Everett, Washington - Ladies Of The Grand Army - Ladies Musical Club - , 1926 (part 4 of 4)

Arlington Lodge No. 129, Free and Accepted Masons, was organized June 10, 1903, and is fully representative of its territory, having an active membership of 110. Although the lodge has not yet erected a Masonic Temple, its officers and members have long had such a project in mind, and in 1916 the organization purchased a fine site at the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Division Street, 120 by 160 feet in size, where the future temple is to be materialized. The present officers are: George Stever, worthy master; LL. C. Palmer, senior warden; W. H. lLoat, Junior warden; J. B. Ellis, secretary, and H. W. Sessoms, treasurer. Meetings are held the second and fourth Wednesdays.

The Arlington lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows is an old and strong organization, and when its original Odd Fellows Hall was destroyed by fire, in January, 1916, the larger and more modern structure that replaced it has been shared by the lodge with other local fraternal orders that had no home of their own. The Modern Woodmen of America are also commendably represented by a vigorous local lodge.

Arlington Lodge No. 147, Knights of Pythias, was organized in 1912, and at this time has an active membership of eighty. The present officers are: R. W. Cross, chancellor commander; O. V. Church, V. C.; W. T. Dilley, K. R. S.; C. J. Warren, M. of F.; L. G. Steer, M. of E.; W. E. Mansfield, prelate; H. A. Foster, M. W.; J. H. Walcott, M. at A.; R. E. Chatten, I. G., and W. E. Marr, O. G.

Arlington Lodge No. 84, Ancient Order of United Workmen, has grown in popularity and increased in membership considerably within the last few years, and has grown to be such a substantial institution that it is now erecting one of the noteworthy modern lodge homes of Snohomish County. This project was decided upon early in 1926, and in July the entire problem of conducting the negotiations with architects and contractors and the business details connected with the erection of the building was delegated to a special building committee, composed of L. C. Palmer, C. J. Murphy and Luther Orr. This committee received numerous bids, and in August awarded the contract for the construction of the cement building to Daniel and Chas. J. Solie of Everett for $24,600, and for installation of the heating plant to H. D. Dunn of Arlington for $6,100, which includes plumbing throughout the building. The building will be entirely of reinforced concrete, 76 by 110 feet, two stories, with three retail store rooms on the ground floor, and three suites of offices on the second floor, apart from the lodge and social equipment. There will be two lodge rooms, one 48 by 56 feet and having a hard maple dance floor, the other 25 by 38 feet; a dining or banquet room 20 by 40, with kitchen in connection; also locker rooms, and a model suite including parlor and rest room for the ladies. When completed and furnished the establishment will have cost approximately $40,000.

In the matter of houses of worship, Arlington easily ranks high for its population, and the church buildings are practically all of pleasing architecture, foremost among them being the shrines of Methodist Episcopal, Congregational, Catholic, J.utheran, Christian Science and Free Methodist denominations. These all en- joy loyal and substantial congregations of earnest Christian people, for Arlington's population is predominantly composed of a high type of American citizenship.

The Commercial Club's 1926 survey of business and industry makes note of seven factories, employing sixty-three persons: twenty-two mechanical shops, employing seventy-nine ; thirty-seven stores, employing 109 persons; two banks, the pioneer twenty-six-year-old Arlington State Bank and the Citizens State Bank, with a combined capital of $55,000, deposits $868,311.07 (March 1, 1926), and resources of $944,595.43; professional men and women, sixty; doctors, seven: lawyers, three; veterinarian, one; optician, one; school teachers, forty-four. The Arlington mail service survey showed that the postoffice work was handled by the postmaster, two clerks and six carriers; mail was received and dispatched three times daily, out and in; there were five rural route services, the round trip mileage and number of private mail boxes served being, respectively: Route 1, 321% miles, 178 boxes; No. 2, 30 miles, 160 boxes: No. 3, 36 miles, 151 boxes; No. 4, 34 miles, 137 boxes; No. 5, 2534 miles, 122 boxes, making a total of 15814 miles covered daily, and 748 private mail boxes served. The Club advocated the extension of Route 2 over the Arlington Heights Road to Jim Creek, three and one-fourth miles, and the extension of Route 4 to Grand View, two and one-half miles.

