Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Bettendorf, P. G. February 7, 1878 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com October 5, 2009, 10:57 pm Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 6 Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company P. G. BETTENDORF, president of the Colonial Warehouse and Transfer Company, is one of Portland's energetic and progressive business men and is realizing a splendid measure of prosperity in this enterprise. Born in Aurora, Kane county, Illinois, on the 7th day of February, 1878, he is a son of Anthon and Magdaline Bettendorf. P. G. Bettendorf attended the public schools and took a course in a business college. From 1891 to 1898 he was employed in drug stores and during the two following years was engaged in railroad work. In 1900 he turned his attention to interior decorating, which business he followed until 1916. He went to Montana, where he remained until 1909, when he came to Portland, where he has since resided. In 1917 Mr. Bettendorf went to work for the Oregon Transfer Company, with which concern he remained until December 6, 1923, when he organized the Colonial Warehouse and Transfer Company, of which he is president and W. H. McMurtry, secretary and treasurer. Their office and main warehouse is at Thirteenth and Everett streets, and is one hundred by one hundred feet, four stories high. It is of brick, mill construction, and is equipped with a modern sprinkler system for merchandise exclusively. The company also has a five-story warehouse, one hundred by two hundred feet, on Davis street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, which is utilized exclusively for wool storage. Both warehouses have terminal railroad tracks, which greatly facilitate the handling of goods, and the firm employs from four to twenty men. The company does a general transfer, storage and warehouse business and its patronage has shown a steady and substantial increase each year, due to its careful and painstaking methods. In 1901 Mr. Bettendorf was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Demuth, who is a native of Illinois, and they are the parents of three children, Harold, Edward and Richard, all at home. Edward is engaged in the bulb and flower business, in which his father also has an interest. Mr. Bettendorf gives his political support to the democratic party and has shown a genuine interest in the welfare and prosperity of his city. He is a member of the Progressive Business Men's Club and is popular among his associates and acquaintances, due to his cordial and unaffected manner and his worth as a man and citizen. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/bettendo837gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb