Historic Landmark OnRiver To Be Restored

7—noo ' u u u / JS ^Burr Grist Mill At Famous Horse Shoe Bend On Little

Miami To Be Made Into Factory and Tavern

j 1£ the well studied plans formu-ilated by Harry L. Van Tresa. for-

jmerly of Wilmington now residing(in New York, are realized, thefamous Telegraph Mill building, of

^which he is the owner, erectednearly a century ago on the horseshoe bend of the Little MiamiRiver one mile below WaynesvlUe,will he restored in the near future,to be utilized as a glove factory,and tavern, top and lower floor respectively. > ,

Van Tress, is at present InWaynesvlUe, where he has coin-pleted plans for restoration furnished him by the New York StatePark Commission, which restoredand embellished a similar mill Inthe gorge-of the Enfield State Parkat Ithaca, In the Finger Lake Region of that state.

Th^ two mill buildings are ofsimilar type and massive timbering,with the same standardized window

(and door arrangement; the only: difference being that the old Tele-1graph Mill building has four andone-half stories, whereas the En-field Park structure is of onlythree and a half. The old dambelow the mill, instead of aboveas la usually the case, will likewise be restored for the production of hydro-electric power, to beutilized In the new industries, Van-Tress,has in mind-

Other men of the Idttle Miami

country now living in New Yorkare associated with the owner in }this project, as well as local in-'teresta in Waynesville, Lebanon,Harveysburg and Wilmington, all >lovers of the far-famed Little Mi-'ami scenic beauties and exceptional topography. Mr. Van Tress, who |for twenty-five years was in the 'foreign service of the Steel Corporation, having resided in Europe iseven years, considers that the ibeauties and high state of development of the Little Miami countryto be in excess of those of the famous Basque Provinces of Northern Spain and southwestern France,along the Eastern Pyrenees. He Islikewise acquainted with the scenic

beauty, of Rio de Janeiro and ofthe Valiley of Mexico, typical andheautifui-on a large scale, but notto be compared with the particularstyle of beauty of this portion ofsouthwestern Ohio. I

The Telegraph Mill building Is'the only remaining typical standrardized burr grist mill building stillstanding, of the many that formerlygraced the banks of the Little Miami; it has its original mill stonesand some of the old equipment.The setting on a perfect horse shoebend of the river is unique.. The decorative scheme of thetavern would consist of artlclbs of JMexican Art and Handicraft, ofgreat variety and too numerous tomention,• •' •

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ROY VAN TRESSPASSES AWAY

WILMINGTON MAN. 'WHO 'HAD

. SPECTACULAR CAREER, DIES „

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Roy Van Tres^ born and reared inthe vitinity of Wilmington, died at

this summer home in Waynesville Sat-lurday morning of pneumonia.I! Van Tress a.ttracted wide'attentloniwhcn he accuramulaCed^ _a large for-'Uuiie .through the sale of ihdian lands,

esulting in an indictment against-jiiraand several of his associates, several^well known in 'Wilmington;'. ' iV The deceased wag Tffell known to',

' many WiJmingtoi^ atfd Clinton CouutylV-" - • j

. The; Ciliclnndtr 'Enquirer Sunday jtells of' his death ; , : f ' ' ' j

'Roy Van Tress, once a waiter, whose jBpectocula:r'ipid milljonaire|class almost ,qvepnisht through extensive Indian .land'XrahsactionB inOklahoma 'atf'ra'cted;lhe\attentlon ofthe Government- several years ago,tlied at Ins summer home at WaynesvlUe. Ohio, early yesterday of pueivnionla. Hp was 50 years old. .

