Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-31
THE LAND OF WEALTH.
The Soil of the WISCONSIN
River Valley shows it's
Gapabi1ities-Eands wait
ing Development

that portion of it known as the Wiscon-
sin River Valley has come to that stage
in it's development when it's soil re-
sources can be practically demonstrated
by it's actual produce. It's possibilities
can now be more satisfactorily shown
to the inquiring man seeking new fields
of substantial fortune. 1t is just pass
ing from an epoch in it's history which
witnessed the amassing of goodly for
tunes by those who undertook the in
iative of it's development. That gen
GRAFTON is passing gradually away and
one by one the big mills are becoming
silent Yet the evidences of prosperity
are becoming more prominent among
the people who dwell upon it's farms.
The cities that lie along the river are
filled with energetic busy life. And
here and there at the different cross
roads the first buildings of many flu
ture rural village have been established.
However it is not a region so new that
it has no men to whom it can point as
examples of rewarded effort. The his
tory of many a substantial farmer is a
story of early poverty turned speedily
to comfortable competence. This
region contains township after town
ship of settled land waiting the plow-
share to turn it's latent wealth into an
active potent life-giving force Rail
roads now traverse its fertile reaches
from all points of the compass and thus
no part of it is beyond two hundred
miles from market on the east, the
west, the north and the south. Chica-
go the coming trade center of the world
is but days journey and during a
period of twenty-four hours you can
get several trains going and coming.
Here are vast tracts of valuable lands
waiting develowent. Every additional
acre brought under cultivation en-
hances the value of adjoining acres.
The tide of settlement is steady but the
great extent of the region can bear an
increase in it's volume ten-fold and
more. The interest of every resident
of the valley increases in value with
the development of it's lands. There
fore all this talk and hustle over adver-
Using the merits of Northern Wiscon-
sin lands. People entering a new
country can hope for no immediate
realization of the advantage of the
older communities from which they
came. but such developments is not
slower than the productive working
period of mans life. Provided the
citizens of the newly settled regions
are alive to the merit of proper induce
ments to others to come and lend a
hand to the conquest of the wild land.
To do this it is first necessary to dem
onstrate the adaptability of the lands
for cultivation. Then the growing
quality of the soil, the prevailing eli
mate conditions and their relations to a
proper supply of rain and warmth to
nourish the growing crops. The readi-
ness of marketing the produce at
price remunerative for the time and
energy that has been expended thereon.
All these, the people who now live
in Northern Wisconsin, have demon
stra1ed to be highly favorable for pros
porous farming in this locality.
For the past ten years the work of
clearing and cultivation has been going
steadily on Now Northern Wisconsin
can show farms in all stages of develop
ment. Here the first beginnings OF a
clearing, the logs and wood taken
therefrom bringing a cash price which
paws for the labor aud time and in many
instances the purchase price of the
farm itself. There farm which has
become finished estate with its roomy
stables inviting dwelling, surrounded
by village of small sheds, graneries
orain-cribs, supporting herds and focks
that send to market constant supply
of dainty products, wool and mutton
And a part of the story to be well
needed is, that no other capital went
into this farm but what was taken out
of it by the muscle of its owner as the
work progressed. The establishment
of a home on farm in Northern Wis
consin does not require a large amount
of ready money. Muscle, determine
ton, diligence, make up the hrst re-
ouisits, these when applied to the re-
sources of the lands bring out ample
funds for its development and provide
q competence for the leisure time OF
life. These are the facts which the
progress of the past ten years has es-