The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-06-09
GRASSLAND TRIP ENDED
Successful Season is Ended After
Long Tour Through Several
States.

States.
On Grassland" Ashland, June l.
-Eioht months ago, lacking one week,
the North Wisconsin exhibit car le1t
this citv on it's tour through the older
states. One more move brings 1T to
Iron River, the headquarters OF the
Farmers association where the car
will remain until next fall. These let
ters have told of the long journey OF
the Grassland, and since early IN May
have described it's trip through the two
tiers of counties lying to the south OF
the original lake shore counties, which
lower counties seek admission into the
association.
IN RUsK COUNTY.
Passing from Barron to Rusk county,
long and still well known as Gates coun-
tv-the car found great territory
where farmers are as few in numbers,
but very much desired by the enterprls-
ing people OF the new towns that nave
sprung up along the $500" railway.
The soil rapidly being cleared OF timber
is most fertile and there are the best
OPPORTUNITIES here for homeseekers.
WEYERHEAUSER.
The first important town as we came
into Rusk county was Weyerheauser,
village of several hundred people and
an important railway division point.
Here are wagon and carriage factory,
several agricultural and other wood
working plants and large hotel that
does business day and night, so large is
the coming and going of people.
Several good stores and other evidences
of village thrift are to be noted, but the
demand is for farmers and once IN the
Grassland movement settlers will be
brought in.
BRUCE.
This village of over thousand people
is one of the specimens of municipal
enterprise in North Wisconsin. 1t is
handsomely located and is as bright and
clean as a new dollar. 1t has over fifty
business places, a successful creamery,
the big .Arpin Hardwood Lumber COM
pany, employing over 500 men, a veneer
works and other activities. Several
very active land firms are here located
and the entire town turned out to greet
the car. A feature of the short stop In
Bruce was photo of the car surround
ed by the school children and people of
the town. A large membership for the
association was soon secured.
LADYsMITH.
The pride of this part of North Wis
.onsin, and probably the most talked Of
town in the state today is Ladysmith.
Just five years ago, it had 76 people.
Today it has nearly 1000. In addition
to the $500" it is on the Wisconsin
Central's extension to Superior. This
gives the place great activity in railway
matters and besides there is big start
in factories. Here the Flambeau river
gives almost unlimited water power and
here many men are employed by paper,
wooden ware and kindred factories.
The county seat, the town is building in
a substantial and handsome manner and
will come rapidly to the front. The live
business men appreciate the Importance
of farming and entered most heartily in
the movement to bring the county into
the Farmers association.
GLEN FLORA.
East of Ladysmith we found Glen
Flora with farming we'll advanced
around it, but room for many more set
tiers. The village has 400 people and
still growing. Enterprise in every way
was apparent here. A large sawmill, a
creamery and other factories are doing
well.
HAWKINS.
The last town in Rusk county was
dawkins, whose more than six hundred
leople are taking advantage of the
many natural resources around them.
Everything here looks like growth.
he big Ellingson lumber plant gives
ife to the place and there are other
,ood enterprises. The people believe in
md talk farming and want to see the
;ountry settled.
PRICE COUNTY.
Price county, that great and rich area
wing just south of Ashland and Iron
ounties, is so familiar with the work of
he Farmers association and so much
as been done towards it's admission to
he association, that the car on its hasty
rip made only two stops in Price and
hat was at Prentice and Brentwood on
he southern boundry of the county.
rentice is thriving town and cordial
reception received. The population is
veil towards fifteen hundred and there
considerable manufacturing. A large
Gather plant and sawmill employ a
number of people. Around Prentice
ire splendid openings for stock raising