Timber Industry

Timber resources and industries continue to be a mighty element of Arlington's activity and progress. Not far from the city itself great bodies of primeval forest wealth remain, enough to keep the present mill establishments busy for years to come. A suggestion of this persistence was noted in the Times of July 29, 1926, for on that day the longest cedar pole ever transported through that town, 110 feet long, three feet at the butt and ten inches at the top, passed on a truck and trailer in order to negotiate anticipated curves, on its way to Stanwood, where it was used to form a two-pole high-wire tower by the Puget Sound Power & Light Company, this perfectly straight timber having been cut on the old homestead of Dr. W. F. Oliver. It reminded old-timers of the famous 200-foot cedar pole from Arlington erected at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 - the world's tallest flagpole.

But the people of all the Arlington district, as industrious and practically active as any beneath the sun, seem to have caught the idealistic outlook, moods and beauty-loving of the prolific virgin wealth of nature about them; they are a sociable, fun-loving, upward-looking lot. They enjoy many outdoor recreations, have numerous festivals and exhibitions, notably flower shows and grange fairs, and participate in and contribute to all the big county shows. The Arlington Kennel Club, for example, headed by Dr. G. Unrau, veterinarian and dog fancier, held a competitive dog show at Arlington on August 24-25, 1926, which attracted owners of fancy and standard pedigreed canines from many places in the northwest, and which would have been a credit to any larger community.

The future of Arlington looms brightly and is as certain as sunlight. It is the heart of a wonderfully resourceful region that will invite and reward the present as well as generations yet unborn.

Chapter The Darrington Branch

Thirty miles above Arlington on the north fork of the Stillaguamish is Darrington, the terminus of the branch of the Northern Pacific. Until 1888 all this region was almost an unknown land. Ralph Collingwood and his wife were the first permanent settlers above the forks, but there had been a few daring bachelors in the country, most of whom had abandoned their claims in "Starvation Valley." Mr. Collingwood a number of years ago wrote of his coming as follows: "On the first day of March, 1884, Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood, Ed Fisher and a Mr. Parks pitched their tents at the McEwan place, three miles up the north fork, and took possession of an abandoned bachelor cabin. They had been taken up the river in a canoe by Siwash John Friday and his kloochman, and had reached the place the third day after leaving Stanwood. That night a heavy snow fell and the next day the men began to cut a trail to Mr. Collingwood's homestead claim three miles to the westward, which required eleven days. Then a cabin was built, the supplies packed in, and Mrs. Collingwood, the first white woman on the North Fork, took her canine bodyguard 'Shep,' and moved into her first forest home. Parks located on the D. S. Baker place, and during the summer James McCullough took up a claim that 1s now occupied by the river a mile west of Cooper's shingle mill, and George Moore located on the Brazleton place and relinquished it to that family a year later." Collingwood died February 5, 1897, and in the thirteen years that he lived on the homestead, while Haller City and Arlington were being established, there had been surprisingly little change in the north country and settlers farther up the valley were facing almost the same conditions as to roads and transportation, that he did in 1884.

Samuel S. Ehrdahl found but five settlers when he arrived at what was later called Bryant, in 1885. This was north of the river and the first work of the settlers was to cut a trail to augment that great canoe highway. Later, with four months' work, they made this trail a wagon road, but it was eight years before Ehrdahl could drive a wagon up to his house. This could not have been much of a handicap at first, however, as he had no wagon, no horse, and not even an ox until 1887. When he finally got a cow he had to pack the hay for her on his back for two miles. While Bryant became a station on the Seattle, Lakeshore & Eastern, its trade went largely to Arlington and it had a stronger individuality before the coming of the railroad than it did afterwards. During the county seat fight it was spoken of as one of the communities having a live literary club before which the speakers for Snohomish and for Everett were invited. By 1906 Bryant had risen to the dignity of a store, a shingle mill, a depot and a saloon, with a few residences. Miss Mary Sumner was postmistress.

Trafton, which was first known as Glendale, was next in the line of progress and it, too, had postoffice, school and store. Thomas Jefferson was the pioneer of this locality, coming in 1888 and paying ten dollars as fare for his journey bv canoe from Stanwood. He remained and prospered and at one time it was reported that a ledge of iron ore had been found on his land - for which he refused $8,000. Robert Maxwell, a soldier of the Civil war, who came from Ohio in 1890, was appointed postmaster when the office was created in 1891, and held the position for eleven years. He suffered a stroke of paralysis and was succeeded in office in 1902 by Alonzo W. Shafer, who came first to the region as a contractor on the grade for the Darrington branch. Doctor Fulton practiced at Trafton, where he died suddenly of heart failure, June 7, 1895.

