Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-05-25
A Good state TO Live In.
Wheeling Intelligencer

ne AlulSSS Oh governor Athlll.
son before the State Editorial As
ISOLATION, in session at Petersburg,
on West Virginia's present and
prospective possibilities and the
work Of the press in the develop
ment and history of the state. should
be read by every young man who is
about TO devote his energies and apS
ply his wisdom To his life work. 1t
has not been so many years ago
that young men were leaving West
Virginia for the west for the purpose
of bettering their condition. They
did not know at the time that they
stepped from the door of opportun-
ity into lane of indifferent results.
The Young man of today knows
better Here at home he has all
the opportunity he desires, for re
wards are sure to come TO those who
apply themselves diligently.
The development Of West Virgin
ia in the past few years, as outlined
by Governor Atkinson, reads like q
fairy tale, but il is nothing more
than the presentation of the plain
est facts. We have made the most
wonderful strides, and the whole
country is looking on with admiring
awe. astounded at what has been
done and wondering at the limit OF
our possibilities.
The closing sentences OF the gov.
ernor's speech are worthy OF recital
Mt school exhibitions, and his entire
address should he IN the hands OF
every pupil in our public schools
throughout the state. as it contains
mere information about the physi-
Gu, industrial and social conditions
of the commonwealth than is found
in all the Biographies and text books
ever written. 1t is inspirational as
well as educational The governor 4
peroration was eloquent, and what
is best of all, eminently truthful,
and we therefore reprint it. The
governor said
Mr. President, we have in the
Mountain State no malaria, no
grasshoppers, no mosquitoes, no razor
backed hogs, no cyclones, no deep
SHOWS, no long winters, no glaciers,
and panthers and bears and wolves,
and foxes are rapidly going, and are
well nigh gone. We have no state
debt; taxes are reasonable; churches
are fiourishing; our schools are as
good as the best: we have over a
million population; upwards of a
million dollars in our treasury, and
yet we have but fairly started into
business. Talk about West Virgin
la, my brothers, she is today the
rush light of the republic. She is
the coming commonwealth of the
continent. She is the hub of the
universe in natural wealth. She is
the flag ship in the procession of
progress. She Is the wonder of the
century, and is the favored state for
young men to live in and for old
men to die in. She is the Eldorado
of the coming century. Her coal
fields are richer than the gold mines
of the Transvaal. Her timber is tall
er than the cellars of Lebanon, and
her oil pools are more valuable than
the gems of Golconda or the silver
of the Klondike. We have the wat
ermelon and the pomegranate and
the grape. We have the milk, the
honey and the peach We have tall
men, sun Drowned and brawned and
the prettiest, happiest, sweetest
women beneath the stars. Our rock
ribbed mountains tower in the sun
light, and catch the first rays OF the
rising and the last rays of the set.
ting sun. Our valleys are as charm
ing as Scotland's wales, and our
water is as limpid as the fountain
of Treve, at Rome, and he who tastes
Of it viii return again.