The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-01-08

Wisconsin and Price
County,


berng region great The hand of industry
has marked this region and gentleman
well informed regarding recently heard that great
the Transformation that going that absence only
three four months witnessed the building of many new home
the opening many cearngs that the change
very apparent
The north actually securing settlers The Wscon
Central railroad has for great deal OF at
tenton the securing upon lands and have done
towards securing settlers than The Omaha
has also sold deal of land along their line that has been
cheap Another whose enterprise has deal for
northern Wisconsin is James Gates who has been heavily inter
esed several counties He acquired tax titles IN Clark Ch
Sawyer Washburn Ashland Price counties Through
the additional Weyerhauser Cornell lands Mr.
Gates has become the neghborhood Of $4,000
of Price county soil The land which formerly owned by
lumber companies has been picked very rapidly great portion
of being disposed of in people who have pinned their
faith to the region agricultural settlement Two ago
there lot of cheap land Price comfy and there was
plenty that could have been purchased So acre
Mr. Gates and the Wisconsin Central railroad company
getting prices that all the from S. to SD an acre.
and higher The soil described cayey 1t does
not pack but always free for cultivation the clay subso
being very rich In small area county
is considerable sand but small this portion that does not
detract materially from the worth the region The great
feature that has helped region
second northern county north has been that the
officials and the citizens have great the
building of roads, and the pece settler travel from
end of the the other very be
found anywhere the Large money have been
appropriated and dcous expended this purpose and there
is thorough network of ked roads all directions off from
the railroads.
have located Price county within the the business
been handed from many different quarters, estimate
would perhaps be about three hundred But this
usual year with the region mentioned there has been very
steady npourng oope for at least four years. The pine in
dustry gone hemlock
and hardwood while giving employment
large numbers of and the farmers engaged clearing their
lands find profit in getting hemoc bark always brings
good price owing the of the market Five
years ago there skepcs who think that
would be the turn move the mills and the hold
ers OF village and city property inclined look upon the
dark side things But there has steady
bhere is no mistake CHASING Price county with the
farming the north perhaps being county
located so far north that has made the showing.
There perhaps twelve hundred cearings
Price county, which
The cuover lands particularly productive while
value of the hardwood good as elsewhere The
summer growing produce good weather
Enc nights as rule aecoo Oats barley and have raised
to great extent profb while grass region there the
same eminent satisfactory results
everywhere Northern Wisconsin, All eminent
well the demonstrations that for the
best and dairy land ahead
Root crops form large part of the business farmer
IS significant of the country local
supplied entirely by the growers The country is
spenddy waered by creeks lakes and springs
from the agricultural
ties to devote his esure hunting fishing
filled with andhe waterways choicest fish,
The people of Sawyer county great future
is ahead of the country laying between Phillips and
hayward Ihere IS distance by main travelled
twenty five mics between the points, stretch of
country there steady npourng who have farming
the business of lifetime The soil the richest that
to be found all the surrounding country
substantial farms already be region Wheat
raising has not progressed largely although the
cereal is produced with emnenty satisfactory
1t might be observed passing that perhaps most
stana and beautiful little city of Northern Wisconsin Phillips
The county of Price years ago whole
try startled with the of the destruction of the
city by fire Phoenxke the city ashes and fire
ordinance Immediately that business buildings
hust be built of brick
people who could the finest buildings Not onv did
apply to the business blocks but it to the
dences and the result that the Phillips
the peone be-
gan to feel reaction they evidently had beyond