Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-04-28
1.-THE Anvil Chorus"

A meeting took place at the court
house to night for the purpose of
Installing more of the Booster spirit,
and quenching some of the activity
of the Knockers Klub'' which is
said TO be taking prominent part i'll
other peoples affairs of late, presum-
ably because of the fact that as rule
the management of their own bust
ness is mainly eating three meals q
/ day. 1t is the misfortune of most
small towns to harbor some of this
! type Of citizen who from some un-
known cause can generally accomplish
more harm in half an hour than a
dozen reputable men can overcome in
like number of days.
| The target mark at present, is chief
| ly directed at the operations of the
Sanborn Co. 1s6 They are selling
their land at too high a figure-far
more than it originally cost End
that the land is not now and some Of
| it never will be worth what it is now
bringing. 3rd and most heart rend-
ing, is that sooner or later, settlers
thereon, will Starye out and leave
and by SO doing lose all they have
paid in.
The Review is not in close touch
with either the Company or any of
the local office force, and the fact
that since establishing permanent
quarters here last year, we dare to
say that we have seen less of their
money than any other business place
in town, will clear us we believe in
the eyes of most, of having accepted
any retainer in favor of the Sanborn
Co. But believing pretty firmly in
fair play and justice to everyone we
are, as the fellow said, using some
midnight oil on that account.
What Sanborn paid for his land is
not known to us neither do we care.
1t is no criterion to judge them now
and it is more than likely that the sell
lers had something to do with setting
the price at that time AS to present
values being to high, go anywhere
and find that for fifteen years land
has been jumping rapidly commenc-
about when the United States aWoke
to the fact that the free homesteads
were about all taken in general farm
ing localities We dom imagine that
the Sanborn holdings have been over
looked entirely by the assessors in
years gone by. and which would con-
stitute another perfectly legitimate
charge against the land now. We
object most, to the statement fire.
quently made, that these lands and
others. are not of agricultural value.
In travelling around Villas county con-
siderable we have yet to see the first
forty of land not as good as thous-
ands in this state that are being
farmed successfully and have been for
years. Well tote any doubters of
this statement direct to the locali-
ties in mind any time the doubt gets
STRONG enough to want TO pay for the
trip.
As to starving out, q good deal of
that depends on the people them
selves. The greater part OF Iowa
was originally settled by people who
just finished starving out on the best
portions of Wisconsin and Illinois.
Old residents of the state told us
years ago that usually the land
changed hands three times before a
permanent owner was secured. The
exodus to So. Dakota in the early
sos is distinct in the writer's memo
ry. Many that went at that time
left because they could not make a
living on land worth from 500 to $500
an acre to day. Starving out Oh a
EOOO ldA1O Ul1OOSAA 0lCu CNO 10OA1
the time free hOmeSteadS did.
just how long il will take Sanborn
settlers to Starve out we can't say,
some say six months, others give them
three wears. At present, some of
them are in town every day taking
out loads of lumber, hardware, furni-
ture, farm machinery, groceries, ETC.,
bought of some local dealer, and I'M
less they are better financiers than
we are, ttley are paying for most of it.
While Sanborn to his shame, proba-
bly, isn't here to do business entirely
from philanthropic motives, it is only
fair to admit that he has spent con-
siderable money in town. He has
done a large amount of building and
will do more, has brought what is
probably the most expensive herd OF
dairy cattle in the county, here, has
bought two automobiles locally and
employed local drivers most Of the
time to run them, hired large
amount of local labor skilled as d rule
only in the art Of demanding skilled
wages. His Office force of about q
dozen people are helping the town in
all the ways that continuous residents
of any town are forced to. Really it
looks to us though Sanborn has been
a benefit to nearly every one in Eagle
River, we. even expect to derive some
as his settlers develop into readers
of papers printed in English.
Another instance of malicious in
reference by self appointed sayiors
of the human race from financial de-
struction, occurred Wednesday, when
parties coming here TO lease or pur-
chase the Hotel Milwaukee, were in
formed that by doing so they would
only be getting hold of a white ele-
phant as the town is going dry next
year. Result: Parties took next
train for home although if the pro-
phecy foretold is not more correct
than the figures given them regard
lug the latest vote on the question,
there was no need of hurrying SO.
Eagle River has another type of
men who are, unconsiously, perhaps?
also doing their part in knocking
We refer to business firms or indi-
viduals, professional men, county
officials, ETC., who patronize one pap
er, one store, one barber shop, and so
on through the list, to the detriment