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POLK .COUNTY NEWS scii; - Mi -wr W estern MOUNTAINS CLIMATE 1 TRYON, June 26?Special: Th News and Courier, carrying on 1 every way and in the finest manne that courtesy which for more tha: a century has been a notable am distinguishing feature in the live of the gentlemen and gentlewomei of the Souh, has asked the Tryoi Chamber of Commerce for a brie story with Tryon as a centra motif. Around all statements broadcas concerning Tryon's climate socia and recreational advantages, thi Chamber of Commerce has placed at absolute barrier against misrepre . sontation. No official, no membei of the organization is permitted t< give publicity to aught else ttiai facts. It wants vacationists aiu those seeking permanent homes tc find Tryon as it is represented tc tie. Rather a rare but creditable at tiiude to take in these days of ram pant commercialism. This little mountain city, the nat uraj gateway from the PalmetU Sta o. to Western North Carolina iii sties lu an elevated cove in tilt HI io Kirge Range and less thai one mile from the geographical lint h. par.:i:ng North and South Caro liiui. v. h s* people have the sanit isms th, same hospitality, and tht some high purposes. Hack in Iii . formative and histori caily imp,irt.nit period of our coun try, in which t'iiarl. stoiiiaus plajet the pre-eniim iii role, and many dec ades b, fort. the Sou.hern Kailwat hi g . u serving the So nil. South Ca ro inians w ie out to travel everj summer t. Tiyou iu "coach ant four", aecon.panil d by a retinue 01 servants, th leisurely made tri; consuming days of time The rea sons for ii so annual pilgrimage has been hundi d down from gt-nera tloig and c eil succeeding year th, d sei miants t;f those gentle fink, ii annutiiiy iner ?tig.* numb' rs. an tnakig the siub.- journey in a few hours, aud lor t>it. sani specific re,, ous. i" i : h n, ii means -s v* Cap*! iru.ll lit* > iuu iv| u ?.? lowi:litis, attii a change front thi monotonous perspective of I In coastal P ains to a daily pauorann of iafitiiti ly varied scenic wonder Liporii nee has taught them thai th0 wearied < f < i h. r sex bending undor a wuigltt of responsibility, or worn with prosaic duties that seemingly never end, can here throw of hnnui of spirit and renew strength of body and mind can here rest revivity and absorb, with oat effort, the giory of the moun tains, the peaceful calm of ttye valleys, and that here ' 'i a s- ction 01 naturo reserved to man where he can truly find "sermons in stones, books in running brooks. and God in everything." Has Rar'# Advantages Tryon has other rare advantages. Its bracing air, its cool and re freshing nights, its restful and ever changing scenic grandeur are not all that attract hundreds of vis iters and vacationists annually. For those who desire recreatioc through athletic activity there art tennis courts, aquatic sports anc golf. The Tryon Country Club hai a very sporty nine-hole course o 3.300 yards, located in the beauti rui racoiet vauey, wnere, wnen oni takes his "eye off the ball", he ii penalized with a view of towerlni peaks, verdure clad to their sum mlts. The club maintains a largi swimming pool and showers for it patrons. This course is ten min ates away from town. Two othe courses, at an elevation of 3,226 fefet are about reedy for play. Thes< are located In the Blue Ridge Fores development, hear a large and at tistlc club house built of stone am logs, and adjacten to which ther are flne tennis courts and a hall acre swimming pool. Hog Back, Rocky Spur, Melrose Big Warior, Little Warior, Tryon an White Oak mountains! with exce lent roads and 200 milles of bridl paths meandering to their top open a delightful field for thos fond of hiking and hore-back rlt ing. On the climb the eyes wh feast, not on that most wonderft of ths Southland's attractions?th Itegnolia Gardens?but on an evei changing succession of laurel, rh< dodendron, flame azalea, and