Cicero was named after Stephen Cicero, who came to that locality in 1889, bringing his family, stove, furniture and supplies up the river from Stanwood i canoes - a two days' journey. 'The first real wagon road reached Cicero's place in 1897, a year before the postoffice was established, and Mr. Cicero was authority for the statement that the first wagon and team seen in his vicinity was driven by Frank Kent, who required three days' driving from Kent's Prairie. Cicero established the store which he ran for a number of years. Claude C. Grant came to the county in 1888 as a logger, but soon settled near Cicero. Charles D. Hillis and Jacob T. Lohr were among the later settlers. While named Cicero, this community centered about the Collingwoods, who were the first comers. In 1906 Cicero consisted of the store and postoffice, a hotel, saloon, the Heath-Morley sawmill and the Robertson shingle mill.

Oso was the next trading point up the river, established as a postoffice in 1889. William Aldridge was one of the first settlers, in 1887. His wife came with him, two and one-half days' journey by canoe from Stanwood, and she was one of six white women within a radius of five miles. Aldridge owned the first horse brought to Oso, and in after years told that the road to Arlington was so bad that one hill had to be ascended with block and tackle. John Iles, a Canadian by birth, came to Washington in 1887 and to Oso a short time later. He was instrumental in locating thirty-four settlers in the upper valley in 1904-1905, receiving a fee of $100 for each party thus located. Felix Chartrand, another Canadian, brought his supplies up-river by canoe in 1888. Alfred French came in 1890 as an employe of the Lakeshore and became a rancher and builder; erecting the schoolhouse at Hazel in 1906. Hugh C. Ruthruff and Charles Sandberg, who has been previously mentioned, were among the Oso pioneers. Cal Hollingsworth of Oso was the mail carrier on the Arlington-Darrington route in 1895, but the route was established before this, for the Haller City Times of October 4, 1890, related that Sam Brazleton was caught in his own bear trap at Trafton and nearly starved before he was found and rescued by the postman. A. L. Cogswell was postmaster and merchant in 1906, Robert Wheeler had a grocery, M. G. Conover kept the hotel, and Aldridge & Prathier, the meat market, and there were two saloons and a public hall. Schwager & Nettleton's shingle mill was the single industry. The present population is about 200 and its transportation facilities include not only the railroad but four stages daily to Arlington. The Oso Shingle Company, of which William Rhodes is proprietor, is the chief industry, but the vicinity 1s noted for dairying and bee culture. The Grange Warehouse Company is the merchandising establishment and the postoffice is presided over by Miss Dotty Blacker.

Hazel

The "pioneer home" of Hazel was the Higgins residence. The Higgins school and Mount Higgins were also named after this pioneer who came in 1887. James R. Pierson, who married Linnie Higgins and lived on the old homestead, was also an early settler, as were Ira Hollingsworth and Petrus Pearson, who established the Hazel Lumber Company in 1902. WHazel's business interests are now confined solely to the store and postoffice with O. S. Fulton in charge.

Fortson, now a busy little logging and lumbering town of 320 inhabitants, counts John A. Campbell and Bernard J. Duffy, both Canadians, as among its first settlers. In 1890 Duffy built his house and good sized barn of split cedar, doing all the work himself. He later spent five years in the Alaska gold fields with much profit and returned to live in the old valley, where he purchased a fine farm. H.C. Smith is the present postmaster of Fortson and its industries are the Klement & Kennedy Lumber Company and the McCaughey Mill Company. In 1896 there was a postoffice at Pueblo, but it was discontinued and the mail taken to Darrington.

Up The North Fork

It is fortunate that two authentic pen pictures are available as to this upper valley as it was in 1900, before the coming of the railroad. One of these articles, "Wayside Notes of a Casual Observer," relates to the valley, and the second to Darrington. Both were published in the Arlington Times in March, 1900. The "Wayside Notes" are as follows:

"After crossing the narrow strip of bottom beyond the South Fork bridge, a low point of terraced upland is reached, which belongs to the state. Fruit experts say this is an ideal location for an orchard, the soil being the best upland variety, and the fogs from the two rivers preventing injury by frost. The land 1s also good for general farming. Here is an opportunity for some new settler, as the land no doubt can be leased or bought.

