Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-02
SETTLER AGENCY
EXTENDS FIELD
Board of Directors Meets
Last Week to Make Plans
for Larger Operations
NEW ACREAGE SECURED
Tract Of 1900 Acres Is Set
Aside for Swiss Colony in
Humptulips Valley

CHEHALIS, Sept. Renewed ac-
tivity toward larger operation is as
sured as a result of the meeting OF
the board of directors of the South
west Washington Settlers Agency,
which was held at the general offices
of the agency in this city last We'd
nesday afternoon. Those present
were: N. B. Coffman, president;
George P. Larsen, secretary; George
s. Long, of the Weyerhaeuser Tim
ber company of Tacoma; Ralph Burn
side, of the Sunset Timber company
of Raymond; L. l. Wakefield, of the
White Star Lumber company of Ell
ma; D. F. Davies, of the Eastern
Railway & Lumber company of Cen
tralia and w. B. Mack, of the Slade
Lumber company of Aberdeen.
Special funds were provided to
make it possible to formulate in de-
tail the plans for large Generations.
and to secure a definite amount OF
frontier acreage pledged to such plan
announcement of which will be made
in the near future. Several thous
and acres were pledged at the meet
ing by those present; one large tract
near Chehalis by the Weyerhaeuse.
people, and large tracts near Elna
The consensus of opinion of the
members present was that lands
should be sold to settlers at the low
est possible price commensurate with
the cost of handling and on LONG
time, with not more than per cent
interest, and this rule will be strictly
adhered to-.
Starting Swiss Colony
During the past few weeks the
agency has quietly been placing sew
eral families of Swiss people on tracts
of 40 acres each on the lands they
are handling in the Humptulips river
valley. A tract of 1900 acres has
been set aside and what is now un
sold will be reserved for Swiss people
secured from various places, and thus
create a modern Swiss colony Among
the people purchasing land in this
tract are some from Seattle, Spokane
Chehalis, Portland, San Francisco
Nearly all are experienced in dairyine
and general farming. 1t will be inter
esting to note the progress made by
them in the future.
All lands handled by the settlers
agency are comparatively we'll locat
ed, tributary to good towns, logging
camps, mills and other advantages
giving the bona fde settler an oppor
tunity to work should he so desire
These tracts are all more or less
near railroad transportation, and good
roads, according to the development
of the surrounding territory.
The semi-public nature of the
Southwest Washington Settlers
agency; the fact that it was brought
into being to promote the public
welfare, and the high character and
we'll known responsibility of the men
who compose it's board of directors
and the precautions being taken by
them to guard the interests of the
settlers gives to the agency stand
ing that assures to it the entire con.
fidence of the public. Inteding set.
tiers can communicate with the gen.
eral Offices of the company at Che
halls, Wash, with absolute confidence
that their interests will be made those
of the agency and that every one con
nected with it will be found most anx.
ious to give information and assist.
ance to the homeseeker.