The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-19
LIBERTY GARDENS
At ELM GROVE
THE OLD INFIRMEEY SITE AT
ELM GROVE OPEN TO TIE
PUBLIC.
Well Known Local Persons Have Ac-
Quired Large Tract OF Land
Along Valley.

Elm Grove. that picturesque town at
th.. forks II the Wheeling creeks. two
miles east of the city on the historic
old National Road. promises 10 con-
iiuur To grow and boom aud another
large addition. is 10 hc added 10 II. IL
will he something entirely new. some
thing that th,. general public has been
craving for for some time.
"Libartv Gardens" arr thr newest
thing on the market. and that is What
i$ Ia III. offered in Elm Grove. The old
: nilrm"ry property has been purchased
10y a number Of we'll known Wheeling
men. INCLUDING J. T.. Miller John Car
! ter. Geo. +. StifcI, Harvey Carter and
; others. and this is the splendid tract
, that is to be- laid out in the new Lib
: crty Gardens and placed on the market
1T once. Surveyors and engineers have
! been busy far some time laying out
! this splendid new piece of land.
no district in the Ohio Valley has
! grown 81 rapidly as Elm Grove. Many
| new and up-to-datc coal mines are
! opening in that district and splendid
! factory sites are also offered 1t will
! no Doubt soon h" 4 town of ten thou
! sand population.
! The great world war that is in pro-
! grrSS at the present time Is driving
many To III" Liberty Garden PROPOSE
| ,iou and right In Elm Grov" may be
! found tho solution for the high cost of
/ living and I'LL that gu"S 10 make UP the
! rvcr-increasing expense for the average
! family.
Tho splendid intirmcry sit" lies just
/ across the bridge from tho National
! road In the center OF the town and also
! Just across from the old historic Hen
| ry Clay monument. II is situated OIL
gradually slipping hillside, has abund-
! ancc of pure wafer and lots Of shade
! and trees for those who desire to- Sc
| lnct such n piece Of property.
The benevolent kaiser. through his
submarines. has sunk more food stuils
! in the last three years than three con-
{, tineuts can raise. The world mas got
! ten To the point where every man must
| raise every Bit Of produce he Gun for
his own use and to help fill the mil
/ lions Of empty StonachS all over the
) civilized world. What you raise you q"
not have to buy. The most indcpend-
cnt man to-day is the man with gar
! den. IIn can put more crimps in tho
. high cost OF living than all the states
! men, The cXigcncieS of world at war
: REQUIRE every man TO NJ Il soldier in the
, trenches ar a soldier in the garden. II
!. you can't fight. Euu can dig. The pa
! iriot to-day is the man VINO mtkcS TWO
potatoes grow where only one grew he
| lore. And the pleasant part "f II is
! that health and happiness and comfort
and profit come by this very process OF
! raising things.
! Tho lesson the workman. the clerk.
! the business man. the railroad man. the
! miner. is 10 get nut Of the narrow, con-
! rrs,rd, noisy streets into the open.
wh-r, there Is good ground. sunshine
+; and elbow room.
Hundreds of people have desired 10
own 4 part Of that rich tract owned
formerly by the county and devoted l"
intirmery uses. Up 10 last year thlS
was impossible. hut last year IN" hu-
! ,horitics found that improvements
wer" cncrnaching SO fast that the IN
frmcry must go out further. So they
sold tho county holdings and within
the past few weeks the OWNERS have put
engineers To work. They have plated !
this rich acreage into large lots. known
as Baby Farms" or "LihcrtE Gardens
and these will be offered ut prices low
rr than any similar ground in The en-
tire Wheeling district.