The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25

| to $500 feet above sea level and the
bracing atmosphere. The brilliant sun
shine, the contrasting and constantly
shifting play of light and shads on
meadow and mountain side the
sparkle of streams, clear as crystal.
make an experience that no one. en-
ijoying it. can fail to remember with
pleasure. A few years ago the Hon.
Earl W. Oglebay, of wheeling, ce-
scribed West Virginia as the Swift
zerland of America, and predtcte1
that when a system Of good roads
was completed through the state this
favored territory would become the
playground of one hundred million
people. Right on the lines of travel
between the East and the West, West
Virginia will attract tens of tnous-
tands Of automobfIitsts every. year as
soon as they know that we have auto
mobile roads passab1e over the noun
tains.
Fine Automobile Route.
This year the automobile route up
the Tygart's valley and across the
Virginia appears for the first time
upon the blue book OF the Americtu
Automobile Association, and the CIT
| ;zens of Randolph county, through
their county commissioners. at least.
are energetica1ly doing their best to
make the route an, attractive one. As
soon as this route across the noun
tafns is directly connected up with
some roadway leading into Ohio and
the West, either by way of Wheeling
or Parkersburg 1t is almost certain
that large amount of travel which
has hitherto gone by way of New
| York and Pennsylvania, will be 'dt-
verted into this West Virginia terri
tory From Blkins to Staunton, by
way of Monterey or Hot Springs, or
any other of the numerous Virginia
places easily reached from the Staun-
ton pike, is now matter OF only a
kins to Wheeling or Pittsburg the diff
dculties are few. and many routes
have been tolerably well defined. No
more enticing prospect is offered 70
the Automobiles of this section or
4 to the tourists than an invasion or
central West Virginia along this line.
Every foot ofstne ground is historic.
At Philippi, the first battle of the
Civil war was fought. Beverly only
en- and twice lost by both the northern
and southern armies. At Carricks'
ford and Rich mountain the Confed-
crates lost control of West Virginia.
Here the gallant Garnet lost his life,
and here Mcclellan, Rosecrans, Rob
ert q. Lee and other heroes Of the
Civil war fought their first battles.
Monuments Of these struggles are
Still visible at many places. A sight
\ seer who has taste for Civil war
lhistory viii absorb much of interest.
West Virginia is on the eve of dis
covery, so to speak, by the automo-
bile world and the discovery through
the beautiful Tygart's valley, by way
1 of Elkins, will be welcomed by all
automobile explorers.
Concerning the general industrial
conditions of this thriving little town,
| 1t is perhaps unnecessary to speak.
The citizens of Elkins have reached
out and grabbed about everything that
they could lay. hands on. They have
the avis-Elkins College. the Odd Eel
lows home and q number of other
public institutions, as well as a large
number Of manufacturing plants, all
of which seem to be doing a thriving
business; but the greatest asset OF
Elkins Is the spirit of hospitality the
energy the enthusiasm and the fine
good will of its citizens. To many of
these, like the Hon. Howard Suther-
land, the Hon. w. G. Wilson, the Hon
Noah G. Keim, e. e. Baker, Herman
johnson Eugene Arnold, Postmaster
King, Col. Mike King. w. d. Maxwell,
DR.. w w. Golden, Boyd Wees, 9'Jim.
my" Weir and others whose names
should be mentioned, If all could be
remembered large number of visi-
tors are under personal obligations for
many courtesies and acts of kindness.
To welcome the stranger within the
gates and make him feel perfectly az
home seems to be the first principle
I of Elktns citizenship, and certainly a
liberal application to this principle
resulted in the creation OF the desire
on the part of good many visitors
to get back to Elkins at an early OPP
portunity.
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