Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
WOOD COUNTY,!
The Place for the Poor Man Who is in
Need of Home for Himself
and Children.

iOCdGIoll VI w OOu AOu1lN IS lut
geographical center of the state ot
Wisconsin-from 20 to so miles north o1
Milwaukee and Madison, in the latitude
of Appleton, Neenah and Menasha in
Wisconsin, and Of Wlnona, Mankato
and other cities in Southern Minnesota
"a line drawn from Central Oregon
directly east to Central Vermont would
pass east and west across Wood County.
In Europe, Italy and Spain lie in the
same latitude. To the North of Wood
County lie the rich agricultural counties
of Marathon and Clark, and beyond
are the forests and mines of Northern
Wisconsin, reaching to the shores OF
Lake Superior. All Of the region east
to Lake Michigan is occupied by the
prosperous farmers of Waupaca,
Winnebago and Manitowoc Counties
with the factories and mills of Grand
Rapids and Centralia in Wood County,
Oshkosh, Neenah and Menasha in
towns of Fox River Valley in Outagamie
County, and innumerable other busy
towns and cities furnishing markets for
all the farmers raise, and employment
for all who wish it. West and South
are the dairy and stock farms which
have made Wisconsin famous for Butter
and Cheese, all these advantages point
tO-The best of
RAILROAD FACILITIES
BY lines from St. Paul and Mime
apolls or Lake Superior and Duluth,
South and East to Milwaukee and
Chicago. Though but SO miles from
east to west and the same distance
from north to south, the county has
over $50 miles of railroad in it's bound
aries, being crossed from east to west
by the main lines of the Chicago,
Milwaukee q ST. Paul, Wisconsin
Central and Green Bay, Winona and
st. Paul Railways, and from south to
north by two lines of the Chicago
Milwaukee q st. Paul Railway and by
the Centralia and Marshfield roads with
numerous branch lines, extending into
all palts of the county, giving every
farmer direct communication with the
busy manufacturing towns of Eastern
Wisconsin, the cities of Chicago and
Milwaukee and north and west to St.
Paul and Minneapolis, and the mines
and lumber camps Of Northern Wiscon-
sin.
| THE CLIMATE
Is unsurpassed-the average annual
temperature is 46 degrees-tbat of
summer being 72 degrees. The fevers
and ague of the Southern States are
unknown, while the groves of natural
timber brea k the winds which cause
such suffering in the prairie states.
The fields of winter grain and clover
are not swept bare, but are protected
and kept covered by the snow.
TIE AVERAGE RAINFALL.
Is about 81 inches insuring abundant
moisture for crops, and keeping the
streams and lakes full of clear, pure
water.
All these advantages with a soil of
rich clay, covered by black loan, the
debris Of the leaves and branches of
the forests for centuries, making farm
ing these lands most profitable.
WATER.
Is everywhere pure and easily
obtained, either from natural springs,
which bubble up at frequent intervals
through the timber, or from wells at a
depth of from II to 20 feet
TIMBER
Of the best quality, red and white
oak, elm birch, Eastwood, maple, all
the best quality of hardwood, are the
natural products of such a soil and
cover everywhere the level surface of
the county, unbroken by rough or hilly
land, and furnishing fuel in ineNhaust-
1ble quantities, and providing
AN IMMEDIATE INCOME.
10 the settler, as every tree is avail
able, either for building his own house.
or at the frequent mills of all kinds
where ties, slaves, bolts. hub-timber.
pulp timber, maple and oak logs find a
ready market at good prices SO while
the farmer is clearing his farm and
preparing it for crops he is deriving an
income from the timber and finds work
at good wages on his own farm, and is
not compelled to rely, like the prairie
farmer, on an uncertain crop of grain
which hot wind or hail storm NAV
destroy i'll an hour. But besides all
this, for all his
FARM PRODUCTS
Viz: superior Timothy and Clover
hay, ali cereal grains, barley, rye, wheat
oats and corn, he has an immediate
home market, and for every head of
stock and dairy products he finds a
ready market at the mills and adjacent
towns, and Is not compelled to pay the
freight to market hundreds of miles
away. Besides the more unusual pro-
ducts OF an agricultural country,
considerable income can be derived
from the berries and fruits which every
where grow wild through the woods.
The younger children and women of
a farmers family can pick hundreds of
gallons of Blackberries, Raspberries.
Huckleberries and Blueberries eyerv
year along the roadside, and if culti-
waited with ordinary care, in a small
garden all other fruits do equally we'll
and require but slight attention.
SCHOOLS ARE CONvF%IE%r
And of the best character. In the
different cities of Pittsville, Grand
Rapids, Centralia and Marshfield are
excellent graded schools; at Stevens
Point, III the next county east, the State
maintains Normal School
CHURCHES
Of all the different denominations
are numerous, so that people coming
from other localities will ALWAYS be able
to attend the church of their choice.
COUNTY AND TOWN INDEBTEDNESS.
Is almost unknown. The County
has no Indebtedness and very few of
the towns have any debt-There are no
bonds to pay-Taxes are very light and
are almost entirely for the support of
the schools and highways
Work can generally be obtained,
either in the numerous factories in the
towns or cutting timber in the woods,
and the wages are good
| COST OF LANDS.
The lands we offer range in price
from 81 tA1 tO $40 Go nor acrp Tbau ORC