members of the grocery trade organizations who contend that the mail order busi ness will work great hardship up on them. The sale of American lard, ba con, flour, dried fruits canned goods, evaporated milk and a large assortment of other staples is to be handled by a consumers' cooperative society organized for the purpose. It is proposed to serve families all over Germany. each month. "We cater to a class of patrons that is, I suppose, a littlte above the average but not those few who desire very high priced fur niture. There is not enough of that sort of trade in a city of this size and the (few there are -insist on buying in a larger place," stated Mr. Giese. !'. - When the Ira P. Powers com pany of Portland wanted Salem representation it .chose the Giese store. After certain arrangements were made, Mr. Giese bought an interest In the establishment and changed the name to the Giese Powers Furniture Company.. The Grand Rapids Furniture Record, December, 1924. 1 A. xGr,rAar j I neat .ESTATE OUE The Salem Arts league man agers are negotiating with Geo. C. Will, who Is to erect his new mu sic building at the corner of Lib erty and Ferry streets, opposite the Salem ( armory, during the coming year. The Salem Arts league people have been casting about for a way to provide a suit able exhibition and meeting place, to further the growing interest in Salem as an art 'and musical and literary center. ' ' May Add a Story Mr. Will Is willing to take their wants Into consideration in plan ning for his new building. lie might add a story to his proposed building, for their needs. He has not yet decided on how high he will make his new building. He has thought of both four and five stories. He knows how large It will be on the streets It will cover the whole lot which is 67 by 166 feet. As there is a lease on the present building until April 1, -Mr. Will cannot begin construction work till after that date. But he expects to go ahead with his plans and arrangements for building and it is not long till the first ot April. ' How many more buildings there will be erected in the down town district of Salem next year, go ing up to four and five stories and more, it is not yet definitely known. But several more are in the laps of the gods. If Salem gets all the linen mills that are in sight; and the' sugar mill, or two or three of them, that ar , thought to be in the offing, and any considerable number of the other new enterprises that are talked of. there will be a great deal more building activity in 1925 than, there has been in 1924. And that will be doing very well indeed. V '"- : , ! It Is Cheaper to Rnnnn nrv nn LiJ Labor is cheaper during: the winter months male ing it possible for you to build your HOME much cheaper. See us for Building Materials As We Have "Everything , to Build Anything" Quality; Service J. W. Copeland Yards Salem Yard at West Salem - PHONE 376 .Yards in Hubbard, Hillsboro, Yamhill i CHRISTMAS ; 'GOOD investment j make a Christmas pres UV worth having and the best and safest investment is a home. "rWe -have some excellent bargains. "We are Experts J. F. ULRICH 122 X. Commercial PHOXE 1834 r What will it be this Christma s an exchange of the ordinary gifts that are so soon "used up" or forgotten or useful, sub stantial gifts of furniture tha t the recipient finds more and more joy in as the years go by? Wise buyers will find this bi j . Christmas store fairly filled t o overflowing with gift sugges tions for everytmember of the f amily at special prices within the range of every - i -: There's no -better) gift for "the head of the family" than gifts like these that add to his comfort and .will give years of service! Prices are way low. ' : " i f ii Mother Deserves Gifts Like These! Martha Wash ington Type! $26.00 Juet the kind of sewing cabinet Mother has al ways wanted. Three large drawers and two side compartments. big Her Christmas will be the "best yet" if you make her's a gift of - this useful, attractive nature. Many other wonderful suggestions await you here. i ' j; " ' " I I ; .' f! A FEW SUGGESTIONS Book Ends! . i Indian Robes Trunk Bags Suit Case Study Lamps Writing Desk Shaving Mirror End Tables mm pocketbook ! Choose Luting Gifts at Low Coat! Smoking Stand j $7.65 A real addition to the living room as well as a big conven'ence for "Dad." Eitra value! Tea Wagon Special $29.50 A handsome model that will make Mother proud p to entertain! Rubber tired wheels, drop lcaf. mahogany finish, i MaJ e Daughter Happy! Cabinet Desk $58.50 When daughter has one of these dainty desks for her. very own, studying, writing let ters, etc., will indeed, be a pleasure! Spe cial now- ! j Arm Chair in Velour $49.50 He'll appreciate what "solid comfort" means when he settles back into this luxurious chair. ' Special value! mm m m mi 1 1 m m , ii now! A FEW SUGGESTIONS i Phonograph Radio Cabinet Easy Chairs FootStools Waste Paper Basket Reading Lamp Book Case Ash Trays Mahogany Clock Gifts of this p.ctical and very desirable kind will win their way right into Mother's heart! Val ues are at their best right now, so don't delay another day! So my- j I Si- ' rr Beauty! A Full Vanity $39750 What better ; time than Christmas to add a wonderful I new vanity like this in daughter's room. Beautifully fin ished In walnut! Son likes comfort, too that's why gifts like these will win his thanks as no others could. Priced far lower than you'd expect, con sidering quality! j im---