Mr. Van Tress contracted pneumon-

f ia three weeks ago, ' His conditionrhecame gradually, worae until the end.'r.. Six years, ago ^e '-dccupie^ frbi^t-(, page' apace in newspapers,- throughout

the qountry 'because his ' Indiad-^jand , tranaaetionai-Wifti'' 15 \ot" his^assoqiates.in the .work he was placed\pn trial'ih Cincinnati .on a charge oficonspiraby-. 'qbto tlie.trasa'^io^ ^

The inmost oyer-night growth?"'btthe McAliHter; Tl©ai;;^stfite ' Exchange^wiiich ha iie^flndjV and' through 'which,the laud' was sold, ' ^as; aired ,rn ;.dc.itall during' this ,:'trlal.; '-200,witnesses from nearly every state In

the Union came to Cincliinati for thehearing. ^em passed weeksin Cincinnati;'for'be.fore the late; Jud|8; H6wlister, occupiBd sli,..,wh'ek9.':,..'

Van Tress was sehtenoed to Atlanta'penitentiary, and'^a/ majOi^ity ot his

gomery County jaUi-uThcse sentence'snever'; weh\-perve^ 'h^wever^ •fpf^the,Circuit-CoUrt pt.A'pp|ats;a few^ago threw;Guti^h'e''cA8e pa ;the ground:that rtiie indictment' jvas faulty: o'

Mr. Van •-TresA'.is?^,-survived. by hlsiwidow, MrA Eleanor;Van TrcsiB7'and;two children, Eeh' hhd Llllian'yan,Tress. Funeial seryices Avill be held;ai Waynesville tdnibrrow, with burii^in Spring Grove Cemetery,'

'ConiuiueQ ror som

'came home to taki:Owetl mother and"farm, of which'he-1low nerslyp,i ^d; -i>yintGliigent':inai&agejof the'^odel'farms

He ,w^3.TnatrIed;,1,Febru^ 12,-^865,children were bor,pf Chester townslil]Tress of the .homeShciron M. E. chur'

toralc of Rev.'.Philil.ained a lively.inlt

gresE of Cbristianil.SupiKtrter '.of the'•<his means and nt

of the Community; A. eood.man IxaslgoneMrom'among us to try^tii©" real-]iUes be the. great Ijeydnd, but' ; "we!feel assured as he' had chosen tbo]Oreat Advocate who pleads befpi% tbejFather's ;ahroiie liis own merit, - suf-"fesing death ahd. resurrection. ,'^ our-hehalfahd.becauseVof the'accbpfeu^of- theBe..'.thIngs'''at,Hhe,..hands:-bf/,'P^C^st we' 'may. hope to meet'.^^CTwith joy -on ithe .other ,side of^thO'Trrt

CARD OF THANKS

T\^e desu'e to express our slncera'thanks tO'Our friends and neighhbrsjwho so kindly assisted us.in the s^klriess and.iad death of-our dear huM.band and' father..-/•• KATE YANTRES^ and "FAMXL^ J

Horace VanHorace. Van Tress, 68, WUming-

ton Route, died at 8:45 p. m. Tuesday at Hale Hospital. He had beenin failing health . for several'.months.: • • -Kj He-was born March 8, 1891,.andIwas the son of Alfred and Kather-line Baker Van Tress. He was born"at the late,residence in'the ChesterTownship Community, • where hespent his entire life. Mr. 'Van Tress

Iwas the fourth generation of hisi family to reside on the farm.

He was married Oct. 28, 1915 tothe former Miss Lydia Haines, who,survives. He, was a member of theiSrange', Farm Bureau and theSharon Methodist Church. Mr. VanTress was a farmer and was formerly a member of both the countyand local boards'-of education. ''• Survivors include his wife and aniece; Mrs. Veda\Wplfo.rd-Benbo^Hollywood, Fla-v" : _;

HORACE VAN TRESS—Fim^alservices for Horace :• .Van Tressiwho died Tuesday, were cenduct-ed Friday afternoon at Reynoldsfuneral home with the Rev, C. A.Arthur in charge. The Rev. Bertha^White offered the prayer. •• pallbearers were Fred VanTress, Thirl Van Tress, Max Hewitt, Bemerd. Haines Jr., LesterLane and HowardLane. Burialwas in Sugar.Grove Cemetery. ,

