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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-07
Another
Main St.
Building

W. A. Smith and Henry Jordan
have let the contract for a new
building they will erect on Main
street, between DR.. Howe's Of
fee and the new Clarke building.
The building will have Sc feet
and 4 inches frontage and run
back lis to the alley. The cost
will be S12, 900, the bnildingwill be
owned jointly by these two gen
tlemen, and others, and will be
built by Mr.. Jordan. The excav-
alton is now being made.
This newest addition to Main
street will be two stories high,
with large basement suitable
for business, and will set back a
few feet from Main street, suffi-
cient to give entrance to the big
basement. Pressed brick will be
used on the front of the building
and the store fronts will be of
solid glass, no wood window
frames being used. When COM
pleted it will be one of the hand
soonest buildings on Main street.
Mr.. Smith believes there is a
strong demand here for up-to-
date business houses, such as
this will be.
There are still a couple Of lots
unsold in this square, the old
Irwin Place" and Mr.. Smith
states they will not be sold unless
they are improved at once, and
the buildings erected must con-
form to a certain standard of
excellence.
Less than a year ago, the r.
win Place" was a beautiful pine
grove. 1t will soon be a solid
row of brick and masonry suff-
cient commentary on the mar
1EeaaIhiOus growth Of Hendersonville
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-07
Henry Jordan. Has.
$4,000 New Contracts

Contractor Henry Jordan, one
Of the best known builders in
this part Of the State has over
$4,000 in new contracts on hand
now. They are;
For John L. Orr, a $25, OOO
hotel at Osceola Lake.
For J. w.. Pless, an So, 900. resi-
dence at Marion.
For J. C. Morrow, a 5Ox8O #.
brick building on Anderson Ave.
to be used by Mr.. Morrow in his
lumber and builders supply
business. To cost SIS, 900.
For himself and w. A. Smith.
a 80 foot brick building on Main
street to cost $14, 900,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-07
An Electric Belt
Line Railroad !!

1t is rumored, on excellent
authority, that belt line electric
railroad, to encircle the town,
will be built, and if the necessary
rights of way can be secured,
will de started this Summer.
The proposed road would touch
Osceola Lake, Kanuga Lake,
Laurel Park and Columbia Park.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-07

Hendersonville-from a strag-
Cling mountain village to a
modern town; with building
operations probably unsurpassed
by any town in the South; rapid
ly becoming the distributing
point for the whole Western part
of the State; with extensive pub
lie improvements now under way;
with a constantly increasing
number of both summer and
winter visitors; Hendersonville
has no unemployed and knows
not the word panic; is already
the leading resort of the noun
tains and e0iU become the princi-
pal city of this the most -beauti-
full part of these United States.
Time was when Asheville
adopted a patronizing air when
Hendersonville was mentioned,
but not so now.
Asheville has been struggling
hard to get suitable golf links for
the entertainment of it's visitors.
Hendersonville, next summer, at
Kanuga Lake, will have golf
links unsurpassed in this country,
amidst surroundings of such
won lerful natural beauty that
no other place in the world may
be compared with them. This
is but one feature of the greatest
enterprise now under way here
Kanuga Lake = Mr.. George
Stevens gigantic proposition
near town, which will result in
bringing hundreds of the best
known bankers, editors, doctors,
lawyers and professional men in
the State to Hendersonville. An
army Of men are now employed
at Kanuga Lake, which, with it's
big club house and many cottages
will be ready by next season.
Some of the best known players
of this country will be here next
summer for the great golf
tournament to be held at the Lake
during the week of the Mid
Summer Horse Show, and the
nine hole course will be the
equal of any in the country.
Osceola Lake is practically
completed, and when the water
is turned in next Spring, no
more beautiful miniature lake
will be found than this. A sixty
room hotel is now being built, the
drives are being finished and
water and sewer lines being laid.
Osceola Lake, a Hendersonville
enterprise exclusively, will bring
many hundreds of permanent
residents here.
The remarkable volume. of
building operations of 1908 now
promises tobe surpassed by this
new year.
The old Irwin place, last sum-
mer a beautiful grove, will next
Spring be almost a solid block of
stone and brick-a transfer
nation complete and wonderful.
The Baker ,thFee-story building
is finished. Next to DR.. Howe's
building Messrs. WA Smith
and Henry Jordan are excavating
for a ffty-foot building, and
next to that is the Clarke whole
sale hardware building to be
completed by June list.
The list of new buildings, at
Columbia Park and all over the
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-07
Blue Ridge Inn
Sold, $4,000