"The logged off McKilligan claims have been sown to grass and contain good pasture. No country equals Puget Sound for grass. Mr. McKilligan says that if he had kept his timber until now he would have had a good income every year by the increase in value. The back portion of this land is marsh, the main marsh being owned by John Hamilton, who is going into the dairy business.

"Two large camps, those of Ferguson & McKilligan and Irvine & Brown, each employing about thirty-five men, are located on the road above this point within a short distance. The former is constructing a fine skid-road, which would seem to be on a much better grade from the 'Canyon' bridge than the county road.

"One of the cleanest and most orderly camps we have visited is that of Irvine & Brown. The culinary department is ably presided over by P. J. Cull. William Playter is horse doctor and William Brown the experienced foreman. A feature of this camp is the lofty acqueduct for conveying water from the famous Jefferson spring. Both of the above camps use engines exclusively, and as we passed over the main skid road where it passes under the county road, a turn of five logs was moving silently toward the river - in sharp contrast to a vision easily conjured up of a team of eight or ten oxen, with tongues hanging out, dragging along one log, while the driver pranced frantically beside the aggregation, vigorously plying the good stick and a choice vocabulary of English profanity.

"Logging on the river is also different from that of ye former time in that, the owners get paid for their timber and laborers for their work.

"One of the best residences in the upper valley is that of Mr. Jefferson, lately erected near the Trafton postoffice. After leaving Trafton the new residence of Robert Maxwell, just completed, on his lately acquired 160-acre tract, is passed. Mr. Maxwell, although an old man, gives a good illustration of Western grit. He moved into his new residence this week. Mr. Maxwell is an extensive bee keeper.

"Beyond this place, and marked by the beautiful Bridal Veil Falls, is the well known sheep farm of the McNally brothers. They are neat farmers. As the traveller passes around the mountain he sees off to the right the prosperous looking plantations of the Chichester and Fock brothers, which, with the farms of H. O. Siler and Stephen Cicero across the river, form an improved area of considerable extent.

"A cut on the bluff above the Hildebrand bridge marks the beginning of the construction of the long-agitated county road on the south side of the river.

"The very extensive apple, prune and pear orchards on the B. H. Dixon place, and the new bolt camp being constructed by Frank Pickering, are the principal features before reaching the sign which says 'Carroll & Moore,' and points to their store and hostelry at Oso.

"The railroad engineers have moved their headquarters to this point, the survey having been completed to that place. The survey stakes can be seen almost all the way to Oso from the county road, which the line follows very closely. The last survey out of town starts from near Tvete's store, crosses the river at the Smith place and then strikes across to the brink of the North Fork canyon, following the road.

"Darrington is situated on a divide between the north fork of the Stillaguamish and Sauk River valleys, in the northeast portion of Snohomish County.

This divide is a gravelly plain having an elevation varying from 500 to 560 feet above sea level, and covers an area of over five miles in length, varying in width from one and a half to two miles, and 1s covered in most part with a recent growth of fir and cedar timber, the undergrowth consisting principally of sallal brush and other small shrubbery. The soil is adapted to all kinds of small fruits, vegetables and grasses peculiar to this climate. The natural advantages of Darrington as a mining town are almost unsurpassed, it being in the center of a rich mineral belt and almost surrounded by fertile agricultural lands. Its location is high and dry, free from mud and high water at all seasons, yet seldom incumbered with an inconvenient fall of snow.

"It would seem from all indications that Darrington is just on the eve of general activity. There have been several applications for town lots for building purposes, but few transfers have been made as yet. A log store building is being constructed by Jack Montague. A sawmill would do a good stroke of business.

"Among the pioneer prospectors of the district should be mentioned Loren Bergeson, Knute Neste, Charles Burns, George Knudson, B. C. Schloman, John Robinson and William Geisler. 'These men, nearly all of whom were experienced miners, sought this locality ten years ago in quest of the treasures which they believed to be hidden in the mountains of this district. With blankets, grub and prospecting tools on their backs they wended their way up the North Fork, over logs and mountain streams, to its headwaters, where they located numerous mining claims, endured hardships and, with hammer and drill, drove tunnels, built cabins, graded trails, blazed the way and laid the foundation of what now proves to be one of the richest mining camps in the Pacific Northwest.

