Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-03-15
inducements to Locate
In Upper Wisconsin
GOOD FARM LAND At LOW
PRICES STILL OPEN FOR ALL
NEW FARMERS

To the homeseeker looking for an
opportunity to establish himself where
the price Of land is within the range
of a person of limited means, the tim
bered and well watered country con-
tanned in Upper Wisconsin presents
many attractive phases. Several fea-
lures of the land, climate churches,
schools and other matters that have a
direct bearing upon the successful
building of a home and rearing of a
family, offer distinct advantages that
are not found elsewhere.
A portion of tbe region consists of
open park-like reaches of rolling dairy
and farm lands which snerge into
those vast preserves of hardwood and
pine for which Wisconsin has become
famous
Various trunk lines of railroad radi
ate to all parts of this district joining
in close connection the hundreds of
cities and towns which there find for
their manufacturing interests abun
dant raw material, markets ready at
their door and transportation facilities
that are unexceIled..
In this highly favored region sett.
lers and homeseekers are locating
with but little outlay in comfortable
homes where, with fertile farms, a
heaIthful climate nearby markets for
all products, and schools and churches
for the families, an opportunity is pre-
scented to the man of small means to
attain competency.
There he may find what are prob
ably greater industrial, commercial
and agricultural possibilities than i'll
any other portion Of the United States
Throughout the years Of the nations
growth, the army of immigration to
the west has ever followed the lines of
least resistance and over-running the
Middle States the pioneers have rush
ed westward to the Missouri and be-
yond, leaving the rich and fertile re-
gion for later development so that one
can still, within nights ride of Chi
cagO and Milwaukee settle on land at
$50 to SIS an acre, which if it were
located in Indiana or Illinois, would
command from $75 to 1925 per acre.
It is true that considerable hard
work is necessary in order to clear
this wooded land and prepare it for
crops but it is also true that in the
process of doing so, the timber pro
ducts will nearly pay for the labor ex
pended.
One OF the chief reasons for the ex-
istence OF these cheap lands is.that it
was not until the timber had been
largely cut off that the agricultural
possibilities of the region became gen
orally known, so that the very heart
OF the continent was thus passed over
by the home-builder Of the seventies
and most of it left for the homeseeBer
Of today.
And the resources Of the region are
varied. Several years Of prosperity
have brought increased capital and
population and more fully demonstrat
ed it's splendid possibilities for the in
weston who desires a safe investment
for the business man who is seeking
new location and for the farmer Of
small means who desires to establish
for himself modest home
There are two distinct classes of
land offered to the settler in Upper
Wisconsin, each Of which has its fea-
lures Of special interest to the farmer
and dairyman
The two classes referred to are the
hardwood forests and the cutoYer land
from which the pine has been taken.
The cutover lands have, until quite
recently, been held to great extent
by lumber firms who have taken off
the timber, and by land companies and
individuals who are rapidly locating
settlers and developing the value Of
the unsoId holdings.
The land upon which hardwood TIM
Der remains standing in its original
growth are covered with fine growth
OF maple, oak, elm, beech and bass
wood and are on sale to settlers at
prices that are actually less than the
value OF the standing timber.
In the day of the pioneer the set
tier was compelled, after he had cut
timber on his land, to haul it into
piles and burn it. Today he will find
that he will receive for cordwood, bass
wood, excelsior bolts, hemlock and
pulDwood cut from clearings. a reve-
nue. from the timber more than suffi-
cient to pay him for the work done.
In the winter time he can make a
good living getting cut cordwood,
bark, ties, posts, pulpwood, bolts. logs
for lumber or fence material or work
ing in the nearby lumber camps or
sswmills' at good wages.
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