The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-01-25

cial Club held here Tuesday even
ing it was the opinion tina. more
light should be thrown onto the mat
ter and more publicity be given.
The bill originated in a ighboring
state and is being sponsored by
residents of neighboring . states.
Why not let the people of Mime
sofa in on the affair and especially
those in the affected territory? The
Commercial Club members discussed
the several phases of the affair
without arriving at any definite con-
clusion and President Moonan was
instructed to appssnt a committee
of five to thoroughly sift the matter
to the bottom. Representative A.
J. Thomas went into the matter
from his viewpoint and explained
some of the features of the bib and
how they would affect the territory
to be added. H. j. Merdink, C. A.
Dahlgren, John Sehaefer, w. l..
Barker and others also spoke. The
committee to be named by the presi-
dent will needs get busy at once
and get the facts in the case. When
the matter of annexing territory
was preached to the Commercial
Club several months ago, it was
based on the annexing of the de-
tached townships in the upper part
of the forest as shown on the map
in order to make it solid between
here and the border and connect
with the Quitico Forest in Canada.
No objection was raised to this and
it was figured good move. The
later development is another matter
and needs investigation.
The Duluth Herald which on sew
eral occasions since its preparation
has called the attention of the read
ers to the Fuller bill, editorially in
Tuesday evenings paper comments
on the question as follows:
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Those who are studying the bill
by which Congressman Fuller of
Illinois proposes to extend the
Superior national forest so it will
take in all of Lake and Cook
counties and more than half of st.
Louis county should take into con-
sideration the forestry bill intro
duced by Senator McNary of Ore
gon.
'They will find that the McNary
bill makes every necessary provision
Tor national forest. without the alb
surd excesses Of the Fuller bill.
In fact, the McNary bill, which
is the outgrowth of recent senate
hearing in Cloquet. was devised
specifically for this purpose, though
it is general in terms and therefore
applicable throughout the country.
AT that hearing, according to
entirely trustworthy information
that comes to The Herald, the need
of consolidating the Superior ma
tional forest by taking in the ter
ritory which divides its several parts
was discussed and generally agreed
to. There appears to have been at
that hearing no suggestion of any,
thing as sweeping as the Fuller bill.
THE forestry officials were inter-
ested only in consolidating the for
est-not at all in taking in most of
Northeastern Minnesota But it de-
veloped there that an obstacle was
IN the way in the fact that the gov
eminent can take only a full, clear
title to the land, while mineral
rights are reserved by the owners
of much of the land needed to per-
feet the Superior forest.
The purpose of the McNary bill
and this is also an incidental purs
pose of the Fuller bills to clear
away this obstacle by authorizing
the secretary of agriculture to ac-
quire forest land and let the owners
reserve the mineral rights. That
is all that is needed to effect the
consolidation of the Superior forest,
to which nobody will be opposed"
Minnesota is today receiving con-
! siderable adverse advertising in the
east and is being touted as being
BROKE. The statement recently
made by State Auditor Chase shows
that the state has over $4,000, 200