Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-03-07
BRING VAST SUMS OF MONEY
INTO REGIONS ROUNDABOUT.
NEW HAMPSHIRt'S CASE
Bureau of Labor Estimates That S10,-
100000 Were Spent in a Single
Season by So-Galted Summer PEG
pie and New : ork Country Folk
Also Reap a Rich Harvest
Madison, March 6.

There is a decidedly practical side
! 10 the question of state parks, like,
| for example, the reservation OF DeY'
| lis lake by the state, The commits
sion which reported recently on the
plan to save that lake, its beautiful
bluffs, and It's rocky ranges of virgin
| forest made a strong point indeed
when it directed its attention TO the
profitable character OF parks to the
states in which they are located. The
commission frankly says, however,
that it does not consider the com
mercial side of the this undertaking
the most important yet it Is convinc-
ed that a broad and generous policy
in preserving the natural physical
charms OF our great commonwealth
will be financially profitable. 1t is de
clared that no other state between
ApEalachian3 and the Rockies Offers
the variety of scenic charms of lake
river forest and semi-mountain
beauty, of bracing air and healthful
water that is afforded by Wisconsin.
The summer temperature OF central
and northern Wisconsin Is unequal
led in the Mississippi vally. The iso-
thermal charts of the United States
government show that the mean an.
nual summer temperature of the
Devils lake region is cooler than that
of st Paul and Minneapolis. Each
summer the growing, crowding cities
Chicago, st. Louis, Louisville, New
Orleans, and scores of lesser ones
send their denizens in ever increas-
ing numbers to renew health and
strength within our borders. Sum
mer vacations are growing not only
in number but in length. More and
more our people are learning the val
ne Of the outofdoor life and are
seeking opportunities for camping,
boating, climbing, driving, bathing,
motoring and playing in bracing air
amid pleasant surroundings
The summer and fall tourist bust
NESS of Wisconsin is so widely dis
ributad that lew People beside The
agents and officers of the railway
lines have any conception of its
magnitude. 1t is not only great bu>
Is steadily growing and the business is
worthy of substantial encouragement
merely as business to hold the trade
a. nd InnI1A
meet it's demands. AS the trade
grows private and corporate enter.
prise viii meet certain of its de
mands Railways will increase and
improve the Injuries and necessities
Of travel and advertise our attract
ions. Hotels, boarding houses, liver
les, minor transportation lines and
other necessities win increase and IN.
terost capital but the major attract
ions for theS2 tourists are those pre-
vided by nature and these must be
conserved by the state Some people
come to build summer homes. others
20 live in hotels or boarding houses
and thousands Of others seek a re-
GiOn Whera they can travel from one
beautiful scene to neighDoring ones.
The contrast OF the quiet charm of Dew.
lis lake and the rushing river at the
Dells enhances the beauty of each for
the jewellers of the cities and the
prairies. The business sense of
Il commonwealth like the business
sense of an individual is shown by a
bold grasp of opportunity, The beau
tiful lakes of southern Wisconsin
have been surrounded by parks and
gardens owned by wealthy people who
are looking for preteXts to add to
their keep off the grass" signs.
others reading keep off the water"
In few years our hills, like many of
the most beautiful in the east, may
be enclosed with harbed wire fences
In an old country productiveness is
not the sole measure Of the value of
land and Wisconsin should profit by
the experience of others.
An Example.
New Hampshire has learned the
value of the summer travel. A spec
tal report of the bureau of labor of
that that gives the money value OF
what is called summer business IN
that state for 1905, as follows:
Received from summer peo-
pie. e.. g., %. 81. ,,,.. .S7.5l9&I5
Railroad fare in state. &C.. 100000
Faro on EtfIp 1ql,ng -, n,,
Invested in hotels, improve
monts summer houses. see. 100 600
IoIai Sl0A35&75
Iotm, ,.. .. .... ...... ..$1OA358-5
Ana this In spite of the neighhor
hood OF such formidable rivals as Yer.