//u s fz/s/C/ Msfi’v We Sill {,4an t/ gamma-4 Waco- , " SNOHOMISH COUNTY lw/P»'>/4fc PL ed}! '; WW7 ‘1 sound country Shall demand it, this entire region will be devoted almost exclusively to small fruits. The population it will then sustain will number many thousands. One of the institutions in which Monroe takes special pride is its annual district fair, which last year was held late in August. Under the head of “Welcome,” its president and directors wrote, in their published premium list for 1904, the following: “The pride that the citizens of Monroe and its neighborhood and the directors feel in this little fair, using that term in its endearing, not its dimin- utive sense, is such a sentiment as binds communi- ties closer, unifies their action, rejoices in every one’s achievement, and teaches that the success of one is the prosperity of all. We take honest pride in the belief that our town of Monroe and vicinity will appear to visitors of both occasions to have made a greater and more permanent growth since the first local fair a year ago than any other place in Snohomish county. Nor is the reason for that growth for from immediate view; the very situa- tion and evironment of the towri is its capital stock, paid up non-assessable, open to all who will with honest work or honest capital draw upon it, and 3 over and above all, stock incapable of diversion, not subject to graft. We welcome impartially all who come. To those on pleasure bent we promise a good time; to the merely curious much that will interest; to those with the more serious thought of location or investment, food for earnest consider- ation. Besides those already mentioned, the established businesses of Monroe are as follows: Monroe State Bank, E. M. Stephens, president, A. J. Agnew, vice- president, C. L. Lawry, cashier; Stephens Hospital, Dr. L. L. Stephens, proprietor; hotels, Hotel Fear- sall, R. J. Stretch, proprietor; the \Vashing‘mn, Mrs. 1. Van Horn, the Hotel Monroe, J. L. Wallace, Hotel Northern, Mrs. Emma Bell; real estate, J. A. Vanasdlen, E. T. Bascom; the Monroe Land Company, S. E. Tallman & Son, J. McKean, town- site agent; general stores, P. Sjostrom, Monroe 3 laundry, John Uhey, proprietor; plumbing and tin- ,‘ Clothing Company, Harry W'eller, manager, Charles , Knosher & Brother, Warner & Harris, J. E. Dolloff ‘ & Company, Moody’s Racket, Sherman J. Moody, proprietor, also another racket store; drug stores, E. A. Roberts and W. E. Mansfield; the Monroe Furniture store, J. A. Vanasdlen and Nellis Francis, ‘ proprietors; shoe stores, Prescott & Company and the Monroe Shoe Store, Mrs. Wilma Ccdergreen, proprietor; C. E. Ritchie, jeweler; barber shops, Mrs. Tillie Hewitt, the Pioneer, H. J. Dennis, pro- prietor. H, A. Barnhart, the latter mentioned also a dealer in jewelry; Monroe Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, J. P. Joos, proprietor, Metropolitan Livery and Feed Stable, B. J. Dougherty, meat market, Charles F. Elwell; millinery, Mrs. M. E. Holcomb; ‘ Monroe Hardware Company, Moan & Evans, pro« prietors; confectionery, tobacco and stationery, A. B. Spraw & Company; stationery, Thomas W. Stranger; confectionery, cigars and notions, W. R~ ‘- Pearsall; \V. D. Bruce, cigars and tobacco; whole. . sale and retail dealers in meats, groceries, and farm implements, Bruhn & Henry, Inc.; restaurants, - Olympia Cafe, Monroe restaurant, Charles E. Cun- ningham, proprietor, and two others; the Mercer blacksmithing and repairing shop; Andrews & Sons, blacksmithing and repairing; the Pioneer Cyclery; A. Strandberg, shoemaker; Bradley W'illiams, con. tracting painters and paper hangers; tailors, James Holmes, John Veith; Star bakery and grocery; A. 1 H. Lemon, dealer in wood, coal, brick, cement, etc.; ‘ Roberts Brothers, manufacturers of ice cream and dealers in ice; .