The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-11-03
GRASSLAND IS A WONDERLAND.
From the towns at which the ca


SO va, the former home of Secretary
SEairall. The Daily Press. of that
szst6y, gave page writeup for the car,
S8'rem the many good things in the
Press. we select the following.
The royal sisters of the great sor-
osity of American commonwealths-
Wisconsin and Iowa-clasped hands
"a Iowa City Sunday. when several
hundred Icwans visited Grassland .
the magnificent car that stands at
present on the interuroan sidetracks
sat the foot of Front and Court street.
"Graes land" might we'll have it's
name metamorphosed. for the time
being, into wonderland" for to
scores of Iowa City people, who have
rever enjoyed "trip to Wisconsin,
the freightage of this great pas
senger coach is a revelation.
Few people in Iowa, com paratively
speaking, have even the faintest con-
uception of the wonderful possibilities
shat lie latent ir every acre of the
fertile soil of Northern Wisconsin,
and of the no less wonderful results
of thinkin g, industrious men S labors
IN that section OF the great mort b.
west.
To these, not knowing, yet ever
eyer to learn, Grassland" is d
silently eloquent apostle of the
Badger state, preaching sermon
on the wisdom of industry, eultiva-
sion of God s natural offerings, and
9oest OF all, on the rich gifts of soil
and field and farm and orchard, in
one of the most productive and yet
longest neglected sections of this
great country OF ours.
The Grassland" comes with a
message from Wisconsin. and it
comes with indisputable evidence Of
she truth of those loyal Wisconsin,
s9tes-some of whom were once
Towans- who have declared for the
past half decade that the soil of the
qlorthernmost counties of Wisconsin
IS capable of producing vegeta lies,
grain and fruit that will not only
vie in the markets of the world with
&hose of proud Iowa, out will even
&urpass many of the prod ucts of our
Gwn state.
The Iowa City people who visited
Grassland" found it in charge Of
sone of their former fellow-townsmen,
Herbert S. Fairall, secretary of the
organization which sends out the
car--the North Wisconsin Farmers
association. This is sterling body
composed of more than two thousand
farmers and business men of the
counties of Ashland, Douglas, Bay
field and Iron, that are the northern
most counties of Wisconsin, and
skirt the south shore of Lake
Superior.
These four counties they have over
Ghree million acres Of land-style
themselves the Lake Superior South
Shore counties and they have recent
" gotten big 'hustle on them
selves" At the western end Of
these allied counties. is the city Of
Superior, in the very northwestern
corner of the state, the second city
@sf Wisconsin. Bayfield,, Washburn
and Ashland are the next largest
places, going east on the lake. Ash
land is a modern city of nearly
9wentv thousand people. Hurley is
on the extreme east of these assoc
lated counties
Two east and west trunk lines of
railway run through these counties,
and lake traffic between the parts
eof enormous proportions bind these
~enterprising Lake Superior south
shore counties very close together.
They are also connected with the
south by such large transportation
as the Wisconsin Central,
Chicago and Northwestern, the
Omaha" with the Northern Pacific
q main artery in several directions.
The object of the association is to
induce farmers and others to settle
IN these counties More settlers
means more neighbors for the farm
ers already there and more roads and
schools for them; TO the merchants
IAN increased settlement means more
business. The association is main
aimed by one dollar membership
It does not in any way handle land,
nor is it pushing the interest of any