The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-06-10
SPORTS IN STATE PARK TODAY
Two Automobiles From Bemidji Ar
rive at Noon in Time for Days
Festivities.
RAILROAD HEAD GETS PHOTO
Snaps Governor and Vincent Com
ing Through the Rye" Which is
to Be Used as Ad.

Itasca~ Park, Mimi, June 1O.-(By
Long Distance Telephone -Shortly
after noon. DR.. E. II. Marcum and
wife and w. L. Brooks and wife ar
rived in their automobiles from Be-
midi, having made fast time on the
road despite the rains of last night.
Editors, their wives and distin-
guished visitors focked to the park
from Park Rapids all this afternoon
in automobiles and other vehicles
and q great session of the editorial
association is being held, a program
of sports being feature Of the af-
ternOOn.
On Their Way Here.
At o'clock this afternoon, the
following distinguished party will
leave for Bemidji: Governor Eber-
hart, Lieutenant Governor Gordon,
DR.. Vincent, president of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, Dean Woods, Dean
James, President Kluckhohn and Sec
rotary J. H. Beck of the St. Paul
Retailers & Jobbers' association.
There will be others in the party
which will larrive in Bemidji at -
p. m. 1.-The Great Northern.
The gathering at Park Rapids was
the greatest: in the history of that
city and one of the most notable
ever held in northern Minnesota.
Banquet Crowd Extends to Street.
At the banquet which followed,
the crowd was so large that it
damned the hotel and extended into
the street. A set program of
speeches were delivered, notable
talks being made by State Forester
w. T. Cox and Dean Woods, a synop-
sis of whose talks are printed below
An unique feature of the gather
ing was photograph personally
taken by Mr.. Hill of Governor Eber-
hart and President Vincent coming
through the rye" to be used as. a
slogan for northern Minnesota.
Hill Says He Will Come,
Mr.. Hill was keenly disappointed
at not being able to go to Bemidji
\; 4 + Il
later
In addressing the editors, w. T..
Cox, the newly appointed state for
ester, outlined for the first time just
how he proposes to care for the for
ests, what his first steps will be and
the kind of men he will employ to
aid him.
After calling attention to the fact
that Minnesota at one time had 49,
100000 acres of forest, but that s.
600, 900 have been cleared for farm
ing and explaining how pine forests,
if permitted will reproduce them
selves, Mr.. Cox said in part: :
How Minnesota Loses rs Millions.
Snow what l want to get at is
this: Suppose the 100000 acres
of forest lands within the State were
producing what they are capable of
producing, we will not say a thou
sand feet per acre, but using the con-
sentative figure only 200 board. feet
per acre annually, what would this
mean? 1t would mean four billion
eight hundred million feet of tim
Der ready for the mills each year in
definitely. The labor and profit of
logging. milling and transporting
this material would be worth to the
people of Minnesota at least hun
dred million dollars year. We are
actually cutting obout 1,50O,000,000
feet a year worth $25,0OO,OOO, and
the output isbecoming less and less.
The mills are going west.
And Now About the Fires.
"Coming right down to the cold
facts, the difference between 4,S0O,-
100000 and 1,500,OO0,O0O feet or
3,3OO,OO0,O0O feet of lumber year
represents a part of the loss caused
in this state by the forest fires. And
just a word about the fires them
selves We all know of the great
disasters at Hinckley and Chisholm
and Baudette because of the loss of
life involved, and we must remember