COAL HEALERMONDAY NIGHT

it 3c? IC. R. Van Tress Succumbs To:'.. Stroke Of Apopiexy—•

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LTalvii) n. VanTi-cSfj.'St.,local cdai;deal''''. tit his , liojne/. on C-o-^lumbus street^^ ^loiiday at .5 P. M.'"Death was cac.?ecl hya'StiDke' ofapoplexy suffered a \vee"k'ago. ' , '

Mr. •^''aiiTress .wais the 4>on ofriiphard and Deborah' , "\''anTre3S

land was born at Oakland.' jime 8".T542. He was a meftiber of ihc G.^A, R. and th^ Friends'Ghurcli.

He is survived by /tliree Children-Mrs. Emma A'. Pcelle, Calvin Van-Tic.'-'s and Mrrs."^lna McPherson.Ho was twice married. Oiic isister.

Clara K. Lewis,of New Burg.,Oro., also 6urvies,"'.'-/-.V, • •'

Mr. VanTress 'resided,, oh Itisfarm near Oakland until li)03 .when.he removed to thii city and tookresidence in the home where hedied. He had -been a coal dealerfor 17 years. --

Fuiioral services will be hold attiiE F.iends Church. Thursday at 2P. M. in charge of Rev. J. L. Mc-"^Villiamo.,

Burial In charge of L. E. Lukenswill be made in Sugar Grove ceme-ltery. t • • • "i

MRS. VAN TRESS ISCLAIMED THURSDAY

Funeral Will Be Held Satur

day Afternoon

Mrs. Ada R. Van Tress, 87,

widow of s Calvin Van Tress, diedof complicationB at the Probasco

Nursing Home, Thursday at 4:30A. M. She was ill one week.

The daughter of John and SylviaBailey Rutherford she was bornat Cincinnati, February 13, 1855.She was a member of the Friends

rChurch.i Survivors include a step-daugh*|ter, Mrs. Nina McPherson, of Wilmington; a step-son, Calvin H. VanTress, near Xenia, and one sister,Mrs. Suzanne Mory, '^'Hmlngton.

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vin Van Tress, who died Thursday,

were held at the Lukeiis-ReynoldsFuneral Home, • Saturday afternoon.

. Rev. J. ^ McT^'illiams read .theScripture and "memoir,; - offeredprayer and delivered the sermon.'

Mrs.' Pearl Sprouse and Mrs. C. H.

Greene, accompanied at the, piano-'

by Ernest W. Hale, saiig "Nearer |My God To Thee" and "Jesus ,Lover" Of My Soul." I. Pallbearers were Fred Van Tress,.

Thurl' Van Tress, Claude Van'Tress, Robert A'an Tress, Lindley!Lundy and Vernou Hampton. '

Interment was in Sugar GroveCemetery.' . e

jVAN TRESS RITESTOREHELDRERE

1 Funeral services for Mrs, Jane ,Van Tress, former" resident ofjWilmington, who died at,her home'in Los Aiigeles,vbaliL wuil be held !at the Holladay;-. Funeral Home, IMonday at 1

RBy./N:;X Behnet't rwill preach'Iho funeral ' "sCTvice ' Mrs. A 'an 'Tress is the widow of C. H. A''anTress. Two eons, ahfl a daughtersurvive. The two ^ns. Dr. H. B.Van Tress, Cleveland and H. L,Van Tress. New York Yill attend ;

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tL!, t •Sockhil. van4ress. was-born:January-20 isa? in

.Chester Townahfn- wltb •All his.

Kit ^ the etceptlon pf..i2 years.IviciiBty^^" tliis.

