The Daily Herald from Everett, Washington • 44

9 THE EVERETT DAILY HERALD page twenty was founded in Au tower of the Snohomish County courthouse presents an imposing picture i The New Standard of the American Road Know ord Qolden and Anniversary Qo ord HUTCHINGS MOTORS INC 1 Zl look tons kept hop Mr to a Roy Galusha BA Registrar now part to 1953 SERVING EVERETT 1936 John Hanson Mgr Earliest Herald Gives History Of Everett in Brief orm The Centennial Edition of the Everett Daily Herald presented the making and The Market Hops Out rom Under armer After One of the most disappointed farmers of the early years of Sno homish County was Charles Mun son of the lower Stiliaguamjsh val ley Munson put in quite a few acres into hops When his initial crop brought him $1 per pound he looked forward with enthusiasm to the future of the hops product of the coudty But it was not to be A few years later he went ing for a market for eight but his today as your hometown daily participation in the 100th i a anniversary of the year in which Washington State became a territory represents the work of the regular staff of The Herald organization We are indebted to the other daily newspapers of our state for their participation in the overall preparation of articles of pioneer interest from the territorial starfdpoint The staff cooperated in this pooling of territorial highlights We are also indebted to the Rey Howard Lower the Rev Elroy Schikles and Ken Knudson for their cooperation in the preparation of the Centennial Story of our churches and to Ward Henderson for his assistance in gathering material on the schools was energy and nouncements that Neil Pithill was building a wharf and that walking at Hewitt Avenue and Chestnut Street There is a story about the first bank It was called" the Bank of Everett Everett was getting better mail facilities another sign that the roots of a city were taking hold in the vir gin soil of Puget Sound on Port Gardner Bay Note the story with the headline chronicling the fact that the whaleback Wetmore was safe A civic: banquet was planned for captain and crew with the ship expected to dock within a few days Work was being rushed on the nail works and paper mill Beds were in demand as property buyers and business men flocked into the new community School was to be opened on the following Monday with twenty boys and girls ready to attend Again we point out talking about This is community history in there was no market He eight tons for four years vainlv for a price inally the discouraged Munson sold his entire lot veterinary who used it for bedding for sick animals 4 Snohomish County became a noun tv in its own right January 14 1861 the legislature creating the 'act even before it was known the1 two score men and no women ofthe area wished this be done Mucokilteo was the first county seat It was known also as Point Elliott 'and later Mukilteo Summers be came the first sheriff and erguson McClurg and John Harvey the com missioners Harvey also was treas urer and owler auditor and Short judge Most of those not in Mukilteo lived at Cadyville or Sno homish City i Later in 1861 although Mukilteostill was considered the largest town in the county the county seat was removed to Snohomish in a bitter election which carried by 11 to 10 votes The following year 1862 saw the census reach 44 people Only iBier ight A the makrlnv and The Everett Daily Herald was in on "the ground in a role akin to fhof rv rf ori ri Interesting also was the 'demand for lots Streets were being opened up A "$1200 was being erected on Cleveland Avenue ton Riverside) The Methodist congre gation was reported growing And for a chuckle there was tha police court news relating that one of the founding fathers paid a fine of $25 for inflicting a black eye on another of The proceedings were held in Snoho mish We were not yet the county seat Everett was on its way A number of thrilling events were ahead just ahead And day after day these events were recorded for posterity by The Herald So we presents volume one num ber one the prelude confident that there is still much more to come much (more to be heard of that once ihnall village on tha banks of the Snohomish River on the shores of Puget Sound As the history un folded down through the years Its destiny progressed westward to ward the setting sun westward to saltwater where as Jim Hill saici 1 where transcontinental rail first meets trans Pacific In other words Everett has turned its eyes to the distant horizon with its far in the dis tance Such was beginning! IMPOSING ramed by two full blown chestnut trees