Messrs. Station & Brock have
sold the Blue Ridge Inn to Mr..
Mcdowell, of Marion. The price
is said to be $26, 600. The new
owner will make extensive alter
ations and repairs in the building
and will reside here permanent
ly. While the papers have not
been signed there is said to be
no doubt as to the big deal going
through.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-07
COMES HERE FROM OHIO

Howard Cook, of Ohio, was
the guest of F. S. Wetmur, last
week. Mr.. Cook; a breeder of
high-grade cattle, has been
spending some time in Asheville.
His impressions of Henderson
vile are so very. favorable that
he will come back in March on
his return from Ohio and win
probably reside here permanent
lV.
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staggering total.

| staggering UOCdl.
The merchants of Henderson.
vile carry stocks the equal Of
any town much larger than this,
and each year the people are
learning the wisdom of spending
their money at home.
The freight receipts here show
a constant increase. Ten times
the amount of cement received
in 1907 was consigned here. in
1908. Lumber and building
material has more than doubled
in volume.
The panic was not known here.
The banks issued no script at anv
time, their deposits are now
probably about 350,000.OO, and
all three institutions are pros
perous and solid as a rock.
There are no unemployed in
Hendersonville- there is work
for all who will work.
The future of Hendersonville,
many believe, lies in it's wonder
full attractiveness as a summer
resort. This may be so. Ger
tain it is the town possesses
climatic conditions peculiar to it.
self and thousands of the suffer
ing have a right to thank their
God they have heard of Hender-
sonville.
Hendersonville, a town in the
mountains, yet on a level plateau,
with no fog, no dampness, a
larger percentage of sunshine
than almost any resort in this
country, with an azure sky and
surroundings so beautiful that
God must have smiled when he
saw his handiwork, Henderson
vile, a clean, modern town,
strongly attracts and impresses
the most casual guest within her
gates, and hundreds who come for
a brief vacation buy property,
build handsome homes, and be-
come welcome and permanent
residents.
The land that the Lords love rests
y upon;
Where one may rely on the friends he
meets,
And the smiles that greet him along
the streets"
No town has more public spirit
than Hendersonville. It seems
a pity a fighting, aggressive or
ganization cannot be formed
Immediately to develop the possi-
bilities Of this beautiful place to
it's. utmost. With organization
all things are possible. And the
of every lover of the
finest town. .onsearth should be
'Hendersonville = 10, 900 by
l910!"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-07

Guy, would be TOO long to print
here. But everywhere, in the
corporate limits and outside, new
and substantial residences are
springing up by the score. And
they are being built for imme-
date occupancv-the speculative
feature being prominent by its
absence in all the building now
under way.
There are no vacant store
rooms on Main street-Capt.
Toms having practically rented
his opposite this office.
The cement sidewalks, now
that the litigation is happily end
ed, will be finished by June
first. No town has a more
beautiful thoroughfare than Main
street. and few have such broad
walks-twenty feet of cement in
the business portion of the city.
The number of boarding hoases
here has doubtless doubled in tie
last three years-yet they all
have as many guests as they can
accommodate in the summer.
The number Of tourists coming
here each year steadily increases,
and this summer promises to be
a record breaker. Moderate
rates, freedom from contagious
diseases, good service, pure and
abundant water, beautiful scenic
surroundings, ease of asccessi-
bility, and the spirit of the town,
are a few of the many reasons
for Hendersonville's undoubted
and undenied position as THE
resort of the mountains.
The wholesale business of the
Western part of the State, once
controlled by Asheville, undoubt-
edly is rapidly becoming trans
ferred to this town. The three
wholesale grocery houses practi-
cally supply all this territory.
The time is close at hand when
they. will control it absolutely.
The wholesale hardware house
of the Clarke's is another exem-
plification of the fact that, Hen
dersonville is the ideal distribu-
ting point for the Western part
of the State. And this is but the
beginning.
The big cotton mill at Zirconia,
but a few miles from Henderson
vile, the smaller ones in Flat
Rock, a suburb of this town, in
dicates that the near future may
behold many such enterprises 10
Gated within three or four miles
of the court house.
The nearby water powers have
by no means been developed,
and therein is a store house of
wealth for this county.
The farmers -. of Henderson
county are rapidly becoming
more and more prosperous each
year, buying. more machinery,
developing the latent resources
at their command and each year
buying more and more of the
town merchants.
The amount of produce ship
ped from the Hendersonville de-
pot during the summer is simply
Over $50 solid car
potatoes were shipped
during last july, August and
September. The cabbages, ap-
pies and other produce makes a
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-07
Men of Millions
To Invest Here!