'Among the pioneer citizens of Darrington is S. B. Emens, who located and proved up on a homestead, also acquiring valuable mineral property. He came to Darrington ten years ago. Knudson brothers located six years ago; George Knudson having proved up on 160 acres in the heart of the Darrington townsite. They have a commodious two story log building which is a prominent landmark, being used for dwelling, store and hotel purposes, and in which the postoffice business is being conducted. Lester K. Alvord located two years ago on 160 acres situated on the townsite. He has a comfortable log house, barn and other improvements. Fred Olds located there over three years ago. Mrs. Olds is the present postmistress. Charles Backwan came to Darrington with his family last summer. He has a comfortable log house and a large barn in course of erection. Charles Burns located on a tract purchased of 5S. Bb. Emens over a year ago. He has erected a good, substantial building. There is a continuous settlement along the North Fork from Arlington to Darrington, a distance of thirty miles, and along the Sauk River from Sauk City to Darrington, twenty-five miles, in which valleys the land is valuable for agricultural purposes and 1s nearly all proved upon.

"Almost southeast and in plain view of Darrington, stands Gold Mountain. About 100 mining claims have been located on this mountain in the past five years, principally on the northwest end of the mountain, it being almost a network of mineral veins. This mountain extends about six miles and is heavily timbered.

"Southwest of Darrington and only three and one-half miles distant, is White Horse Mountain, with its loftiest peak stretching 7,000 feet above sea level, and around which are clustered several glaciers, covering in all about 200 acres. This mountain intersects the famous Three Fingers Mountain on the south, the glaciers of which are plainly visible from Seattle, Tacoma and other Sound points. About two miles south of Darrington is Jumbo Mountain. It hes in a half horseshoe shape and is about four miles in length. From its base it extends east on a gradual slope for about two miles where it terminates in several snow peaks, the highest rising 6,000 feet. Here it curves south and west, terminating at its intersection with Three Fingers Mountain."

Among the mining claims listed in this interesting description of Darrington as it was in 1900, are the following: Burns Mining Company, Walker & Gardner, Park & Johnson, Burns & Miles, Sauk River Mining Company, Huron Mining Company, Frank Lode Claims, Minneapolis Mining Company, Knudson Bros. Keywinder Group, Hunter Group, Cedar Basin Group, Coffin & Mallett, Geisler & Lawrence, Buckeye Basin Group, Wellman Group, Schloman Mine, Jasper Sill, S. S. Stephens and Charles Wrage Claims. |

Later Darrington Growth

Being remote and isolated, notes of historical value concerning early Darrington are few, and the foregoing description of the town in 1900 is about the best that can be given. In April, 1894, William Hiler is mentioned as the postmaster at Darrington and it is told that he went to Everett to consult as to a road in District No. 65 and to Seattle with a petition for his appointment as United States Commissioner. The first freight to reach Darrington on four wheels by the way of the north fork was in July, 1899, In April, 1900, Darrington miners agreed to give the Seattle & International 75 per cent of their ore shipments for fifteen years as a subsidy for a line up the valley, and the extension of what is now the Northern Pacific began during that year. The last bridge was built in March, 1901, and the first train reached Darrington on May 31, 1901. There was something of a boom during and immediately following the building of this road, but the mines did not prove as productive as expected and the excitement soon died down. In 1906 the business houses included the general stores of the Darrington Mercantile Company and of Montague & Moore, a hotel, the saloon and lodging house kept by Joseph Chenier, the Eagle Saloon, owned by Kennan Bros.; the sawmill of the Sauk Lumber Company; Seymour Bros. tie mill, the depot, postoffice and a number of residences. John Montague came to Darrington in 1899 from Oso where he had resided 'for nearly twelve years, and built what was for many years the leading store. He was joined by Charles E. Moore in 1900, who was also an "old-timer'' having located on Deer Creek in 1891. This firm did an extensive business until its store was destroyed by fire in 1907. The pioneer store was that of John Knudson, who also ran a hotel in 1891.

