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April 9, 2002
The Papé Group has completed its acquisition of Smith Tractor Co., a Tacoma-based John Deere construction equipment dealer, and Hessel Tractor of Oregon, a John Deere forestry equipment dealer. Together, the two John Deere dealers operated 11 branches in Washington and Oregon. They now operate under the name Papé Machinery and are headed up by Rodger Spears, the former president of Papé Bros. Inc., a business of the Papé Group. Part of the Smith Tractor acquisition included its four Bobcat Northwest offices. They have been merged into Bobcat West, another of Eugene, Ore.-based Papé Group's businesses