Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
NoRTHERY WISCONSIN :;
THE PAPERS ARE GIVING
$3.50 - "a Much ADVERTISING.
Large Additions Made Each Year 10
the Number of Settlers Who
Come to Establish ~.
Homes.

Homes. ,--
The Eau Claire Leader is dong, q
good work in continually enlarging
on the advantages of northern Wis
consin. It is persistently and effect
hally Advertising the upper portion
of the state. Its editorials on the po-
tato, the sugar beet and stock raising
may not be;highly entertaining to the
casual reader but they are good in
fUrma tiortU cause TO be- spread abroad
I.concerning'Wisconsin The Eau Claire
paper one day may. extol- editorially
the productiyeness. Of northern Wis
consin soil; the next day it may show
what can be done in sheep raising,
aud in recent issue il finds use, for
the pine stumps left after the wood.
mans axe; despoIls the forest. On
this subject The Leader says: --S -s,ss
The pine tree. Its lifetime was
I.porthern Wisconsin''s best friend, and
even after il has Departed its stump
yields a, revenue Partiesare now en-
gaging IN the Manufacture of thrpen-
tine, pitChs-tax and charcoal. using
the stumps of the dead pine, and max
ing good. profit, CIR their venture.
The supply Of raw material is Prac-
,;oolIx, ,,of;r,;.od aod th, I,p,an1 Fnr
the out is. Very great. This can hard
ly be claimed as \ new industry, for
during the civil war considerable
quantities Of turPentine, resin and tar
we've made from pine stumps by dis
tillaIion, the high price OF these arti-
cIes making the business profitable"
This, as said above, may not be
vastly entertaining, but it is sub
stantial. 1t helps the, homeseeker
who wishes to become informed about
the lands on which he may, settle,
aud it helps Wisconsin. And there is
need of just such work. North OF, the
line drawn across the state from Hud-
son, through Chippewa Falls and Wan
sau to Marinette, the state is. but
sparsely settled except at few, cities
along the lake front and the stations
ON the railways. Farmers are com.
parstiyely few. although the soil is as
good as the best soil in southern and
southeastern vi. cousin. >. The pnpu-
lalion of tbs district indicated could
be Increased a million without crowd
iGs. Z Il bsing,; true that Wisconsin
can offer as good and AS cheap homes
as any state Up the northwest, the,fact.
'shbnfd bp niade known to the eopn--
try and faithrdI worksih this cause is
AT Phi p6rtSnt Isservi"e to the stale
III Crosse Leader and Press.
wins county affords as fine farm
lands as rhefe are in the state, and as
for cheapHomes, this county is on fhe
top shelf. New:setrlers are moving
into this locality every year from 9th
er locality. where the price OF land
far exeeeds its value, and are making
new farms and homes for; themselves.
in thisnew and sparsely populated
county, and there is still room for
more settlers. and an unlimited, num-
fE
Der of acres OF good cheap land still
to had. Villas county has more lakes
within its territory than other county
inthe state. For hay and root crops
this county excels many parts of the
state: With plenty of water and a
! iine graziug country, this locality can
not, he cxcelled for dairying, sheep
raising sno farming. >'ts .. .''''.'