Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-30
A Wonderful Counts.

Wood county. in this state, has {
greater variety Of industrial resource
and political eussedness than anv 9th
er county III the state. That she ha.
: good agricultural lands and large guam
titles Of excellent pine and hardwood
timber, and good water powers in great
abundance, is generally known. Shi
also has deposits Of iron ore, which arc
believed to be very valuable Their
there are her wond erful beds Of kao
lin, which probably must, when deyel-
oped, be the source Of vast wealth te
their owners, and the wonder is that
they are not developed Her quarries
Of Scotch granite exceed in excellence
the finest quarries of Scotland. 1t Is
I claimed that buhr stones are also to be
found in the county. Her cranberry
marshes are the best in the world.
That silver has frequently been found
up there is we'll known, and now comes
! tho Grand Rapids Tribune claiming
that paying quantities Of gold have re-
Gently been discovered, and so cIated
1 IS the Tribune over it that it begins to
speak Of gold respectfully and of
greenhacks very moderately. just
think Of a county that contains at one
and the same time. gold and silver
mines, forests of hard wood, pine,
hemlock and cedar. George HiIes, kao-
lln beds, Jack Brundage, Scotch gran
tie, IL. w Remington, buhr stones,
the Grand Rapids Tribune, iron ore.
Judge Powers, cranberries, huckIeber-
rles muskrats, in fact everything that
is needed Owe are not so sure about
school houses and churches Except
ing that state prison--and lots OF It,
Wisconsin is great State, and Wood
county. is its pride and its vanity. Let
her have State Prison.
THE ABOVE we clip from the P0r-
tage City Register. While We enjoy
the humor contained in the article, and
admit that there is a world Of truth in
It's sarcasm we want it distinctly TN
derstood that barring the ''cussedness"
that we possess, we have the richest
and best county in the state All that
the Register has said relative to our
'undeveloped resources" is true.
Wood County has iron. gold and silver
in mines that are yielding rich returns.
She has kaQlin beds thai will some dav
in the near failure be mine Of wealth
She has the best hardwood timber and
pine in the state. She has agriculture
| al lands that are not surpassed by the
famous Berlin and Ripon prairies.
Her cranberry marshes will yield q
hundred thousand bushels of the fruit
this season. Her granite beds are be-
ing worked and better granite than has
ever been imported is the product Of
her quarries. She has a water power
inexh austible, and is rich in resources
that have not been mentioned which
only await the coming in Of capital to
make her, as we truly believe, the rich
est county in the State At Grand
Rapids and Centralia we have the G.
B. & NJ. and W. Y. r. r. affording
ready means Of shipment Of manufac-
lures to ali points north, east, south
and west She has the best water in
the state and the health statistics show
not more healthy section within the
boundaries of the commonwealth. As
for Churches, We have cur quota, and
ut Grand Rapids and Centralia we
have two school buildings that surpass
any in Portage City, builded at a cost
Of forty thousand dollars. We con-
cede the fact that we have been cursed
by unprincipled men who have eaten
out our life, but thank God they are
shorn Of their strength, and no longer
bear down upon us like a weight
What we want now IS capital Money
invested in Wood County will bring a
larger per cent upon the dollar invest
ed than in any other county in the
state we positively believe and before
another decade shall roll around the
truth of our statement will have been
!
verified. Jack Turner, We give you a
cordial invitation to come up and see
US, come nolc. Don't wait till we get
the State. Prison, for we want you to
see more than can be seen through a
checkerboard window.
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Senator Howe and the Chief JUS
tiCeShiD.