Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-08
INLAND LAKES
AT THE NORTH
Attracting Many People From the South
During the Hot Months of July
and August.

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usually given an article on Plum
lake and vicinity and as this ears is
about due, we submit the following
account for the interest of our readers:
We have often given accounts OF
the beauties of Plum lake but this
year we have q number of new
items to bring forth. There have
been numerous changes III the cot
tages and resorts on the lake, i'm
provements being the main feature.
The lake remains, Lruthfuliy too, as it
has the past many years, one of the
most popular places of resort among
the thousand northern lakes. The
WauSau people who have Sojourned
here this year, form only a small per-
centage of the lake visitors. Chicago,
st. Louis and other large cities, rest
seekers, have found complete rest,
change and good time at this lake
and Plum has many guests from those
cities. Almost all of the many beau
tiful and simple cottages which line
the fifteen miles of delightful shores
are being occupied and almost every
one has had friends to spend a short
time with them and receive the bene-
fit of the wonderful climate afforded
only among the Wisconsin lakes.
We who nave spent the hot days of
the past few weeks on this lake have
pity for all of the Wausau peo-
pie who have been unable to get
"leaye of absence" Following the
sweltering days we're cool, delightful
evenings which very agreeably offset
the heat of the day The lakes up
here have been visited during those
days by light breezes which made
person feel pew as they reached the
points in tie lakes which were being
made uSe of as place to cool off.
No sCda fountain in the whole city
of WauSau, could compare on those
days with Plum lake point
We are glad to be able to write of
the quick growth of the trees on the
east side Of the lake but we are sorry
because of the fact that the weSt4
side of Plum was rather de astated9
four years ago when the big forest
fires swept over the land destroying
every tree within its reach. Beaati-
full pines about four to six feet n
height covered the cutover land on
that side of the lake before the fire,
but since that time only few trees
have sprung up naturally. This
brings us TO one of the new and novel
things which has recently taken place
near us.
THE FOREST RESERVE.
The State of Wisconsin purchased
year or so ago big tract of land
reaching from Plum over to Trout
lake country. This land was turned
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are told, is to be reforeSted as quickly
as the material necessary can be got
ten. AS we understand it the fores-
ter in this district states that about
1000 small trees have been planted.
Many of these are of variety not
grown in this country but ones which
are quick growers. The cottager and
resorter no longer feels the fear of
the forest fire as he did few years ago
for the forest rangers now patrol COM
pletely around the northern country,
thus insuring daily that no fire starts.
This is, we think, the greatest enter
prise that has been undertaken in
the state along this line and we hope
that it will be continued to greater
extent.
In writing of the pines of this |
about, we would say that one cannot |
conceive of their beauty until they |
have seen and scrutinized them. Ris-
ing from eighty to one hundred and |
twenty feet they throw their bran~l
ches out in majestic splendor until
we who seem like pins in bay stack, |
wake up to wonder whether we are
or not. You do not find |
many such groves of Write and Nor
way pines in this vicinity as we see
near Plum.
Plum lake, as it is, cannot but help |
to continue to be one Of the most popu-
lar of the resorting places on account |
of its size, beauty and central loca- |
tion. Its fifteen miles or more of |
shoreline is partly covered by beauti- |
full dense forests of pine and wherever
the pine is not there is birch, hem |
lock and cedar. On the ground, in |
one can make a big meal of |
the delicious blueberrieS and rasp- |
berries which are found here in abun-
dance. A big crop of these berries
is assured this year much to the de-
light of the cutters. There are also
butit is rarely that these |
have chance to ripen as the FROST
comes early.
Bathing has proven most pleasant
factor in this years outing. The
water has been heated by the sun
until it is agreeable to any one, even
the cranky ones who want hot water.
Everyone has been swimming from
grandmas and papas to- the younger
ones who arein each day several times
and aren't affected in the least al |
though the mammas (and papas as
welD spend much time in ponderlng |!
upon the risk they are allowing |
the children to take. Beautiful bath |
ing beeches can be found at every |
hand around the lake.
The always popular sport OF fishing
is at its full height now and everyone