A. house and barn

^^Qwell. to whom he was united in,inarnage September ,14^ ,185B

IIM Angnat 3lS7(h- leaving to the father the care

|mall children. They.are Anna thebidest With whom for the jast iii iho'"% made his-home; Emma.'^ho departed this Mife- seven years( Allle. in Vlr^m. and Xs'Und presence today; |Who liveB^m-Muncle l^Uhtjie M. E.Churefi,. of-which hepad ever since been 'a 'falthfal andAdeyoted member, •.' '' ^ •rpn^ugust 26.:l885^WwasWled

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Fred L, VanTress, 84, of 3627 Old U.S.«8. died at his residence Monday af-!ej noon. His wife, Eva Mills VanlYess,10 whom he was married February 26, !193(1. survives. j

-Mr. VanTress was born in ]Wilmington. September 18. 1899, a son ;of Calvin H. and Minnie .Lewis VanTress. He was a life long farmer inGreene County and a member of theNew Burlington Lodge 574 F&AM. i

Also surviving are a son, Thomas C. iVanTress. of Xenia, two grand- ichildren; three great-graijdchildren;three brothers, Thirl M., J. Claude andC. Robert VanTress, all of Xenia; and asister. Mrs. Martha (Bernerdl Haines,of Wilmington. A daughter is deceased.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday ,at the Neeld funeral home, 1276 N.Dciroit St.. Xenia. with the Rev.Raymond Pope officiating. Friendsmay call at the funeral home from 6 to 9p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be inWoodland Cemetery in Xenia.

j. '.Ira K. Van Tres's;'Si, died at liiShome 111. Ne'wburgh, .Dregon, Mon'jdayj>ct^ra3^T(^|is 'hV-^tlTer.-CA R. Ya nTrea^^.^^^3s"Dece.asea was-a member.Aof!>th»36th O. V. i'and was a captL'lvlLibby Prison, for several 'lioDthaMHe left W'lmington .50 years -agbl'and had not been seen -by hio brot^«

Te'r since that^time; y

^er loss to^y! .a carpenter all his active ,

hees. Beside a w,ife,, two daughters Ileaves '"elglit grand- ]

ei-eat-grandchiidren.s

or 93 >ears and 10 months, he slipDed Iluiet y away to his heavenly home 'oompletmg.the family , circle ther:,'i

^ARD of-thanks.-..'Ur. 1 'ho-extehdea -dutiful fl ^nt theioeautifuP flowers.;and -in any- other|way_ aided us in our sorrow; *

f • EMMA-VAN'TRESS^ BDCKLEY and family!

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spenthisentirelife.Mr,VanTress;,wasthefourthgenerationofhisfamilytoresideonthefarm.

,HewasmarriedOct.28,1915to'theformerMissLydiaHaines,whosurvives.He"wasamemberof^Grange",Farm.BureauandtheSharonMethodistChurch.Mr.VanTresswasafarmerandwasformerlyamemberolboththeco^tyand'locailboariis'of.education,i"

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tlasolemnundertone,inslowandIsUtelymeasure,thelowsweatjchantoffuneralpsalmflowson.Ivoicingforallsoulsman'sdeepfconvictionofthebrevityofhu-jmanlife;forweal]dofadeasa[leaf,andbringouryearstoau[end..

CatherineVhnTresswasbornInearCincinnati,'December14,1S60IanddepartedthislifeSeptemberI6,1939.Shewasthedaughterof

JohnandAnnaArnoldBaker.OneBisterprecededhertxdeathmanyyears;ago.'Die.jbrother.JohnBakertVeafs'ago.^£6

VauMTress^dat.theoldVan\Treb^.aoinestead,whereshe^aifWuUyfulfilledthe;dutiesofwifeanddaughterIncar- xuMlLl'

ingforherhusband'smother"GrandmotherVanTress/*':i

iTwochildrencametoblessthis homeiMabelmowthewlfaofDivertWolford,andHorace'who"haslivednearhismbthef-andbeensuchacomfortindecliningyears.Sheleaves"toinoura-herlossEl- vertandMabel—HoraceandLydia;andtwogranddau'ghtervVedaandRuth;and'onesi8ter,:MaryLane;.andahostofrelativesandfriends.