a m; riad of other bewithching bloom that shoot forth from gorge, caver an dgrotto over and through whic streams having their fountalphea in bubbling springs flow down th mountain side. Lake Lanier, with a shore line < over seven miles, will soon have 11 mew dam completed, and will the offer facilities to the devotees t equatic sports that will be unsu istxoouu uu/wiiore. For those seeking restful yet li terestlng and educational vacatlc periods, Lanier Library, with li 5,000 volumes of the best classic ? "'~v" ' ' - rrrrx POLf m B A Carolina J> FAMOUS FOR USTD BEAUTY i e and scientific works and the latest | n fiction, offers a medium of profit- j r | able pastime. n ( The quaint and artistic products : i Of moutnaineers. that hand weavers) 8 Rnd the Toy Shop will compel ad-I a ; miration, and best of all the visitor a will meet "real folks who have! f come here from all over the world jv ,1 'to live, people whose lives are de- ) ' voted to books, music, pictures good v t deeds, all combined with a close in-Is ] ! terest in world affairs. Sonic are;s 3 , writers some an famous artists ,1 11 whose exhibits wil charm you into :1 l iuniua a hi;, in oil or water color)1' r I -rjihat will remind yi>u of some wond-;' ) i rous iwo'aiiou of nu: utv's beauty!' i that has held you spellbound. jv 1 Fine Hotels and Inns > j The Sabbath is not neirh cted. The , > I \! dhodists, Pros by < rians Congre-' -1 nationalists, Catholics, baptists and v . | Kpiscopalians ul lhave fine chaches. I s I > i JsgmsaM B&tiSm mmE&s&m i I i HH i Thi.Tt; are excellent hotels, inns r : and boarding house-, with prices i - which vary according to service rendered but which are never ex- , t cessive. One may choose according t s to his taste anj purse^ . 1 Adjacent mountain areas, rtinging ^ s in elevation front 1,200 to 3,2.">0 feet t f are being developed under master- < i- ful directors, into attractive horne8 sites for those who desire to spend b at least a part of the year away 5 from opreasive heat and antid sur - roundiugs of indescribable charm, t b Tryon cordially welcomes its vis- t b itor to participation in its social ; i- and intellectual life, to its field of i r athletic recreation, and to the joy of life renewal which its mountain- i e faennd and bracing air gives to all i t who coine undents re-energizing - influence. I \ i There is only one way In which j < e to keep from becoming a Tryon ! i C- champion and that is to stay away 1 from it. Please just come once and J | see for yourself if that is not true i: A Then you will come again and again I i [. and end by having a permanent | e I home on one of its hi'ls, and forever h 8 I after live contented and happy. j ( e| , 1- 1 ! I 11 Solarium Space Valuable 1 A solarium is a more economical use 6 of space than an open porch, and, as r* we well know, space is becoming J- more valuable every year. With such f- a latitude for color ami variety of !8 furnishings, many a Ima , limln the sun porch lie imci ; . ! in room iu her home. A lew ??i paint about once each veer '.cop.- i in- .-in. porch ami Its funnelling, m-v. ;ookiu'e and protected. I Hollow Tile Pi" . Pw.-k U To those wlm .a \o jj brick exterior lini ' . ! tile as a hacking'-.ai--r.nl . . - , . I claimed, certain, i over soimi ;n:i in q- g j mv : l in The yard may be beautified next ; ts spring by planting-bulbs about the 1 al flower beds this fall. 1 W- r,;.... I COUNTY A SfF * * fountains PRATT Tl Col. Joseph Hyde Mountains?F By JOSEPH HYDE PRATT Nature has wonderfully endowed vestern North Carolina with nautral leant v of mountains and; Valley j villi as wonderful and attarctlve i cenery as is to be found in any ciion of the world, and with re-1 reatiouai facilities which make it he most ideal and delightful resort | egion in the United States with he Mine Ridge on the east, the imokv mountains on the west and ? villi the foothills approaching the Mdu'e en the east there is a region mown far