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THE VAasuoN Istanp NEws
” VOLUME IX
VASHON-MAWRY ISLANDS
EXTENDS A WELCOMING HAND Tb OUR GUESTS FROM THE MAINLAND
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PROGRAM |
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10:00 a. m.~—Arrival of Steamer Verona, br l Tegates |
to annual meeting of 'SR l g
WESTERN FEDERATION OF CLUBS,§ & " 61
AND DELEGATION OF TACOMA BUSINESS ,}!‘
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10:30 a. m.— e
STROMER, “THE AIR MAN Wl
Arrives in his Bi-Plane, ¢
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11:00 a. m.—Seattle and Tacoma Yacht Clubs are expeted r_jl‘
arrive. |
11:30 a. m.—Steamer Washington arrives from Seattle bring.
ing County and City Officials, members of the Seattle Com
mercial Club and Chamber of Commerce.
2:00 p. m.—The special boat from Tacoma bringing members
of the Commercial, Rotary and Ad Clubs, also Johnson's Military
Band arrives.
2:00 p. m.—Steamer Colista arrivus from Seattle, also another
steamer from Tacoma,
From 2 to 5 p..n.— i
Ong, L‘ pleasure. Baseball between the
Seattie and - Taess aaCommeptial Clubs, loser to be in disgrace.
“TugAf W : * n"fs'eame Rotary Clubs. winners to
be drowned. '*,?'fi;\{
Beatr %;:"1 afit Tagoma vaeht Glubs. Win
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“LOOKING FORWARD” A WORD PICTURE OF 1965
Vashon, June 19th, 1965, ‘
Mr. Ben Longaway returned to these
islands a few days ago and was met;
by his old friend, Will Showem, pres
ent chairman of Vashon County super- |
visors.
Mr. Longaway was born at Centcr.‘
in December, 1910, He was taken by
his parents to the Philippine Islands,
where they engaged in the cutting
and suipping of mahogany lumber.
Since that time, Mr. Longaway has
become quite wealthy and the longing
to return to the island of his birth
has brought him home.
While Mr., Longaway noticed many
improvements in tbe big City of Ta
coma when the palatial liner landed
there, he was amazed to find that In-!
etead of the little steamship com-?
pany transportation to the islands that :
an underground s:hway had been
built from Point Defiance to \’aa‘non‘
Island, that by taking the electric !
iransit you could reach the islands |
from Tacoma in twelve minutes. i
Mr. Longaway anticipated an im-i
proved agricultural district, but
imagine his astonishment when the |
transii company’s car unioaded himl
at the new tile statfon at the north|
ond of the izland, where -his good |
friend met him in an Ether-Auto car.|
Mr. Longaway at once commented on |
she paved road in front of the sta-[
tion. Mr. Showem told him that was|
a part of the boulevard system en-:
tsively encircling the islands of |
Vaghon and Maury; that it was n;
cheaply constructed road by reasoni
of a new invention, whereby the sand |
from the beaches brought up by con-f
veyors had been placed on these roads |
and this covered with a form of crude
«BEN LONGAWAY MEETS HIS FRIEND, WILL SHOWEM:
oil obtained from wells discovered at
the south end of the island, and then
subjected to a terrific heat by port
able furnaces, when it cocled made
the finest kind of a granite oilithic
pavement then known in the United
States, wearing for years.
As they drove along the boulevard
svstem near the old town site of Mag
nolia, Mr. Longaway was surprised to
gee a number of hydro-aerial-planes
moving up and down the bay, some of
which were operated by children.
Mr. Showem explained that these
were the methods used by the farmers
children in going to and from school;
addiug that the island now boasted
of three colleges, one being a Uni
versity of Arts, the second a technical
school for mechanical engineers, and
the third, science of horticulture;
that agriculture on the islands had
long since given away to the scientific
production of fruits, the islands being
famous for what is known as the rose
berry. Mr. Showem explained that
this ig a berry derived back in about
1920 by the grafting and fusion of the
old-time strawberry with the rasp
berry. producing a berry very much
the shape of a rosebud, which com
manded in the Bastern markets from
$6.00 to SB.OO a crate. With the rapid
method of transportation, these are
gent fo many parts of the United
States and is one of thé main reasons
for the wealth of the inhabitans ef
these islands.
