Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-24
CAMP IS INCORPORATED
New Boys Camp at Winches-
ter, Opens Up Branch in
Training and Activities.

TO practice forestry in all it's
phases, is one of the purposes of
a new company, to be known as
Baker, Bullock & Sanderson, Inc,
for which incorporation papers
have just been issued by the secre-
tary of state. The new company
is the formal incorporation of the
first camp for boys in the country,
Camp Mishike, near Winchester,
Wis, which was opened last spring.
The first seasons activities of
the camp were so promising that
the three men chiefly interested
decided on the formal incotpora-
ton which has now been carried
out, the amount of capital being
$4,000.
The officers of the new COM
pany are DR.. Hugh P. Baker, presi-
dent; Warren B. Bullock, vice-pres-
ident, and w. E. Sanderson, secre-
tary and treasurer. Mr.. Sanderson
is director of the camp, and the
others interested take charge of
forestry instruction and canoe
cruising activities respectively.
DR.. Baker is executive secretary of
the American Paper and Pulp As
ISOLATION, and was formerly dean
of the New York State College of
Forestry at Syracuse, where Mes
srs. Bullock and Sanderson were
members of the faculty, Mr.. San
derson being in charge of the
summer camp of the college for
four years. Mr.. Bullock is a for
mer Milwaukee newspaper man,
having become director of the ex-
tension service of the New York
college after his return from army
service. DIR. Baker is native of
Wisconsin, who before going to
Syracuse was head of the forestry
departments of Iowa State and
Penn State Colleges.
The articles of incorporation not
only provide for the practices of
forestry, but include the follow
ing: To deal in real estate, etc.;
to maintain a school in forestry,
outdoor life, woodcraft, camping,
canoeing, swimming and the like.
The corporation opened the camp
for boys in July of this year, and
its campers not only did extensive
work in field forestry but toured
Villas county by canoe, covering
some 800 miles in all during Au-
gust. The forestry work done at
camp includes the planting of H.
600 Norway and white pine, the
establishment of a forest nursery,
and the clearing of several acres
of rough cut-over land for plant
ing next spring. In addition to
this work of artificial reforestra-
ton considerable work has been
done in facilitating the growth of
trees which have been naturally
reproduced, but cutting out the
so-called weed trees.
The danger of forest fire will be
minimized by the establishment of
fire lines to divide up the property
of the company into tracts where
forest fires can be successfully
combatted. Camp Mishike has
purchased and used during the
past season the first fre-fghting
high power pump to be used In
Wisconsin. At one time threat
ening fire on Camp Mishike pro-
perry was extinguished, and dur
ing the last few weeks, when fires
were raging throughout the north
country, this light portable pump
has been used to save buildings of
nearby settlers. When one settlers
home was burned, the pump was
taken to his home by automobile,
and helped save the other farm
buildings from destruction.
Camp Mishike, the property of
the newly organized company, con-
sists of about LOO acres of land
east of Winchester, Wis, and ly-
ing along the Michigan line. The
property includes shoreline on
Harris, Rainbow and Rock lakes,
and several smaller lakes are en-
tirely ON the Camp Mishike pro-
perty.