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The Coconino sun., 1915-06-04
SANTA FEE TIME CARD Trains Arriving at Flagstaff

20 Wednesday De Luxe.11:5 :50 a. m. *No. 4 takes passengers to Kansas
 City and east. No. 3 takes no passengers. 19 and No. 2O-De Luxe trains, extra
 fare charged.-Run weekly.
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INTERESTING AND PICTURESQUE
SOUTHERN MOTOR TOURS.

THE automobile enthusiast who,
forced by the European war to
l. forego his annual winter motor
tour abroad, seeks made in America"
resorts will see in the Carolinas much
that is interesting and picturesque
Many motorists find tbs section of the
country at this season Of the year pc
cuiiarly alluring.
In the western section of North Caro-
lima there is yet much to be done in the
building OF highways to afford salts
factory conditions the year round. But
in the early winter before the heavy
rains set in many runs are favorable
and a very attractive country is trav-
ersed Highways in North Carolina
are being investigated in order to locate
the most satisfactory trunk roads across
the State, in both "A north and south
direction as well as an eastern and
western. The central highway extends
from the mountains to the SEA and is
the highway authorized by the General
Assembly of North Carolina. This when
completed will reach from the seacoast
to the Tennessee line.
The road from Biltmore to Ashevllle
is of especial interest. This city, finely
situated on the hills rising from the
junction of the French Broad Valley
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IN THE ISLE OF PINES

miles drive along good roads from the
seaport. that 1t was entirely cleared and
that there was a small house on ii in
which my family could be fairly COM
fortable.
When we landed, bag, baggage and
furniture at Corona we were met by
the local agent with mule team. II
took us five hours to cover the sixteen
miles of good roads to our property
The roads were then nothing more than
rough trails winding in and around the
palms and pines. We forded two rivers
and numberless arroyos. And when we
finally arrived at our destination we
were unable to distinguish our land
from the rest of the woods.
Huge yellow pines and bottle palms
covered the place, completely surround
ing the house which was nothing more
than one room shack with native
matched roof that leaked copiously, as
we soon found out. I'll admit it was
discouraging, and If the thing had been
possible I'd have given up then and
there and gone straight back, But
had burned my financial bridges, and so
l stayed.
Right away raw where capital was
neeCed.
II had paid $500 for my ten acres
Clearing the land cost me about $36 an
acre. And yet l was lucky in my land.
A piece Of property not a mile away
from mine cost $S5 an acre to clear.
Ploughing cost me 81 an acre. and
found IT best to plough twice.
II only set out eight acres in grape
fruit, leaving the remainder for pine
apples and a garden. 1t was a good plan
too, because ] found later that eight
| acres were quite enough for me to ham
die alone. When the land was ploughed
the narrowing amounted to 81 an acre,
| and then II was ready for the young
trees First the holes had TO be pre-
pared for them, each hole costing about
~ cents. ! had bought $50 GO cent
trees
"As soon as my trees were in ferti-
| LIKED, using a pound per tree As !
| planted $50 trees, the cost Of fertiliZing,
at two and one-half cents pound, was
$l3,75. ! ploughed third time that
| year and fertilized twice more. Each
| year following l have fertilized three
times the second year using two pounds
to a tree, the third four pounds and
the fourth eight pounds Since then
I have been using forty pounds a year
to each tree.
| "But the fertilizng was not the only
expense | had to spray my trees at
first twice a year for scale and other
enemies at a cost of from three to eight
cents tree each time, the amount
used depending on the condition Of the
tree, ] figure that for the first foui
years my fertilizer bill amounted L
about $3.50; spraying about 5000
so you can see that my necessary
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The Langren. the great new fireproof
hotel in the business district, is gay
with laughter and song and dance every
evening. and the orchestra is always a
pleasing feature 10 the guests. Playing
golf on the beautiful eighteen hole all
turf course Of the Asheville Country
Club mountain climbing, motoring and
horseback riding form the outdoor en-
tertainment, while the dances and card
parties, musicals and opera furnish in
door entertainment for all.
One of the special features Of en-
tertaInment in Ashevile. however. is
the music appreciation period, an inno-
walton introduced by Willis j. Cunning
ham, the Municipal Supervisor Of Music
who has brought the best musical talent
for recitals during the first period in
the high school every Friday morning
only the highest class music is rem
dered, and all with the view OF Inspiring
in the 400 students of the high school a
love for the artistic and beautiful. 1t
has proved so great success that not
only do the townspeople attend but
large numbers Of visitors.
or special interest to motorists is
the PisGah motor road built by
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- See the South First" Slogan of Hotel
and Inn Proprietors Through
out the Carolnas

