Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-05
THE PROPOSED NATIONAL FOREST

Last week we republshed story from the
Rhinelander Daily News regarding the possibility OF the
establishment of National Forest project, composed of
in Oneida Villas and counties lying north
of the 500 Line railway and between the Eagle River
and Wabeno branches of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway. Two national forest have recently made
survey of the section and their report is that it
of 95 per noagrcuural land occupied by only
or three settlers who are barely subsstng This news
will be surprise to large number OF land owners in
the territory large proportion OF whom have been
clearing and cuvatng their holdings under the deusion
that it first class agricultural land. We have never
been directly cast of Eagle River for great distance
but we have frequently heard from who know good
farm land when they it that and around the Anvil
lake district, better all purpose farm land laid
out doors than that there and extending east Tor some
distance into Forest county, and that when brought I'M
der full production that part OF Villas county would
excel it. We know that to be the with much of
Forest county have travelled over and the i'm
proved and productive between Hes Argonne and
Crandon any evidence to the general quality OF
the lands north of those places then it 95 per cent
cultural instead Of nonagricultura AS far that
if the findings of forestry and reforestry enthusiasts
to be taken seriously much of the old settled por
tons of the state would be condemned nonagrcutura
regardless of that these farms have sup
ported generation after generation cleared up the till
able portions, built fine homes, barns, furnished them
with purebred livestock automobiles and we imagine if
the truth known, the present could show
money in the bank in mortgages on the socaled
worthless farms of their neghbors than in of the
writer's that pirate about SOIL and IN the
breath, advocate that land that will not produce
profitable crop Of clover corn or potatoes will by some
miraculous in few years grow saWogs sealing
several hundred feet to the log.
However, if demonstration is necessary and prac
tcabe as It's supporters seem to think 1T 49, we had much
rather the federal government take hold OF the job
than have it done by the state, although why it
to to any of the people who so deeply
concerned about the future timber supply to buy up
timber and make the first start in conservation from
there instead of waiting 200 years to raise and harvest
and always beyond conception OF
the practical to remedy need II it is need, that
will doubt long before reforestraton is
cess, properly take of itself
If the national forest project should become fact
Villas county will be pretty well supplied with park and
forest area, with Eagle River and everything to the
of
on and to the west and north the state forest expert
ment and fasco of the past twenty years and the newly
created park of about four townships which ought to be
enough to satisfy everyone with yearning to
the scrpural injunction of making two blades of grass
grow where grew before for the rather uncertain
plan of raising second crop of what it took nature
centuries to do successfully in the first place