Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-05
INGRAM OFFERS
OPPORTUNITIES
Thriving Village Has Club That
Brings Farmer and Towns
man Into Brotherhood


ductive Rusk county, in the central
part of the great and well known state
of Wisconsin, for dairying and vege-
tables and also small grains and other
crops.
The cities of st. Paul, Minneapolis,
$50 miles distant, Duluth and Superior,
to the northwest, 125 miles, Chicago and
Milwaukee to the southeast, less than
800 miles, are all linked to us by the
500 Line, affOrding the best Of markets
and direct transportation facilities.
Any of the above points can be reached
in less than "A hours travel
A Transferred Village
Ingram is just changing from a mill
ing town to a farming town. With its
three up-tO-date general merchandise
stores, hardware, confectionery, gar
age, cheese factory, wood working shop,
custom saw and planning mill, two ho-
tells, two livery barns, graded and high
school, three churches and bank and
it's hustling Booster Club The Ingram
ites," it is recognized as the most hus-
thing small village on the 500 Line
The revivalist saw it was almost too
Jusy too come to church and listen to
his sermons, but when Informed that
all things Ingram did was scheduled
he learned that Oh open dates the
church Ill which he preached was too
small to accommodate all Corners, and
necesSitated the use Of a larger church,
he went away as splendidly pleased as
our own inhabitants, with assurance
of warm spot in his heart for our hos
pitality.
Our school facilities are one of the
,est i'll the county with Capitalization
II our schools and rural transportation
from the farmers door to the school
house steps. All the children recoi i
the same consideration and school adj
vantages. Our free book and supply
system takes the burden off the poor
mans shoulders in supplying those
needs. Taxation takes care of that
part
Our churches are well attended, of
which we have Methodist, Baptist and
Catholic.
Our booster club known as the In
GRANTEES, is composed of the farmers
and villagers combined with united
purpose of making our country the best
there is to live in, and to assist and aid
those who seek to make their home in
)ur community. Cooperation is the
watchwOrd of the club; and all work
to the end of improvements both in
village and rural districts.
ROADS
Our grand trunk highway, known as
state road, passed through Rusk
county from west to east, using one of
our streets through Ingram. This
highway is cared for by station men
who have an allotted number of miles
to work and are kept busy all summer,
keeping it in the finest of condition for
automobile service. Our township
roads are cared for by the township
officers and are kept up in same condi-
ton. When new settler comes in
buying a piece of land away from a
highway, steps are taken at once to
open up a road for him that he may
be able to transport what he raises to
market.
Our cheese factory takes care of all
the milk production, while those who
wish to ship cream can do so, sending
their cream away one day, and getting
their returns the next.
CordwOOd, stove wood, ties, bolts
and saw logs find ready market by
h11cs IL oil
raised regardless of quantity.
Healthful Climate
The climate in this section is just
about ideal for man, beast, and crops.
The summers are milk and pleasant,
while the winters are crisp and health
full with enough snow to afford good
sleighing. and to blanket the winter
crops and hay fields. DrOuths, hot
winds and crop failures are unknown.
The annual rainfall is about 40 inches
which is evenly distributed during the
growing season.. The growing season
is about $50 days, getting its full
quota.
The soil is rich clay loan, very
productive, as evidenced by the lux
uriant growth of wild vegetation. The
surface is gently rolling, amply so for
purposes of good drainage. The low
lands are not swampy, but have suffi-
cient slope for natural drainage and
as soon as the logs, brush and other
Instructions to the surface water are
removed, they are ready for cultiva-
ton without the expense of thing nee
essary in many sections. On the other
hand there are no steep hills to inter-
fere with cultivation, for this purpose
the land being practically level.
This is one of the greatest grass
and clover regions to be found any
where. Timothy and clover seem
Indigenous, springing up along the
highways, in logging roads, and every
where that small clearing in the for
est affords the necessary air and light.
Strangers are astOnished to find rank
growth of timothy and clover in old
logging roads, miles from any habita
ton, the result of few stray seeds
scattered from loads of hay that were