Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-09-03
NORMAL SCHOOL
WANTED BY CITIES
Special Committee Visits Places
Offering Sizes.
BOARD TO MAKE SELECTION
City Awarded to Location viii Ask
Next Legislature to Appropriate
About S25o,ooo to Erect
Building

iNCGl Legislature 10 Appropriate
About $25o,ooo to Erect
Building.
Madison.-A special committee of
the state board of normal school re-
gents is investigating suitable sites
for new normal school in the north
eastern part of the state. 1t was Wis
tied Octonto, Green Bay, Rhinelander,
Merrill, Wausau, Shawano and An,
tigo and inspected available sites for
the proposed school 1t will report
its conclusions and recommendations
to the state board of regents at the
meeting OF that body in September,
The final selection OF the site will rest
with the board The committee con-
sists of Theodore Kronshage of Mil
waukee, president of the board; Mrs.
Theodore HUMANS of Waukesha, O..
H. Hamilton of Whitewater, John Har-
rington of Oshkosh and Emmett Horen
OF Eau Claire
At the recent session of the legis-
lature nearly every city in the north
eastern part of the state asked that
the next state normal school be 10
Gated within it's boundaries. The con-
test among the cities grew spirited
and threatened to develop into a live
ly fight when Senator Timothy Burke
of Green Bay, who fathered bill for
locating the next normal school in
his city, suggested that the question
of location be left to the state board
of normal school regents. The re-
ports of the other contending cities
accepted the suggestion and a bill
was passed, which provided that the
board of regents of ncrsnal schools
be directed to select suitable site
for state normal school in the north
eastern part of the state, the site to
be selected from those offered there
for and under most favorable condi-
tions to the state. After such selec-
ton the first new normal school there
after located and constructed shall be
located and constructed on the site so
selected"
The city that is awarded the To-
cation will ask the next legislature
to appropriate about $250000 to erect
the school building and sufficient
amount annually to maintain it.
Could Fatten Cattle in Wisconsin.
At least 26,00O000 head of cattle
from the drought-stricken areas of
the western states could be pastured
on the wild CUT over lands of north
ern Wisconsin, according to State
Forester E. NJ Griffith. who returned
from a tour of that country. He be-
lieyes the plan feasible one and
thinks that efforts should be made
to have the cattle shipped here.
There are 100000 acres, exclu-
sive of the forestry reserve, OF unde-
veloped wild land in northern Wis
consin,' said Mr. Griffith During
the past two years there has been an
abundance of rain and as a conse-
quence there is.an abundance of nat
ural feed. All of the streams, lakes
and swamps have plenty of water
The agricultural department figure
that for permanent feeding purposes
one acre will supply one cow Upon
the three months basis remaining be-
fore snow flies. with the growth of
grass as it is, two or possibly more
could be fed on an acre. 1t would be
easy it seems to me to take care of
26,000,000 head of stock.
Millions of dollars can be made by
shippers who desire to send cattle
into Wisconsin for feeding purposes.
transit rate could be secured of the
railroads whereby the cattle could be
shipped to. these pasture lands and
then fattened, before being sent on
to the markets. The plan is SO feast
bic that / think that some plan could
be worked out for feeding cattle
upon these lands every year begin
ming with May IS"
Mr. Griffith said that he had thought
of the plan considerably. He said
that some buyers now purchase cattle
from the west at the Chicago market
and ship them to feeding grounds and
then reshippng them back to market
when fattened
Prehn Leaves Fair Board
Announcement was made of the
resignation of Arthur W. Prehn of
Wausau as member of the state
board of agriculture. Mr.. Prehn was
elected vice-president Of the Panama
Pacific exposition committee. James
J. Nelson of Amherst has been ap-