Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Jensen, Claude S.  1883 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 647
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     CLAUDE S. JENSEN, who for a number of years was prominently identified 
with theatre interests, has since 1926 devoted his attention to the investment 
business in Portland, where he owns considerable property. Born at Richmond, 
Utah, in 1883, he is one of the family of six sons and six daughters reared by 
Casper and Anne (Schmidt) Jensen, who were married in that state. The father 
is still living, but the mother has passed away.

     Claude S. Jensen was a young man of twenty-four years when in 1907 he 
embarked in the moving picture business at Missoula, Montana. Prior to that 
time he had been in the service of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in 
Montana as brakeman and conductor. From that state he made his way to Los 
Angeles, California, and eventually acquired control of a theatre at Long 
Beach. In the fall of 1909 he removed to Seattle, where he was associated with 
a man named La Due until the latter's interest was purchased by a Mr. Von 
Herberg. This was the beginning of an association which resulted in one of the 
largest chain-theatre ownerships in the Pacific northwest, the concern at one 
time operating more than one hundred theatres in the states of Montana, 
Washington and Oregon. In 1926 these interests were sold to the Northwest 
Pacific Theatres, Inc., for a sum running into many millions of dollars. Since 
that time Mr. Jensen has been engaged in the investment business, although he 
is still interested in several theatres. He is the owner of the new Portland 
Theatre, the new Heathman Hotel and a corner block at Jefferson and Sixth 
streets, as well as other large tracts in Portland. A man of splendid business 
ability, enterprising, progressive and farsighted, his undertakings have been 
crowned with notable success.

     Mr. Jensen is the proud father of three interesting children and has a 
scrap-book with a complete record of their lives. They are as follows: Von 
Claude, who was born in Portland and is nine years of age; Mary Anne, born in 
Portland eight years ago; and Joann, who is two years old.

     A worthy exemplar of the teachings and purposes of the Masonic 
fraternity, Mr. Jensen has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish 
Rite in the order and has also crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles 
of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise affiliated with the Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks and is a member of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. 
He is a progressive business man and a deservedly popular, highly esteemed and 
influential citizen whose labors have been a vital force in the advancement 
and development of his community.

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