The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-25
MORE Robbery.
Settlers to be Rbbed of an Adj
ditiona Bunch.
No Wonder the ople are Givins
Minnesota he Cosby.

MinneSoId#ne Go.by.
Approximately lie quarter of all
lands open for homM stead entry in the
Duluth federal lam offi;e has been
withdrawn from q form OF settle
ment and filing by q telegram from ].
Ell. Fimple actingx commissioner at
Washington. TlAs takes out tract
con tanning 200, 900 acres which ex-
tends along the northern end of ST.
Louis county to a point north of
Harding from the west county line
and also comprises a tract at the
AUDITING corner Of Lake county. This
with the temporary withdrawal of
100000 acres WHICH occurred some
years ago and which has not been re-
opened makes large hole in lands in
the hands of that Office.
Telegraphic dispatches from Wash
ington say that tlh purpose of the
withdrawal, desert Jed as temporary,
is for the establishment of additional
forestry reserves. u some quarters
it is thought that he step is taken
upon initiative 4ising in the St.
Paul forestry buretu. The land con-
tains some excelldet timber tracts,
although it has ben well cut over.
The land taken qht is more partic-
ularly described I'M lie dispatch which
is posted in the larn office as: Town
ship sc range IL, Townships &c and 81
range IL, townships Sc, 81 and IS
range Is, townships 81 and IS range
II, townships &c, 81 and IS range IA,
townships &c. 81 ana IS range Ia, and
townships sc and g range Is.
The communications provides for
the exceptions off entry under the
mineral laws but al Minnesota is not
affected by these l;Iws this exception
has no bearing on fle situation.
There are number of live entries
lying throughout the withdrawn
tract which will ndt be affected by
the order.
j SIlll OF What Ase is a live entry
when you are Surrounded by a lot OF
dead land with no prospects of getting
a road or anything else. In place of
making inducements for actual sett-
lers, the development of the state is
being retarded us much as possible
with the Forestry Reserve proposit-
ions.
/ With the immense tract removed
in the Cass Lake Indian district and
now this tract withdrawn nearer
home, it looks as if it was a premedit-
ated scheme to beat the state out of
settlers in favor of some of the monied
men of the cities who are working for
hunting grounds.
i Bishop McGolerick of Duluth who
has been travelling the country
through had the following to say of
the project. THE business of my
diocese has taken me over the ground
in question many times and l am
thoroughly familiar with the situa-
tion. The Indians are very poor
farmers, even though they have lands,
they are able, alone, TO do very little
towards developing them.
"Their only hope is to be settled in
a place surrounded by prosperous
white farmers by whom they would
be assisted and from whom they
might in time learn something of the
farmers business. The forest reserve
withdraws the possibility of having
white neighbors, The roads, church.
es, schools and other improvements
which promised to be built when. ac-
cording to the agreement. the govern
ment should throw the land open for
settlement. will not exist as long as
the land is held in reserve.
''Great injustice is being done and
the matter should be brought to the at
tention of the government az forceful
as possible. If | were going to Wash
ington myself / should certainly see
that the officials were informed of the
true state of affairs. Nor does the in.
justice affect the Indians alone. 1t
is an outrage on the entire people OF
Minnesota. What we need here is
not trees, but people.
81 have frequently Travelled from
Thief RIVER Falls to Red Lake, and
know that some of the land there is
excellent for farming purposes. There
are rich glades which would be ideal
for grazing, and there is scarcely an
acre that could not be made pro-
ductive.
"When the reserve matter first came
up went to the university at Mime
apolis where there were Il number OF
men who had gone oyer the ground
carefully and with the exception of a
small number who were fanatical on
the question of the reserve, none
favored it,"