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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, Jl Tffl WATOESVHJLE MOUNTAINEER. THE MOUNTAIN TOP ROAD. mer.t enterprises in the mountains, jfcr it means a park of fine hotels and The Charlotte Observei handsome homes up on the great ele- Scenic highway. U feel wide and lion- nd ' enterprise from all concrete, the greater part of whose !whlch not ""' Syvs' tne thwet lenmh will course alun the moun-! ern "tPt. ' benefit, but from ititude rmcn tain ranges at an average of six thousand feet, will be shortly the talk of home folks and the tour ist world. It strikes out to the right from No. 10 at Halsam Gap and winils skyward toward Jo 's Knob, thence along the crest Yelmw Kate, Water Kock, White Kock and Black I lioik and down into No. 10 again, near the town of Sylva. It is the i nti i pnt. of J. I). Hood, of Sanfurd, ' Ha., Lacked by financial associates, j Ih: highway attains an elevation of i ;.l'i.' feet. I H.hway No. wliuh f ' n, lit aufu; U-, illld Cu- -..tile f . ..lev u n K. a .li: l ' I" I a l Bryson, Andrews, Murphy, Franklin, Brevard, Hendersonville, Tryon, Waynesville and Asheville and all that section of the State will re ceive material impetus. Hood's Park on Top of the Balsam Moun tains is an enterprise of wide-spread influence. The Observer regards it as tiiv first start in real big things for the North Carolina mountains. In developing the great elevations on the Balanitis Mr. Huod has stolen a march on the sir wmoving Govern ment, for his main highway and its connecting roads will have been fin- UI' ishe.l un.) nl ttiu i..rv!,.u ..f tkn . .,.! "! at the ocean and kjoes t v, t .L , , L , , , , ,, , before the federal highway and park rtfiu. n-.-t of Murphy, a 1 .. , ,, . , ... ' loices will have taken up similar more than ,r0() miles. , . , . . , work in the Smokies. I'rivate enter- from Halsam (,ap to, , , , , , ' . pne is doing perhaps a finer type aiice of 1J miles. 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It had been .. , . , , , i' is a gieai exiH'iience and we I kel w ould lle'er ! , , . .. , . . ,1 may have something to sav about it vha end, but lie , , .. at another time, but just now we are ni'.ie. his Mirve mi, . , , ' l' lung about the mountains whose ol admitted mar- , , , ,. , , I elevations the general run of tour- r ederal engineers. . , , . , , , ,. , list- nine never scaled. 1 he gram -llllles nf Junes K nub , , , ,. a,, ..I the highway to anl''"'" '," 7 u'"'1"' Panoramas ..f m, ildon feet and fr.-ml"'"" '"' '''ft '" ,h "n"fl na,ion' but , , . Ml is un there that the traveler gets nut one can lock o er the , , hni.lllie f .he r,.f to North I """ th' '" '" f th( SeSOn. South aiolina, Georgia Comedy "ALIfE BLUES." Tkaraajr Claire Windsor in MONEY TALKS. The biggist laugh of the season. An ocean of fun on a sea of Laughs. Friday Colleen Moore in IRENE There wasn't a beautiful left in Hollywood when "IRENE" was be ing being made. You'll see them all all in the style pageant. FOX NEWS. &atursay Lillian Rich in THE ISLE OF RETRIBUTION A shipwreck in a raging gale at sea the stricken vessel crashing on the dreaded iceberg. Lost in a bliz zard on a far-flung Alaskan Island. Comedy "FROM CABBY'S SEAT." S. M. in-1, d early Ml'., .r. I d.d I' lit" MM til, nd what' .... tin ..hi, Un the Wit 1 ich ode and Tennessee, i-'roni the high hill sides one may look down on the tiny white ribbon that the course of No. 10 through the valleys, the patch work of grien and brown that marks the lields of grain and grasses and the plowed sections of the farming lands, the school houses and churches and homes appearing like so many lumps of white sugar scattered about. The ridge lines of the Cowee and the Nantahala are scaled by the vision, while the peaks and ranges of the Great Smokies frame the landscape to the north and west. One can go up on Hood's highway and benefit by a privilege hertofbre denied the peo ple that of a clean and an unob structed view of the lofty profile of Mount Mitchell. It is a mound of -hapely ascent, topped by a dome like peak that stands clear above the northeastern line of mountains. It gives the people opportunity to say they "have seen Mount Mitchell." For that matter, there is not a taiige or dome or peak within a circle of many miles that cannot be inden-tifie-d from the higher reaches of this mad. Water Rock is a mighty moun tain stripped to its (1,100-foot head by the lumbermen, is traversed across a line that would represent the wrin kles between eyebrows and forehead; it skirts the toots of Yellow Face's jKimpadour at over K.O00 feet, and it ciosses the shoulders of White Rock ainl Black Hock at elevations ranging from 5,KliO to ',"20 feet. When the work of construction was begun out of Ualsa-m Gap, the road was graded to a width of I tl feet, but Mr, Hood then b.gan reflection on the future of that highway, so he went over the work and increased the width to 21 feet. I: is i,w graded and ready for the concrete for five miles of the gap- for it is to be a concrete road thi entire distance contract has been let for four miles more and the surveyor is finishing the engineering to the western junction with No. 10. Meantime, people might be wonder ing why Mr. Hood is carrying this expensive system of highway ncroBS Ihe fi. 000-foot elevations. He owns an estate on these mountains that covers more nan 4,(M)0 acref and he is going to establsh there a scenic section that will rival the famous parks in the West, nnd the highway is only the foundation work. This highway, as a matter of course, means a tourist hotel to feed. The hotel Mr. Hood has planned will be located on top of Yellow Face, and that it is to be a hotel of some con sequence is indicated bv the figures called for. It is to cost $2,000,000. And the hotel is no more on paper than the highway is. Mr. Hood lives in the delightful environs of Waynes ville, convenient