Lockley, Fred.  "History of the Columbia River Valley, From The Dalles to the
Sea." Vol. 2.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928.  p. 36.
 
F. L. CLEMMENS

     F. L. Clemmens, president of the Columbia Furniture and Fixture Company, is
one of Portland's enterprising manufacturers, whose success has been based on
sound business methods and close attention to his individual affairs. Mr.
Clemmens was born in Newberg, Oregon, in 1883, and is a son of William and
Elizabeth Clemmens. His parents came to Oregon about 1868 and the father was
engaged in agricultural pursuits for many years, but is now retired.
     F. L. Clemmens received a public school education, supplemented by a course
in a Portland business college. He went to work for the Southern Pacific
Railroad, being first employed in the billing department, but was later made
depot Northern Pacific agent at Goldendale and Lyle, Washington. In 1920 Mr.
Clemmens and George Hansen organized the Columbia Furniture and Fixture Company,
of which Mr. Clemmens later became the sole owner. The plant was originally
located on East Morrison street, and in 1922 was moved to Kenton Station, where
it occupies two and a half acres of ground. The main building is two stories
high and one hundred by one hundred and ten feet in size. The products are
chiefly tables of medium grade, such. retail at from two dollars and a half to
twenty dollars, and are made of mahogany, hemlock, alder and maple, the product
being sold to the retail stores. The machinery in the plant is thoroughly modern
and is operated by the individual electric motor system. Twenty people are
employed in the plant and three traveling salesmen represent the company
throughout the Northwestern states and in Hawaii.
     In 1905 Mr. Clemmens was united in marriage to Miss Lenora Huff, who was
born in Goldendale, Washington, and they are the parents of three children,
Katherine, Leon and Elizabeth. Mr. Clemmens is a stanch republican in his
political views and is a member of the Oregon Manufacturers Association. His
father is a veteran of the Civil war and is now, at the age of eighty-four
years, department of Oregon of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is remarkably
active for a man of his years and commands the uniform respect and admiration of
all who know him. F. L. Clemmens is a man of excellent executive ability and has
managed his business in a manner that has brought him a well merited success.

 
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