Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-14
WILL NOT OPPOSE
BADGER CAPITAL
VIII Recommend Building of a
Paper Mill.
HAS MADE INVESTIGATION
Pulp Mill Will Do No Harm and AT
ford Much Good-About 100000
of States Capital is In
vested.


Madison.-D. NJ. Thompson, presi-
dent of the Spokane Valley Irrigated
Land company, says that he is not op
! posed to the presence of a paper mill
in the fruit districts of the Spokane
valley, after having investigated the
paper making industry in Wisconsin.
He says that when he returns to his
home in the west he will recommend
to his company and fruit growers of
the region in which he is interested
! that the project of the Inland Empire
Paper company of Spokane. Wash, to
! build a mill in the fruit region be en-
couraged
About $500. 900 of Wisconsin capital
! is invested in the Spokane company
Among the Wisconsin stockholders
are L. NJ. Alexander, Milwaukee. and
]. G. Rosebush. Appleton. There also
are Wisconsin men in the fruit bust
ness in the region in question.
There was some question among
| the fruit growers of the Spokane val
ley as to the effect of a paper mill on
/ the fruit industry" said Mr. Thomp-
son. They also wanted to know
whether paper mill was a good IN
| stitution, otherwise, for their commu-
nifty, and | was sent here to make an
investigation and report.
Il have found that wood pulp insti-
! tutions are clean, and am convinced
| that they would in no way hurt the
| fruit industry. AS we have many
| kinds of pulp timber in abundance
also believe that the paper making in
! dustry would greatly help our region.
l shall report in favor of urging the
building of the proposed paper mills.
Normal School Heads in Conference.
Conferences of educators of Wiscon-
! sin to consider mat ers vital to the
welfare and betterment of the normal
schools of the state, a distinct depar
! ture originating in this state, have
| been ordered by the board of normal
regents and are expected to result in
marked improvement in the schools.
At the annual meeting of the board
| in June a special committee reported
| a plan for conferences upon seven
| general subjects with a view to giving
| greater fexibility to the work and
! stimulate free discussion and to call
! forth the best thought on questions of
| far-reaching Importance. The sugges-
ton of the committee was adopted
! and the subjects designated were:
Pedagogy and psychology; English
| history, civics and economics, geog-
! raphy, science, mathematics and
| music.
+ These conferences are to be held in
| the assembly chamber at Madison on
! the following dates:
Mathematics, October Z and s. mu-
sic, October IA and IS; geography, Dc
tober 81 and %; English, October %
and 20; science, November II and II;
] history, civics and economics, Novem-
Der Is and 49, pedagogy and psychol-
ogy, December and 3.
Much is expected as a result of
these conferences and normal school
men and educators generally through
out the country will await report of
| these proceedings with interest.
iTu NIOuflOS ENCdt iiiiSNS''
In company with Prof w. E. Leon
ard and Prof. H. B. Lathrop of the
state university. Secretary c, E.
Brown of the Wisconsin Archaeological
| society recently made a trip down the
picturesque Pecatonia river valley in
La Fayette county During this trip
| heretofore unrecorded groups of In
dian earthworks were located in the
vicinity of Darlington and at several
other points along the stream. The
efigies observed all proved to be of
| the bear type, a widely distributed
| form of Wisconsin animal shaped
| earthwork Linear mounds of good
| size were also found to occur in that
region. All were on h!llsides and hill
| tops.
| Relic hunters are as reckless and
destructive in this region as anywhere
| in wisconsin. Almost every mound
| visited showed traces of their greedy
| and improbable digging for spoils
| Many fine works have been hopelessly
! ruined by their unskilled operations.
| Such persons richly deserve punish
| ment. Owners of interesting Indian
/ monuments should take every precau-
t,cr 20 prevent such Gepredations. 1t
I is quite : common but erroneous be
| lief of the farmers in this region that
! the linear mounds represent breast
| works erected by the Sank Indians
| during the period of the Black Hawk
war. None is of such elevation or so
disposed that il would be of any sery-
! ice as defenses
| Mark Mounds at West Allis.
! The Wisconsin Archaeological so
c!ety has secured permission TO mark