Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-08-20

Partridges, grouse and pheasant
are easily obtained in season.
Diedrich Lang, famous author
and naturalist, says: Most of
the animals which inhabited this
country in historic times still are
to be found here in their native
haunts."
If you really wished to leave
civilization and go back to
| Nature, a trip by canoe up
through this chain of lakes would
afford you worthwhile pleasure.
Here is the finest canoeing
district in the world. AS you
slip along through a quiet little
stream and glide over CLASSY
lake between wooded islands you
marvel at the fascinating beauty
of it all and wonder how man
could have dared to disturb such
beauty. To think that Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Virginia and
Vermont all had such wonderful
forests and now are barren.
AS you paddle along you seem
to forget man and artificial and
material things, you become
drawn more and more closer to
the Maker and realize that He is
the master of all. While drifting
along you see fish jump in the
lake, you hear the plaintive cry OF
a loon, see him and as he sees
you he dives; you watch, ana
| after a long time he will emerge
at the farther end of the lake.
You enter a small, shallow, mud
bottom lake. What are those
small mud huts protruding above
the water, you ask? Those are
the palaces of the muskrat. See
! father and mother muskrat are
summing themselves. AS we glide
by they slip into the water. UP
the same stream we may be
fortunate enough to find colony
Of beavers. What was that? A
crack, and as we round the
curve quietly we see IN the
| distance a beaver dam. We APP
proach stealthily, and see the
little lumbermen building an ad-
dition onto their abode. Farther
up the stream some deer are
drinking. They scent us, and IN
a flash are gone.
On some trips you may be for
tunate enough to run across a
bear with her cubs, and if you go
deep enough you might even
catch a glimpse of a moose. No
wonder the first explorers, Raids
son and Hennepin, invaded this
wilderness.
When such marvels Of beauty
exist here, is it a wonder that
Nature lovers and conservation
lists wish it to remain untouched?
OF all such beauty spots with
which America was blessed, man
has destroyed them, but this one
region man has determined to
protect and preserve as real
last wilderness.
| A bit of the wilderness. where
animals of the forest, large and
small, may find a haven; where
they may build their homes and
i've and multiply, unmolested, as
they lived prior to the coming of
the white man. We owe it to
them. A bit of wilderness where
man may come to rest his wearied
mind and soul and realize the
works of his Master. 1t will be a
recreational region, not only for
us, but for ours. A home for the
weary of our country.
This is the land of yesterday,
the home of Nature. Let ltasca
county, in the heart of this
region. be your mecca. Here you
may enjoy a combination of all
these pleasures and opportuni-
ties. When the hot weather be-
gins and the thermometer rises
beyond endurance; when you are
sinking in a sea of material
troubles. leave civilization in the
past. answer the wilderness call
and direct your course towards
the northern star. In the cool
depths of the Arrowhead country
We are waiting to meet you.
Here you may relax without
catching hay fever) and rough
yet hearty Western hospitality
awaits you and others like you.