Mr. Showem called attention to the
large building, situated at the county
seat of Burton to the left, which was
known as the Co-operative Growers’
Exchange. This organization was the
result of a combined action of ail the
farmers on this Island in the ycar
1915, whereby the association was or
ganized, providing to the members ex
pert_instructors in the best products
to be derived from their particular
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Lisoll. This Exchange handles ail the
| products of the igland, paying cash to
-{overy owner for the amount of pro
» duce gent through the Exchange with
»in ten minutes after its arrival. By
| reason of handling the great quanti
| ties of produce, wonderful economy in
| time and expense in shipment was ob
- tainable, produce going to the receiyv
)iing hangers of the Trans-Continental
. Aeroplane Companies on the main
' land. The three educational institu
. tions of the islands provide expert
» superintendents for these varions in
, ' dustries on the island.
| By this time Mr. Longaway’s aston
| ishment at the improvement of the
. island had nearly made him breath
| less, but when he came to the glass
| constructed building of the butter and
egg association, and was shown'the
inew products of butter and cheeSe"
Land also saw the scientificallys Pros’
I duced eggs, he could v_*_- e
»ihm cwn eyes. It wns;'égpfi“'
| gelentific dairying obt}il_hifl?flhw ?p'
| the islands producr-é_ ‘in nflrég
| pounds of butter “aud’ % ondertu
.| ¢heeses and that by 4’-1" 'Eéf
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| vertising Vashon '(-'f‘gk,-zéé‘éi; yfl
Qestrable and brouzht faneyt prices
ity saisine had MU i
| Poultry raising had "'i"%”’i’s"f"/‘fié‘m,i
amount of attention frd mt‘!\,«\fa&x.
. ment experiment statio fiv;_nf"_u.;;
ad the chickens now bed 7"’-}‘?36
i lay eggs in thrica’-l I%'}
| nests, averaging about three i J) %
and fifty oses per annnm p?-r‘h%#
A Commission from the Central
- United States was appointed to come
' to these islands about twelve years
' ago and report upon the wonderful
success the island people were gecur
ing. Our methods of poultry raising
lare mnow adopted very generally
1 throughout this country.
‘ By this time they had arrived at
| the home of Mr. Will Showem, situ
-*at.«d on the hill above the City of
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» Purton, where Mr. Longaway fuun(li
electricity doing aimost everything |
. for man except eating and sleeping. |
. All the cooking and heating wags done |
- by eleetricity, governed by thormo—?
| stats, regulated by time clocks. Mr. |
Longaway noticed the absence of
dtairways and in their place found es
calators or moving stairways run by
ciectric motors. He inquired where
-~ all the electricity was obtained, and
- was informed that the natural gas
in the oil wells at the southwestern
vart of the island was contained in
reservoirs and utilized by modern
- engines for generating many hun
~dreds of thousands horsepower, which
was distributed about among the is
lands in underground conduits. Thls,!
Mr. Showem stated, was the result of}
his _own®efforts, when first elected
&":('h irman of the County Supervisors'
fi“a out* 15 years ago; he added, this
“{sland is_governed by a hoard of ten |
. cuperdlsors, each having an individu- |
4l ‘department and all reporting to!
. tll%‘cfiafih\}}n at the end of each!
qnarter, “annual reports being sent to
"fih’o&q‘nd“ of. the state for final
ba\b 3val. Mr. Showem explained that
',;;5:; jad Tong gince taken all the dis-|
'} "‘f“':i,-;;' eatires out of politics and
‘ad been ound to be the most satis
ictdFymethod of caring for the
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county’e. welfare. ‘
‘;. g:.w: em informed My, Long
% “ng" the first big advance to
‘o6Bl conditions in the islands hap-|
ened in the year 1916, when compet
-1% ferries operating between the two |
lurge cities, Seattle and the northern|
ynints on the islands, and bot\veen;
“‘acoma and the southern harbors, af-!
rded opportunities for the travcl-i
inZ public to come in their automo-|
liles and see the island themselves. |
11 the wyear 1925 the price of nr:rc-i
sze had increased to $1,000.00 and |
5,000.00 per acre, and today is worth |
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" 400 Yard Dash—(Menj—Amber merschaum cigar . holder—
donated by ¢
| fi@ ;J,j pring Cigar Co., Seattle,
T ',':.{"L_/);":? Dash—(Boys under 14 years)—Prize, catcher's
_mit—donated by Spelger & Hurlbert, Seattle,
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:‘f’;;;;}rdo—Fat Men's race—Prize, Silver mounted cane-—do
n '? Cheasty's Haberdashery, Seattle,
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/B 0 Yards—Sack race (open)—Prize, box Carabana clgars—
v(" ated by T. 8. Mantell, Seattle.