and the Swannanol, is the chief town
OF western North Carolina. \ health
resort Of wide renown. it possesses a
climate that is delightful. There are
few days in the year when outdoor
exercise is not enjoyable.
Near Ashevlle is Bltmore. an estate
of huge proportions on which George
w. Vanderbilt erected a Fren n baronial
mansion at a cost of millions of dollars.
Built on a terrace, magnificent views
are ever before the eyes Of visitors
Beautiful drives are found for many
miles through this 10000 acre farm"
The variety Of tree life is wonderful to
see. The little village of Biltmore Is
fashioned after the old English villages,
with its cricket grounds near the en-
trance. Model dairyng. chicken and
hog raising are interesting in their
scientific perfection az you drive around
the grounds. The air of this section in
December is perfect, crisp and Gear.
A little further on in the south
westerly direction by way Of Henderson,
willie the sapphire Country" reached.
This section contains small lakes among
which are ToXaway and Sapphire.
The drive from Toxaway to Sapphire
furnishes one of the few drives through
a hemlock forest in this country. Toxa-
way affords more varied pleasures than
most resorts; riding. driving. tramplng
trout fishing, boating and hunting can
be enjoyed. Several kinds OF trout, in
Guiding rainbow, spcckled and brook
trout. frequent the streams which sup
ly the lake. At another season you
see rhododendron and laurel in their
glory. Mount ToXaway, a thousand feet
higher than the lake, can be climbed
Ascending the mountain On the bride
paths, beautiful views are afforded. on
a clear day three ranges of mountains
may be seen, and during the storm IT is
particularly interesting to watch the
cloud formations settling on the differ
.ent mountain peaks There is a farm
house across the lake where an old
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Picnicking at Pinehurst.

