Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
To PROMOTE LANDS
Of WISCONSIN
Land Owners Meet to Form an
Organization.
TO MEET AGAIN AUGUST II
Say State Should Have Larger Appro-
priation Than 5000 to Attract
immiqrants-Commi Are
Appointed.

imniGrants-Commi Are
Appointed
Madison--With the appointment of
a membership committee and the deci-
sion to meet in Milwaukee again on
August IL, over fifty Wisconsin land
owners and agents who met in the
Plankinton house decided 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 &C
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
bell, with his $1,000 appropriation, was
badly handicapped in his work, and
although accomplishing surprising re-
suits, 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 re-
sponsible for yesterdays meeting, haY-
ing issued the call to the land men.
". H Mylrea of Wausau, former
attorney general, elected temporary
chairman, was heartily in favor of the
organization system and one of the
first to second the movement to fur
Their 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 Milwau-
kee and Chicago business men, try and
settle the Wisconsin lands.
1T Is of almost as much interest
to Milwaukee and Chicago commercial
and business men to settle the north
ern lands, as 1t 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 Mil
waukee people"
The following committees were ap-
pointed to arouse and create more In
terest in the northern Wisconsin
lands:
Chippewa Falls valley committee
E. L. Ainsworth, Chippewa Falls; ].
c. Owen, Owen; George H. Atwood,
Park Falls.
Wisconsin valley committee-Harry
Mylrea, Wausau; N ]. Wulrach,
Shawano; August ]. STANCE, Merrill,
Northern Wisconsin committed.
M. Maxley, Washburn; George E. Fos-
ter, Mellen; David Dobeg, Superior.
Northeast Wisconsin committee
Ralph Skidmore, Marinette; Max Sells,
Florence; w. H. Holt, Oconto.
Southwest Wisconsin committee
Col. O. Hallway, La Crosse; S. Reck-
man, Arcadia; Richard Mayer, Lancas-
ter.
Southeastern Wisconsin committee
e. H. Benson, Fran Cannon, John
Mariner of Milwaukee.
A permanent organization commit
tee, consisting of P A Matineau, Mari
nette; j. D. Jones, Wausau Charles
Macarthur, Eau Claire; J. G. owen,
Owen; E. K. 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
diers and sailors Of Winrebago, Wau-
kesha and Green Lake counties closed
a two-days' session by the election Of
]. P Jackson of Menasha for presi-
dent and H. E. Coates of Neenah for
secretary and naming Menasha as the
meeting place for 1911.
The camp fire was the most nota-
BILE ever held on the occasion Of a
meeting of the society. Former May
or Harry Truesdell presided and IL
dresses were made by Lieut. Gov. John
Strange, Speaker bancroft and Mrs.
S. J. Ellis, whose address was the
finest of the evening; F. E. McGovern,
Colonel Watrous, who represented De-
partment Commander Walsh, and E.
R. Hicks of OSHKOSH.
Music was supplied by Mrs. Buell.
and male quartette. The large Ii
brary hall was filed 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
Choseburg State bank of Choseburg,
Vernon county. The capital Of the
new institution is 100000 The in
corporators are G. A Koeppler, R. B.
Hoyt and j. D. Lamb.
Can Tax Elevator Grain.
Grain companies owning elevators
in the state can be taxed upon grain
in elevators at the time the city as
sesments are made, says a ruling Of
the state tax commission in response
to an appeal from this city. The West
ern Elevator company, which operates
three large elevators here, was taxed
on grain, $4,000 assessment, and OBJ
jected on the grounds that the grain
was in transit and not the property Of
the company, which was merely the
agent. The city board of review re-
fused to remit the assessment.
Will Go to Milwaukee.