The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-11-01

| Wisconsin is making a success OF
it-why can't upper Michigan"
John a. Doelle. secretary-manager
CT the Upper Peninsula Development
bureau. Marquette. asked the above
question yesterday. after returning
from ar extended rip through upper
Michigan and Wisconsin. during which
he investigated the Wisconsin plan ~
colonil a,on.
The results achieved in the state
~ Wisconsin, by the land companies,
IN the porgress AMI development Of
their country through the COLOMBIA
ton / Ian OF selling and settling are
almost remarkable" declared Mr.
Doelle For instance, the Wisconsin
Colonization company. operating IN
Sawyer county and leading facto-
in this movement. las adopted this
plan. The land Is FIRST offered for
sale. ~ 4 very reasonable price. The
company then offers the purchaser OF
a ;air-gi7ed tract. a iouse, barn. one
COW, one pig and fock OF chickens a.
'statrcr'. at small additional rate
Al IL this the new settler finds on
the property when ~ arrives 10 take
up his new home. Ia other words. the
land company sets him up in business.
"Only a comparatively small initial
payment is asked for the land" Mr.
Doelle continued, in explaining the
plan, and no further payments are
required for three years thereafter.
the companies encouraging the land
owners to reinyest their surplus in
the land and expanding |
their holdings rather than turning Il !
in, in lump sums. as payment on the
capital investment Thereafter. the |
balance Is payable in terms extending |
over a period Of years.
"Thc result: Wisconsin is heavily
dotted with thriving. proft-paying !
farm S. manned by energetic, euthus-
iastic and satisfied hands; land val
ues are advancing with rapid strides,
the banks report a sky-ward trend of
resources and Wisconsin is claiming
a place among the ", mig agricultur
~ sections in the country
Promir tnt among those connected
with This work in Wisconsin, Doelle
declared, II Ben Faast, president Of
the Wisconsin Colonization company,
/ director OF the federal reserve bank
Of which Wisconsin is member and
regent o. the University Of Wisconsin.
Mir. pooile in a conference with Mr.
Faast urged him 70 arrange d visit
10 northern Michigan at which time
be could meet Tie landowners here
and explain his plan.
Upper Michigan with its wealth Of
natural resource from tho agricultur
Il standpoint, should certainly take up
his work" Mr.. Doollc said "and the
an owners the men who are offer
ng the stuff for sale should start the
movement The sale and disposition
t or lands should not consist Of the
mere quotation Of prices and the col
ecuon cf revenues from sales. but
hould rlclude the development or col
nization idea, as Wisconsin is do
ig"
Mr. Doelle also visited seyearl points
upper Michigan in the
iterea OF the Development Bureau,
peaklng at a number OF gatherings
M reviewing the work Of the Bur
au for Tic past season, and outlining
ne program for the season OF 1890,
Everywhere ] find an enthusiastic
ltcrest Ia the work the Bureau Is do
~" Mr. Doelle said, "and l believe
e are justified in feeling that we
III be given every possible supports
tic iuiure, as we have in the past"
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