Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-17
,ssOCIATION MEETS
, o'Lakes Members Hold
Enthusiastic Meeting at
II.tioo..Makei it State Wide
Association.

,,,+o,d of being a northern Wis
p .;o PROPOSITION, Land O Lakes
: aoalsni.t i will become affiliated
a ~ the entire state of Wlscon-
g :. md endeavor to promote the
J. '..+e Is assets as a whole, that ac-
s u. being taken at the. annual
.' ,a+inc held last week Wednesday
It Amigo ,.,.,,,,+ i, +;.,o.,
u. the seventeen counties repre-
so+ed joined in with Milwaukee,
,.J down-state boosters and will
~. .,,rnorate in a statewide associa-
INV. ~. resolution to that effect
. .gi been introduced by j. W.
cn;tb Of Shell Lake, member of
% s Land O. Lakes. Ray Smith,
r5o is chairman of the governors
.,mmittee in promoting a state
,,ociation, endorsed the resolu-
i'm The resolution was passed,
ND new name will undoubtedly
10 chosen, that of wisconsin, the
Land Of Lakes
There were representatives from
,oilroads chambers of commerce
and banking associations, Many
aendid speakers held the atten-
hon of the visiting boosters.
After the treasurer's report, the
following officers and board Of
managers were elected:
Presdent-W. D. Connor Jr,
Tacoma,
V-Pres-T. J. Koerner, Manito-
WISH
Scretary-O. F. Barstow, Rhine
ander
Treasurer-E. 5. Hagen, Hurley.
ManagerS-Otto P. Walsh chair
man, Amigo; H. Y. Joannes, Green
Bay W. NJ. Schofeld, Wausau; G..
A. Goodman, Marinette; C. J. Coon,
Woodruff; J. M. Smith, Shell Lake;
! W. D. Connor Jr., Laona; w. E.
Brown, RhineIander; G.. A. Rud-
pSt, Ashland; Philip Young,
Cable; G. A. Griswold, Three Lakes.
In the report Of the committee
on resolutions the following. reso-
luton was unanimously adapted:
Whereas the beauties, virtues
and benefits of Wisconsin are as
broad as the state and, in their
wonder, neither admit of nor need
exaggerated praise of publicity and,
Whereas, the truth respecting
the state is all-sufficient and
whereas, that truth, forcefully
ioLd can not be biased or preju-
aclaI as between sections or parts
Of the state,
Therefore be it resolved, that
he Land o. Lakes association
lehcate its efforts to a campaign
mat shall be founded upon alb
@ute truth in all of it's state
-entS and that each officer and
@p.oye whose duty shall require
UNI to participate in any phase of
such endeavor keep constantly in
1aa this principle upon which
R associations work shall be
Funded.
Resolved Further, that in any
@a2algn to advance Wisconsin
e IIeat Lakes as we'll the small
inland lakes, be remembered,
g mat the streams of the state,
~U"0lag the greatest of Amer
e1 /, MYERS I, the Mississippi, be
~~IQIIy brought to the fore
:D'na IN the associations publ
.' %soIyed further, that the as
NV, '''loA give every consistent
r r.OS' to any proper state parks
! N S'aIA' or any endeavor that
\ n M secure both for the present
~ rIS' and for posterity an ade-
N" system of state parks.
SO'yed further, that the asso-
M " ~ foster, support and advance
srs, al It's energy and force the
Nv, 4" conservation, insofar as
hs,.. AS properly to preserve the
s,F;, ILL., game and fish of the state,
s,, ,s-'g that those are among the
T,So s greatest II assets and that
Il snn,I them much, if not all, of
d ros that is making Wiscon-
/ i h ysor's' It's cOuntrysides, and
] s,j s 81 paramount in the
y VII; N Yne traveller and vacation
p.,I p De lrretrievably lost.
aSoD ~I Yea further, that the asso-
Id on usno every effort to induce
serryaa nefs and lumber men to
>asss,s ~, especially the forest
&FS II, upon the shores of Wis
w lakeS and