Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-21
STATE CONSERVATION
FORCE rs ORGANIZED
Links up Organizations. Total
ing 255,O0O Members Restor-
alton. and Protection of Natural
Assets-Game.

dtlOn anu ffOtectlOn OF NaUurdl
Assets Game.
A tremendous forward step has
been made to protect and restore the
natural assets and outdoor wealth of
Minnesota.
By invitation of George H. Selover,
Esq, Minneapolis, Mimi, president of
the Minnesota Division Izaak Walton
League of America twenty-five power
full Minnesota organized bodies, hav-
ing approximately two hundred fifty
five thousand members, sent repres-
entatives to confer in the Senate
Chamber, st. Paul, Saturday, October
the 9th. AS a result of this confer
ence. a great conservation power has
been built, known as the Minnesota
Conservation Council.
This conference was attended by
LOCALIZED ORGANIZATIONS
H. G. Dressed, WatervilIe, Mimi
Izaak Walton League chapter-Fred
D. Vibert, Duluth, Minn.-Minnesota
Arrowhead observation-disclosures H.
Harper, president Minnesota Arrow
head Association, Duluth Minnesota
Arrowhead Association-C. M. Bah
cock State Highway Department..
T. Ellison, Minnesota Highway De-
partment-M. M. McGrew, Red Wing,
Rev. G. M. Brandon, Waseca. J. A..
Fesenbeck, Cloquet, Minn.-Izaak
Walton League chapters-R. e. Ha-
stings, Two Harbors, Minn.-Lake
County Development Ass'n.-Geo E..
Packer, Annandale, Minn.-Izaak Wal
ton League chapter.--J. Pardee,
Duluth-Minnesota Arrowhead Asso-
citation and Duluth Chamber of Com
merce-Mrs. C. N. Akers, St. Paul.
Minn.-Women's Subdivision, ST. Paul
Association-Frank D. Blair, Pajodan
Wild Life League, Mound, MINIS.
S. Cody, Cloquet, Minn.-Izaak Walton
League chapter-W. H. Keriety, Clo-
quet, Minn.-Cloquet Rotary Club
VIM. Zingol, Minneapolis, Minn.-Min-
nesota Cutters Club-WIDE SPREAD
ORGANIZATIONS L. Levin, ST.
Paul, Conopus Clubs of ST. Paul, Min
neapolis and Duluth-Mrs. w. D. Will
lard, Minneapolis, American Legion
uxiliary-Dietrich LANCE, st. Paul
State Forestry Associations. H.
Hanson, State Forestry Department
State Forestry Association-Mrs. Dom
aid w. Taylor, st. Paul, Girl Scout
Council Member, Chairman Camp
Committee-H. C. Hotaling, Ten thou
sand Lakes Association and tourist
commissioners. A. Hannoh, Ten
Thousand Lakes Association, Direc-
tor of Publicity-Henry Schmitz, st.
Paul Division of Forestry, University
Farm, University of Minnesota. F.
Opel, st. Paul, Deputy Commissioner
of Forestry and Fire Prevention-R.
e. Seaton, Winona, Mimi, Minnesota
Association of Commercial Secre-
taries-J. S. Jones, MINI. Farm Blu
reau Federation-Dr. Nellie WEIGH
Nelson, st. Paul, president fourth
District, Federated Women's Clubs,
State Delegate M. F. w. c. Mrs. H.
w. Haislet, st. James, Minn.-Amer-
lean Legion Auxiliary as Department
Americanism Chairwoman-Stafford
King, ST. Paul, Izaak Walton League
chapter and American Legion-Mar-
garet E. Bailey, st. Paul, Girl Scouts.
The Minnesota Council resembles
President Coolidge's National Recre-
alton Council and is the result in
spired by Mr.. Selover's membership
in the National Council and recent
conference with Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr., relative to Minnesota conserv-
alton.
Mr.. Selover explained, that Mime
sofa was designed for, and at one
time was Americas greatest outdoor
wonderland. Her forests were and
could have remained the source of
unlimited wealth. These forests
their beauty-their immense revenue
of wages for labor and profit for
capital are gone. Minnesota's rivers,
streams and lakes held unbelievable
numbers of fish,-furnishing sport,
food and revenue. Our waters are
fast disappearing and our fish nearly
gone Minnesota's marshland and
woodland which have millions, yes,
billions of migratory and wild fowl
as result of senseless drainage and
the wanton unguided woodsmans axe
will lsoon be thing of the past, either
as source of beauty or revenue.
We must sanely safeguard, intense
ly improve, rapidly restore plant, tree,
fish, bird resources of this state.
They effect every Minnesotan vitality,