Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-09

tISdSeu Tor III the best cOntiuu0us
stretch OF road; t2) the second best:
I'd the most attractive yard. without
regard TO the cost of the farmhouse.
wealthy mems sons often fall short
OF useful energy. but w. b. E.. Shu-
feidt, son of the man who has done so
much to develop this region. and AT
whose bidding the citizens would swim
Lac La Belle with their clothes on is
an exception. This stalwart yo1nr
man has made a study of good roads
at home and abroad. He has studied
engineering and lie cireulates plans of
Toad-making and pictures OF roads as
they should be and as they are. The
road prizes go to the path-masters, o.
n there are, perh; ps, ten or a
dozen In each of the two townships
IN which the city is located. In
awarding the last prizes Mr.. Shufeldt's
COMMITTEES rode over 200 miles inspect
ing results.
\ Canal TO Connect lakes.
A usefu! scheme for which the whole
state will be under obligations to the
people of leisure is the proposed canal
to connect the two lakes at Oconomo-
woe with the larger lake of that name
neal by, and perhaps others. A
coufse-wey Is needed by which sailing
craft, launches, etc, may get from n
body OF water to another. On seven
lakes III a chain are, perhaps. sixty
miles of shore property and the effect
must be TO raise the value OF il all
Some years ago some SIG 0 was ex-
pended, but now S25, 000 more is sub
scribed and work will be begun at
once. Favorable legislation was Sc
cured last winter, Editor Pettfbone and
Lynn 5. Pease, the Milwaukee attor-
ney. rendering good service. A dam
explains a ulTerence of level of seven
rect between the two lakes in the city
ana at this point a marine railway"
will lift the craft. Locks will be sta
one where needed. The dredging
and embankment work will be expen-
slVe, and the maintenance will be no
small bill. But these pleasure-seek-
ers have their hearts set on communi-
caticn of one home with another. ana
no doubt at least some OF the seven
lakes will in due time be Joined. The
canal will. be twenty-five or thirty feet
wide, six feet deep, with a right of
way of 100 feet and a boulevard to
drive upon.
The Milwaukee electric line has been
put through to Waukesha beach. and
in time it will reach Oconomowoc.
The effect of these improvements
Will be to open a garden spot to great
ly increased numbers and bring pros
perity 10 all that section of the state.
1t must be remembered that probably
5000 people from away take their va
cations in this county. and Marshall
Fields clerk can find good board and
all the comforts OF home with some
farmer at So a week. Not all the g.
900 are millionaires.
But the presence of wealth is shown
by the fact that though Dodge county
has twenty-five townships as against
sixteen in Waukesha, the valuation of
the latter is equalized at 5000, 600
higher.
Luxury in summer Tones.
A drive along the beautiful roadways
that wind in and out among these pal
atial homes reveals what money can
do to beautify even nature herself. and
add to human enjoyments. One real
ICES the full meaning of the word
cottage" for even the simpler lake
AOLleS are VI the Fluc-Cldu, rambling,
loW-lying type, with hooks and cor
ners, where silk pillows and lounging
couches invite to repose. The citizens
are alert TO make the lakes attractive.
One sees men at work on scows, cut
ting the eel-grass and weed growth
and raking it on board, the effect be-
ing to make the lake shores cleanly.
On the Petit place is a private racing
track, golf links, rifle ranges, fine
herds Of cattle and punches of thor
oughbred horses. One millionaire
pays his chef 5000 a month. Fred
Pabst, Jr., has a noble site on Pine
lake. George Bullen of Chicago has
designed his home after an old English
castle. He has his private telegraph
wire; and another of the residents,
with a love for sports had his wire
connected with the ringside at Coney
Island when Jeffries was declared vic
tor. The stone cottages in which the
servants and employees live would
make most any Il comfortable. Phil
Armour, Jr., has q stock farm to en-
gage his attention. The Dupee place
was laid out by the chief landscape
gardener of the Worlds fair.
Oconomowoc is well worth a visit.
The people are a social study and the
prosperity of the place partially solves
the problem of what to do with our
millionaircs. ORLANDO BURNETT.
4 girls idea of d~isloyaIty is to keep