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H,ey Keck, N. C? June 14.?It
Hq a wonder to' some people
^iq^^^ff many of the Various zoolog*^^Hegrih.
hunting and exploring
at4^^H0IlS sponsoredl by universiresearch
societies in this
^ have been comparatively uniJ
^^^fful Col. Harry K. Eustace,
?4|^^Hie hunu r and explorer in the
1 Africa for twenty-five years,
K, is now spending some time
f j in Western North Caroin
connection with this
raist?il in his presence at tne
Mweliers Club: "Explorers are
made or bought. They feel
1 I^^Kurning desire from withm
'oq^^Hthan uhswer the money call
if they would be sucin
a place like the jungles
I didn't some individual, group
t ^^Hriiiuals or organization finance
re^^Hjploring. and bunting expediAfrica.
Coldnel Eustace?"
4^^Ha bystander who had been atby
the charmipg conversation
distinguished Englishman,
always fiunaced myself and
associates," replied the col-1
I Hid I attribute what success I
ad largely to the fact that I
Pilars count by studying econd
preservation and not simply
tare and outlay. I had no j
when I ran away from my
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home and school In London while in
my late teens. I simply was answering
that secret call from within to
get out into a different kind of world
from that which I was experiencing
in the Jingle of crowded London, and
I had the feeling that I could 'start'
without all the money necessary to
'go.' I wanted to leave the London
jingle and go to the African jungle?
the very thickest of it, and I did.
But not until I had first gone to
France and other European towns
picking up what odd jobs I could
that might net me small earnings to
begin carrying out my one desire to
explore," continued the colonel in Interesting
conversation.
During the twenty-five years of Jun
gle life in his half-century lifetime,
Colonel Eustace has had hair-raising ?i
experiences and narrow escapes from
death on many occasions, but in some J
of the most crucial moments he has
bee? able to take moving picture
films with him and get "scenes In ^
action" while capturing rhinoceros, <
lions and other ferocious animals of
the jungle. On elephant drives he <
has been able to get close-up views J
of the snorting tuskers as they were Jj
giving him a real battle while he ^
was trying to capture them in order 4
to secure and sell the ivory of thetr J
tusks to help finance further ex- 4
ploits. For several months these .
2 P. M. every Thursday during
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and particularly in Florida recently
where Colonel Eustace, his wife
ind daughter have been making temjorary
headquarters. At the present
ime Colonel Eustace ?e investigating
he possibility of establishing an open
lir wild animal zoo at Lake Lure on
i favorable spot for a mountainous
ungle of reed and scrub with a por
ion covered hv shallow watni* wHi?
mderwater caves to serve as habitat
'or hippopataml, seals and wading
)lrds such as flamingo. He expects
;o find a suitable location directly
ilongside State Highway No. 20 so
;hat travelers and tourists between
Charlotte and Asheville will participate
in this unique additional attracion.
The prospects for a good crop of
parly Irish potatoes in some parts of
pastern Carolina are bright. The dry,
;ool spring has1 held back the crop
lomewhat, but growers are now be;inning
to ship.
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Every dollar spent in Tr.von comes back to the spender with
interest, figuratively speaking. There is no wiser use of money.
In the first place, we are making an investment with the same
cash. ,
By patronizing our local merchants, we are helping to build
up Tryon's business section. This means larges stores, bigger
assortments of stock and better service to the community. Visitors
usually judge a town by the size and appearance of its busi!
ness district. The storekeepers' ability^ to make a good showing
in this respect depends upon the local patronage they receive.
Bigger stores pay bigger taxes and the public improvements
and other benefits that come from higher revenues are enjoyed
by all.
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Valhalla valley, far me mum yai UtUiai uviuv M--? r | .
a summer or winter home that over looks the prettiest
section of Western North Carolina, in the noted Thermal
Belt, Just over from Tryon with Its own private drives,
its own water supply from mountain springs, 10 to 15
acres in fine grapes and other choice fruits, good keepers
quarters, 10 room home with private baths, sleeping
porches and just the thing that it takes to make a
mountain home convenient.
There is not a Poet that can begin to describe this
wonderful Mountain home with its beautiful surroundings, I
situated on this particular Peak in the most prominent,
place, a resting place for the weary, a health giving location
for the sick, for the home seeker and pleasure hunter
there is not a place in Western North Carolina that will
begin to compare with this Ideal Mountain Paradise. A
look will convince, none but the Able need ask to see, let
- us show you, we are offering this at a sacrifice on terms.
Act quick, be wise, investigate, Nuff sed.
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Columbus, North Carolina
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Chimney Rock, N. C., June 15.?
"Gee, it's great to be back in Western
North Carolina, the scenes of my boyhood
days," said Major Laurence
Young recently while shaking hands
with friends on every side soon after
his arrival from Honolulu, where he
is stationed with the United States
Army. It seems natural to his old
friends, too, when they see him mouni
the grandstand at the Asheville baseball
park to engage again in his former
job as rooter extraordinary.
Major Young, during and before his
term as Adjutant General of the State
of North Carolina under Governor
Locke Craig, was considered in Bis
native county of Buncombe as one of
the most ardent followers of sports
in this territory, and seldom missed
a game of any consequence; and that
same love of sport followed him to
Honolulu.
On being asked about sports in the
Hawaiian Islands, Major Young said:
"The list of Hawaiian sports must, of
course, be beaded by surf-riding, for
this along with outrigger canoeing are
the most ancient, although from the
standpoint of interest, they have been
overshadowed by the steadily increasing
enthusiasm in the great American
game of baseball.
