The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-03-28
FULLER BILL IS
FIXED TO SUIT.
SATISFACTORILY ARRANGED
FOR ALL CONCERNED AS TO
TERRITORY.

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i A. j. Thomas as representative of
the Ely Commercial Club and E. w.
Hanson representing the Ely Chap
! ter of the Izaak Walton League, at
tended the meeting at Eveleth Satur-
day afternoon at which delegates
from all commercial bodies in st.
Louis, Lake and Cook counties were
present and at which meeting the
modified Fuller Bill was discussed
and acted upon. Amendments to
the bill had been prepared by Geo.
H. Lommen in consultation with At
torney General Hilton and the new
\ bill evidently met with the approval
of the delegates present and also
Paul B. Riis of Rockford, Ill. father
of the original Fuller Bill who was
also at the meeting.
The bin as prepared by Mr.. Lom-
men was destined to connect the de-
tached townships to the north and
make of the Forest one solid mass
from the southern line to the bound
airy. The delegates from Lake county
stated the case Of their county and
objected to this as all the territory
to be added would be in Lake county.
H. C. Hanson, county engineer of
Lake County and C. M. Hillman,
publisher of the Lake County Chron-
icle, were the spokesman for the
county and explained the valuation
situation and also stated that the
placing of this strip of land into the
forest would decrease their valua-
ton to the breaking point.
At this time it was decided to
name a committee to get together
and present satisfactory solution to
the nnuddle. Geo. Lommen of BIZ
wabik, Crosby Hoar of Duluth and
A. j. Thomas of this city were
named to confer with the Lake
County delegates. The committee
was out only a short time when they
reached an agreement as to terri
tory and reported that a two-mile
strip along the Canadian boundary
would be acceptable to all. Paul
B. Riis was also satisfied with this
arrangement and it was so decided.
This two mile strip will be valu-
able aid in the forestry work mas
much as it will give the fire fighters
chance to get at both sides of the
forest and make protection an east
er issue.
The farming territory to the
south as contained in the original
bill was excepted and the forest re-
mains about as now with the ex-
ception of the strip along the bound
airy, five-mile strip IN the Buyck sec
ton, squaring up of the lines in
the Birch Lake section, addition of
two townships north of. Lake Yer
million and few other slight
changes whereby detached sections
were made part of the Forest.
The new bill is also expected to be
more satisfactory in regards to the
taxation provisions, this matter prob
ably being more a subject for the
state legislature at the coming ses-
sion.
Paul B. Riis, president of the
Superior National Forest Recrea-
tional Association and under whose
auspices the Fuller Bill was pre-
pared expressed himself as very
well pleased with the new measure
and says he will do all in his power
to have this amended bill adopted
He stated that, after listening to the
arguments presented at the meet
ing he was satisfied that local
people knew more about the situa-
ton than did outsiders. He also
remarked that the matter of for
estry and demonstration had re-
ceived a strong impetus by the dis
cussions.
The new bill is in part as follows,
the territorial section being omitted:
Section 2. That the secretary
of agriculture is hereby authorized
to purchase, in the name of the
United States, subject to the re-
servations and limitations herein ex-
pressed, lands within the territory
and of the character described in
section L; provided, the no lands
shall be purchased under this act un-
til the report. thereon shall have
been submitted to, and the purchase
price of such lands approved by, the
National Forest Reservation Com
mission, which commission is hereby
authorized to consider and pass up
ON such of said lands as are volun-
tarliy offered for sale by the own
ers, and which the secretary of ag-
rlculture may recommend for pur-
chase, and the said commission is
hereby authorized to determine.
agreeably to the owners thereof.
the price or prices at which such
lands may be purchased; Provided
Further, that no payments shall be
made for any such lands until title
shall be satisfactory to the attorney
general and shall be vested in the
United States and no title shall be
accepted unless and until all taxes
and assessments heretofore levied
are paid; And provided further, That
the National Forest Reservation
Commission shall, through its presi-
dent, annually report to congress,
not later than the first Monday in
December, the operations and ex-
penditures Of the commission during
the preceding fiscal year.
Section 3. In furtherance of this
act the secretary of the interior is
hereby authorized to accept on be-
half of the United States, subject to
the reservations and limitations here
IN expressed, title to any lands in
private ownership in said territory
which in the opinion Of the Secretary
OF Agriculture, are chiefly valuable
for the production of timber or for
the protection of stream flow, and
IN exchange therefor may patent not
TO exceed an equal value of national
forest land in the same state, or
the secretary Of agriculture may
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