The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-07-30
7OPROMOTE LANDS
Of WISCONSIN
Land Owners Meet to Form an
Organization.
TO MEET AGAIN AUGUST II
> Say State Should Have Larger Appro-
priation Than $1,000 - Attract
lnmigrants-Commlttees Arc
Appointed.

Madison With the appointment OF
membership committee and the deci-
sion to meet in Milwaukee again on
August II, over fifty Wisconsin land
owners and agents WIN met in the
Plankinton house decaD0d to form a
permanent association for the promo
ton OF Wisconsin farm lands.
The men present felt that all land
men In the state should be present
when the final organization Is effect
ed and for that reason postponed ac-
ton temporarily.
That there was urgent need for an
organization In Wisconsin to promote
the interests of the state, to draw the
immigrants and land settlers here In
stead Of having them pass through to
the western country, has been felt for
some time. 1t was also declared by
the land men that Wisconsin Immi-
grafton Commissioner A. d. Camp
bel, with his $1,000 appropriation, was
hadly handicapped in his work, and
although accomplishing surprising re-
sultsf was unable to meet the compe
tition of the organized forces Of Can
ada, of the western lands, and Of the
southern lands. Mr.. Campbell was Pc
sponsible for yesterdays meeting, hav-
ing issued the call to the land men.
w II. Mylrea of Wausau, former
attorney general, elected temporary
chairman, was heartily in favor of the
organization system and one Of the
ther the advertising method He
would try all possible schemes and
through the cooperation of the state,
land owners. railroads and newspa-
pers, as well as through the Miiwau-
kee and Chicago business men, try and
: settle the Wisconsin lands.
ut Is Of almost as much interest
10 Milwaukee and Chicago commercial
and business men to settle the north
orn lands, as it is for u.s." said p. A.
Matineau of Marinette. Those are the
two cities that will benefit most. All
produce will go to those markets and
all goods to supply that country will
be purchased from Chicago and Nil.
waukee people"
The following committees We're ap-
pointed to arouse and create more In
terest In the northern Wisconsin
glands:
Chippewa Falls valley committee
+. L. Ainsworth, Chippewa Falls; ].
G. Owen. Owen; George H. Atwood,
Park Falls.
Wisconsin valley committee-Harry
Mylrea. Wausau; N. j. Wulrach,
Shawano; August J. STANCE, Merrill.
Northern Wisconsin committed.
n Maxley, Washburn; George E. Fos-
ter, Mellen; David Dobeg, Superior.
Northeast Wisconsin committee
Ralph Skidmore, Marinette; Max Sells,
Florence; w. II. Holt, Oconto.
Southwest Wisconsin committee
Col o. Hallway. La Crosse; 8. Reck,
man, Arcadia; Richard Mayer, Lancas-
ter
Southeastern Wisconsin committee
+. II. Benson, Fran Cannon, John
Mariner of Milwaukee
\ permanent organization commit,
tee, consisting of P A. Matineau. Mari
nette; J, D. Jones, Wausau; Charles
Macarthur, Eau Claire; j. G. Owen,
owen; e. X. Ellison, Hawkins, was
appointed. The next meeting of the
committee will be held August g.
soldiers and Sailors Close Reunion.
The twelfth annual reunion of sol.
Tiers and sailors of Winnebago, Wau-
Nesha and Green Lake counties closed
two-days' session by the election OF
j. p. Jackson OF Menasha for presi.
dent and H. E. Coates of Neenah for
secretary and naming Menasna as the
meeting place for 1911.
The camp fire was the most nota-
bic ever held on the occasion Of
meeting of the society. Former May
or Harry Truesdell presided and ad-
dresses were made by Lieut.. Gov. John
range. Speaker bancroft and Mrs.
;. J. Ellis, whose address was the
hnest of the evening; F. E. McGovern,
oionel Watrous, who represented De-
NHftment Commander Walsh, and E
X Hicks OF OSHKOSH
Music was supplied by Mrs. Buell.
ana a male quartette. The large II
brary hall was filled with as fine an
audience as ever met In Berlin
New Bank in Vernon County.
Commissioner of Banking NJ C.
bergh approved the charter OF the
hoseburg State bank of Choseburg,
vernon county. The capital OF the
lev institution is $4,000. The IN
eolporaiurs are G. A koeppler, r. B
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