Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-01-21
BANQUET IS HELD
RUsK COUNTY DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION HAS SESSION
AT BAKER HOTEL
OLD OFFICERS ARE REELECTED
Work of Advertising Rusk Countys
Splendid Resources tc be Ex-
tended This Year

Although the attendance was
somewhat less than had been anti
cipated, the banquet of the Rusk
County Development Association,
given at the Baker hotel Monday
evening was a successful event. The
repast itself served in four courses,
demonstrated that when it comes to
anything in this line the management
of this popular hostelry is fully
capable of holding up their end"
in a most creditable manner. The
food provided was daintily prepared
and the service was excellent in
every detail.
Full Justice was done by all to the
viands set before them, after which
cigars were passed and President B.
M. Apker addressed the assembla3 e
on the work Of the association, the
results achieved from it's first years
work, and the bright prospects for
increasingly-rapid development Of
Rusk county in the future.
Mr. Apker, in his remarks, demon
strated that he "knew' Rusk coun-
ty and he certainly has the facts
and figures to back up his enthus :
asm over the agricultural resources
and the promising future of Wiscon-
sins newest county. Most inter
estingly he described conditions in
what is now Rusk county when he
came here SO years ago, when there
were neither railways nor even high
ways, when provisions and various
necessary supplies had to be brought
in in packs or up the riVer--then
the principal highway for traffic,
and when for twenty years land in
this section could be bought almost
anywhere for so cents per acre. He
spoke OF the demonstrated fertility
Of Rusk county soil, ''the best cOun-
ty in the best state in the union .
quoting official government figures
showing Wisconsin's lead over all
other states in the production Of
various crops per acre, and also fl
ures from authentic sources showing
Rusk county's average productivity,
per acre for many leading crops, to
be above that of the s.ate as q
whole. These facts made the de
velopment OF Rusk county and the
sale of it's lands a comparatively
easy matter, he said, but the put
ting of the lands in this county that
are now lying idle into the prosper
ity-making column could be, and &C
'tually is, being accelerated by the
work Of the Rusk County Develop
ment Association, he maintained. He
reviewed the work done by the as
sociation in advertising Rusk c0un-
ty. in Iowa publications principally,
and favored a continuation and wild
ening of the scope Of this mission
ary work He spoke Of the be eo0fits
already derived from this publ ity,
which was for the county IS a VIII l.
and for no particular locality. AS
one of the greatest benefits, how
ever, derived from the essociat on
he classed the getting acquainted
that had resulted, particularly IS
between the land men-the ccnfi-
dence in each other, that had re
suited in mutual advantage
His remarks were ably supplement
ed by shorter addresses by the treos-
urer, w. r. Thompson, including h S
financial report, and by Secretary w
S. Manning and others. At the Coz
clusion Of a general discussion the
election of officers for the ensui 2
year was held, resulting in the re
election of last years off GERS, es
follows: President, B. M. Apher
Weyerhaeuser; Vice President, G. c
Ellingson, Hawkins; Secretary, w. s
Manning, Ladysmith Treasurer, w
E. Thompson, Ladysmith
The advertising done by the $3.50
citation the coming year will cover
a wider area, including, besides Iowa
Illinois and probably southern Wis
cOnSin