Darrington A Beauty Spot

Darrington, "where the trails begin" is one of the beauty spots of Snohomish County. It has in many respects the appearance of an Alpine village as it lies nestled among towering white-capped, glacier-strewn mountains. The fact that it is but 500 feet above sea level gives it advantages of climate and salubrity and rich verdure which are lacking in Switzerland. Fishing, hunting and mountain climbing are the splendid sports it has to offer, all within a two hours' journey from the sea by splendid highways. Rugged White Horse Mountain (elevation 6,280 feet) presents the nearest perpetual snow to the City of Seattle, and Dar- rington is the gateway to the trails leading to Glacier Mountain (elevation 10,- 436 feet), by far the highest peak in Snohomish County, and one of the highest in the State of Washington. This monarch of the mountains has hardly been exploited at all either for mineral wealth or as a scenic playground. There are many who believe that it will some day be as popular a resort as Rainier or Baker. White Horse, Jumbo, Higgins, Three Fingers, Whitechuck, Pugh, Helena, Sloan, Glacier and many minor peaks lend their beauty to the enchantment which Darrington affords the visitor. One live feature of the town is the Darrington Improvement Club, which was established in 1924, with W. W. Woodward as its first president. It now has thirty-two members and each year issues a handsomely illustrated descriptive circular telling of Darrington's many attractions. Elgin Vaughan is president and Neil Wigley secretary of this energetic city building club. Darrington differs from the Swiss village in some respects - its people are most cordial and courteous but the visitor is not annoyed by venders, guides and resort owners, and the effort is made to make the city's guests feel welcome and at home. Logging camps in the vicinity afford a large part of the trade and the village is situated between two great National Forest Reserves, which must some day be opened up and which will afford the basis for continued commerce. The logging railroad up the Sauk River valley towards Indian Pass, which is the lowest over the Cascades, is built of standard gauge and with heavy rails and is thought to be the forerunner of a through line which will traverse Northern Washington, opening up a rich agricultural, fruit-growing and mineral country.

Darrington Of Today

Darrington is furnished with hght and power by Donaldson Bros., who have recently made a contract with the Puget Sound Light and Power Company by which current is purchased from that concern. The water supply, drawn from the purest of mountain streams, might well be the envy of any city. Fire protection is afforded by a volunteer company organized in November, 1925, with Earl Rankin as chief. There are two general stores, two hotels, an excellent drug store, two garages and many smaller business institutions. In social life the Woman's Home Demonstration Club, headed by Mrs. B. M. Wigley, is a strong factor, and the Girls' Club is most popular with the young women. The religious life of the community centers about the Methodist Episcopal Church of which Rev. P. R. Campbell is the popular and energetic pastor. This church was organized March 7, 1907, and among its sponsors were Mr. and Mrs. George W. Kirk, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moulton, Mr. and Mrs. Frank LL. Bloxham, Mr. and Mrs. James Randall and Thomas Rymer. The ground upon which the church edifice stands was donated by James Randall, and under the leadership of the first pastor, Rev. A. B. Towne, now deceased, there was erected a frame building, 25 by 50 feet in size. This building was dedicated under the superintendency of Dr. George A. Landon. Only a few of those who were interested in the beginnings of the church still reside in Darrington. :\mong them are Mr. and Mrs. J. McCulloch, Ole and Newt Nesta, and Clara M. Towne, widow of the first pastor.

The pride of Darrington is in its fine school system. This is a consolidation of the Fortson, Hazel and Darrington districts. There are two buildings, containing nine rooms and the schools are in charge of Mrs. Nellie Milton and a corps of eight teachers. The room for the teaching of domestic science and the chemical laboratory are especially attractive and well equipped. There are four schools in the district and the high school has an attendance of fifty. A school bus furnishes free transportation for the pupils from Hazel. Agriculture is chiefly confined to dairying and this industry is in a flourishing condition. One of the most progressive citizens is the postmaster, W. W. Woodward. No one can fully appreciate the beauties of Snohomish County until he has visited the lovely little city of Darrington and has followed the course of the historic Stillaguamish River, from the rich lowlands at its mouth, through the hills and woods of its upper courses, to the lofty snowclad mountains among which it has its source.

Marysville, Lowell, Edmonds And Mukilteo

MARYSVILLE - COMEFORD FIRST SETTLER - FIRST TOWN PLAT, 1885 - DESCRIPTION OF VILLAGE, 188 - BOOM DAYS OF 1889 - CITY INCORPORATES - INCIDENTS OF GROWTH - CITY HALL ERECTED, 1901 - PASSING OF PIONEERS - LATER DEVELOPMENT--MODERN MARYSVILLE. °