_s.'-" 75 Yard Dash—(Ladies)—First prize, silk umbrella—donated
by Fraser-Patterson, Seattle; 2nd prize, pound box candy.
50 Yards—Fat Ladies race—First prize, hand embroidered
soft pillow-—donated by Rhodes Bros., Seattie; 2nd prize, pound
box candy.
76 Yard Dash(Girls under gixteen years of age)—First prize,
solid goid LeVallliere—donated by Frederick & Neison, Seattle;
second prize, pound box candy.
50 Yard egg race {open to ail)—First priz:, 3-pound package
A. &. K. Coffee—donated by Augustine & Kyer, Seattle; 2nd
prize, pound box candy.
At 3 p. m. prominent guests, including Congreseman Lin H,
Hadley, Mayor Hiram C. Gill, President Geo. H. Stone, of Ta
coma Commercial Club: President RobBAS. Boyns, of Seattie
Commercial Club, and other spelibinders Will be heard.
Stromer will give exhibitig thelaln and run his #lying
Jitney ail day. 0 gLA Nl .i, O
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LReirics and cream wiil b d frim 12 noan until ticy
are all gone, TP WL fi“ A 7
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Dancing at the Bay Viemmll(fifi"fl!l%b‘ %fl# al ‘t“?"y” j
e AN el s
£6,000.00 to $8,000,00, Street fr(mmgc"!
!)n the City of Burton has sold as high |
as $500.00 a front foot for 25-foot lots, |
but as soon as the subways were cou
-Islruclvld and the hydro-aeroplane mzr—l
vice established the ferries were put;
out of business. {
After dinner Mr. Loncaway wus"
taken to the Dbig hippoudrome at
Vashon, where photographic illusions
were being presented. This was very
interesting to Mr. Longaway. As soon
as they were geated in the hippo-§
drome, utter darkness was broken by |
a photo picture, apparently coming
out of the atmosphere wherein people
moved and spoke as in the olden davs'
when they had theatres. This, how
lv\'er. is a product of the camera rmd]
'spcaking machines and has long!
since been a very popular form of en-|
}t.ertainmont Pictures of whole!|
armies in battle and naval conflicts|
‘ware shown, reproducing the war of |
‘all nationg, with the exception of the |
United States, in the year 1915.
' The next day Mr. Longaway was
‘taken to the world's famous amuse
ment park, called “Portage.” There |
is a natural bay betwen the cities|
of Portage and Burton, where the !
water in this vicinity was always |
cold, but since the vast amount ofl
electricity has been available enorm-'
oug platinum coils have been placed
every two hundred feet in this har
bor, and by the use of electricity suf
ficlent heat was radiated to raise the!
temperature of the water to make
bathing as comfortable as a human|
sonl could desire. Thiz new process[
obviated any danger of electricity
getting into the water and menacing
human lives. By this process water
could be heated some places at a
greater degree of temperature and
other places less as required. A bhy
product was also obtained by l.h.tsr
process in that the salt water crystnl-;
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!izml on these platinum plates and F
| was removed daily by hoisting de-
I vices from service boats and added to
‘the already big lists of exports from
these islands.
! Mr. Longaway said to his friend fi
| that when he was & boy there were
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| not over five thousand people on the
|islands. How many are there now? |
'He was hardly able to comprehend
| Mr. Showem's reply, that over two -
hundred thousand people made their |
{liome on these islands. The per ©
| capita wealth on the islands at this E
| time was approximately $15,000.00.
| The property was almost unobtain
lable, with financial men from all over
i the world secking homesites on ac-
Icmmt of the magnificent view and
! elimate. ©
| The Government Reserve found at fl
?the south end of Vashon Island, as S
| you notice, has been converted into
| a beautiful park to preserve the trees
|in their natural state. There are
many such trees still on the island
on the grounds of the rich men which
could be today sold for $4,000.00 or u
| $5,000.00 per tree; but this island has ©
| been so popular as a health resort
[that the government has built the
|park and permitting the large sani-
Itarinm to enjoy itz uze hecause of the
!benefits to human health, O
{/ Mr. Showem informed his friend n
that he would have to be excused to ©
attend a meeting of finaneial inter
lests, who were contemplating a tran
sit aerial cable system from the is
{lands to the mainland a$ one-haif mile
]stminns about the fsland, and Mr. o
Longaway was given one of the elec- n
|tric movable chairs to pilot himself ©
about the amusement centers, until
| Mr, Showem could return and exhibit
jman_v other interesting improvements.
! Mr. Longaway will undoubtedly
ymake. his home. here.and bring his &
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