Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-02

nearly went into spasms OF delight.
That man has already arranged to
come back next season, and has re-
served accommodation for twenty
three friends who will accompany
him.
John Gallen, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, Amigo, de
clared that he has travelled in near
ly every civilized country in the
world, but has never found any
that can compare with Wisconsin.
State Conservation Commissioner,
Elmer S. Hall, emphasized the nee
essity of providing proper facilities
for the tourists, so that they will
be comfortable and can truly en-
Joy themselves. That is the best
ind of publicity, he declared. People
will return where they have been
comfortable and we'll treated, but
never to a place where they have
had to rough it" served poor or
inadequate meals, made to sleep on
la hard bed, or run up against a re-
sort owners crouch.
The conservation commissioner
said he doesn't feel that the State
government is fair to northern
Wisconsin in that it fails to appro-
pirate sufficient funds to aid con-
servation. 1t apparently does not
appreciate the fact that recreation
is one of the States chief indus
tries, which will peter out if the
lakes and streams and woods are
not given proper supervision and
care. He asked everyone present
to support any measure for in
creased appropriations for the com
mission.
Mr.. Hall further told of the pub
Iicity work conducted by his com
mission, which is now printing So
600 booklets entitled Recreation in
Wisconsin" and $4,000 more with
the title Where to Fish" These
booklets will be given wide distri-
button in the Middle West, East
and South through the cooperation
of the Chicago & North Western
Railroad. He also referred to the
successful advertising conducted
by Minnesota, which, he said "has
not nearly the attractions that
Wisconsin has, but apparently is
stealing a lot of its thunder"
A tourists reaction to north
ern Wisconsin were described by
Mrs. Frank Raw, of Kansas City,
Mo-, who told the resort men she
knew this country before, but just
couldn't get Mr.. Raw to come up.
1T took me six years to get my
husband up here" she said, "and
now | couldn't get him back. In
talking about this North Country
he has run out of adjectives COM
pletely. He is always sending let
ters full of glorious descriptions
back home to Kansas, and picture
cards, and above all fish stories. In
Kansas, you know, we have only
catfish in mud puddles."
Conservation is urgently needed,
said the next speaker, ]. P. Reilly,
field man for the Land O Lakes
Association. Wisconsin's natural
beauties and recreational resources
are bringing S175,O00,OOO a year in
to the. State. The resort mems
only stock in trade is forest and
stream, fish and game. When these
are gone through lack Of conser-
lvation, the whole northern part of
the State might as we'll be turned
over to the Indians he said.
I'VE are on the verge of boom,
even though it won't be on the same
scale as Florida. Throughout the
United States there is now a
greater interest in Wisconsin than
ever before. More lake frontage
and other kinds of real estate has
been sold in northern Wisconsin
during the last two years than
ever. Large tracts in Villas and
Oneida county have changed hands,
and l predict that it soon will be
impossible to obtain anything with
anywhere near a decent location.
However, l am not looking for in
fated values, or a crazy boom
just sound development in the
right direction. Anything else
would be calamity"
The development of the tourist
trade as illustrated by the increase
in railroad traffic was interestingly
depicted by John Leppla, superin-
tendent of the Chicago & North
Western Railroad at Amigo.
L. j. HOLES, of the Izaak Walton