Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-01
Ct TING The MENU STARTED,
PIansto LIST All Lands in Valley That are
Offered For Sale,

1he programme has already COM
menced to be formulated along this
valley for the coming entertainment
OF the Wisconsin Press association On
| their next summer outing as guests OF
the Valley Advancement Association.
| The details are yet to be worked out,
| but unless there are changes made. the
newspaper crowd will begin its trip at
kilbOurn on Monday, July Is. and the
first day will be spent in excursions in
the dellS Of the Wisconsin.
The flower carnival at Wausau is a
settled part Of the programme and at
TOnahawk it is proposed that the
Press association shall appoint from
among their members a committee of
twenty-five who are to go into the
woods, chop down hemlOck or spruce
tree, each one of the committee
sharing in the work. After cutting it
into logs they are to be transported to
the paper mill where in the presence
OF the editors the tree is to be trans
formed into pulp and from that into
paper, and in the afternoon F. E.
GraySOn Of the TOmahawk will print
OH an edition of his paper on the paper
thus prepared and each editor and his
WIZ w III OS JlSSChOC Will al CODN dis
a souvenir.
Many other novel features are being
arranged, but are not definitely set
tied, to be carried out by the other
cities in the Advancement association.
After all the cities in the association
have been visited the Press association
will go into camp in military fashion,
upon the banks of one of the many
lakes in the Wisconsin valley, where
they will remain for a week. There
will be fish fries, and real Indian war
dances, trout fishing for the women,
and muSkallOnge fishing for the more
daring Of the editorial fraternity.
There will be fishing by the light of
torches, as we'll as fishing by the light
Of day, and there will also be a grand
display Of fireworks on the lake.
The Wisconsin Valley Advancement
association is at the present time
made up of the cities of Centralia,
Grand Rapids, Stevens Point. Mosinee,
Wausau, Merrill, TOmahawk, Rhine
lander, Eagle River and Amigo.
IF YOU DESIRE TO SELL.
At special meeting of the associa-
ti0n held in TOmahawk yesterday,
Feb. p, the secretary was instructed
to visit each county in the association
territory and with the aid of the local
associations, list all lands the owners
of which desire to place them upon
the market for sale to actual settlers
Three plans were presented by differ
ent immigration agencies, differing
somewhat as to detail, but in the main
proposing to dispose of the listed
lands
lands will be listed on either of the
plans, owners making their own
selection.
WILL REACH 100000 ACRES.
The Committee on immigration at
the last meeting reported that 1t
would be possible to list about 100 900
acres for the valley. Chairman COlman
said that the list would reach 600. 900
acres or 100, 600 acres in each county.
Definite contracts with the agencies
were deferred until the Secretary's
lists are completed, q task which it is
hoped will be accomplished by the
next regular meeting. 1t is expected
that at least two agents Of the aSSOcia-
tiOn will then leave for Europe and
one or more begin active work in the
Central states.
The secretary presented a list of
nearly 500 names of parties who have
made inquiry of the association as to
locations in the valley, mostly for
farm lands. Every town in the
association territory now has a work.
ing local organization in touch with
the valley association. The towns and
names Of the secretaries of the local
organizations are: Eagle River Fl. G..
Todd; Rhinelander, W. L. Swift:
Minocqua, J. j. Mayer: Tomahawk,
a. J. Olson; Merrill, D. NJ. Phinney:
Wausau, Joseph Reiser: Stevens
Point, ID. E. Frost. Centrala and
Grand Rapids will make connections
after the question Of making one
municipality of the two places has
been settled March 13. Many new
settlers are expected to come to the
Wisconsin valley this spring.