and wide for its eautiit 1 scenery, healthful climate, pure later, and wonderful natural reources. North Carolina has not the ! I I I MOUNT. egged bold scenery ot the Rock-1 es. or the Alps. Its mountains are ( otter in contour, its slopes wood d to the very tops of the mounains, and its plateaus and cultivat-J (1 valleys are most restful to the ] ve. Yet there is to be found i ;ed scenery, and all the wild gran-1 lour that many be desired. Mountains There are throughout western Morth Carolina many mountains hat are unique in appearance, of vonderfu] beaut yand majesty such is Mount Mitchell, the highest peak n eastern United States, towering o a height of 6,711 feet; Grandather mountain, the sentinel of the t markable profile, Table Rock( with is almost perpendicular sides, vhich makes Its ascent difficult and xciting; Chimney Rock, at the enrance to Ilroad river gorge, with a nost commanding view of the iledmont region of North Carolina uid South Carolina; Bald mountain, rising a|lmosfy out of Lake ( 'airfield, which formerly was the lonie of a flock of wild goats; Caesar's Head and Whiteside mounain, with clifs nearly one thousand 'cot high; Mount Guyot and Mount Kcphart, and other peaks of the iCfrfLasi- W&i&Ufr ??* -' ' " ' ; 'Ji?: -" CHIEVEMEN A MM Famed ells_oF Pratt Gives Graph 'ine Highways Now Great Smoky mountains, a mountain ridge over 30 miles long over a mile above sea level at every point, which offers some of the most wonderful and diffcult climbing in eastern United Stales; Roaring Gap anj Ulowing ltock with their commanding views of the North Carolina piedmont; Mount Pisgah and the Rat, which guard and protect the Pisgah National Forest, one of the most wonderful and accessible recreatjonaj centers of the United Suites, with its splendid stream fishing, camping facilities and good roads; Linvillif, Jonas Ridge; and Shortoff mountains, bounding the LinvUle gorge, which is nonry 15 miles long and is the widest bit -. jffiy f\IN SCENE NEAR TRY01 of scenery in the east, and hundreds of other mountains and peaks, such as Pinnacle, BJaek Brothers, Satula, iyui-'a. Sunset, Craggy, and the Bal sams, all of which merit a visit. Altogether there are over 6,000 square miles of _*eautdful mountain country in vlTstera North Carolina containing 64 mountain peaks over 3.000 feet above sea level, and this country within 24 hours travel of 60.000,000 people. Lakes and Streams While there are no natural lakes, many artificial lakes that are being constructed, usually in connection with water power development, not only add greatly to the beauty of the mountain scenery, but makes a strong appeal to the lovers of fishing and hunting. There are now 20 lakes ranging in size from one acre to 7,000 acres, and still others are in process of construction. Certain lakes will be of sufficient size for sail oats, and all can be used for canoeing, rowing and small gasoline launches. These lakes, in time, wil lattract ducks and other wild fowl, thus making western North Carolina a mecca for the followers of this type of hunting. Some of the more prominent lakes i iv? T CELEBRAT \Mwm * Fhroughoi ^flROUN A rv-P fV>Q M 1C Account uj. i/ii^ r open Up Long Hid are Lake James In Burke and McDowell counties: Lake Summit in Henderson county; Lakes Fairfield j and Sapphire in Jackson county; j Lake Junaluska, in Haywood county ; and LinvJlle Lake in avery county. 1 The smaller lakes Hilghalnd, Lauerel land Kanuga in Henderson county^ land Beaver lake in Bucombe counI ty are also very atractive. The surveys that have been made i of th - several counties of western North Carolina show that there is j an opportunity of developing and constructing many lakes varying in 'arear from a few hudred acres to 20,000 acres or more. In some instates these lakes will become the means of tansportation and boat av.