Improvement Company of this
place is being Incorporated. and
the certificates, certifying that
the company has been duly in
corporated, will be received here
within the next few days.
The incorpOrators and Subscrib-
ers for the stock of the company,
are III. S. Anderson of Hender-
sonville, T. F. Wrenn of High
Point, R. F. Burton and ]. w.
Streetman of Marion, North
Carolina.
The capital stock of the COM
pany is stated in the articles of
Incorporation to be eighty thous-
and dollars, and the board of
directors is empowed to increase
the same, from time to time, as
they may deem proper, to an
amount not exceeding one million
dollars.
The objects for which the COM
pany is formed are as stated in
the charter, to deal in all kinds
of real estate, including the buy
ing and selling of timber lands,
mining properties and water
powers, wherever situated. The
company is authorized to build,
own and operate street railways,
and to promote, encourage and
finance other legitimate business
and manufacturing enterprises.
This company has bought all Of
the Columbia Park property in
Hendelsonville, from H. S. An
derson, and the center of the
| eompany',s operations, for the
present, will be confined to this
property.
The above company, it is stat
ed, will be prepared to handle
any sort of a business PROPOSE
ton up to a half a million dollars
in size, in HendersOnville or else
where, when convinced that the
handling of such proposition
would be profitable to the COM
pany.
Fl. S. Anderson is to be presi-
dent of the company; T. F.
Wrenn, vice president; r. F.
Burton, secretary and treasurer,
and J. w. Streetman, business
manager.
Mr.. Anderson, who is to be
president of the cOmnanY. is a
lawyer by profession, and an
energetic, persevering, thorough
going man. About two years
ago he commenced improving the
property heowned at the time,
! and a little later on bought the
Columbia Park property, and the
manner in which he has develop
ed this splendid property, during
the past year is simply wonder
full.
Mr.. Wrenn, who is a man of
large means, was not, owing to
the multiplicity of his business
interests, able to accept any other
position in the above company
than that of vice president.
Among his positions is that of
president of the Merchants and
Farmers bank of Marion, presi-
dent of a large trust. company at
High Point, president of an in
surance company at Greensboro,
president of the CataWba Manu-
featuring COMPANY And be-
sides these, he is, largely inter-
.ested as aastockholder in other
manufacturing and banking in
.stitutions throughout North Caro-
lima, as, well as at various points
in other states. He also owns
splendidsreal estate In Asheville.
Marion, Hickory and High Point,
and, coal. and mining properties
in Tennessee and elsewhere; and
it goes without saying that any
enterprise which Mr.. Wrenn
thinks enough of to become a.
large stockholder in, and vice
president of is bound to succeed.
r. F. Burton, who is to be
secretary and treasurer of the
company, isa careful and prud-
business man. He is at present
continued on last page
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-07
THEY PREFER THIS
TOWN IN THE WINTER

Mr.. and Mrs. John Reiber
have returned from tip South.
Mr.. Reiber says he prefers Hen
dersonville in the Winter to more
Southern cities.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-07

Hendersonville Leads in Building Oper-
ations, In New Enterprises, In Public
improvements, In Number of Visitors.
The Distributing Point for the West
ern Part of the State. A New Hotel.
No Panic and No Unemployed Here.
The Resort of the Great South.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19
DEMAND PURE MILK.

