Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . whichhas the largest berry farm in the state,sixty acres all devoted to berry raising,and shipping hundreds of cases daily dur-ing the summer season to eastern berry farms are also being developedin a way to make Monroe known as agreat center for berry raising. Fruit andvegetables are also raised in large quantitiesfor the cannery. The Washington StateReformatory, an institution recently locatedat Monroe, is expending annually in con-struction work about a quarter of a milliondollars, and will continue to do so far sev-e
Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . whichhas the largest berry farm in the state,sixty acres all devoted to berry raising,and shipping hundreds of cases daily dur-ing the summer season to eastern berry farms are also being developedin a way to make Monroe known as agreat center for berry raising. Fruit andvegetables are also raised in large quantitiesfor the cannery. The Washington StateReformatory, an institution recently locatedat Monroe, is expending annually in con-struction work about a quarter of a milliondollars, and will continue to do so far sev-eral years to come. It is for young criminalsand first term men. The reformatory is toaccommodate one thousand inmates and willfurnish positions, when completed, for 100employees. The town has good stores, sub-stantial brick and concrete buildings, tele-phone, water and elecrtic lighting systems,banks, and a newspaper. The schools areexcellent, there are many churches, anopera house, and the town is increasingrapidly. Pugel Sound and Western Washington 101. OBJECTS OF INTEREST AT EDMONDS 1 Shingle Mill Row and Steamboat Pier. 2 The New F^ublic Library. 3 The Grammar School. 4 The New High School. EDMONDSEdmonds, a town of 1,200 people, is lo-cated on the shore line of the Great NorthernRailway, about midway between Seattle andEverett. Many trains from these largercities stop at Edmonds daily. Steamersplying between Seattle and Everett makestops at Edmonds on every trip severaltimes daily. The gradually rising land whichforms the townsite and which is aboutthree miles long and two miles wide, isvery rich soil and garden truck here growsprolifically. Most of the land is adapted tothe culture of berries of all kinds. On thewaterfront are mills and factories. Ed-monds is admirably located for the suc-cessful operating of manufacturing indus-tries. The chief industries now carried onare shingle mills, lumber mills, box andexcelsior factroies. In the city itself arebusiness concerns o
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