Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-20
Our Camping Site, Golf Grounds
and Good Roads Will All Help
to Draw People to Natural
Playground. For the Summer
Season This Park Will Excel
California or Any OF h r
Southern Point

Every citizen of Rusk county should
be interested in the proposed state
park adjacent TO C0nnor Lake I'll
Price and Sawyer counties.
The tourist trade that will come to-
olr county on account of this park
will benefit the farmers as well as the
city and village jewellers.
California had "A return from her
seven leading crops last year OF Sl4o.-
100000. while her returns from the
tourists is estimated at S11O.0oO.O00.
Our Northern Lakes Park is much
bprter proposition for tourists as 1t IS
closer to the center of population ana
our northern woods and lakes are ia
nous as the best place TO be f0uhd Tor
pcople afflicted with hay fever and
for people who need IL good quiet rest
from the cares and worry Of the city
life .
The tourists are now worth amour
S.. OOO. 600 IA year 10 Wisconsin,
In ten years if we get this park
there will he no limit to what the
tourists would be worth TO us Some
we'll posted men place the figure at
800. 600. 600 to 5000. 100000 which
! NAV he too high for that short time
| hut it would probably exceed those h%-
ureS in twenty-five years.
I.adysmiths camping ground is Il
good beginning. and as every auto
load that will stop here will leave
from $500 to $500. we will all be
benefited directly or indirectly by the
| business.
From here it will be only one to TWO
hours drive to the park after the roads
are put in condition TO take care OIL
| the traffic There will be two direct
routes from here to the lakes. one
| will he along the north side OF the
river and up the Big Falls road to
SAWYER county and up to the park.
| The other will be by way OF Hawkins
and thence directly north to the park.
One can make the round trip and nave
y complete change Of beautiful seen
cry all along the way.
People who stay for weeks at the
park will make occasional trips to La
dvsmith to do their shopping and to
play golf.
Men who have money are tlght-h
when at home and at their business,
but when they relax and go on camp
ing or outing trip they are good spend
ers and use money literally. Ever!
city has its rich men who get out for
II period during the summer and all
like the big woods of upper Wisconsin
because of its natural beauty and g0od
fishing. They can fish on the lakes OF
this park and see wild deer, bear, and
the like along the shores. This ap-
peals to most people far more than tG
see them i'll captivity.
Thousands of people take their va
cation during the summer months be
cause the city is hot and dirty at that
time.
California is hot and dry during
those months 50 that state will not DC
competition to Us when our parks are
in the fullneSs of their glory.
The present movement for a pres
ervation of this park induced halt il
the numbering operations, and only
legislative action. at this session OF
the legislature will prevent h {
beautiful timber from being cut ano
the natural park destroyed. Once the
numbering is resumed it would advance
rapidly, until another session. there
would be little left worth saving and
Wisconsin would have witnessed the
permanent loss of the last surviving
remnant of the best of its former
beauty.
Such sacrifice could not be true
economy 1t would amount, rather.
20 the waste of priceless resource, Il
waste we can i'll afford
! 1t is therefore proposed that the
| legislature at this session. make a
reasonable appropriation towards the
acquisition of this park declaring its
purpose in prospect of completing the
same.
Petitions are being circulated which
are being signed literally If you
have not had Il chance to sign one,
write your assemblyman ID. J. SUM
merville urging him to do all in his
,,ou-or to n,1t thiS 1orOnocitiOO 9Cr0SS