Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-08

It's Opportunities are Unsurpassed in
Flany Respects.

IN lumber and minerals, are to
great to be approximately esti-
mated. The world can only
know them by the development
of the greatest pine lumber pro-
ducing regions of the wholecoun-
try so it is destined to become
one of the greatest and most
profitable agricultural and live
stock producing sections in the
country.
As a field for the profitable in
vestment in pine timber lands lit
tie car be said. While there is
still large amount of pine stand
ing, it is in the hands of the oper-
ators of large mills and it is not
on the market. In the numerous
rivers and lakes OF the region,
nature has provided almost end
less wsterpower, as yet undevel-
oped, but ready available for
manufacturing power purposes.
But it is the agricultural posi-
bilities of the region that now at
tracts the attention of far-sight-
ed men seeking investments for
their means. The features of any
region of country for great
achievements in agriculture are
fertile soil, proper climate and
abundance of pure water and
markets which are easily reached.
With all of these Northern Wis
consin is especially favored. In
some parts OF the hardwood
lands are a mixture of clay loan
and gravel, while some pine
lands have a sandy soil But all
are wonderfully fertile and pro-
duce great quantities of all the
clovers, grasses and cereals
From the great hemlock timber
regions along the very shores OF
Lake Superior have come 10 the
Wisconsin State Fair during re-
cent wears, some astonishing eX-
hibits of grain, grass and veget-
ables. Twenty years ago that
land was looked upon as valu-
able only for the timber standing
upon it, but as the timber was
removed and agricultural results
followed, the sole demonstrated
that it needed only an opportu-
nifty to produce abundant har-
vests.
The passing of the forests and
the introduction of agricultural
pursuits have yearly proven the
superiority of climate over that
of more southern portions of this
and adjoining states.
1t is demonstrated that the graz
ing season there is as long as it
is 500 miles farther south. That
the winters are trifle more Sc
we're is doubtless true; but the
cold is steady and snowfall of
winter, like the rain of summer,
IS more generous as a rule, cover
ing the ground from December
until March and forming a nat
ural protection to grass roots,
from frost and repeated thaw-
ings ard freezings. Thus with
the disappearance of snow in the
spring there is a rapid growth of
vegetation ofall kinds. The rain
fall in summer is ample and well
distributed Thus ssar in it's his
tory no serious drought has ever
been complained of in Northern
Wisconsin. When fields a few
hundred miles south are burning
bare of all vegetation, by the
sun, with no rains for months,
the fields of Northern Wisconsin
are covered with an abundance
of nutritious vegetation and
herds and aocks find abundant
pasturage.
1t is these features that have
attracted the attention of men
of means, who during the last
five years have been securing
large tracts of land and trans
forming them into farms and
stock ranches which have proven
highly profitable from their in
ception, and give abundant as
surance of yielding even better
results with further development.
The successes made is Attract
ing extensive attention, and 9TH
er men by scores and hundreds
are looking for lands in Northern
Wisconsin according to their