to the scene of this development, which he calls "Hood's Park on Top of Balsam Mountains.". This highway he is building is des tined to bring international fame to that section of the State. It is neigh bor to the Smoky Mountain National Park. It is the park feature that distinguishes it from for the oaks and poplars, the hicko nes and the smaller hardy trees are just putting out the pale leaves of the early season. The dogwood, weeks ago vanished from the woods in the lowlandaare just now putting forth on the slopes of the high moun tains, and, the dojjwood that grows above the 5,000-foot level is a thing of gorgeous bftMttJ, its petals being twice as large as those of its kinsman lower down. And the masses of color up on the Balsams is a thing that holds one entranced. The interesting story about the flowers up there is that peopb who have gloried in the piesent rhododendron and laurel show of the lower mountains, may go up on the Balsams in late June and tarly July and find these blooming at their best. The laurel and rhodo dendron are iust now in the first stages of building. But the white cucumber tree is sharing honors with the dogwood, and the pink, white and maroon trillium trees remind of the Japanese magnolia festival of the early Spring in the lowlands. The trillium is also known as the Trinity Flower. There is a profuse sprink ling of orange, pink and white aza leas, the white moosewood, the white, blue and peacock violets and lilies of the valley, ladies' tresses, Solomon's seal, Indian squaw weed, wake rob ins, spangle the wood slopes like stars. Along the streams one can find a peculiarly beautiful flower of the lily family known as the Indian turnip, its intricate tracings in whito nnd brown being curled inside. Tba Indian paint brush, in read and green, yellow buttercups, Jaek-in-the-Pulpit, bellwood, poison hemlock, red honey suckle, mandrake and crab apple, sweet shrubs, all varieties of ferns. abound in great profusion. No won der the botanists have raved oviir the floral wealth of the North Caro-i' lina mountains. Too many people rambling the.se slopes, through force of habit, keep their eyes up and around, rather than down. WAYNEWOOD THEATRE. June 7th to 12th. Monday Tom Mix in MY OWN PAL A 1126 typical Tom Mix picture de luxe. It's the snappiest, zippiest, speediest thriller that Tom' Mix eve made. Tuesday ' Carol Dempster in SALLY OF THE SAWDUST A D. W. Griffith production, he of the "Birth of a Nation" fame, so as Spring-time ushers in the great white tops, we have booked this "CIRCUS" picture so you can all see the ele phants and things. FOX NEWS. Wednesday Jack Hoxie in THE DEMON . A fightin', hard ridin' cowboy who got his man! They thought he was the worst outlaw amone them until other develop- he got his evidence. ROGERS REUNION. On Sunday, May Iflth, Mr. C. M. Rogers celebrated his 77th birthday with e family reunion at his homeon Pinea Creek. All the family was there except one aon-in-law, Theo dore Ferguson. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Noland and six children of Crabtree, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. McCracken and one child of Fines Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bryson of Ratcliff Cove, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. H. Rogers and six children of Hazelwood, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Charles Rogers and five children of Fines Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Cauley Rogers and five children of Fines Creek, France Rogers of Fines Creek, three children of Mrs. Theodore Fer guson, deceased, Fines Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Homer G. Rogers of Canton. A long table on the lawn served a bounteous dinner. The centerpiece being a birthday cake furnished a generous slice to each member of the reunion. Deceased of the family are Mrs. Rogers, the mother, Wiley and Flor ence, Mrs. A. T. Ferguson and two small grand children. "Uncle" Melvin was born and reared In Haywood county, son of the lata Hiram Roger. "He was a professional school teach er in his young manhood and later served several years as magistrate. He is one of Fines Creek's most re spected citizens. Having a record of never being intoxicated nor never being indicted in court. (Contributed.) EXECUTOR'S NOTICE, The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Geo. W. Rathbonc, de ceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of Geo. W. Rathbone, deceased, to pre sent them to the undersigned Execu tor for payment within one year from this date or else this notice will be nlanilail In Kb .9 ikl. . All , . v u.i.u , 1 1 uai Vi mcii icvuveiy, VI 1 nprRnns intlohtarl In aaiA n.Utn .,. ..... ...... u.. . nam tauiic flic hereby notified to come in and settle at once. This the 1st day of June, 1926. GEO. A. BROWN, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Geo. W. Rathbone, July8-c deceased. oi:ii loTT" DUCKWORTH MOTOR COMPANY We Will Sell Tl Johnson SUB-DIVISION In the heart of Waynesville One block east of the Courthouse .Bill At Absolute Aictt&fl MM J 7 rill III lay At 2 P. M. Rain or Shine 20 RESIDENTIAL LOTS 20 These beautiful lots are one of the remaining opportunities to buy close-in, choice lots at Public Auction and on easy terms. This property is growing in value every day, and the people of North Caro lina both transient and resident, have an opportunity at the sale that they may never have offered them again. FREE $150 IN GOLD AND OTHER PRIZES You do not have to be a buyer, or even a bidder, to participate in Ihe prizes. All that you have to do is to be on the grounds during the sale. MUSIC BY BRASS BAND THE fUGLE ORGANIZATION REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION. SELLING AGENTS Owner, C. A. GEORGE No. 1 Edwin Place, Asheville. N.C. Auctioneer, M. J. f REEMAN Phone 2123-J i. ..v
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