Acting upon the proposition made
them by DR.. S. ". Mcclure, which
was presented and heartily endorsed
by the East Oregonian, two local dairy
men have already arranged for the
inspection Of their herds. Within a
few days the government men will test
the animals for tuberculosis, the tu-
berculin test being used. II any anil
mails are found affected they will
either be killed or segregated from
the others Of the herd 80 that the
milk from them can be pasteurized
before It is used.
In accepting the offer made by the
bureau Of animal industry, Messrs.
Oliver and Warren have shown good
spirit. They have shown a dlsposi-
ton to treat their customers fairly.
People are entitled TO know that the
cows from which they derive their
milk supply are free from disease.
They want to know especially that
the COWS are not affected with tu-
berculosis, because tuberculosis Is the
greatest Of human plaques and ply
slclsns declare that bovine tubercu-
Iosis is cransnissible to the human.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19
MAKE 1T INTERESTING.

The arrival of the pleasant season
again brings to light very forcibly
Pendleton's lack of outdoor recrea-
ton places and of outdoor public
amusements. There is nothing to
do; there is no place to 60" is a
complaint that is heard in this city
all too often. It is complaint that
should be needed, for the situation
may be remedied.
The ladies clubs are already con-
sidering plans for establishing a num-
,ber of small parks or resting places
in different parts of the city. The
scheme is an excellent one and il
should be carried out as speedily as
possible. Those parks will fill a
long felt want.
Then there are other ways in which
the city may be beautlfied and made
more pleasant place in which to
live. For instance the levee might
be converted into a combined drive
way and walk. This could be done at
comparatively small expense. Such
an improvement would add much to
the pleasure Of the people.
Then a series of band concerts
should be arranged for the summer
evenings. A few years ago a series
of concerts was given and they were
enjoyed immensely. Since that time
the local band has been almost a
negligible quantity.
Why cannot the bandmen, or some
one else, start a movement to raise a
fund for band concerts this summer,
Music. hath charms for the civilized
as well as for the savage breast. Some
good band concerts would be enjoyed
by all classes and all ages They
would do much to make life in Pen
dleton more interesting.
And it is worth while, for busnes,
men and property owners, to make
life in theis city as interesting as pos
sible. People like to live in
towns that are interesting. New peo.
pie prefer to move to towns that are
interesting. When farmers and
stockmen retire from active life the.
like to locate in places where they
will be entertained. They have
worked hard for years and they wanI
to enjoy themselves and they wan
their children to enjoy themselves.
Make Pendleton more interesting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19
ATHENA is ALRIGHT.

Athena is in a bad plight because
of its municipal water plant, says the
local morning paper. But Athena
people are not worrying because their
water system is owned by the city.
What they want is more water. Be-
ing pretty enterprising people they
will likely get it and get it without
difficulty. There is no occasion for
worry about Athena. The people up
there have found out what their
town needs. 1t needs more people in
the surrounding country and Athena
people are taking some very practical
steps towards bringing about a closer
settlement.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19

Umatilla county is not worrying
because wheat prices are going sky
ward. The scarcity in the worlds
supply Of wheat means big prices for
the coming crop. But the farmers
are not in the plot to corner the mar
ket MAY wheat" means little to the
grower. The farmers holdings are in
September wheat"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19
A JOB FOR THE ARMIES

Camille Flammarion has received
his old scheme Of digging a geothermiC
well Of 200 meters in diameter to as
certain the internal constitution Of the
earth. The imaginative Flammarion
proposes to find an economic and al
most inexhaustible source Of heat, to
verify the rate Of caloric increase, to
find out II the materials constituting
the terrestrial globe are In a state OF
fusion-in word, to do nationally
and directly what has been done slight
ly and a little chance up to the present
time in mines. To carry out the work
the standing armies Of the world are
to be called into requisition.-Scienti-
flc American.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19
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GOING FORWARD.


