Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-22
ADVERTISE THE COUNTY
Rusk County Grassland Association
Held a Busine Meeting
MOnday. y

MONDAY !. T.
That the Grassland association of
Rusk county is alive was shown by the
meeting at the court house Monday
when a score of members met to tran
sact business.
The meeting was called to order by
Pres. Ellingson. The minutes of the
previous meetings were read by Sec
retary Miller.
Some questions were raised as to
whether or not the association should
incorporate, the majority taking the
affirmative view. A committee was
appointed to determine the advantages
and report at the next meeting.
The association adopted at its first
meeting the bylaws of the north Wis
consin association. At the meeting
Monday it was thought best to have
it's own bylaws and the following com
mittee was appointed to report at the
next meeting: Messrs. Maloney, Black
burn and Thompson.
Pres. Ellingson pointed out that the
last legislature had passed an act per-
mitting county boards to appropriate
not to exceed 81, 900 to be used by an
organized immigration society within
the county in promoting settlement and
development. The following committee
was appointed to look after the associ-
ations interests in this matter: Messrs.
Ellingson, Maloney, Miller, Blackburn
and Stubs.
A discussion, started by Mr.. Rooney
touching upon matters of legislation,
became general. Several subjects
were touched upon and the talk result
ed in the appointment of the following
committee on legislation to report at
the next meeting: Messrs. Rooney,
Campbell and Armstrong.
On the subject of advertising, all
agreed that too much was not at all
likely. The following committee was
appointed to look up plans and report
to the association: Messrs. Stubs,
Rooney and Shafer.
The subject Of statements of the
consideration in the published list of
real estate transfers was discussed.
It was thought to be injurious to the
interests of the county, in that many
of the transfers were based upon old
contracts made when land was cheaper
and thus misleading as to present
values. People buying lands at present
prices, noting these lower figures,
would feel that they had been "held
up" when in fact it was simply mat
ter of rise in land values in the mean
time. The newspapers were requested
to omit the considerations.
J. w. Miller made statement re-
garding the Grassland car and it's move
ments. The car is now in northern
Illinois. Mr.. Miller said that there are
funds enough due to the association to
carry the car through the season.
Mr.. Ellingson discussed the matter
of securing from the state funds to be
used by bureau of immigration. He
called attention to the fact that Mime
sofa and other western states are ad-
vertising on state scale, and that
unpleasantly-they are getting the set
tiers. He. urged everybody to do their
part to secure action by the next legis-
lature looking to the establishment of
a bureau, either independent or in
connection with some department, to
promote settlement and development.
Mr.. Stubbs was present from Wey-
erhaeuser; Messrs. Moller, Blackburn
and Mccormick from Bruce; Maloney
from Glen Flora and Ellingson from
Hawkins. Three newspapers were rep
resented, The Newsletter the Star
and the News.
The association adjourned to meet on
call of the president in January.