already arrived. and golf tennis and
horseback riding are in full swing.
Both the Palmetto ana Highland
Park links are in prime condition. and
the weather Is such that It is impos-
sble to resist living in the open urder
the beautiful Southern sky. The New
Highland Park. which opened Friday.
is located in park Of 400 acres, only
a block distant from the post office. Is
the latest addition to Aiken and will
no doubt BE the centre OF Alken's So
cal life.
Polo is one Of the popular winter
sports and preparations are now being
made for the annual gImes. The open
season for hunting cor tinucs 10 March.
and the surrounding country affords
excellent shooting. Many quail. wood
cock and snipe are now being brought
In; red and gray fox are in abundance.
and riding 10 the hounds is very popu-
lar. while the Pine Tree Gun Club has
pigeon traps to attract the marksman
and those Of the gender sex who pre-
fer the less strenuous sport.
Aiken's elevation and surrounding
pine forests add TO the dryness and
healthfulness OF this climate. A perfect
sewerage system and pure sparkling
water that comes from artcsian wells
driven several hundred feet into the
earth and mean winter temperature
Of 81 degrees is a guard against malaria.
The drives are very interesting; miles
Of fine country roads radiate in all d.
rections through signing pine forests
and groves Of jasmine. one Of the
mos, beautiful is the famous Whitney
road which was built at great eNper So
and opened to the free use Of the pub
lie by the late William c. Whitney.
The road is laid out through the pic
turesque and bchowered Cuthher. Dell.
over the piney hills Of his vast estate
up by he Deer Park and Lake Kalmla
and Sand River.
Aiken Is an enterprising little town
with up to date electric light plant, fine
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expenses. including the cost of he land
in the beginning, Of clearing, planting
and maintenal," for the four years
before my trees began to bear amounted
to more than $4,000. When you add to
that the cost of living for that time and
the further expense of charging the
shack and making it as comfortable as
possible you can realize that success
here requires some capital.
81 don't deny that there are many
ways in which a man with some knowl-
edge of farming or at least little nat
ural ingenuity, can get along on less
money. ] found my garden a great
asset. ] started right in raising pota =
toes, beans and tomatoes, and when we
had more than we needed at home
found 1T possible to sell the surpl , 10
neighbors or TO the Inn. But my great
est help at first was my pineapple
patch.
THE second year after we came
put out 1000 plants. The crop that re-
suited was unusually successful some
Of the pines weighing as much as ten
pounds. ! sold the entire crop here
on the island, a great many of them
TO people staying at the inn a few miles
away who wanted them TO ship to their
friends in the States. The fruit brought
from so cents to $50 apiece, according
to size, Including the sale of slips, the
whole crop Melted me $1,000.
Now my grove Is bearing its second
crop Of fruit, Last year sold the first
crop right on the tree for 81 a crate.
There were SAG crates. This year there
ought to be two to three crates per tree.
as far as I can judge. The crop should
double itself each year for several
years And the life of grape fruit tree
Is Indefinite, There are orange trees in
China known to be over a thousand
years old still bearing good oranges.
The grape fruit should live as long as
the oranges. But I'll be satisfied II my
grove lives tenth of that time.
II consider that I've been successful
here. 1T has meant hard work of
course. The failures here-and there
| have been many--have been caused
either through lack Of capital or more
| often lack of willingness to pitch in and
work, a man with a young grove on
his hands has his work cut out for him
every day in the week, ten hours a day
too. But when the results begin to
come in you can't help feeling it's worth
the ahOr.
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fashioned chicken and waffle supper can
be had, prepared by two old negroes who
knew many Of the war time notables.
ON the crisp autumn evenings at Tox-
away fires are lighted in the big open
hTeplaces on the porches these are
especially attractive when the reflection
Of the moon is seen on the lake.
Motorists who wish to extend their
trip into the Pinehurst section of North
Carolina will not continue to Winston
Salem, but from Kernersvllle turn east
ward and go by way Of Greensboro and
ASHORE 10 Pinehurst This furnishes
an outlet into various attractive sections
OF the Carol!naS. trip may be- taken
to Richmond, Va by running north
through Fayetteville Smithheid and
Raleigh to Durham thence via oxford
ClarkSville. F.nchley, Boydt D and
South Hi to Forkesvlle anC al ing the
Seahoard Air Line Railway ...ough
Petersburg TO Richmond.
Another trip available from P.nchurst
is 10 Wilmington, y G.. on the coast
This Is the largest city in North Caro-
Ina and attracts many tourists by its
fine accommodations for visitors This
run. through Racfor1. Red Springs and
Pembroke To I.umberton: thence via
Tairmont Bpardman, Chadburna and
Bolton to Wilmington, 151 miles from
P.nchurst.
P.nehurst also furnishes a soulherly
outlet TO Atlanta by way Of Cheraw
This route is generally sand clay and
~ most seasons OF the year Is in very
