The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 10, 1920, Page 14

THE SEATTLE STAR ike eeu aig cr ee oe weg ye Mp e P EY) ws, — i The Great Alderwood Manor Demonstration Farm as It THREE WONDERFUL "THREE years ago the Puget Mill Company brought to public notice Alderwood Manor and the “New Life of the Land.” As a result of years of investigation and large expenditure of money, the founders of } this project created a plan scientifically correct, whereby a man or woman can go forward to the land (5 acres) and make a comfortable living. As President Garfield so tersely stated: “At the head of all civilization and progress stands, not militarism,. the science that kills; not commerce, the art that accumulates wealth; but Agriculture, the mother of industry and maintenance of life.” Three years ago the district which comprises Alderwood Manor presented the same appearance as the greater portion of the undeveloped lands in Puget Sound do today; namely, stumps—logged-off land, 100 Miles of Good Roads During the last three years the Puget Mill Company has built upwards of 100 miles of roads at Alder- ‘wood Manor. Is there any other district in the state'of Washington, or on the Pacific Coast, or in the United States of America, in which there has been built during the last three years 100 miles of standard, gtaded roads? : | During the last three years there has been cleared of stumps and made ready for the plow hundreds of ' acresofland. Is there any other districtinthis state, or on the Pacific Coast, where anyway near this amount of land has been cleared of stumps and fitted for utility except at Alderwood Manor? - Three years ago there were just three homes in the entire Alderwood Manor district, two of which had been there for upwards of twenty-three years, one about three years. Today, as a result of the New Life ofthe Land, there are 300 little farms, or more, with comfortable home$ and poultry plants. Is there any - other suburb of Seattle, north, south, east or west, that has had such improvement? ° No Tenants at Alderwood Manor Is there any other sub- urb of Seattle, or any oth- er district in the state of Washington, or on the Pa- cific Coast, or in any other place in America, wherein every settler is the princi- pal owner of the proper- ty? There are no tenants at Alderwood Manor; no rent profiteers — every man or woman is his or her own landlord. Cosy and Homelike—One of Many Similar Alderwood Manor Homes Largest Increase in Population Alderwood Manor, we believe, has the unique distinction of having made the greatest percentage of in- crease in population in the last census of any district in the United States of America. A beautiful schoolhouse was erected at Alderwood Manor, costing upwards of $10,000. Today this | building is inadequate for accommodating the pupils. A bond issue has been voted, so there will be erect- y| ed, before the Fall term of this year, a brick, eight-grade school, at a cost of about $30,000. Is there any é other suburban district near Seattle that hascome | into existence within the | last three years, that has |* ~ shown such require- ments? In fact, there are |f} to be two new school- 2 houses at Alderwood ‘| Manor. | Three years ago the Pu- et Mill Company built at Iderwood Manor a Dem- Modest in Size Yet Generous in Meg* Production onstration Farm to teach the settlers there those principles which are fundaméntal for the success of the ‘district. The company expended at that time from $25,000 to $30,000. ‘During the last three years, in or- ler to meet the educational requirements and the necessities of the growing ‘community, the Demonstra- tion Farm has been enlarged until the Puget Mill Company has expended in the pa ale of $200,- 000. And let it be clearly understood, this Demonstration Farm has been built solely for the purpose of educating the people at Alderwood Manor. TT page ge: Pe ame pare n oh cemmeper mre ae Finest Train Service in the West Three years ago there | were two stations of the Pacifie Northwest Trac- | tion Company on the Al- derwood Manor lands, To- day, as a result of this wonderful growth, there are four -— Alderwood | Manor, Inter Manor, Man- ; “oes and Manor Lake. aye Hae yr ree years ago there 4 j One of the “— Attractiys Places at Alderwood Manor was not aly a mi jitney bus service to Alderwood Manor—now there are several. Today Alderwood Manor is served by the electric railroad of’the Pacifie Northwest Traction Company, operating between Seattle and Everett, with hourly passenger trains and daily freight service, and in the near future half-hour) passenger service is promised. The Pacific Northwest Traction Company is now erecting a beautiful freight shed to accommo- AT ALDER' date its increased freight traffic at Alderwood Manor. And while on the subjectof electric transportati it is indisputable that the service offered by the Pacific Northwest Traction Company on its Seattle-E ett line is the best in the West. Three years ago there was no electricity, either for power or lighting purposes, at Alderwood Mar Today electricity is available and being made available for every rms in that district. 7 At present there are ten donkey engines with sufficient crews clearing land for settlement, and arran ments are being made for a further increase in that line of work to keep pace with the rapid growth. As a result of the first year’s labor of the settlement at Alderwood Manor, a very suc ‘ul Fair held in the Autumn of 1918. Last Autumn the second annual Fair was held, at which there were th sands of visitors, who were astounded at the marvel- ° ous growth of this wonderful community. A month ago the Alderwood Manor Fair Association received its charter from the state of ‘Washington, its object and purposes being to establish and maintain an an- nual Fair at that point, which will undoubtedly, as time goes on, prove itself the big annual event of this part of the Puget Sound district. Thousands of Thor- oughbred White Leghorns Three years ago you could count up to fifty, and you would find that you had exhausted the number of fowls in the Alderwood Manor dis- trict. Today, if you drive through the com- munity, you will see thousands of the white feathered beauties on the hundreds of farms now in existence at that point. Annually, thou- sands of dozens of eggs are shipped from Alder- wood Manor to the Se- attle markets and to the East. Many the readers of | per will recall the headlines of advertisements which stated that Al- Gathering the “Lay” at the Jappe Farm—Rich Returns for Thrift and Industry derwood Manor was to be the egg-producing center of the Pacific Northwest. It is fast becoming so. day the Alderwood Manor egg has a reputation of which any poultry raiser might be envious. You sim ply ed look through the markets and see the sign: “We Sell Alderwood Manor Eggs.” There is a son for this. Today Alderwood Manor boasts a brick store building which, for style of architecture, neatness™ usefulness, cannot be equaled in the state of Washington, outside of its largest cities, ’ During the last two years the necessity of providing day-old White Leghorn chicks for the newcomers at ‘Alder- wood Manor has caused the Puget Mill, Company to build a new incubator house, at a cost of up- wards of $30,000, with a capacity of 55,000 chicks, so that every 23 or 24 days during hatch- ing season 45,000 to 50,- 000 chicks appear and “ ' — find their way into the The Huge Granary Where Great Stocks of Chick Feed Are Stored { comfortable brooder houses on the little farms of the Alderwood Manor settlers. ’ During the last two years the Puget Mill Company built a granary, the largest and most up-to-date of kind upon any pouultry farm in America, in order that it could buy in season in large quantities poult feed at wholesale prices, so the concern could sell it to Alderwood Manor settlers at cost, plus interest. | Land Values Constantly Increasing " Do pes know that, during the last two years, there has been little or no advance in the price of in and around Seattle, and yet there has been a constantly increasing value of lands in Alderwood M due to its remarkable growth and the desire for choice locations. ile upon that: point, let us say t next few years will see development there that in the judgment of those competent to express an opinia