That Pilot Rock Is entering on a
period of great activity and advance
is plainly evident. one feature of
that progression is seen in the organi-
cation of the Progressive club, which
has recently been accomplished, The
objects for the formation of the club,
as set forth in the constitution are
laudable and persistent effort will be
made to accomplish them. Follow
ing is article ". which tells the
story:
This club is formed for the pur-
pose of directing the attention of im-
igrants to the opportunities offered
homeseekers and to the investment OF
capital in Pilot Rock; to assist in the
circulation of the facts and figures
concerning the unequalled climate, the
unfailing crops and the low prices of
land and its adaptability to the rails
ing of cereals, fruits and vegetables;
to boost Pilot Rock, the Pilot Rock
country and the county of Umatilla
and above all other things to put
forth an effort to advance the bust
ness interests of this community"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19

Now that two dalrymen have ar
ranged to have their herds inspected
It is practically assured that all local
dairies will do likewise, Consumers
will demand milk from cows that are
known to be free from disease and
dairymen will find it a good business
proposition for them to have their
cows inspected. Right now the
families of the city can help bring
this situation about by demanding
milk that is known to be pure, Tell
your dairymen to have their herds in
spected and let them know that il
they refuse to do so you will patron
ize the dairies that have been inspect
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19
PEACE INSURANCE.

In a speech delivered at Boston a
few days ago the secretary of the
navy ADVOCATED a powerful fleet for
the Pacific as well as for the Atlantic.
He declared that the maintenance Of
strong navy is merely insurance
against war. The Spanish war cost
the United States a half billion dol
lars, But if this country had then
possessed a little stronger navy Spain
would not have fought.
The idea that navy represents in
surance against war is a sound one,
The nations of the world are not yet
ruled by divine love, That nation is
most respected and is most liable to
be allowed to go its way in peace that
is best able to protect itself.
Under the circumstances there is
abundant argument in favor of a
strong Ileet upon the Pacltlc. Inc
orient is coming to life and offers
some big problems. Japan is already
a powerful and a warlike nation.
China soon will be a world power.
Now both these nations are peculiar
ly susceptible to the influence that
goes with big battleships. Japan
was most friendly to the United
States when the great battleship fleet
was in the orient. Tt is important
that the United States be in position
to continue this friendly relation. But
to be sure of peace we mush carry in
surance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19
WESTON'S BUSY DAY"
fXVartan TaoIar

Saturday was an especitly busy
day" at Weston, and the presence of
many eager traders indicated the fact
that there is ample tributary patron
age TO support thriving town If it
can only be drawn and held here,
This the local merchants are doing
their best to accomplish. and the
Leader does not share the pesslmistic
views whish 1t has heard for the past
dozen years that Weston is going
down hill" 1t is decidedly a better
town than it was when the present
management took hold of the Leader,
and with surrounding country
which Is we'll adapted for 'sman
farming" and is growing more and
more to be utilized along those lines,
Weston is destined to be a better
town than 1t is now.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19
The ReasOn For IL.

This, ladies and gentlemen" said
the exhibitor at the waxwork show
"is Sir John Falstaff."
Come now. governor" remarked
one Of the audience, how can that
thin scarcrow be Falstaff?"
WELL" said the exhibitor, you
must remember how long he's been
here without food Of any klnd!"-
Human Life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19
WILBUR HAS THEATRE.
(Vale Oriano.)

Mr.. Wilbur, of Union, ore, has
rented the Hope building on the cor
ner of Main street, north of the High
Bros livery stable, and will place in
it first-class electric theatre. He
states he will put in an entirely new
front, with two exits, and has at the
depot here lanterns, reels, electric
piano, phonograph, etc, and will put
in one of the best plants in Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-19
THREE ACRES ENOUGH.
(Echo Register.)

Three acres of land is enough to
support a family in comfort il fertile
and the cultivator is not skinned nor
robbed by some legal or Illegal pirate.
Here in Echo the soil is fertile and the
productiveness enormous. With pres
ent conditions perhaps three acres
would be enough, but five would be.
Five acre plots are supporting fam
lilies in comfort in many irrigated sec
tions of the Pacific coast. There
need be no scarcity of bread II peo-
pie would or could go on the land.