Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-10-25
WISCONSIN ADVANTAGE
inducements To Locate In
Northern Wisconsin Are
Many---Is Coming Agricul-
tural Region.

Many---Is Coming AgricuI-
tural Region.
70 the homeseeker looking for
an opportunity to establish him
self where the price of land is
within the range of a person OF
limited means, the timbered and
we'll watered country contained
IN northern Wisconsin presents
many attractive phases. Sever
al features of the land, climate,
churches, schools and other mat
tiers that have a direct bearing
upon the successful building of a
home and rearing of family,
offer distinct advantages not to
be found elsewhere.
This region is connected with
the main lines Of some of the
greatest railway systems and is
OF easy access to people living in
the large cities of the middle west.
In this highly favored region set
tiers and home seekers are locat-
ing with but little outlay in COM
Portable homes where, with fer
tile FARMS, a healthful climate,
nearby markets for all products,
and schools and churches to tenn
per the social element of the fam
lily, an opportunity is presented
to the man of small means to at
tain a competency.
Throughout the years of the
nations growth the army of i'm
migration has ever followed
westward along the lines of least
resistance and over-running the
middle states, the pioneers have
pushed westward to Missouri
and beyond, leaving the rich and
fertileregion Of northern Wiscon-
sin for later develOpement. so
that onecan still, within a nights
ride from Chicago or Milwaukee
settle on land at SIS to 500 an
acre, which, if it were located in
Indiana or Illinois, would com
mand from $50 to 500 an acre.
1t is true that considera BILE
hard work is necessary in order
to clear this land and prepare it
for crops, but it is also true that
in the process Of clearing it much
can be saved for sale such as
wood, ties, pulp wood and posts
that will in measure pay for the
labor expended upon it.
One of the chief reasons for the
existence of these cheap farm
lands is that it was not until the
timber was cut off that the agri-
cultural possibilities ofthe region
became known, so that the very
heart of the continent was thus
passed over by the early home
seeker of the seventies and the
most of it left for the home seek
er of today. =.
The resources of the region are
varied. Several years of prosper
itv have increased capital and
population and more fully dem
onstrated it's splendid possibili-
ties for the investor who desires a
safe investment, for the business
man who is seeking a new loca-
ton and for the farmer of small
means who desires to establish
for himself modest home
Cut-over lands - those from
which the timber has been re-
moved until recently have been
held bv the lumber companies
but now are rapidly being devel-
oped and turned to the interests
of the farmer and dairvmau.
These lands make the finest kind
otfarming regions giving to Wis
eonsin the name of being one OF
the foremost dairying states in
the Union.
Northern Wisconsin presents
to the the home seeker possible
ties not to be found elsewhere.
Good fertile soil, pure water,
good social conditions and the
chance to build a home at a reas-
enable price.