[onroe bakery, J. P. Schmitt, pro- prietor; carpenter shop, John Harris; Joseph Den~ nis, pioneer drayman; Andrew Lindquist, building contractor; J. E. Stirton, contracting carpenter; photograph gallery, D. \V. Funk, now leased to the Rigby sisters; second-hand store, J. H. Heifer; James Farmer, builder and plasterer; Monroe hand smithing, J. T. MacKenzie; postmaster, R. H. Sta— ‘ pleton; veterinary surgeon, G. L. Wainwright; har‘ nessmaker, E. H. Nims; saloons, Bank Liquor ., store, J. L. Wallace, proprietor, Rainier, W. C. . White, proprietor, Olympia bar, Peter Suhl, pro- _' prietor, Horseshoe, Malone & Donovon, proprietors, First and Last Chance, Charles Dickson, proprietor, Gardell & Bloom; newspapers, Monroe Monitor, E. C. Bissell, publisher, \Vashington Transcript, G. W Head, publisher; dentist, Dr. R. S. Stryker; physi- cians. Drs. L. L, Stephens and Harry K. Lum; at— torneys, L, C. Whitney and E. T. Bascom. . One church, the Methodist Episcopal, W. J. Rule, pastor, has established itself in the town, and there are a number of fraternities, including the K. O. T. M., L. O. T. M., I. O. O. F., Rebekahs, VI. W. A., I. O. G. T.. and F. of A. Monroe has excel— ent common and high school facilities. The town was incorporated late in 1002. It en— joys city water, electric lights, and other advantages .- which it could not have without incorporation. Its municipal interests are at present in the keeping of 3 the following officers: Mayor, W'. J. Williams; coun- :- cilman, P. \V, Anderson, R. J. Stretch, B. L. Monck, E. Milton Stephens, W'. C. White; clerk, E. C. Bis." sell; treasurer, E. A. Roberts ; marshal. E. P, Shipp; i attorney, L. C. \Vhitney: police judges, William Sawyer and John A. Swett. >4 Situated on the Monte Cristo branch of the NOY‘ thcrn Pacific railroad, at its point of entrance into the rich upper Stillaguamish river valley and located on the narrow plateau dividing that valley from the Pilchuck on the south, Granite Falls occupies a COX]? manding position as a commercial center. While these valleys are not of great area, when fully devel' G R.\ NI’l‘E l“.\ LLS , Author: , Accession/Object ID: 2005.28.21, Object Name: Article, Title: , Description: Three pages copied from the Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish County , 1906. Describes early pioneers and business development of Granite Falls., OCR Text: //u s fz/s/C/ Msfi’v We Sill {,4an t/ gamma-4 Waco- , " SNOHOMISH COUNTY lw/P»'>/4fc PL ed}! '; WW7 ‘1 sound country Shall demand it, this entire region will be devoted almost exclusively to small fruits. The population it will then sustain will number many thousands. One of the institutions in which Monroe takes special pride is its annual district fair, which last year was held late in August. Under the head of “Welcome,” its president and directors wrote, in their published premium list for 1904, the following: “The pride that the citizens of Monroe and its neighborhood and the directors feel in this little fair, using that term in its endearing, not its dimin- utive sense, is such a sentiment as binds communi- ties closer, unifies their action, rejoices in every one’s achievement, and teaches that the success of one is the prosperity of all. We take honest pride in the belief that our town of Monroe and vicinity will appear to visitors of both occasions to have made a greater and more permanent growth since the first local fair a year ago than any other place in Snohomish county. Nor is the reason for that growth for from immediate view; the very situa- tion and evironment of the towri is its capital stock, paid up non-assessable, open to all who will with honest work or honest capital draw upon it, and 3 over and above all, stock incapable of diversion, not subject to graft. We welcome impartially all who come. To those on pleasure bent we promise a good time; to the merely curious much that will interest; to those with the more serious thought of location or investment, food for earnest consider- ation. Besides those already mentioned, the established businesses of Monroe are as follows: Monroe State Bank, E. M. Stephens, president, A. J. Agnew, vice- president, C. L. Lawry, cashier; Stephens Hospital, Dr. L. L. Stephens, proprietor; hotels, Hotel Fear- sall, R. J. Stretch, proprietor; the \Vashing‘mn, Mrs. 1. Van Horn, the Hotel Monroe, J. L. Wallace, Hotel Northern, Mrs. Emma Bell; real