WhenAyounggirl4hefamily movedtothesdutheriipartof,i^llnton'County,HerlifeTiasbeen^'.spentinClintonCounty;'•Shewithherhusbandjoined

SharonChurchunder,the-pastoIateofRev.BhUipTrpat,andhas•beenafaithfulandcohslstahtmem

bereversince.Shbwasachar^termemberoftheAidSocietyalsoofMissionary,,and-atdnetimefwasamemberof.theW,.C.-;>T.U.!i

Hergreatestcharm"^dhbllity'was,luher•home/where:iiotaskiwastoogreatforher.to'perform-J

^••A-^gr'eat'fiorrow.cameto^^erthedeathofherhusband'ih'Novemberof1922,afterwMch'ahebravelytookupthethreadoflifeandcarriedon,:Aseriousaccidentbefellherayearagolasi-April,-

idelightbf,her.-family andfdendsshehadmade"awonderful-recovery.Ready-'to'join thewomenoftheAidonWednes-dayshefellasleppfnherchairfrpmwhichsheneverwoketobewiththosegoneonbefore."^^

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MONTGOMERY. OHIO

Mrs, Hazel Phillips,44G E, MulfcertiJ:, Sts ,

Lebanon, C,Dear Mrs, Phillips:

Mohs 2nd,, 1945

X yesterday left or. your il box copies iof my letters of the 26 qnd 27th. TJlt.-, to the Presidentof the Ohio A. & Historical Museum, which I believe youwill find of interest,

I have been interested in the Little Miami |country since the eighty years of the last century, iv.hen I camped down below Oregonia, on three different ;occasions. Coming down from Wilmington, your hills jthere looked like great mountains and the river like jthe ocean, in comparison with oar Todd^s Pork andCowar-s Creek, to the N. and S. of Wilmington. j

You will note by one of those letters, I re- |cently wrote a Street to Street history of my native- jtown, in which I describe our camping in that beautifuljsetting. In glancing over same, I note I get quite jflowryJ

' You will note that I am interested in the. past ]history of our great State and in perpetuating iilg jmonuments of the early days of our present civiliza- :tion. We restored Ft, Ancient; why not restore and iperpetuate the only TRUE TO TYPE monument to our .earliest industry? Ycur organization has made a goodbeginning. !

I offer you my co-operation to make the nextand a more Important step, or steps. The first, therestauration of the Telegraph Mills building; thesecond my proposed Century on the Land Club. j

I have a map of Warren Co, dated 1859, whichshows such places as Telegraph Mills and HENPECKJ Also*other places that have disappeared. I have an old numb€-r of the Waynesville Gazette, showing displaj? ad. ofthe telegraph Wills , giving rgtes of grinding, etc. . ^Will try to see you in the near future.

Yours very truly,H. L. Van Ti-ess.

VAN TRESS

Van Tress, H. L.; Wilmington, The Old Home Town; 1937He sent a copy to the Ohio State and Historical Society, Coliimbus, 0It is a 'street to street history of his native city of Wilmington, 0k chapters

He tried to form "Centuries on the Land Glut - the Oldest Industryin Ohio" in the 19^0's

He tried to get the State of Ohio in 19^3 to preserve Telegraph Millon Waynesville Road, 2 miles from Waynesville. In 19^5 he wrote tothe Warren County Historical Society, asking that they preserve it.

Telegraph Mill was on g^SSrshoe bend of the Little Miami River;4* stories high, I5OO* by 800'; shown on maps of 1859•

Dayton Journal Herald; Feb. 14, 19^9; the I50 year old TelegraphMill, 2 m south of Waynesville and owned by John Taylor, esq.. ;was blown down by strong winds Feb. 19^9

Source: Warren County Historical Museum; Genealogy.Room; "Mills" boxAug.8, 1934

WILMINGTONThe Old Home Town

By H« L. Van Tress,(leaflets fromMontgomery, 0. chapter IV.)

