Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-10
Tuesday, November II, 1896, |
100 o'clock p. m. !
JOSEPH L. ARPIN.
W4I. HOOPER.
=. n. CHRISTENSEN

called to order by Chairman Hiles
Roll called and quorum present
James L. Gates, Of Milwaukee, addressed the
Board III regards to the beet sugar industry in
Wisconsin. He stated that he considered the soil
III Wood county we'll adapted to the raising of
beets. He thought a refinery located in Grand
Rapids or Centraa could be made a paving in
dustrv if the farmers could be encouraged in grow
ing the beets. He presented this subject atlength
At the close of his remarks it was moved and
seconded that the chairman appoint committee
OF three to act with Mr.. Gates in submitting some
kind OF proposition i'll regards to this matter at
the February meeting of the Board Motion
carried and the chairman appointed as said com
mittee Messrs. E. P. Arpn, Geo. ". Brown, r. II.
Bovnton.
F, L, Rourke, secretary Of the Bureau of In
migration and General Industries read that com
m1ttee's report as follows:
10 he Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of Wood Coa7,ty
and state Of Wisconsin, Gcntimca At the annual meeting
of the County Board in November 1895, Bureau was
created On December IS. 1895. held first meeting
and elected Mr. T. ~ Taylor secretary After discussing
briefly the best manner OF promoting immigration
county the matter was left to the secretary to work
Sch reading atefa as would De OF service and present
same to the Bureau at later meeting. January - 1896
the Bureau met pursuant call by the secretary Mr.
Taylor read the material gathered for pamphlet and after
correcting and revising tn" same. the secretary III
SJfHctea TO nave pplnted 100 mph cts III English 5000
IN German 3nd 2oo9 IN Ao9e9I3n copy of said pamph-
let is attached to this report The total costs Of these
the work that had been decided to sell
pamphlets to real estate dealers for each Weaso
Gemania oards Dayman and the Droyers journal call
ing the attention of land lockers Wood county. 1T
present we advertise in the first two and the Danish Pho
neer of Omaha.
At a meeting held July 81. 1896 we decided to make
an exhibit OF the farm products OF the county
county fairs in the southern part of the state and the
state fair At this meeting Mr. Taylor resigned
tary and T. = RourEe elected in his place and in
structed to carry out the work.
The samples of grain and farm products gathered made
pNlib its
and Matt Schg Of the town of Seneca made the fairs al
the following places viz :Freeport GAINESVILLE, Milwaukee.
West Bend and Cedarburg. Peter Poncr of the of
Lincoln the fairs at Jefferson the state fair and
at Elkhorn. They both report that the people in the
southern part OF the state very much surprised the
kind and quality OF grain could raise: that exhibit
made favorable impression and that settlers the
places visited sure Freeport our wheat
fact our exhibit made such favorable impression that
our agent Mi Schlig was made one OF the judges
grains
ing country it to show that Wood county going
be one OF the best farming counties in the and
soon people find this out it will not be long until
OF the land in the county is settled.
1T Jefferson, Mr. Pommer reports lively interest in
answering questions about Wood county. Without doubt
we will get number of settlers from there by spring
SAMPLES Of grain and on Rnrah ndta4oes 9topn Nv
Peter POmmer-frSt premium.
At the close of the county fairs divided exhibits
and shipped them to different
Milwaukee, Waterloo. Sun Prairie and Monroe From
ports received by this bureau these samples have been well
received and have been the means OF sending settlers
the county this fall and by spring expect number of
people coming to see us from those places.
Expenses incurred by Bureau to date are. 8I361 IS
Received from sale of Pamphlets SO -
state f'i premium ~ V0 10 o.
Cost to the county to date as shown by
itemiZed statement hereto annexed. 1928 26
We have distributed through realestae agents county
fairs and by personal letter iii reply to newspaper adver
sements, 500 Norwegian LOO German and 400 English