The St. Joseph observer., 1922-09-02

MN|h L loullh lAtllt lAtlo was NV
enough water in the stream to soak
her moccasins, and as for the "Falls'
the cold bloodcd facts arc-Minnle Is
daal--tho Fails about potored out
and all ! got was the ha! ha! Then
to mark this as a blue day" l tried
to run over traffic cop at down
town crossing. and a Ford tried TO run
over my car out I'm tho suburbs.
| Neither was a success. on the invi-
tatiou Of MIR. ana Mrs. Dicl, Mueller
| lAIrs. Mueller was formerly Miss Dale
Roberts of Maitland MOI we enjoyed
few days delightful visit at their
summer cottage on Crystal Bay, an
arm OF Lako Minnotonka. where
boating, swimming, fishing, eating
and sleeping took up the fun "a hours
and sleeping under blankets in Aug
us,-Oh boy!
We then prepared for tho main OBJ
jcct Of our trip.
Tho Northern Lakes of Minnesota
We were accompanied by Mr.. and
! Mrs. J. 3. Mcdowell (Mr. Mcdowell
/ is a brother Of Mrs. HarD. a Ecner-
Gus lunch was packed, thermos bot
| ties filled, and 10y continually renewing
these supplies from day to day, we
enjoyed one Of the most pleasant
/ features Of the trlp--an outdoor pic
mic lunch at noon each day--on the
| bank Of a stream or lake or in the
tall pines.
Going north from St Paul over
splendid roads we passed through the
town Of Cloquet that was entirely
burned In the forest fires OF 1918, but
has since been rcbuilt-aud through
many blpckcncd forests-untr we
came TO Duluth. which I'm the lansu-
ago OF Proctor Knott is the Zonith
city OF tho uusaltcd seas" reaching
# over the High Drive" and with
the sun to our back we had spread
out before our Wow one Of tho most
beautiful panuramas OF city, wooded
hill, and sparkling lake to be seen in
The United Statcs-uot excepting the
view at sunset OF San Diego, across
the bay from Point Iona. The busi-
ness scction Of Duluth, not including
it's famous docks, seemed to me to be
about miles long and 4 blocks wide.
Tn" channel to the harbor IS quite
narrow and is crossed by an aerial
bridge for vehicles and foot passen-
gers. said to be one OF only , such
may take in too much territoryD
From Duluth we went northeast 17j
miles to NcrmiIlion Lake. This lake
is said to have 1000 miles Of shore
line and 3G5 islands. In order Ia
reach camp idle wild" we had to
take motor boat at Tower for a 1G
mile ride, winding around among tho
ISLANDS. As we stepped out Of the
boat a pretty little spotted fawn came
down the path TO meet us--they had
taught It to drink out OF a bottle
being close to the Canadian border.
The Great Iron Mines
After a few days fishing we again
took the trail over the Messaba Rance
I whore we saw the great iron mines
Many Of these are open mines and arc
worked with steam shovels. We ais,
Travelled about 40 miles through q
dense forest with only one house and
t one Indian camp on the way, follow
ing a single trail Of ruts through sane
almost hub deep. In places hay anC
$ cut grass had been put in the ruts o.
, they would have been impossible 70
a car; and finally reached Bemi1iL
lumber town on the banks Of "A LAX,
Of tho Same name. Next TO Itaska Parl
it is "a beautiful resort noted for it
springs, lake. beaver dam and tai
7 pines. Here I dipped my drinkin
- cup i'm spring at the very head wa
T.. ters Of the great Mississippi river
h Near here Carl Wci2oI Of your cit
% has splendid summer home.
+ We were on good roads and stop
j, ping for a day or two at Leach LAX,
IT, Mile Lac lake and other resorts W
made our way back to Minneapolis
About the best of those resorts was q
Breezy Point on Pelican Lake. whcr
- they furnished a sea sled driven D
. 1rrgBl4Uo mDtor and a ride I'm "A