Another oolorod nan of i^perlgr oeae to town and oonetmoted hie own bnlld*lag, for grooery pnrpoees, nW the eolorad aohool houae. Ba had the finest taaa of w*hearses to be aaan for alias arbuBdi too'wall mtohi^ sorrolsj with a si^a^id «at,efwork haniass, and ocaplata teapplags.

Ea aold this bic road. wapm^to eharlia "XsBar^ ;a;iiai^^\fi|^on Collage Plaoa Baat^and shipping bualnessSODS, of whm -ivInbl^ing rabblt*^^hnntsea a rabbit sittinga gos naaod ib^owarthe South boys 0

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I have been interested in the Little Miainicountry since the eighty years of the last century, ' 'v.lien I catiped down below Orogoiiia, on three differentocossions. Comings down from liVilming'on, your hillsthere locked like great mountains and the river like ;the ocean, in ccmpprison with car Todd^s Fork andCcwars Creek, to the N. and S. of Wilmington.

You will note by one cf those letters, I re- 'cently wrote a Street to Stiirct history of my native 'town, ir which I describe our camping-in that beautiful'setting. In glancing over sarae, I i.cce I get quiteflowryi , ^ 1

' You will nute that I tuu Interested in the. past |history of our great Slate and in perpetuating lia !monuments of the early days of cur present civiliza- :ticii. We realored Ft. Ancient; why not restore andperpetuate the only TRUE TO TYFI; monument to cur earliest industry? Year organization has made a goodbeginning, .

I offer you my co-operation to make the nextand a more important step, or steps. The first, therestauration of the Telegraph Mills building; thesecond my proposed Century on the Land CTuu.

T have a map of Warr'en Co, dated 185«>, whichshows such places as Telegraph Mills and• IltKPECKJ Alsoother places thet huve disappeared. I have an old numbc-r of the Waynesiille Gazette, showing d;'splal^ ad. ofthe ielegraph tf^Jills , giving r^tc s of grinding, etc. .V'/ill try to see you in the near future.

Yours very truly,n. L. Van Tj.Qbs.

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I have hetn interested in the Littlt miainlcountry since the eighty years of the last centuiy,viien I catiped down "below Oi'd^ionia, on three differentoccasions. Coaiingi, down from Vvllming'on, your hillsthere locked like gitut mountains and the river likethe ocean, in ccmppriscn with rur roll's ?ork andIcv.u's Creek, to the 1\', and S. cf Wilmington.

Tou will note by one oi' those letters, I recently v/rote a Street to Str-.-et history of my nttiyetown, ir which 1 describe our camping in that he^ulifulsetting. In glancing over sarae, I nc be I get quiteflowryl ^ . R ^ .

• you will n^LG that I tu.i .nterestea in .ne. pasthistory cf our great S'ate and in perpetuabing ii^monuments cf the uarly days of cui- present civiliza-ticu. We resbcred Ft. iincient; v/hy not restore a.idpeiu'Stuate the cnly TRUE TO T'/FI; monu.nent to cur err-lie'st industryV Ycur organization has mpde a goodbeginning.

I offer you my co-operation to make the nexta-ud a more impoxteiit step, or steps. The first, therestaurabion of the Telegraph Mills building; thesecond my proposed Century on the Land CIuIj.

T have a map of Warren Co. dated ISbt/, which^shwws such places as ;Telegrap)i Mills and liLkPLCK.' Alsoother places bint ht.ve diseppeured. 1 have an eld numb-r of the Wayne&\ill€ Gazette, showing u'splaj ad. ofthe 'telegraph drills , giving r^tcs of grinding, etc.Will try to see you in ihe near future.

Yours very truly,II. L. Van Tress,