The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-04-08
FORESTERS MET
IN DULUTH.
DISCUSS MUCH OF INTEREST
FUTURE RECREATIONAL
POSSIBILITIES.

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lishment of the Michigan and Mime
sofa National Forests a Rangers
meeting was held at Duluth on March
10Th and 3Oth, which was attended
by Forest officials from the Superior
Minnesota, and Michigan National
Forests. The meeting was held in
the rooms of the Duluth Commercial
Club and attracted great amount
of attention both inside and outside
the service. During the two day
session prominent men of Duluth
were present who showed marked in
terest in the discussions that were
under way.
The program was arranged by the
supervisors of the Superior and Min
nesota National Forests. All officers
present had prepared something to
be discussed before the officials, after
which the subject was open for dis
cussion by both Forest officers and
others interested in the service work
who were present. The first days
meeting was in charge of g. E. Mar
shall, supervisor of the Minnesota
| National Forest. Mr.. McLaren from
the Denver office opened the meeting
with an address in which he repre-
sented the views of the Denver office.
The topics that were discussed were
| numerous and varied and commanded
considerable attentions from the
forest officers, who as the meeting
progresses became. more and more
enthusiastic and joined freely in all
discussions.
During the first days meeting the
two principal topics were fire pre-
vention, and methods of handling new
men. The subjects were of great
interest to all forest officers since
they are something that must be con-
tended with throughout the entire
fire season. Visitors to the meeting
also joined in both of the discussions
and great benefit was derived from
the manner in which all men res
ponded.
Another important subject which
was discussed was. the posting and
replacement of fire signs. Mr.. Fill
atrault, president of the Minnesota
Automobile association and president
of the Roosevelt Highway Association
was very much surprised to learn
that sufficient funds were not forth
coming from Congress to adequately
handle the work of the National For
ests and demanded that the super
visors of the Minnesota Forests draw
up plan and outline their needs
for signs, to be posted over the For
ests in way that would be beneficial
to the people who travelled in them.
Col. Nynan, who was also present,
! joined heartily in the discussion
and both Mr.. Nyman and Mr.. Filiat-
rault pledged their support in assist
/ ing wherever possible to obtain suf-
I ficient funds for both the Minnesota
Forests. All members present were
/ guests of the Sportsman's Club of
Duluth at luncheon given at the
! Commercial Club rooms on the hrst
/ day
The second days session proved
| more interesting than the first, in
that more prominent men were pres
ent, who Joined in all discussions
and gave some very valuable talks on
all subjects that were brought up
before the meeting. One of the
most important subjects of the Sec
ond day was the tourist question and
which was very ably presented by
Ranger Carney of the Superior.
When Mr.. Carney had finished his
talk half of the listeners were ready
to add something to the discussion
and the tourist question created more
interest and took more time than
any other topic brought up.
Mr.. Filiatrault impressed upon the
men present the great need for dip
iomatic relations between the For
| est. Service and the outside world,
stating that the resources in North
ern Minnesota, within the National
Forests were the greatest of any
place. in the state and the men do
everything possible to attract the
public to these forests, so the most
benefits could be derived from them.
Col. Nyman gave very enthusiastic
talk on the recreational resources of
the Superior. Various Forest officers
present added a few words and
brought out very wildly what the
Superior National Forest has to offer.
K. g. Schreck gave a brief out
line as to what had been accomplished
by the Superior National Forest of
fice IN the way of cooperating with
the various organizations in st.
Louis County in bringing the recre-
atlonal resources of the Superior be-
fore the public. He also stated the
manner in which publicity was being
received from these various organi-
cations and how heartily all organi-
cations were cooperating with the
Forest Service at Ely. Mr.. Schreck
also gave brief outline of the future
development of the Superior and that
1t was the plan of the District office
at present to make the Superior the
next big project in recreation; that