Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-03-10

to date the home producers are entire
ly unable to furnish supplies for the
numerous resorters and many thou
sands of dollars are sent abroad every
season that rightfully ought to remain
at home in the pockets of the settlers
The summer houses and campers
roaming over the 200 miles of excel
lent trail highways are actually scour-
ing the country for fresh Strawberries,
garden truck, dairy and poultry pro
ducts
Permanent Settlers.
This state of things has attracted
wide attention and has doubled the
number of regular farmers in the
Phelps county during the last three
years. To mention only a few: r.
Martin Thompson, chairman OF Phelps
township, owns so acres with 40 OF
them under cultivation. His father
in law Nestor Johnson, formerly
Chicago manufacturer, owns ITO acres
with SO under the pillow. Both OF them
are getting into dairying, gardening
and specialize in certified potato seed
stock. The Villas breed of this COM
modify has already acquired fame
Among the earliest settlers is An
drew Watilo, IA years on the job, who
is leading in fine Holstein dairy stock.
He has ITO acres with 70 under the
pillow, and more going under in the
land clearing campaign this year. John
Saarinen has an eighty, with half
under the pillow. His hobby is certified
seed potatoes and Holstein dairying.
Jacob Saari has so acres with 25
under the plow, and is getting there
fast John Tillman has forty, with
has an eighty, with 40 in commission;
Victor .Alinen has a forty, with 20
acres producing; Otto Mossinen as
many with the same acreage under
cultivation
William Stone, only three years on
his land, owns 100 acres, with rs open
and more to follow; Charles Corner
owns an eighty, with 35 acres cleared;
Emil Sivila, Robert Marti, John Deck
err, Louis Luger, Art Steinbach, The
Corinne White Wyandote Poultry
farm, ]. H. Kerr, of Chicago, with $50
acres, 100 of them under the plow,
buildings worth over 5000, and spe-
cializing in pure-bred Holsteins and
certified Rural New Workers.; Oliver
Brenvelle, also strong in the potato
game, these and hundred others
tell more eloquently than ink and
print can do the pote,ntialities of the
fertile Phelps country. w. L. Coyey is
the man in charge of the H. p. B. Co.
land department, and has succeeded in
doubling the number of settlers since
the close of the war. The Phelps coun-
try as a farm region has just got a
! fair start. 1t is coming with whoop
from now on.
The Village.
The main industries are the lumber
and planning mills of the Hackley-
Phelps onnell Co., and the chemical
plant owned by the Wisconsin Chemi-
cal Co., the second of it's kind in all
upper Wisconsin. The two plants en-
ploy about 600 men and both are I'M
der the able management of Clarence
NJ Christensen, a nephew of the late
Hon. G. K. Ellingson of Hawkins, Wis.
The company store employs Is men
under the management of Hugh Hess.
The store compares favorably with
any city department store.
The Phelps State bank is only 4
months old but already can show to-
tai resources of over $150,000, 1000
being the capital and $4,000 surplus
The officers are c. NJ Christensen
president, K Martin Thompson, vice
president and Elmer A. Olson, cashier
The bank is already a tower OF
strength to the land clearing cam
paign now set agoing in Villas county
under Mr. O. E. Gibson, the county
agricultural agent.
The town club room is in charge OF
! Thomas McGregor and the good
Phelps hotel is managed by w. R.
Putnam The schools of Phelps are
among the best in the state under
Prof. Lloyd w. Gardeners superinten
dency A new $4,000 high school is
authorized and will be built during
the coming summer In addition seven
other schools are located among the
settlers, accessible to all and we'll up
to- date in buildings and appoint
ments.
There are two churches, congrega
tional and a Catholic.
The Congregational congregation re
Gently dedicated it's new house of wor
ship, erected in place Of the first
local church, built IA years ago and
afterwards destroyed by fire. Mr.