Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Watzek, Aubrey R. 
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Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     AUBREY R. WATZEK.  At the foundation of the prosperity of every city lies 
the work of the businessman of courage, initiative and ability. Of this type 
is Aubrey R. Watzek, a well known lumber manufacturer and an outstanding 
figure in industrial circles of Portland. He was born in Davenport, Iowa, and 
has made his home in the Rose city for fifteen years. The Crossett Western 
Company, in which he is a stockholder, was formed in 1923 and took over the 
holdings of the Crossett Timber Company, the Big Creek Logging Company and the 
Crossett Western Lumber Company. The Crossett Western Company is owned by the 
Crossett, Watzek and Gates interests, who operate extensively in Arkansas, 
Louisiana and Alabama. In 1907 they purchased a large tract of timber in 
Clatsop county, Oregon, and in 1913 began operating in that district, 
organizing the Big Creek Logging Company. The mill at Wauna is completely 
equipped and has a capacity of two hundred thousand feet of lumber per eight-
hour shift. The logging activities of the corporation are conducted on a large 
scale and work is furnished to about five hundred men. The Crossett Western 
Company specializes in Douglas fir and makes shipments to all parts of the 
United States, while it also has a profitable export trade. The corporation 
maintains its headquarters in Chicago and also has offices in Wauna and 
Portland, Oregon. C. H. Watzek, who has lived in Oregon since 1913, acts as 
manager of the western operations of the firm and his brother, A. R. Watzek, 
is in charge of the business of the Gales Creek Logging Company, which is 
centered at Glenwood, Oregon. Both are endowed with administrative capacity 
and understand every phase of the lumber industry, with which they have been 
identified for many years.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Page 
675

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