The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
In Northern Wisconsin. !,

| In northwest wisconsin railway ex-
| tensions as usual have gone on apace
The Omaha last fall completed it's.
I line from Brentwood to Radisson we'll
located in the forks Of the Court
OReilles and Chippewa rivers. The
sou OF the Chippewa valley its entire
length is highly productive and the
scattered hardwood tracts in that re-
gion fairly astound. While at Raids
son lately I was driven out to one of
! these. A huge birch was pointed out
whose estimated value in lumber at the
! mill was over $40. Yet all around
stood plenty other trees of birch, bass
wood, poplar, spruce, maple and oak.
| The immense wealth now to be gath
cred from that region is beyond COM
putation.
The 500 is also extending from
Brentwood well into the Indian Reser-s
walton skirting Lake Court O'Reilles
on the east. One Of the objects b to
bring to market the vast Quantities Of
hardwoods there. The department at
Washington has contracted for their
cutting and the work Will soon. go
speedily on. Let it be h6Led that this
is a movement in the direction of
breaking up the reservation which
rests like an incubus upon the proper
development of a naturally rich sec
ton. When the iron horse shall reach
there in December all HAT benighted
region
'fWill awake to hear
The new Cambysses laundering in its
ear"
Another year will most probably see
the continuation of this line. to Ash
land. The traffic in hardwoods would
be heavy and the 500, moreover,
would thus have a direct connection
with Lake Superior and the wealthy
Eterrttory tributary to the Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic. An extension
southerly from Pratt, said to be. in. the
interest of the Omaha, is also going. on.
to connect, perhaps, with the Radisson
line. Sawyer county, as predicted last
year.. Is braVely forging to the front.
Northeast Wisconsin.
Now, for an outlook upon northeast
Wisconsin. Here one Is simply lost in
A daylight ride over the 500 from
Minneapolis to Rhinelander is
enough to satisfy any one how
civilizing is the power of the railroad
! and how productive may become the
cutovert lands Twenty. years ago all
this region was a wilderness, hav-
her. To-day we find along the line
! embryo cities like Anery, Barron.
/ Bruce, Ladysmith. Prentice and
! rRhinelander. Farms may be :. seen.
upon every hand In the, highest.
1 state Of cultivation, and fully equal in
value to the average in the southern
part of the state. Rhfnelander, the
! county seat of Oneida county, is most
/ vigorous center Of 10000 population
and soon to double that number. Just
ed there on Thea banks Of the Wis:
consin river by a company with mil
/ lion of capital. When once in
4 operation all the country around will
feel its influence. The farmers will be
l taxed@to their utmost for material to
keep it going and doubtless train
loads will be brought. in from dis
lance. Everything. of the young tree
can thus be utilized, except the leaves,
nature wisely designing that these
i shall remain to further enrich the soil
Oneida county is surely destined to a.
/ great growth. :.. x ...e
4 Villas County. ~ IS
Lying Immediately above Oneida. is
Villas county. OF this region too
much cannot be said, for it is full Of
1 interest everywhere. 1t has an area
/ about fifty miles east and west and
half as much north and south. It's
territory with some other, was once
i designated by the legislature as the
state park, the object being to preserve
from timber cutting and settlement
/ the headquarters Of the wisconsin
4 river and it's tributaries. In 1897,
Il however, this was determined Ito be
i rather visionary and the lands were
4 appraised and opened to settlement.
! That period marks it's beginning and
altho still somewhat in its infancy, the
tfcountry presents the spectacle Of a
most vigorous growth. The county is
richly interspersed with fine lakes and
these make it attractive. to- tourists
and sportsmen and many excellent
summer resorts are opened. 1T is
doubtful if any county in the state is
more highly favored with railroads
The NorthW Western runs main line
j from Chicago along its eastern border
branching at Watersmeet in Michigan,
above east to Marquette into and west
to Ashland. The Milwaukee also runs
well into the center at Star Lake, eyi-
IDENTIFY heading its second line to the
rich iron and copper mines of the up
per peninsula. Eagle River, the
county seat. is charming town OF
1000, and in an early day was. a great
numbering point. The country around
i lis fairly well settled and some farms