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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21. 102 1
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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
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Salem Fortunate in Having
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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.
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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.
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. About a : year ago he decided
that the time had come to "grow-
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. '
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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.
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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;
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A FEW
SUGGESTIONS
Book Ends!
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Indian Robes
Trunk
Bags
Suit Case
Study Lamps
Writing Desk
Shaving Mirror
End Tables
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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
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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!
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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
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