Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-09
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Eagle River. Wis, June % 1913.
To the STAR AND I'll EZRA II:- Away
TO the woods of Wisconsin has been
a kind Of slogan for tile hunters and
! fishermen for years, and now it has
proven q haven for many sick people,
especially those with nervous disor-
ders.
Wisconsin is a great state and one
does not have to go far to get into
the woods and ind plenty Of fish.
Even tile lakes not far from Illinois
furnish plenty of sport. Tile state
while containing plenty of farm land,
is nearly half devoted 10 the summer
resort business. We rould not begin
/ to tell you the number, but during
1.-The summer months they are we'll
patronized BY people from all OYER
the country.
In the north part the fishermen
come early, as they consider that the
best time, although some fish alIsum-
mef. The hunters come Ill tile fall.
The resorts are generally crowded
during the hot weather with seekers
for cooler weather, and they get it.
With the Thermometer at 90 in Chi
cage, the writer is sitting in room
in a log cabin with big chunk stove
with big chunk burning in it, and
it's just comfortable
1T was the fortune of the writer
to be put off a Northwestern sleeper
at 5:l5 a. m. in the cold. Having been
here several times, no objections were
made. The first thing we did was to
fill our lungs with as good air as
blows. Looking around, we recog-
nized some familiar faces and knew
we were safe. This place is Eagle
River, the county seat of Villas coun-
ty, only about twenty miles from the
Michigan peninsnlar, and 40 or so
from Lake Superior. It is q live lit
tie city with court house and fine
school building and is full of bust
ness in the summer, but what hap
pens here in winter is not stated. The
thermometer goes down to so below
sometimes and tile most careful and
persistent occupation is keeping
warm. OF course there are nilder
winters.
There are two newspapers at Eagle
Riyer-the Review and the News
both good papers-the only ones in
Villas County. They both do much
for the county, city and state
The Eagle River is a beautiful
stream, the banks lined with pine,
hemlock, poplar, birch, etc. It runs
into the Wisconsin River, and is fed
by chain of beautiful lakes. We take
the boat from the city to tThe Ev-
erett, about eight miles away. In
reaching there in Mr.. Everett's hand
some boat, The Rival, . we pass
through four beautiful lakes to the
Catfish, where the resort is hand
somely located on the east shore.
The hotel and about fifty cottages
many made Of logs, are Struggled to-
getller, almost covered over by the.
forests, with an outlook cut through
here and there, so that the resorters
can see the boats going and coming.
The Everett is the popular resort of
the lakes and often entertains two
hundred or more people.
Hon. E. A. Everett, one Of tie
prominent men of Wisconsin, is a
fine man and good landlord He is at
present a prominent republican mem
Der of tile Wisconsin legislature. and
is chairman OF important committees
and also-ctlailman 81 the Steering
Committee Of the House.
BY the way we ali had flags out
Flag Day, the fiagAoats over The
Eyerett" all the time.
OF course there are other resorts
than THE Everett" but none so near
to nature. There are many beautiful
ibuildings, some public and some pri-
yate, on the lakes.
Boating and fishing are all the go
at present. There are some as fine
boats and canoes on the lakes as any
where, both large and small.
The editor is pleased to say that he
| is gaining In health and expects to
stay long enough this time to make
the Improvement permanent.
We will tell what we know about
fishing and ether things later, and we
tgive written guarantee that itwon't