Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-11
DEL. Il r
I...I 10 sen

Professor Mitchell Of tue Osh
kcsh normal saa9o1 en- advocate
OF waterway for ocean going yes
SIS etween the Great Lakes ant
tie sea. On Wednesday at the
regular luncheon o tho Kiwanis
cub 1t thu the & oalol
give IN i .o,l IN th-
subject and a5v eca @-E cogenf
reasons for a large expenditure il
order to realze he IDEA being ad
vanced. The boyhoo! hy--e OF Pro
lessor Mitchell vas ia southern
Indiana and he was educated ii
the state University OF the Hoo8iel
commonwealth He has been en-
gagged IN teaching geograa hy at the
Oshkosh normal for many years.
In his address the speaker said
that about 100000 had been ex
pended in order to make the water
way navIgable for the craft which
now sail tho Great Lakes OF
the above amount $27000,000 has
been expended at the Sault ST.
Marie canal, $16,000,000 at Detroit
and the remainder elsewhere along
the route. Vessels OF IA foot
draft are able to go through the
Welland canal and this viii be in
creased to % feet soon.
Lake Erie Is ESQ feet above the
ocean and one Of the greatest prob
lens will be to build a series OF
dams across the rapids below Lake
Ontario In order to establish Sc.
rles OF locks and lakes. Professor
Mitchell held that 100000 horse
power could be developed by means
OF these dams and that this would
pay for the construction.
Richest Rea.o1 n the World
In develoaing the subject the
speaker said that the IL states
which would most greatly profit
from deeper waterway was the
richest region in the world. They
include territory three and a half
times larger than France, four
times larger than Germany and fif-
teen times greater than England.
In thia region the inhabitants are
most intelligent, have the most ad-
vanced ideas ard i've 3u 4 higher
plane than on NJ section "a thu
globe. Nowhere can one find g
region where there ere SO l-al
automobiles, electric lights tel
PHONES, newspapers Libraries, al
all that goes to make Q Ia ny n
pie. Wisconsin Is one Of the5
states and P Of ssar Mitch il sa
that the PEG lie OF this regio-
should be profoundly thankful til
they reside where they do
Another point he brought OFT
that the sea- ort Of Eew York Is
congested that requires a l.
time and creates an unnace3aa
large cost in order to transfer a c
\ot freight to an ocean steamer TIL
harge on a car is the same frc
Chicago to Trenton, N. J., as it
from Trenton aboard the boz
England has q seaDorts Will
New York has but one and it V
the opinion Of the speaker 4,
there should be dec sea har,
ell the way around the Great La
the greatest series Of inland bod
les OF water on the globe.
In concluding he SAID that if on
nstion prospers, all must prosper
which means that to avoid co
petition there must be some eas7
methods of sending American Pr
ducts and goods to foreign lane
Mr.. Mitchell said he was a frier
of business, believing the greo
corporations were doing gree
work for humankind and that he
was an enemy OF all forms o.
crooked business.
While here, The visitor called t
see Mrs. L. p. McFotrjdge, a for
mer pupil of his
The Kiwanis club voted $40 fo
the purchase Of a Christmas sea
bond
James Goddard Of Chicago sans
to the company and told q livel'
tale of his experiences il the TIE:
nessee mountains.
E. f. Dithmar preside, Be,
Jones led Che singing, and superir
tendent Kingsford announced that
st the next meeting II. G. Dyer O.
Madison VIII give an Illustrated
lecture on early steamboating IN
the Mississippi river.