estate, J. A. Vanasdlen, E. T. Bascom; the Monroe Land Company, S. E. Tallman & Son, J. McKean, town- site agent; general stores, P. Sjostrom, Monroe 3 laundry, John Uhey, proprietor; plumbing and tin- ,‘ Clothing Company, Harry W'eller, manager, Charles , Knosher & Brother, Warner & Harris, J. E. Dolloff ‘ & Company, Moody’s Racket, Sherman J. Moody, proprietor, also another racket store; drug stores, E. A. Roberts and W. E. Mansfield; the Monroe Furniture store, J. A. Vanasdlen and Nellis Francis, ‘ proprietors; shoe stores, Prescott & Company and the Monroe Shoe Store, Mrs. Wilma Ccdergreen, proprietor; C. E. Ritchie, jeweler; barber shops, Mrs. Tillie Hewitt, the Pioneer, H. J. Dennis, pro- prietor. H, A. Barnhart, the latter mentioned also a dealer in jewelry; Monroe Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, J. P. Joos, proprietor, Metropolitan Livery and Feed Stable, B. J. Dougherty, meat market, Charles F. Elwell; millinery, Mrs. M. E. Holcomb; ‘ Monroe Hardware Company, Moan & Evans, pro« prietors; confectionery, tobacco and stationery, A. B. Spraw & Company; stationery, Thomas W. Stranger; confectionery, cigars and notions, W. R~ ‘- Pearsall; \V. D. Bruce, cigars and tobacco; whole. . sale and retail dealers in meats, groceries, and farm implements, Bruhn & Henry, Inc.; restaurants, - Olympia Cafe, Monroe restaurant, Charles E. Cun- ningham, proprietor, and two others; the Mercer blacksmithing and repairing shop; Andrews & Sons, blacksmithing and repairing; the Pioneer Cyclery; A. Strandberg, shoemaker; Bradley W'illiams, con. tracting painters and paper hangers; tailors, James Holmes, John Veith; Star bakery and grocery; A. 1 H. Lemon, dealer in wood, coal, brick, cement, etc.; ‘ Roberts Brothers, manufacturers of ice cream and dealers in ice; .[onroe bakery, J. P. Schmitt, pro- prietor; carpenter shop, John Harris; Joseph Den~ nis, pioneer drayman; Andrew Lindquist, building contractor; J. E. Stirton, contracting carpenter; photograph gallery, D. \V. Funk, now leased to the Rigby sisters; second-hand store, J. H. Heifer; James Farmer, builder and plasterer; Monroe hand smithing, J. T. MacKenzie; postmaster, R. H. Sta— ‘ pleton; veterinary surgeon, G. L. Wainwright; har‘ nessmaker, E. H. Nims; saloons, Bank Liquor ., store, J. L. Wallace, proprietor, Rainier, W. C. . White, proprietor, Olympia bar, Peter Suhl, pro- _' prietor, Horseshoe, Malone & Donovon, proprietors, First and Last Chance, Charles Dickson, proprietor, Gardell & Bloom; newspapers, Monroe Monitor, E. C. Bissell, publisher, \Vashington Transcript, G. W Head, publisher; dentist, Dr. R. S. Stryker; physi- cians. Drs. L. L, Stephens and Harry K. Lum; at— torneys, L, C. Whitney and E. T. Bascom. . One church, the Methodist Episcopal, W. J. Rule, pastor, has established itself in the town, and there are a number of fraternities, including the K. O. T. M., L. O. T. M., I. O. O. F., Rebekahs, VI. W. A., I. O. G. T.. and F. of A. Monroe has excel— ent common and high school facilities. The town was incorporated late in 1002. It en— joys city water, electric lights, and other advantages .- which it could not have without incorporation. Its municipal interests are at present in the keeping of 3 the following officers: Mayor, W'. J. Williams; coun- :- cilman, P. \V, Anderson, R. J. Stretch, B. L. Monck, E. Milton Stephens, W'. C. White; clerk, E. C. Bis." sell; treasurer, E. A. Roberts ; marshal. E. P, Shipp; i attorney, L. C. \Vhitney: police judges, William Sawyer and John A. Swett. >4 Situated on the Monte Cristo branch of the NOY‘ thcrn Pacific railroad, at its point of entrance into the rich upper Stillaguamish river valley and located on the narrow plateau dividing that valley from the Pilchuck on the south, Granite Falls occupies a COX]? manding position as a commercial center. While these valleys are not of great area, when fully devel' G R.\ NI’l‘E l“.\ LLS , Granite Falls Historical Society,Documents (articles, clippings, letters, papers),General Articles & Documents,General Articles,General Articles 01,Article (2005.28.21),Article (2005.28.21) 1, Article (2005.28.21) 1