The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-07-04

49, SJ1sStrAtatBHtTEhdu tnaB OF any
this, prppSrt ionats Kain thsonphoat
I the cOuntry. f$ - )
+ While West virginia Is thus we'll
TO the front as ssmining state. and
gaming IN the anfehnt Of manufaca
.tufed products. IN agricultural re-
{. overlooked. Bef0rG the revolution.
Washington visited the part of the
> state on aud near the Ohio, and was
80. we'll pleased withathe AGRICULTURAL
possibilities Of theg. lands that he
bought about 10000 acres on that
river. and the. GrSRE Kanawha. OF
these lands. whichhe specifies in d
schedule to his sWill giving the
amount on the. Okio river at 8. 744
acres, valued at $40 per acre. and
that on the Great$Kanawha at ga.
44I acres valuedH-at 5000 600: he
/, says, speaking of5fhe former:
II, These several tracts Of land are
OF the first qualify, on the Ohio
river, in the partss where they are
situated; being almost, if not alto
gether, river-bottOMis The smallest
|. ofSthese tracts Is .aetually sold at $fO.
an acre, but the sSonsideration not
RECEIVED, The resthare equally valu-
able, and sold asSsbigh especially
that which lies 3ass2sbelow the Little
kanaWha, and is opposite to a. thick
>settlement on .thatS0DDosite side: Of
the river. The four tracts have an
aggregate >breadthIson the river OF
sixteen miles, and are bounded
thereby for that distance" :. !. Fl
In regard to the. other lands, he
says: These tracts are situated on
Great Kanawha river. and the FIRST
four are bounded Thereby for more
than AZ miles. ItAis acknowledged
by all, who have 8een them and OF
the tract containtng 10000 acres,
which have been on myself, I can
assert) that therseis no richer Cor
more, valuable land in all that re-
glop-,: They ara eonditionally SOLD
for. the amount mentioned in the
Schedule, that Is, .$20O, 0OO;, and, If
the terms of thatsaale are not COM
piled with, they VIII command con
siderably more The; tract, of which
the. 125 acres Is q moiety, was taken
up by Geperaf Andrew Lewis, and
myself, for .and.&on account of q
bituminous spring which it contains,
OF so intiamable Immature as to, burn
as freely as spirits, and Is nearly as
difficult to extinguAh." ~
The General had in mind, un-
doubtedly, an oh spring, Of the
character of those which are now:
yielulns 80 larsely.Hbut it is evident
that be had more In mind the wealth
that might be !produced from the
SOIL, which appeared to him so PROM
isingly fertile. Years before, when
In his boyhood he traversed the east.
ern panhandle, he notes in his diary
mat The land exceedingly rich and
fert1le, all the way, produce: abund-
ance OF grain, hemp tobacco: That
ne o1o not exaggafate the possibili-
ties OF the virginEIsoil Of the new
country Is evident 1t has shown,
and continues 10 SHOW, it's capacity
for production ,ofr5fhe grains neces-
sary for the subsistence of man and
beast. II Its yieldIbf the products Of
the sou does not make as formidable
an array Of figuressAs do the mineral
resources OF the -sEate it is rennem-
oered that very large proportion
| OF west Virginia ,isyet covered with
| tcreste containing SOME Of the finest
.lnpef to-De~Ie4ad IN North Amer
iIa' itseAt SO valuable las to make
- ~ one h 81 NE greatest or rpe elements
t - nel, n3ateeI|taitWealth. At the Cen
atnnlal sSHposle1on' we are told, the
state nao an exnlDlt' an ed1tce con
St1uccea entlreiy or native woods,
20 Earieties IN an ana obtained in
Une -. counly' the "ood Delng finished
rs 10 naeuHal colors' ~, otner exhibits
m Sne as WIZ a. tnat tlme showing
~, "a soai9 Ge Iound n the state, IN
u1ei, : eoat, petroleum. ana other
1ooSo 20 Il olallar ,e&h1prts were
iaSu a. sne Columbian ana Louis
tha ulSnase oEAposltlons; , giving
- W. m0i ~ oeCter knoWledge than
ao,, n<su ns -, oetoLe 81 the vast re-
So oos ~ nne iaS' SGake erected east
- 'I ~! miSS Sa
p,os nat1 - oegii lntorlnea tnat there
L ee s'.u - Ine ely " Fhllaoelphla,