The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-03

A. G. Bernard, of Cass Lake, who
put in five months at Washington
fighting for the Chippewa reservation
bill, was in st. Paul yesterday. He is
greatly pleased at the success of the
bill and prophesies a great future for
the Cass Lake country because of it.
AS to the controversy over the sealed
bid and public auction plan for the sale
of timber on the Chippewa reservation,
Mr.. Bernard said:
THE sealed bid proposition was that
of the secretary of the interior. He
believed that more money would be
obtained by this method than any 9TH
er. The Minneapolis lumbermen
thought that public competition would
be the most satisfactory method, and
cited the sales of state lands by Audi
tor Dunn, where lumber brought the
highest prices ever known in the his
tory of logging.
Congressman Morris could not re-
cede from his promise to the secre-
tary of the interior to stand by the
sealed bid proposition. Those who
know Mr.. Morris know that when his
word is given nothing can change it.
He would not oppose the amendment
for public sales, nor would he support
1t. 1t was a fight of the Minnesota
lumbermen. Judge Morris great anX-
iety was to have the bill passed.
Both myself and colleague, Mr..
Warren, would have been perfectly
satisfied to have seen the sealed bid
proposition amended, and so notified
friends of the measure.
1T is a great mistake to think that
the people of Cass Lake, or friends of
the bill anywhere, have any feeling
over the attempt to defeat the meas
ure. If Mr.. Fletcher really intended
to kill the bill he might have thought
his course was the proper one, and in
keeping with the views of a majority
of his Minneapolis constituents.
Adam Bede, in a controversy once
said, Love one another l repeat Mr..
Bede's expression. The fight over the
bill has passed.
Important to minnesota.
at is unquestionabIy one of the
very best pieces of legislation ever
enacted in the interests of Northern
Minnesota. National park advocates
subsidized and the forestry people OBJ
tanned what they wanted. The In
dams are fully protected in their
rights and property. The lumbermen
Will have to pay for what they obtain
by an honest scale of measurement.
The beauty spots of our charming re-
gion are preserved in their primeval
condition, and as soon as the lands
can be appraised those of the agricul-
tural class will be thrown open to set
tlement under the homestead law.
The majority of this land will make
some of the very best farms in North
ern Minnesota. 1t will aggregate
about 100000 acres.
No Fight on Lumbermen.
81 realized on my return to Cass
Lake that the citizens there are so
perfectly satisfied with the passage Of
the bill that they had no feeling what
ever against the lumber interests that
attempted to defeat the measure AS
the logs will be largely manufactured
into lumber at or near Cass Lake, the
people viii gladly cooperate with the
lumbermen in assisting them in es-
tablishing new enterprises.
"a conservative local government
will be maintained, so as to keep taxes
at the very lowest rate, so mill own
ers will not be crippled by extrava-
CANT local legislation.
Il am certain that all newcomers,
whether they be mill owners, lumber
men or business men, will be satisfied
with the treatment accorded to them
by the residents of Cass Lake"
The opening of the land will make
necessary the establishment of