|V S jpBMpV' . JaTm Si, N. C. lines will be used in transporting freight and passengers from one j point to another. There is, there* i fore a great potential wealth in our j lakes. If we are to derive the greatest economic benefit from these lakes -great care must he execised in caring for them, that the shore line and bottom of the lake will always be in first class conditio^ regardless of depth of water. There are more than 1,000 miles of ebautiful trout streams in western North Carolina which afford delight to the angler, and these streams well stocked with speckled and rainbow trout will undoubtedly i offer some of the finest trout fishj ing to be found in the country. To insure the maintenance of a goodly supply of trout streams of western North Carolina the North Carolina fisheries commission is . erecting four hatcheries for speckled and rainbow trout, at a cost of aobut $"5,000. One hatchery, to be known as the Morrisofi hatchery is n>?ir Balsam, Haywood county another at Roaring Gap, Surry county, |a (bird near Boone. Wautauga coun ; Uy, and the fourth north of Marion in j | MqDowell county. This latter hachj er | ywill also be used for hatching j ? i \t the Great \\<,I R CCRhTV n BiLnu i i orgi any Charms of the Western Car J den Points of Beauty and Charm.1 bass and other lake fish. There Is n< | a federal hatchery for speckled and tv. In rainbow trout maintained by the Unit'd States bureau of fisheries ? H at Erwin, Tennessee, which also as- III I sists in stocking the streams of Fnj|%| lllOTI ! west' r:i North Carolina. I 1'U Vl I |\|j| I These hatcheries are not only of ' H economic valne in the propagation M ? 0 ft|flh|iJ i.r fill lint tliev also should prove M M Pill* Ul iH of extreme interest to visitors in ",ly WIUIMM west rn North Carolina, Plans are being made for providing camping (?[1( " H facilities and guides for the enthu-1 , Tm" sias'ic angler, and no more perfect 'anl-s. DoijtiH setting could be suggested for an ' " "Us'nh?aj|H |enjoyable and profitable outing?; '"er [ satisfying the most particular of the ,, H ifoloiwers of Izaak Walton, than I NU/'Jeri Machtrefy j Pfc this J*!;rx ts: ?wr j 'hi " ' ^ ^ I 1111 r i "2 I this mill Ti ' I'm- OffiMfi'l mian-j o! * < I .in en > - qua..... Lai."lis dai.) " . hom. s all ilh.'tels in tie#* stores wiio many mew*' hanilliii' other brand* of * jLinville( Xantahala, Davidson, Tuck-; ^ . ,jiejr sales * 1 segee, Buck Creek, Cullasaja, Toxa-1 u .jps and hub0 I way rivers or along any one of a t()lnjn?' tl.. nts for laundred other streams in ttie | \jmth. fratcK mountains of western North Caro-1 I,|_i 4.m Is d-lire*? lina- Tryon w 1, , h in**!* ! *'' Several of the lakes provide excel- ^<t, ( ! word to it* lent trout and bass fishing such as j ()f .,r,. |(V cream. Linville, Jake in Avery county Lakes Fairfield and Sapphire in Occupy Mo<lern Jackson county, and Lake James in . ^jtv concert ' McDowell county. / >] .. most modern " Waterfalls ""',1 \ - ihis purpose B * The waterfalls that occur fre- " ^ ,.;anv tW844' quently along the rivers and streams >0UI 1 verT yest* visit i ' pl.t in d of western North Carolina have ' ??h and every show r' , ?Bf I not received proper recognition as I, ,, . m the- I a scenic feature appealing to the r"" , , ,f this fnmo*' tourist, Transylvania- county con rj,j..-r . pape 30 i ^ tains more waterfalls than any of r,. iiiis .wcti*? 0 I the other counties, and is known as . I the "Land pf Waterfalls," Among __ the more vrominent falls are Ra- ^ rinC |j^H cencliff Falls Bridal Veil, Oonestee, (,01 ] UN I Double Falls, Glen Canon Fallsi High pnflD Falls, Looking Glass Fall, Maiden U?UI Hair Falls, and Dhododendron Falls. ? " Jackson county also contains jM some very wonderful falls as . w fJi;B " soun Whitewater, Tuckaseege, Horsepas- s ||1, r . : rlV, ri: , u tare, Bear Wallow, Toxaway, Among ^ . i'v'''"?,i0ii "I the other attractive fa^ls that are i*" well worth visiting are Catawba t.. &a; Falls in Avery county, and Chim- nU . . ' 'isod *"*' I ' 1
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