The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-21
A TRIP TO ELKINS. AND SOME NOTE r

soci dy OF Ekins last week. and there participate fn 5gse s 's,o5 10 20 ~
~as9gs = silver haias. N no experience : o unP'eassn, that pleasure and
md The sssans at Elhn. sgrsesd Q, only those who IKE the a,tenaan,
citizens Of West vlTsinta; representative Of industrial and commercial in
sG%e.hai sisnihesn, Of tho diversity Of inges, n West virginia that Of the
eg q EsS. m Tf, az s .S. hS 1,s u%s ,sy T. had d. syI visited the ,nTyins
n %n D 10Y ma ~ u aPp1renuy m OF m NOS substantial entepnsinE and
had not visited Visited ie IN , es s s9 . D I0 u OF u 1ss3: an" n. q a LARGE number Who
substantial structures which line the horouERisres. the general sT o. The
the s W." Of m d. yi sEs a a, = ~ and possibly b sSt thing that strikes
ancient ram Ts@sh ses 90 .irsS1Tye ea in11os n t RoT 5Ssss a few NEAR years It has no
live in the past II live. in the present. S%sS u' and 'S ooss i forward ssr ErS5 eS SSss mo-,
asn and 4 does no, take Ions o inspire the am confidence and The 1@ iane
Founded only a few years 3 Eikins has a the prescn, time approx
other community Of the a N size in the country. While ii n S9P maS s S ~ q
.tsnuai Sro~th The town lies in the northern end nd Of Il t the r Seaghf S' T o. ~
out \ . @ssHiScent sspsnse o as IN Sne 'S sSsHcG nua T gToun ,T a. s1 one sol :S's q
i st 5s " ed nc mos; v o. the distance Sy splendid TsiLkeP, roads and by various
writer to eaioy a automobile ride p or down the valley. whichever it NAV
other points 70 the foo, Of the mountains r" rS %eeSsS s0a m die.1 n Sesutif e
hitherto unsseuaInied With The ioyey VISTA. Of SoTe. f% and f asd' TO the a1s sp Ssa6Gd
a as s9t sSrs ride D,v " :; a a. revelation :. 10 yn A. c : number SSs5 y point; large lumber oPeE:
~ , T'.o Io could .s scarcely ys escape the impression that the future prosperity
SQUIRE; our :. Az " he @esniss'a, son ss BE ss1Idy IHda:Gy OF 6PS the iS S'%' just 5s
aed : expected to Weld over forty bushels to the acre Other wheat 'aGds
Later in the day an automobile ride from EI4ins to Beinston revealed
the northern reaches II the TysEsr@s Val VALLEY yo AT tSe E c4est a. Laurel Sh,SnS Sosni ,So
mountain, farm and yiisse. ryslns anything to to be BEEF found ndni i& fSe & sdRs@sfs 81
with their gs9sle enterprise. the citizens Of ErNns have already begun to
time hey expect to ave a roadway into tbe ,,i LSTt tb., w WIN a cry short
the Laurel Mountain. sroush fSe Tyra rtGm ysn 1Rf o%d m n m he north Su5 across Gs
the road has been made not only %l mabIH f@ % sato @e TPte s a IN , tSs y.S ss,
crowned and ditched. the breakers removed. U and Ffm man gI poinfs work %g r is nT s
going on constructing concrete bridges and cuvets of the most up to date
Herman Johnson. Of The EIkins Tnter Mountain: Attorney Eurene Arnold and
upon the beauties. merits and advantage OF Of T EiSins, and q%nS who in e s5s4o1
measure embSdy the splendid spirit of push that has made EHns the
conq Tss 4 He% TesGnt TO of . wsst virginia .5 n.y who .oS AR Looking for E fields to
treat before them in the invasion Of tn Tyrats valley The Faipmo nav and
Psrse1burs and s,aunton PIKE crosses the valley at IS GISi'0 Both iHd ib ehs
made by the local authorities to improve them sim further The entire ~
shifting play OF light and shade o. meadow and mountain side. the sparkle
can fail to remember with pleasure. a few years aFo Hon Earl Ear W S'S 0eIeba ~,
predicted that when a system Of good roads wa SompIeteS I bro ARsr t6a' si m
people @a S'% Rssht eo on 5e H0SH Of t 99% f bstr PsysT %G 3D., Of e oDS ;. wS, million
vrsinia viii attract tens OF thousands " sgiom mS h@n s anar IN West West
as they know that we have automobile roads pssssbie over fSe y@ o3r "a, Don
Cheat d% Mountain ya ne ina ao'G n %sndy oG as y y the TyssIcs VALLEY and across the
the blue book Of the American S % SmpPs sgseSa,t dr .e mrs Ts time time upon
Italy Siy doing their bet to make the route IN attractive one. As soon a
y aGn INTO oho n me West either by way Of Wheeling or Parkersburg
by way Of New York and Pennsylvania. will be diverted into this West vr
SpHDss n any other n the numerous Virginia places easily reached from
EIhnS TO- Wheeling II PITTSBURGH the difficulties are few and many routes
the aqtonobiists Of this section Of to the tourists than an Invasion of Cen,
PhnlDRai the nrst battle Of the cTn War a fought Beverly BS%T !" only %y' sz miles
ep armies. a caricks Ford and Rich Mountain R The Il" con SgeTa% n lost out SoR
AN Ro.sorans. Robert E Lee and other heroes of tb %' c TGi Wr R fons5 Mf fbsir
4 slshtseer who has a taste for Civil war history will absorb % much '%' in
ror %% sd Yi 5a discover. ss % The through we q t is'S SssTif sP to T,s sDsas 3 BY the ;g'qmoog:
EThns. will be welcomed by all automobile eSporey ysa'' 'SNe'' by ay Of
it is perhaps unnecessary to speak, The @riI %s OF u I FIstI rT irwin little town
Da7fsEIins College. The od F Fsno "s! f oma i sSa hands "a Dsu Or. IT The gsd have The
seem 10 be doing a thriving business: bgf ie "Senns plants, al al OF which
Of ~ citizens To NAM of ,bee u tF , fm 4 tu ad The ane good viii
Arnold T PoTnas tl K ETan c J NGn' K = p Baker Herman Johnson. Eugene
BOYD Wees. Jimmy" Weir and G osbsr nm e. W ID Marvel pr W W Golden
all could be remembered. a large number n ysqtors sn m m De enLon ~
sH%1 I %r J many GO. Goqr usEo AM and ss Of kindness To welcome the stranger
principle g. +%, qf EI 81 - Si,Leens6ip and certainly a liberal application Of this p %
os TO ret back to Elkns at an early opportunity '"' 9" a good man. visit
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