The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25
A TRIP TO I'll INS

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Editor II @. ogden has returned to
wheeling after rather strenuous
visit to Elkins. The beauty and the
history of the section he visited caused
him to let his mind wander from poll
tiles to the following interesting
notes OF his trip:
The manager Of the Inte1ligencer
was rather unwilling visitor to the
| good city OF Elkins last week, and
there participated In judicial proceed
sorbed his attention. However, no
cloud is without silver lining and
no experience is so unpleasant that
pleasure and profit may not be ex-
tracted from It.
The hearing at Elkins attracted not
only those who, like the defendant
and the attorneys, were compelled to
be there, but a number of prominent
citizens OF West Virginia, representa-
tive OF Industrial and commercial in
terests in general as well as the
newspaper fraternity, In particular.
1t is somewhat significant Of the di-
versity of interest in West Virginia
that OF the sixty or more men from
a distance, present at the court por-
ceedings, fully half admitted that it
was the first time they had ever visit
led the thriving city of Blkins. This
half were enthusiastic in their ex-
pressions OF admiration for what is
apparently one of the most substan-
/ ttal. enterprising and prosperous
towns in the state. To all OF them,
land to large number who had not
visited the town for a number of
years, the development of Elkins
itself was a revelation. The beauti-
full, well laid out streets, the hand
some. substantial structures which
line the thoroughfares, the general
air Of the hustle and prosperity were
typical OF western city.
EIkins q New Town.
Elkins is. relatively. new town.
and possibly the first thing that
strikes the eye of the visitor is the
absolute absence of old and tumble
down buildings. Elkins has no his
tory dating back more then few
years. 1t has no ancient ramshackle
structures intruding their unsfghtly
lpresence on prominent streets. It has
no relics of the dusty past In fact.
Elkins does not live in the past. It
lives in the present and looks for
ward with confidence to the future.
The whole atmosphere of the town is
vibrant with enthusiasm, and It does
not take long to inspire the same con-
fdence and the same splendid appre-
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Il Founded only la few years ago, Ell
kfns has at the present time approx
mately seven thousand people, and is
i growing as rapidly, probably, as any
other community of the same size
in the country. While it never may be
a great city, it is almost certain to
continue to be an active city of sub
slant growth. The town lies in the
northern end OF the beautiful Tygart's
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nearly forty miles the valley spreads
out in magnificent expanse OF as
4 fine agricultural ground as Old Sol
sees in his daily course. This valley
ranges In width from two to six miles.
4 1t is traversed most of the distance
by splendid we'll kept roads, and by
various branches OF the Western
Maryland railroad. It was the good
fortune of the writer to enjoy an
automobile ride up or down the val
ley, whichever it may be called. from
Elkins, passing through Mill Creek
and Huttonsville and other points to
the foot of the mountains. Twenty
| two miles of beautiful road was COW
cred in a little more than one hours
time and to the visitor hitherto un-
acquainted with the lovely yistas Of
forest and field, the splendid mountain
views and the magnificent agricultural
| tire ride was a revelation. At a
number of points large lumber oper-
ations were passed, the one at Mill
Creek being particularly important;
but the visitor could scarcely escape
the Impression that the future pros
perity of this splendid section did not
depend upon lumber, or upon any
other resource, save the magnificent
soil and the sturdy industry of the
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wheat and hay harvest. At one par
| ticular point on one Of the Strader
farms, wheat was standing in shock,
and this wheat field is expected to
yield over forty bushels to the acre.
Other wheat fields promise almost
equal yields.
Great Mountain Scenery.
! Later in the day an automobile
ride from Elkins to Belington re-
to be seen north of Elkins and ex-
tending into the northern reaches OF
the Tygart's valley. At the crest of
Laurel mountain for many miles both
north and south are to be seen NUM-
erous expanses of mountain, farm
and village, rivaling anything to be
found in the Adirondacks or the ia
4 nous Mohawk valley:
4 With their usual enterprise the cit
Eizens of Elkins have already begun to
realize the possibilities of attracting
4 automobile travel. Within very
short time they expect to have a
roadway into this valley that will
make this one OF the excursion routes
Of the country. From Belington, on
the north, across the laurel noun
tain. through the Tygart's valley, and
to the foot of Cheat mountain. dis
lance Of thirty-nine miles, the writer
can testify that the road has been
made not only passable for automo-
lbiles, but in the highest degree SER
yiceable and attractive. Over this en-
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