Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
BIG BRUCE EXCURSION
r.. A. Austin Land Co. and Arpin
Hardwood Lumber Co. Bring Many
People to Rusk.

FeOple TO MUSK.
The big excursion of the r. A. Aus
tin Land company and Arpin Hardwood
Lumber company arrived at Bruce
Wednesday morning at four o'clock.
The excursion was one of the big sue
cesses for which these people are noted
They do things for keeps.
There were three extra coaches which
were filled to their fullest capacity with
land and home seekers from Iowa and
Nebraska people who came from $100
land and found equally good soil in Rusk
county for fraction of the value of
land in their home section.
There. were ITO people in the party
all men of high order of intelligence
and judgment and indicating an ability
to buy and make headway in improving
their lands. The News representative
made an effort to get as far as possible
the opinions of the people present and
found the unanimous opinion that the
land examined was all that it was rep
resented to be. 'Just as represented"
was common term during the day.
On Wednesday morning the visitors
made a trip of inspection through the
mills of the Arpin company at Atlanta.
In the afternoon some took an outing
over the Arpin company's railroad
where they saw the steam leaders at
, work. The others were taken to r. A.
Austin's farm south of Bruce to inspect
lands and see practical demonstration
in land clearing. The party looked
over the Beebe farm where they had an
opportunity to see what is being done
by the older settlers and judge the
productiveness of the soil after many
years of cultivation. Special attention
was given to the immense field of
strawberries and the fine fields of corn
on this farm.
The drive to the Austin farm was
pleasant one. On arriving there the
visitors were shown how stnmps are
pulled by team and tackle blocks
generally half of a big stump at a
time, after being split with dynamite
Then lot of stumps that had been
charged with dynamite were blown out
= many completely, some partly and
a few split so as to be easily pulled out
by team. This demonstration was
an entertainment to the visitors but
it was more showing that the bugbear
of stumps is very small item between
the price of Rusk county soil and that
of the older sections. The object les
son was novel, it was entertaining and
it was valuable.
In the evening talk was given by
Prof. Stone of the Wisconsin Expert
mental station on the value of North
ern Wisconsin as dairy and farming
country. This talk emphasized what
has so often been said by eminent
authorities on the subject.
This was followed with talk by
E. Townsend who entertained the aud
ience with a splendid practical talk.
The home people as we'll as the visitors
were highly pleased with Mr.. Town
sends address.
The excursionists went on other trips
Thursday snd Friday.
The value Of these excursions reaches
others than those who organize and
carry them through This one is the,
largest ever brought to the county,
Let it be hoped that it will be followed
by others. Tits we'll known that state
ments regarding land are commonly
given heavy discount, but seeing is
believing" in this case as in others Get
the people here and let them see, as was
said the other day, that "things are
just as represented.
We cannot close without word about
the display in the Austin Land company
office. It was immense, including prize
winning samr les of all kinds Of pro-
duce. No fair in the northwest would
show finer vegetables of all kinds-and
certainly we have said enough of Rusk
county grains and grasses.