The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18
I'D FOREST NOTES
(By the Superior Forest Office.)

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Forest Supervisor C. A. Dahl
gren drove to Crane Lake Saturday
IL to meet the Association
of State Foresters who held their
third annual meeting in Minnesota
on August to 18th.
There were State Foresters from
twenty different states, two Forest
ers representing the Canadian Gov
eminent and Representatives of the
u. S. Forest Service from Washing
ton. After spending a few hours
at the west end of the Forest near
Crane Lake the Foresters drove by
auto to Hibbing for banquet
which was provided by the Lions
Club. On Sunday, the 18th, through
the kindness of the Mining Com
pany the Foresters were shown
through the two large open pits
at Hibbing, then left for Cloquet
and Duluth.
The visiting Foresters commend
ed our State Forester very highly
on the results he was obtaining in
protecting the timber resources OF
Minnesota. They also commended
the people of Minnesota for the
support they were giving Forestry
and with this support continued,
Minnesota could not help but come
back to its own as timber pro-
ducing state.
Donald Hough of the st. Paul
Daily News and formerly a Forest
Guard on the Superior National
Forest is coming to Ely Sunday,
the goth, with his bride for an ex-
tended canoe trip in the Interna-
tional Boundary waters where he
worked a part of the summer of
1920. Mr.. Hough is intensely in
terested in the Wilderness Country
north of Ely and has given it con-
siderable publicity through the col
umns of the st. Paul Daily News.
He has also cooperated most heart
lily with the U. S. and State For
est Services in getting before the
people the great danger of care
lessness with fire in our wonderful
recreation country. While on this
trip he will introduce the North
Woods (his old love) to his new
love, Mrs. Hough, and will take
about five dozen pictures of scenes
in the Superior National Forest.
These he has promised to donate to
the U. S. Forest Service to be used
in further advertising the Play
ground of a Nation.
Twenty-three smoke reports were
turned in by observers yesterday
All were investigated. One fire, on
the Stoney Road, caused by cigar
cite stub, was extinguished before
it had chance to spread very far
Again tourists, campers and others
are warned to be careful.
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Kawishiwi Bridge the U. S. Forest
Service is improving a camp ground
for the use of residents of the city
of Ely and tourists in this part OF
the country. The work consisting
of building two toilets, three fire
places, three garbage pits, clearing
ground to accommodate six tent
camps and parking space for about.
fifteen automobiles, will be done
under the supervision of Ranger T.
A. Denley. The necessity for this
camp ground is evidently from
count of automobiles passing over
the Stoney road in one day. 27
cars passed this point which is
greater number than formerly
passed over this road in several
years. Supervisor Dahlgren says
that the Forest Service is building
this camp ground to assist the
people of Ely and their guests to
enjoy the excellent recreational
facilities provided by the sand
beach and fishing in the South
Kawishiwi River at this point. He
hopes that the people who use the
camp ground will appreciate the
effort made and the money spent
and will assist Ranger Denley III
keeping the camp grounds clean
and putting out the camp fires so
that the improvements and trees
will not be burned up. Up to
August &c., 100 tourists have reg
istered at the Forest Service office
and this unusual hot spell is bring
ing them in faster than ever. Even
with the cold weather in the early
part of the season and the slow
start which the tourist business
made, this year may yet exceed
all others.
Just now the fire hazard is high
er than it has been since the early
part of the season when so many
fires were burning in the vicinity
of Ely. 1t has been several weeks
since we have had a rain sufficient
ly heavy to reduce the hazard and
the past several days of extremely
hot, dry winds has again reduced
the ground litter to a highly COM
bustible condition. Every officer on
the Superior National Forest is
again on his toes to find and pu.
out all fires while they are small
but the atmosphere is very hay
and filled with smoke from fires in
the south and west and the Look
out men have considerable difficulty
IN determining the difference be-
tween smoke and haze and in max
ing an accurate location. The
assistance of every motorist and
camper, in fact everyone travelling
in the National Forest is necessary
If we are to avoid repetition of
some of the bad fires in past years.
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Ranger Heikila is in camp with
16 men near Portage River Ranger
Station and has started work on
13 miles of telephone line to con-
meet Lac La Croix Boat House with
the existing Ely-Buyck line. Tele-
phone Engineer FL. r. Kyle from
the District Forester's office in
Denver is assisting Ranger Heikila
in starting the WORK and ;ns%-,,c+