good shape. Sand clay roads predomi-
nat, in the southern section whore the
natural surface is clay. About four
inches of sand is placed on the red clay
after it has been graded. Thls packs
hard making a road that Is really more
comfortable to ride on than macadam
and is easy 10 maintain. \ great num-
Der of miles will be built throughout The
CarplInas Of sand clay roads within the
next year
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George w. Vanderbilt just before he died
to near the summit of Mount Pisgah,
5,749 feet above sea level The road ia
seventeen miles in length and leaves
the South Homlny Valley road sixteen
miles west Of Ashevlle and winds about
the face Of the mountain. around the
wooded coves and ridges by many
curves and loops TO the summit Of the
mountain ridge lying between Plsgah
on the east and Little Bald on the west
where Is located the summer home of
the Vanderbilts.
This wonderful road. which leads
past the log home across the mountains
and down into the famous Pink Bed
Valley on the west side may be enjoyed
by visitors. passes without cost being
obtained at the offices of the estate at
Fillmore, two miles from the heart OF
the city of Asheville. The forty-five
miles of macadam roads through the
estate around the Biltmore house and
the wonderful dairy with It's herds Of
splendid Jersey cows are likewise open
to visitors from noon on Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdays.
The Sunset Mountain motor road runs
five and a half miles from Asheville to
the summit Of Sunset. 3,l17 feet high,
and for three and half miles Is cx-
clus .vely for the use Of automobiles. 1t
swings around a great curve immedl-
ately overlooking Grove Park Inn, and
then begins a tortuous ascent, though
Of extremely easy grade until the sum-
init Is reached. where in he west the
majestic peaks Of Pisgah, Richland Bal
sam, Cold Mountain and Bald pierce the
sky at attitudes of Sac, $50 5000 and
5.4OO feet respectively. with a dozen
others ranging IN height from 300 to
Z 900 feet
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lust below the Brooklyn Bridge
~ and in four days you are in an
entirely different atmosphere, in
a land where cold is unknown. where
winter is the most delightful season Of
the year and everybody lives out Of
doors, where the air never bites, but
always has the soft, caressing quality
of the tropics, where the war news
comes in driblets and war extras are
unknown.
Although under the Cuban flag the
island is really American, since 80
per cent. of the inhabitants are United
States citizens. 1t is tropical in so
far as il Is situated in the tropics and
frost is absolutely unknown, but it
lacks many of the disadvantages OF
the tropics. There are no poisonous
snakes nor dangerous wild animals on
the island. Flies and mosquitoes are
so scarce as to be negligible. Thick
Jungle is rarely found, only near small
streams and rivers. Most OF the coun-
try is free from underbrush, and
covered by a variety OF hard, yellow
pine, other hard woods and palm trees.
The climate Of the island seems sim
gularly healthful. The air is dry. The
average daily change OF temperature
is as small as 10 degrees. The range
of temperature for the whole year Is
not often more than 40 degrees Fahren-
heIt; that is, from so degrees to 30
degrees Fahrenheit.
Perhaps the story of a settler will give
an idea OF real conditions there.
"You must understand" he said, that
his is no place for a poor man; that is
a man without some capital. Money
does not grow on trees here any more
than anywhere else. 1t Is there in the
trees, though, to be had as a result OF
honest labor. To get returns you have
TO work as hard as you do in most
places, but when the reward does come
il is a great deal bigger than II generally
is in the States.
II have been here six years and
have never seen the temperature below
As degrees, and that only in the early
morning of a winter day, There Is
nothing to interfere with continuous
growth of plants and trees. Grapefruit
trees have been known to bear salable
fruit, though small, at the age of 3h
years Then because of the large rain
fan here irrigation is unnecessary ex-
cept in few isolated cases. You plant
your trees, fertili2e them, fight the hos
tile parasites and with good care you
are rewarded by fine returns in a COM
paratively short time.
Though It has all these natural ad-
vantages, the reputation OF the island
IA constantly hurt by the misrepro senta-
tons OF land agents in the States Take
my own case, for example;
"Sx years ago l bought my ten acres
from an agent in Cleveland. Ohio.
was told that the land was only few
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water works and trolley system, this
latter extending TO Augusta, Ga. a dis
fine well built cars run at frequent in
tervals. The Southern Railway oper-
ates a train de luxe of all steel drawing
room and stateroom cars that leaves
New York daily from Pennsylvania
Station at 1908 noon and arrives in
Aiken at 1880 the next day, while
those who have been disappointed In
their sea voyage owing to the European
war can take advantage Of a delight
full three days ocean voyage down the
coast to Charleston, s. c., or Savannah,
Ga. on large, comfortable steamships
of the Clyde Steamship Company or
savannah Line, and then short train
ride to Aiken, S. g.
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AIKEN, S. c.