the clock and is the object on which more camera lens are focused by tourists than any other single attraction Located in the very heart of the city the building in Spanish architecture rises above the surrounding business district and a jewel placed on the of green JaWn Reconstructed after the original building! was destroyed by fire in 1909 the county building is currently being enlarged to accomodate the increased business which has flooded the various offices in the past few years (Herald Staff Photo) On the opposite page will be found volume one number one of The Everett Daily Herald It was published Thursday December 10 1891 ramed it occupies a nent spot at the Herald Obviously it is a keepsake But there is an other importance attached to this first edition It is in a nutshell the history of this community Scan the columns from left to right irst the headline "Millions In In this' article Chajr les Colby gives facts relating Ever ett "never before It goes on to relate that more than $3000000 already had been invest ed by Colby Colgate Hoyt and as? sociates The industries under way involved a yearly wage outlay of $2000000 firm industrial and business foundation was being es tablished Next is a story about railroads In this Henry Hewitt "the father of discusses the entry of the transcontinental roads into this area To be noted also are the an i Mississippi River Twelve were of foreign birth and 12 from New York State Efforts of northern portions of the county cut off from Snohomish and 'the middle area except by foot or a five day round trip via Seattle to be changed to Skagit County played a big part in the moving of the county seat to Everett Up until 1894 Snohomish City had been the politi cal intellectual financial social and industrial center of the county But that young upstart Everett showing plenty of life ambition Throughout this year the battle raged over which city shouldbe the county seat especially afterEverett residentshad filed the nec essary petition for removal fromSnohomish to Everett In November of 1894 an election was held bringing the big battle to a climax Many protests were filed on election results but the final canvass It took until Decem ber 2Y to come to a decision' and Everett was declared the winner after many a bitter battle But this soon was reversed and it was not until December of 1896 over two yearvafter tha election that a final decision was handed down by the state supreme court THE EVERETT BUSINESS COLLEGE gust 1936 and since that time has been in continuous operation training people of the Northwest to hold the best positions in the business offices of the Northwest The school has been under its present management for the past fifteen years (In 1951 the Everett Business College won first place in the private school division in national shorthand com petition in the A Approximately 25000 students representing more than 530 colleges competing or the benefit of Its students the Everett Business Col lege maintains an active free employment department This service assures employment fo all of its qualified stu dents People of all ages who are looking for job oppor tunities in the Pacific Northwest should write to the EVERETT WASHINGTON 4 A A CEdar 1141 a Incongruous as it might seem 'Snohomish County was once a of Island County with Coupeville as the county seat It was in 1860 thatresidents of the mainland asked that their area be cut off from the o' Island County be re named Snohomish and establishedas a separate identity 1 Although the list of petitioners later lost it may well be imag ined that it was very similar to who voted just previously in the first election here Some of those men were transients but others remained to play important "parts in the early life of Snohomish County 'Included in the voters erguson Charges Short William Hawkins rancis Dolan George Allen McClurg Benjamin Young Hiel Barnes Salem Woods Patrick Doyle John Riley Carter Wheat A Bailey John Coch rane Andrew Johnson and Jacob 3102 RUCKER EVERETT BUSINESS COLLEGE 1509 Hewitt Ave Everett Washington Au i A i i 1 5 Z' I A 'A ai II 4 sir i i wi WlMWlnlMrTtrW! r' la it uaiiTjf MiMMwWwih iM luO iJ ill I la i WIli 1 1 ffilBil IWWllI WiHM a BHhBfWS ZV i rr" wZ ai fl I zif30ElmL II I i it lilt Vfl a i a i 1 4 'r Zu' TZ Zj: ZZZ 'Zzi LO Sm is t1 a 1 JL fe 3 A 1 tz a a a av a a zj a 4 i 1 wz a a a Jfl fl a a aaaa arar I ar a a ra a a a a a a a a a 9 wj ir 'Z r'b sc (: a VY 7 zz' iz z' i zz zzz 1 iz i i A 4 a ez rz zzi mW jc 4 JR JL JT 9 1 7 i 'U1 v' rc 5 J'S 7 i fc jZ V' ZU rz 1 zzzzzz z' "'zszzz zu' zzz BmT JL 4LyZZ Z4.