The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-02-20
State Association Decides On
Holding Company for
Resort Project
URGENT NEED VOICED
AT ANNUAL SESSION
F. S. Lycan Of Bemidji Again
Elected as Director Off,
GERS Chosen in March

st. Paul, Feb. REORGANIZATION OF
holding company with capital
stock of several million dollars to
finance the construction Of many
hotels and summer resorts through
the Minnesota Lake region was de-
cided on at the closing meeting of
the Ten Thousand Lakes Of Mime
sofa association in Minneapolis We'd
nesday. Through this plan the as
ISOLATION members hope to put into
circulation thousands Of dollars
brought into the state by tourists,
which have been turned away to
other places with accommodations in
the past.
The committee consisting of Sena-
tor P. II. McGarry OF Walker, presi-
dent Of the Ten Thousand Lakes as
ISOLATION; e. M. Mcmahon, general
secretary of the st. Paul association;
e. j. Westlake of Minneapolis, II. M.
Gardner, general manager of the
ISOLATION, and w. I. Prince, president
Of the Duluth Commercial club has
the project in charge.
Urgent Need Voiced.
The urgent need Of such a project
was voted unanimously by more than
100 delegates at the annual meeting
Of the Ten Thousand Lakes associa-
ton at the Radisson hotel, Mime
apolis.
Lack of proper hotel facilities for
the visitors was deplored and imme-
diate steps towards avoiding the
housing embarrassments experienced
last summer by the hotel men were
declared imperative and the only
remedy was seen in the forming of q
holding company.
The program Of the association to
be followed this year, as adopted by
members Wednesday, includes coop
peration with all agencies for the
passage of the Babcock good roads
amendment; advertising of Mime
sofa by film presentations: recon-
mendations of the work Of the United
States Forest Service Recreational
department and Endorsement of the
deep WaterWays-to-the-sea project.
e. M. Mcmahon, general secretary
of the St. Paul association, addressed
organization in Minnesota.
Association Work Lauded.
The Ten Thousand Lakes associa-
ton is the biggest thing ever started
in the state" Mr.. Mcmahon said,
because 1t is doing wonderful
work by bringing the town and city
together. The farmer and the bust
ness men get better acquainted"
Senator McGarry, president of the
association, presided and Ivan Cope,
secretary of the organization since its
inception, acted as secretary.
A complete board of directors was
elected, who, in turn, will choose a
slate of officers next month. The
new board includes Senator p. H. Nc.
Garry Of Walker; A. D. Darge of st.
Paul; J. M. Hnnafodr, Jr., of St.
Paul; E. J. Westlake and William
Brown of Minneapolis; Norton Mat
tocks and r. J. Nolte Of Duluth; M.
N. Kohl Of Cass Lake; R. r. Wise of
Brainerd; John X. West of Detroit;
J. C. Blake Of Alexandria,; E. r. Rug
giles of Osakis; G.. l.. BrOZich of Ely;
T. E. Zimmerman of Fairmount; T.
J. Karp Of Mankato; E. r. Winship
Of Owatonna; C. J. Selvig of Crook
ston; J. K. Martin of Little Falls;
D. C. Freeman of St. Cloud and F. S.
Lycan of Bemidji.
It is left to the discretion of the
Association of Commerce Of Winona
also to elect a member,