The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
Lake reserve, and prefering counter
petition. -. q
BERNARD for Drainage.

Lake k ;! VOICE. e - asssar d ding
hearing as soon as Mrs. Wl4llanls had
finished reading her resolutions. He
was accorded the privilege of the floor
and given ten minutes in which to state
his case. He said that the people of
Cass Lake went there IN good faith, ex-
pecting that they would be permitted to
build up farming community with
Cass Lake as its center Of trade. They
found themselves shut in on all sides
by the forest reserve.
The reserve, he said, was an injustice
to the settler and robbery Of the In
dian. He approved of forest reserves
and of demonstration, but he did not
think it just to establish, either at the
expense of one community, or by de-
out Of 81 100000 by the present reserve.
Judge Ives of Cass Lake insisted that
it was improper to plant trees where
agricultural products could be raised.
He also dwelt at length on the wrongs
of the Indians. They had taken allot
ments near Cass. Lake with the under
standing that the nearby lands were to
be opened up to settlement in order that
they might enjoy the advantage of !iv-
ing in close proximity to the whites
and profting by their farming expert
H. G. Hays, editor of the Bemidji
Sentinel, secretary of the state drain
age league, was the. next to ask floor
privileges, which were granted him., He
spoke In behalf Of the drainage league,
and denied what he termed an unbound
ed charge that the men behind the
league were the men opposed to the for
est reserve. =. ys-- . III al. ,..' ..
HThe drainage of 100000 acres Of
land in northern Minnesota will open
up homes for $4,000 families and will
add much to the general prosperity Of
the state,' said Mr.. Hays. In five
years the number of towns in Beltrami
and Itasca counties has increased from
two to twenty seven. ~
Professor S. B. Green then moved the
previous question and the resolutions
serve were adopted with hardly dis
senting vote. sE -
Christmas Trees Condemned. r
The annual greeting of President G.
M. Loring Of Minneapolis opened the
session of the Forestry association. Mrs.
L. P. Williams followed with a talk on
the National Forestry Congress and
Minnesota's Forest Reserve. - This
talk was illustrated by some clever car
toons.
90 Conditions on the Cass Lake Res
ervation as ] Found Them was the
subject of Mrs. J. B. Hudson of Lake
City. Her report was anything but
favorable and created a stir. She
showed several young pine trees which
she had secured on the reservation and
used them as the text, Of her plea for
the reforesting of the reservation,
which, she said, might be. made one Of
the beauty spots of America.
President Loring rose at this point
and condemned the practice of cutting
down thousands of young evergreens for
Christmas trees every year as an out
rage on posteritN
Following Mrs. Hudson s talk, Ly.
curgus R. Meyer of Montevideo read a
paper on Prairie Reforestation. =
| New Officers Elected.
The election was made on the rec
| concentrations of nominating COM
mittee and passed off without incident.
| The following are the officers for the
/ ensuing year s: G. M. Loring, president;
is. NJ. Owen, vice PRESIDENT. Mrs. L. p.
Williams, secretary; a.. w. Latham,
. Wyman Elliot, 8. B. Green and A. e.
Bush, executive committee.
Al paper on the Economic Value Of