Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-10-29
An ACCOMPLISHED FACT.
Socialr DEMOCRACY Differs Get Down to Business
and Establish Colony in Washington.

and Establish Colony in Washington.
The Social Democracy colony in
Washington is now an accomplished
fact.
The Cooperative Brotherhood
which was organized and incorpor-
ated under the laws of the State of
Washington by national officers of the
Social Democracy of America, to carry
on the work Of colonizing in this
state, has made the selection of
colony site and secured its land.
Since the new corporation was or
ganized, and the announcement made
of its determination to locate in West
ern Washington, arrangements have
been made and details pushed to a
definite conclusion as rapidly as pos
sible.
The officers of the company were
elected at a recent meeting of the
Board of Directors, and resulted in the
selection of the following: President,
!. S. Ingalls,, of Minnesota; Vice Presi-
dent, !. c. De Almond of Colorado;
Secretary, Cyrus Field Willard, Of
Massachusetts; Treasurer, Alexander
Burns, of Washington; Auditor, ]. B.
Fowler, of Washington.
An office was immediately secured
at room $50 Pioneer Building, close
to fusion headquarters, and this Office
presents busy scene, being crowded
from morning till night with intend
ing co-operators or those DESTROYS of
obtaining information,
Yesterday arrangements were COM
pleted by which about 1000 acres will
be secured on Henderson Bay, about
five miles from Olalla, and conditions
are such that in the neighborhOod of
1000 more acres can be secured if
deemed advisable.
The land is principally bottom land
of the richest fertility, being land
formerly belonging to the estate of
Charles A. White, now deceased. Mr..
White was a surveyor and a man of
sound Judgment, and being one of the
early settlers selected what he cOnsid-
cred to be the best land and was in q
position to know and to secure it.
On this land everything which can
be raised in Western Washington can
be produced by the colonists in the
most lavish abundance, and this
means nearly verything which goes
on the table and necessary for the
comfort and well being of the
colonists.
The land lies right on tide
water and possesses ample water
frontage. 1t is thus independent of
railroad transportation, and as soon
as the colonists have their own steam
boat, which will only be a short time,
they can reach any port on tide water
A good-sized creek known as Bailey
Creek runs right through the land and
will give ample water power for years
to come for running all the mills and
factories which the colonists may put
up.
Lying right at the head of the bay
and with the creek running right
through it in the middle, the location
and desirability of the site is one
which commends itself to all who
know the place.
Its accessibility is likewise feature
which commends itself. The intending
colonist from the East can land at
either Seattle or Tacoma, as the lOca-
ton is directly across the Sound on
the West side and is situated about
midway between these two coming
great cities of the Northwest 1t is
about 30 miles southwest OF Seattle
and Is miles northwest of Tacoma.
BY very little dredging ships of the
largest size can be loaded for any port
in the world right on the company's
property.
1t is the intention topublish apaper
as soon as possible to apprise the
members throughout the country of
these facts and Others which may
come up.
Vice President De Almond has left
for the colony site with a gang OF men
to clear up the ground for agriculture
and to cut out cordwood and lumber
and dispose of it in the Seattle market.
Contracts for cordwood will be
sought and every effort made to secure
means and push the work as rapidly
as possible
A store will be located on the
grounds of the colony to supply the
individual wants of the colonists and
of the surrounding farmers. Each
family will have its individual home
and things will be r2@ch the same as