Hawaii has seen in ithe field of
swimming the rise of many world and
local champions who have achieved
fame at home and abroad. Few people
appreciate the magnitude of water
sports, as they will later be able to
with the creation of Lake Lure, believes
Major Young. Continuing to
comment upon future participation in
water sports, the Major said: "I have
just Inspected the Lake Lure site,
and I look for North Carolina and
other eastern American 'champions
to challenge our champions of Honolulu
to contests right here."
Football has found its place of prominence
as well in the list of Island
sports during recent years. The University
of Hawaii led all the teams
last year, and crowned its season's
record with a 13-0 victory over the
team of the University of Colorado,
Rocky Mountain conference champion.
Due to the absence of "blizzard-1
like" weather in Hawaii, baseball is
played practically all the year around
and, like other Island sports, knows no
racial barriers. Hawaiian teams have
been honored by visits from the WM
seda and Meiji teams of Japan and
the nines of the University of Chicago,
California, Stanford, and the
Portland, Ore., Coast League baseball
club.
"Golf is by no means off the list
of Hawaiian Island sports," said Mainr
Youne in continuing to comment
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upon the subject of sports which hold
so much interest for him. "Many
splendid golf courses dot each of the
main islands of the group. The most
popular of these is on the very ground
over which King Kamehameha the
Great made his historic drive. Important
personages play on these
grounds while spending time in that
country, and even those only temporarily
stopping while the great ocean
liners load and unload cargos at this,
the cross roads of the Pacific. Quite
frequently a dozen nationalities are
represented in the number of players
seen on the golf links in Honolulu during
a single afternoon. Then it hecomes
a contest of nations, and incl
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SPAY, JUNE 17, 1926.
ce Young
MMrt In Honotorth
Carolna
dentally promotes the subject or
sports in the Islands.
"Polo was introduced Into Hawaii
in the year 1886, so I am told, which
makes It just one year atfer the game
became definitely known in the United
States.
"The waters about Hawaii teem
with fish of the game type, and for
years angling has been a favorite
sport. Fish is one of the cheapest
foods obtainable because ithey are so
easily caught. I have, however, noted
that game fish in Hawaii are just as
gamey as in the streams of the mountains
of Western North Carolina,
where T caneht them when a bov and
where I have come back to resume
the battle. Some of those fish which
defeated me at that time might be
told now and here that I have sofcne
practice angling since I left pie
states, and they had better look out
now. I am an experienced hand back
on the old job, and, Mr. Goldfish, look
out for Laurence?I am coming. That
recalls a panic we had years ago at
Bottomless Pools near Chimney Reck
where we fished with the wrong kind
of bait, I presume, for we caught only
a few little perch.
"The visitor to Hawaii will find
practically every sport, except Icenlrntlmr*
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oaaiiug) uutac/, oiviiug ui DIC1511
ing, for Hawaii knows no cold, blustery
winters."
It is the opinion of >Iajor Young, a
veteran sports follower, that Lake
Lure will soon have become the nucleus
of big contests in the various
branches, and will attract pleasureseekers
as well as sport champions
from all parts of the nation. With
the inlets on the property of Chimney
Rock Mountains, Inc., being heavily
stocked with game fish, with landscape
architects now at work laying
out superb golf courses, with construction
work on the million dollar
dam now advanced almost to the point
where it will begin checking water
to cover the 1,500-acre basin, and with
hotels of the finer resort type being
built to give accommodations for tourists
and sport-seekers, Major Young
is loud in bis praise of the mammoth
development program at Lake Lure
and the manner in which it is already
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Prices of Mules and
Some Horses Advancing
Chimney Rock, N. C.( June >17.?
Prices of mules and certain types of
.horses are advancing. An actual
[shortage of supply over demand exists
on the market, according to Col.
Harry K. Eustace, the African wild
animal expert, here to investigate the
feasibility of putting in an extxensive
zoological garden along the shore of
Lake Lure.
"Look at the large number of mules
playing their part in the development
going on here. Your mule pen Is
just as important as the truck shed.
It contains ten times as many mules
as there are trucks on this Job. The
same situation prevails at otner
places. How would your 500 men get
along without the mule in grading
highways, working streets, laying out
golf courses, working in quarries,
snaking out forest growth where the
waters of the great national resort
lake will soon be a reality. It has
been necessary for you to import several
hundred animals to speed up the
work where trucks are less advantageous.
I note quite a few in the
corral alongside State Highway No,
20, and this exhibit has opened the
question of the passing of the mule
and the horse.
"The greatest mule market in the
United States is at East St. Louis.
Statistics given out by officials there
show that there is great activity In
the ho^se, and mule market. Not only
is there at the present time a great
demand for commercial horses and * 'j
farm mules, but also as great demand
for saddle horses as there has been
at any time during the naat fiftir
years." Vacationists everywhere are
giving ^horseback riding a prominent
place on their list of pleasures, and i
this is doubly true in those sections or
Western Nprth Carolina, like the Lake
Lure district, where some of the best
and imost luring bridle paths in the
whole world may be found. The horseless
Ivebicle and the muleless plow
have not supplanted old Dobbin or
his cousin, the mule. They are here
to remain even under changed working
conditions."
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STATE HIGHWAY TRAVEL
INCREASE8 100 PER CENT
Asheville, N. C., June 16.?A day's
actual official count of the automobiles
entering Asheville on Just four
of its hiehv;:v! showed 7 731 a hnn
dred per cent increase over the same
day last year, at which time six routes
were counted. The traffic census is
taken regularly by state officials.
Over 3,000 of the cars counted bore
foreign licensee tags. One of the most
popular state highways is No. 20,
connecting Asheville, Chimney Rock
and Charlotte. Traffic is considerably
congested on this paved road by
reason of the large number of cars
used to transport men and supplies
for the big Lake Lure dam now under
^ construction.