The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-10
THE GREAT NORTH WOODS
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ing your efforts towards getting the
right man appointed for fish and
game commissioner, and few laws
enacted that you could consider your
work done, and you felt that you
could give no further consideration
| the matter of game protection. On
he other hand, you will find, that if
you are going to keep up with pres
mt day progress, that your work is
not done when you have accomplished
those little things, but it has just
begun, in so far that you, Mr.. Bust
nessman, will realize more thorough
| y in the near future the tremen-
6ous value as an asset the lakes, for
ests and game in our North woods,
in which those of you, esecially in
this city are the principal stockhold-
ers.
Il did not realize this so thorough
v until short time ago, when had
an opportunity of visiting several of
1.-THE best resorts in the heart of Wis
Cousins lake country. 1t is an as
tonishing, but very prominent fact,
that the type of real sportsmen who
made Michigan and Wisconsin what
they are today, the most patronized
summer playground in the United
States, are being crowded out by So
lciety-Women and children, fond
IMammas with society bellies in tow,
that will not tolerate anyone. in the
dining hill, unless he is dressed in
lgrey flannel trousers and a red jack
ct. The very thing that our sports
man ran away from in the cities have
overtaken him in his refuge. Today
you will meet him, the most Disguised
ltpe of humanity, deprived and crowd
ed out of his summer playground and
at loss where to go next.
GAS ! have said, they made Wis
consin and now they are ready to
make Northern Minnesota.
"a little later / had occasion to
meet a large, we might say, repre-
sentative body of live sportsmen at
Chicago. When it was found out that
/ was a guide from northern Mime
sofa, it was surprising that not one,
comparatively speaking, knew that
there was such place and that every
lone OF them were, or seemed to be,
hungry for informtion. This should
lgO long ways towards convincing
lyou of the value of proper adver-
ltising and if there are any among
lyou who think that you have con-
Thousand Lakes Associations adver-
ltising campaign fund, you might stop
Ito consider that here within eight
Ieen hours by rail, are numbers of
lreal sportsmen, who are always on
the lookout for new fields in which
Ito spend their vcations, who are not
leven aware that we are on the map.
81 was asked large number of
InrY Of xxyhsn I
liable to answer easily, and others ]
want to pass on to you, more especial
lily those in which had to stretch my
lget suitable answers.
"A> fair sample of the questions
were:
eff we should come up into your
country, can we get suitable accom-
Imodations?
would it be advisable to bring
my wife and family along?
] "Could l take them on a canoe
"trip with me?
"Can / procure all the equipment
i need for a trip at Ely?
1 Glow far away from civilization
lido you generally get, on your trips?
"Can / hire guide, realizing that
j would have to depend on his care
flor my family, as well as myself and
being so far away from town, help of
lany kind, can / procure responsible
imam to look after u.s."
SON the last question, in my mind,
although / was unable to turn the
ANSWER, to good advantage, hinges a
lproblem that will have to be solved
lin the near future. What have you
lgot for guides and where are you
lgoing to get them? Unlike the Wis
Iconsin country, where anyone who
Ican row boat may act as guide,
here we are going to need different
lclass of men. You will need men
lwho are not only responsible, relia-
lble and good canoe men, but they
must know hundreds of miles of
Icanoe routes. You want practical
Iwoodsmen, who are resourceful in
leases of emergency, such as accidents,
sickness, etc. They must be able to
cook and above all, be good willing
workmen. Where are you going to
Ito get them? You cannot pick such
men up on street corners.
There is only one elias of men
who are prepared to take up this
work, who through their years of life
in the woods, have graduated in the
Iart of woodcraft, who unconsciously
have been preparing for this very oc-
lcupation and they are the trappers,
both white and Indian. In the trap
lpers of our North woods you will
find a body of men who, if properly
developed, will turn out an efficient
force of guides to whom you could
well point with pride as being second
Ito none in the world. And Mr.. Bust
lnessman, the quicker you come to
lrealize this fact, and take steps to-
wards organizing and developing an
deficient force of guides, the sooner
you will begin to realize dividends
lon natures greatest gift-Our North
Woods.
"To the nations Forest Service
who are actively engaged in our midst
Z believe the time has gone by when
our trapers, guides and woodsmen
can be considered only as part of
the mob and be watched only as
such in the matter of leaving fires
and other transgressions of the forest
ION the other hand, / believe the
time has come for the best interests
of forest protection, they will be rec
Iognizd as not being outside the sys-
tenn of forest protection, but should
be made to feel and understand that
owing to their occupation and position
on them viii fall large share of the
responsibility of protecting our North
woods from forest fires, and be-
llieve that with proper handling and
tuition, can and should be made a
valuable addition to our system of
forest protection.
"To the State Government Depart
iment of Came Protection I believe