Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-09-05

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will be held next Saturday and Sunday.
Greenbrier Hunting and Fishing Club.
From the Washington Evening Star
OF the 2sth ult. we clip the following
The Greenbrler Hunting and Fishing
Club has recently been organized. 1t
ID expected that 1t will be composed
largely OF gentlemen from Washington
and vicinity. A meeting Of the stock
holders was held in Ronceverte, w.
Va, August 10th, at which the follow
ing gentlemen were elected directors of
the club: Rev. DR.. J. Macbride Ster-
rett, OF the Columbian University,
Capt. Alfred NJ. Fuller, of the war re-
cords office, Mr.. G.. l.. Brett, general
manager Of w. Va Central railroad
Mr.. III. S. Drinker, assistant to presi.
dent of the Lehigh Valley railroad, Mr..
John Driscol, president of st. Law
renee Boom and Mfg Co.. Messrs. T..
IMPORTS, +. A. Smith, John L. Nc
Graw, Quin Morton and E. II. Camp.
at a meeting of the directors the fol-
lowing officers were elected Capt. a .
M. Fuller, president Mr.. John Dris-
col, yice-president Mr.. L. II. Camp,
secretary and treasurer. Maj. J. w,
Harris was appointed attorney, and
Messrs. Fuller, Driscol and Sterrett a
committee to draft constitution, by.
laws and regulations for the club.
The following gentlemen were elected
honorary members Gov. MacCorkle
Postmaster General VIM. l.. Wilson,
Maj. John w. Harris, and Messrs. w.
E. Chiffon and &. Bronson. A COM
mittee (Messrs. Fuller, Driscol, Kin
ports and Sterrett) recently went over
the preserve and selected a location for
the club house.
The object Of the Association is to
preserve and propagate fish and game
A commodious club house will be
erected on the headwaters of Green
brier river, where the club has secured
lease for 10000 acres Of wild forest
land for fifty years, said to be among
the finest hunting and fishing regions
in West Virginia. There are a great
many small streams on it filled with
brook trout, and the forest abounds in
deer, turkey, and other game. The
club proposes to make it the finest re-
sort for hunting and fishing to be found
anywhere, and design building a dam
across the river 80 as to furnish amuse-
ment in boating, ETC., and at the
same time afford protection for trout
during severe winters.
This preserve Immediately adjoins
that of the Cheat Mountain Sports
mems Association of $4,000 acres
This latter club, which is chiefly COM
posed Of Pittsburgh gentlemen, has
been organized for eight years and owns
a very fine club house, with all the
comforts and conveniences needed. =
The committee of the Greenbrier Club
were handsomely entertained there en-
route to their new reservation.
The point selected for the main club
building is oyer 5000 feet above tide
water. This, with the fact that it is
surrounded by immense forests of hem
lock, yew pine, ETC., of great height,
insures cool, delightful atmosphere,
with constant breezes laden with pine
aroma at all periods of summer. 1t is
an ideal resort, pleasant and healthy be-
cause free from malaria. The natives
say those human plaques, mosquitoes.
are not known in that region, and wild
and unsettled as the country is, venom
GUS snakes are never seen there. If the
region possesses one-half the advan-
tages claimed for it, it will he the elys-
ium Of sportsmen