Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-07-02
The Editorial Convention.
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than ever DeIOre, ABOUT one HuHureu Pa
pers being represented. The first day
was devoted to the business of the associ-
alton.
On Wednesday, by the courtesy of
Thomas Wall, Superintendent of the Wolf
River Transportation Company, the party
made an excursion up that stream as far
as the village of Fremont, ac1tere REFRESH
maents soere seroed! 1t is not expected
that any one who was not along will "see
the point" 1.-The wonder Of the up-river
trip was the vast number of pine logs that,
in the booms, stretch away for miles, an
unbroken mass, and come floating Jazily
down the stream-crosswise endwlse, and
otherwise covering the water, and max
ing it look as though no boat could pass.
But the Captain took no notice OF them
except to slacken speed, and, remarking
that it was not a very good day for logs"
on he went-not exactly ''riding on rail, .
but sailing on saw-logs.......A mine OF
wealth is yearly realized from the vast
pine regions of Northern Wisconsin, to
| one of the largest and most important OF
which Wolf River is the outlet.......L. A.
Proctor, of the Wisconsin, says: g. To
get an adequate idea Of the vastness Of the
lumber interests Of the State one needs to
visit the booms of the Wolf river. In
these booms are now collected 1900, 900
feet Of logs, which cover an area of some
one thousand acres. There are yet some
2l,660, 900 feet of logs to come down, and
about 40,oO0,OOO feet have already been
RATED. This is mainly the product Of one
season Of numbering. When one reflects
that this is but one Of the four great lum-
boring regions Of the State, some idea OF
the vastness of this interest may be
gained"
u On Thursday morning the party left
Oshkosh for Green Bay-sailing through
Lake Winnebago, and down the Fox
passing Neenah, Menasha, Appleton, and
Depere A brief call was made at the
first two points, and at Appleton-a beau
tiful city among the trees, called by the
residents "Our Woodland Home" "a
splendid dinner was served, and speeches
were made by the Mayor and others on
behalf of the city, responded to by Gen.
Atwood, of the State Journal. Every
one was delighted with the highly success
full and gratifying reception at Appleton,
and received very favorable impression
of the city and its people.
At Depere the Bay steamer Saginaw
handsomely trimmed with evergreens
was in waiting, and conveyed us to the
city of Green Bay, one of the oldest and
most important places in Wisconsin. Al
9 o'clock dinner" was served at the First
National Hotel-a new house, and pro-
nounced the peer Of any in the west
| Hon. w. j. Abrams welcomed the repre-
sentatives of the press and friends in a
neat speech, to which James Ross, secreta-
ry of the association, responded in his
best vein, eliciting loud applause. He is
one of the best speakers we have in this
country. lone of the most pleasing fea-
lures at the Bay was the editorial recep-
ton and ball at Klaus Hall--a brilliant
affair that will be long remembered.
On Saturday some Of the party made a
trip to Peshtigo, on the north side of the
Bay, and doubtless had fine time.
e os3Iia' PERSONAL. H5 WE
Governor Merrill, of Iowa, Mr.. Howell,
editor Of the Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa,
and Governor Fairchild were with the ex-
cursionists. Fairchild is the best looking
in fact he is rather hard to beat.........
There were more ladies in attendance than
at any former convention. Mrs. Atwood
was the most matronly, and Mrs. Culver
the sweetest and best looking. owe mean
to send each of these ladies a copy Of this
lssue.)
ga COLUMN AN HOUR" s-
A lady of the party was, and is, com
positor. She said she set column the
first day she worked, and that she can
now set, when she tries, column an hour
though as general thing she gets up
/" only four columns day." We believed
all she said. 1 N
CONCLUSION. f a-a
We know more CT the resources of our
State than before, and are prouder than
ever of it. In some future number we
mean to give some items in regard to the
northern portion, and also in relation tc
the proposed Improvement of the Fox and
| Wisconsin rivers, for the purpose of open
ing channel from the Mississippi to the
Lakes-bound to be done, sooner or later
and one of the most important measures
now before the people of the Northwest.
The English Primitive Methodists have
discovered a young Sturgeon in the person
of Rev. W. Jones of Birmingham. Ht
was at their May anniversary in London
and the Methodist Times says of him:
| With natural delivery Of the most un-
promising character, he began, and in a
few sentences impressed his earnestness
upon the minds of all. Affected with the