Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-19
A 7O,OOO-ACRE STATE PARK

The following remarks by the Amigo Journal re-
garding matter Of material interest to Villas County,
believe lacks great deal Of being expressive of the
opinions of many residents and taxpayers OF the county,
and personally doubt very much # the residents Of
twenty-five years hence will consider that they have been
heneficaries Of plan that in form another has
been agitaed by the socaed broad vsoned minds for
the past fifteen years more but up now successful
y fought and opposed by residents Of the county who
had the future interests Of the county and its people
close at heart
is true that there has been attempt the part
of Villas county to prevent losing approximately four
townships Of its territory That is partly accounted for
by the fact that of the who in the beginning
able to what the Griffith forestry program
would really to the county successful
opposing it. are longer living Others who assoc
ciated with them in the matter have observed the ten
dency to cater to patronage that exists for three
months in the year. preference to development Of
farm lands and population every township that would
be factors of every month in the This
think, is the why Villas county is about to lose
10000 of territory without protest although
great deal Of the acreage well adapted to farm uses
and not because of any general conversion to the sen
employed frequently by occupants of high powered motor
while rushing about from spot of Nature to
another at speed just slow enough to escape the speed
cops, whenever it mpracticable to kill them other
travellers on the highways.
Dill providing for a state park of 10000 acres
in Villas county has been printed and it is very likely to
become law This is all state owned land there will
be no expense connected with the purchase Of the land
The surprising thing about this bill is that there is
not delegation from sister county to the north down
at Madison lobbying against the measure And yet it
line that it would become noted. But opposition has dis
appeared because these people have learned that the fore
sight of former State Forester Griffith little great
er than their
The Daily Journal some fifteen years or SO ago,
when Mr. Griffith acquiring land in that section of
the state for conservation purposes such parks TIM
Der land etc. in hearty accord with him in his plans
We had the pleasure of number Of visits with Mr. Grit
fifth and discussed the possibilities Of northern Wis
consn great resort region, rather than farming
community He had soil made and data of all
kinds showing that it in that line that would be-
and lakes the few settlers which might buy in would hav
to be eliminated One particular reason to prevent
fires.
That there was some agricultural land that would
have to be acquired in taking large blocks of land
of admitted but the people up there in
arms about it. Thy criticised Mr. Grffiths policy most
severity and said he blocking the progress of that
section Because the Journal supported the policy of Mr.
Griffith in for like flaying Letters and verbal
denunciatons handed to They could not under
stand how being part of northern Wisconsin, could
support such policy In fact committee came down
here and wanted to give twoWeeks trip through the
whole territory to demonstrate to that position
wrong We declined with much regret, for we had