THE social capital Of the South is
just beginning to lake on its
J. winter activities. Many of the
cottagers and hotel patrons have
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TEP on a steamer waiting for you
just below the Brooklyn Bridge
and in four days you are in an
entirely different atmosphere, in
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w nth larger lists of visitors from I
N| the North and East at the big |
hoste!ries of Asheville the |
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-13
Columbia Man Wounded
While Assisting Trackwalker
Attacked by Highwayman
Special to The Telegraph

Columbia, Pa, Aug. 13.-Henry
Wall, of Columbia, is under the care
of a physician suffering from the ef-
fects of a bullet hole in his right fore
arm and a wound in the abdomen
where the bullet lodged, after being
fired on by highwayman with whom
he was engaged in a pistol duel
The man sustained these injuries
after going to the assistance of Lemon
Dombach, Pennsylvania track
walker, near Washingtonboro, who
was attacked by highwaymen. DOM
bach put up a strenuous fight and
his firing and calls for help after the
attack, brought Wall to the scene.
The highwaymen escaped in the
bushes along the railroad. Dombach
was not injured.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-13
GenffR@ekbpet7tn et7tns4 saaA exglta@& eAx6gAltaa4@&l l4e4&Sl

day recently with City Clerk Charles
A. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Major, OF
Harrisburg. and Miss Emma Cassell,
of Hummelstown. returned to their
homes after spending the past week at
the Pilgrim cottage.
Mrs. Anna Grubb returned to her
home in Harrisburg after spending
several days as the guest of Mrs. Mar
tin Golden.
Harry Doyle returned to. his home
at Harrisburg after spending week
with Jay Stoll at the Brunswick cot
tage.
Robert Delvey is the guest Of Stan
ley Golden at the Golden Rod cottage
in the camp grounds.
Miss Helen Rausch, of Harrisburg,
is visiting in the grove.
Mrs. Anna Bacon has returned to
the grove after enjoying two weeks at
Atlantic City.
William Berthal and Harry Hoff-
man, of Harrisburg, are in the grove.
Joseph Smith. Charles Kaufman
and Joseph Snyder. of Harrisburg,
are staying at the Willows.
Mrs. w. II. Killinger, Miss Pearl
Yahn. Miss Elizabeth Killinger, Miss
Marion Mumma. Mrs. Frank Hummel,
Earl and Glenn Killinger motored to
the grove from Harrisburg recently.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-13
To PLAN BURNING
OF HARRIS TONIGHT
Red Men of City to Meet at Or
pheum to Plan Spec
tacle

An open meeting for Red Men of
Harrisburg and vicinity will be held
in the Orpheum Theater, Locust street,
tonight. The meeting is for the pur-
pose of explaining the details for the
big spectacular feature, 'The Burn
ing of John Harris" pageant to be
given during the Municipal Celebra-
tion in September.
The committee representing the
local tribes expects a large represen-
tation. Every member of the |. 0. R.
NJ is invited to attend the meeting to-
night. An interesting story of the his
torical event has been prepared by b.
NJ. Mead, the attorney, who is mem
ber of the Dauphin County Historical
Society. From this story, scenario
will be written for the pageant.
The pageant will be part of the pro-
gram for the afternoon of September
"a. D. H. Elinger of Warrior Eagle
Tribe is chairman of the committee in
charge of arrangements.
Announcement has been made by j.
r. Hoffert, chairman of the river
carnival committee that four large fiat
boats will be used as platform for the
fireworks display on September "a.
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REPORT ON YEARS
WORK AT MT. CRETNA
President A. S. Kreider, of Camp
meeting Association, Submits
Statement
SpeeiaI to The Telegraph

Mount Gretna, Pa, Aug. 13.-Con-
gresham A. S. Kreider. president of
the campmeeting association, delivered
his annual report on Wednesday. Ten
thousand dollars was handled by the
association during the past year and
$1,000 of that was expended to better
roadways and water supply. The re-
port also highly complimented the
Ladies' Civic Club and Ladies' Aux
Hilary for the work they have done for
the betterment of the grounds. w. S.
Seabold, of Annville. was the only new
member appointed on the board of
managers, all the other members be-
ing reelected with the exception of
H. r. SPAIN, who resigned and is now
a member of the executive committee.
The Mount Gretna Embroidery Club
met on the porch of Mrs. Charles
Smith on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hummel and
Mrs. Fred Rocky spent the day in
Harrisburg.
Mrs. S. ReueI Sides and son Reuel.
Jr.. returned to their home in Harris
burg after spending the month in their
cottage, the Tannenbaum.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. G. Diener and son,
OF Harrisburg, are spending some time
with Mrs. T. c. Hamilton.
Anson Devout. Miss Dorothy Devout,
Miss Florence Rinkenbaugh and Ar
thur Hibler motored to the Cornwall
ore mines Wednesday.
Mrs. Luther Walzer hasas her guest
Miss Katherine Sample.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Perry and
daughters. Mary and Esther, spent the