The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-24
SENATORS HERE
BOUNDARY TRIP
ARRIVED YESTERDAY LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON OVER THE
ELY-FINLAND ROAD-BASSWOOD
TODAY AND TOMORROW.

Four y. S. Senators headed by Sena-
tor Henrik Shipstead arrived in the
city last evening after trip along the
North Shore and through the Superior
National Forest. This is the first leg
of the seven-day tour of the Canadian
border lakes, somewhat similar to the
trip taken by the house committee on
public lands early this month.
With a much smaller party and a
full days more time, the senate group
will have chance to get in many side
trips and educational features missed
by the congressman. Both committees
are inspecting the territory prepare
tory to reporting on the Shipstead-
Newton bill which would set aside the
region to private entry, defeating the
plan of E. w. Backus, Minneapolis
lumber king, to dam boundary waters
for power purposes.
There will be fifteen persons in the
senatorial party, including the four
members of the agricultural COMMITTEES.
They are Senators George w. Norris
of Nebraska, Peter Norbeck of South
Dakota and Joseph E. Ransdell of
louisiana
The intinerary was planned and the
tour will be conducted by officials of
the United States forestry service.
Heading the party are Col A. S. Peck
of Denver, supervisor of the central
states forest territory, with A. G. Ham
ell, supervisor of the Superior Nation
al forest, directing local arrangements.
In addition to the four senators and
the forestry officials, the party in
cludes o. S. Zellner, associate Pro-
fessor of Engineering of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota; Major P. G. Bull
ard, of the u. S. Engineers; Senator
Geo. H. Lommen and Executive Sec
rotary Fred Vibert of the Minnesota
Arrowhead Association; Raphael zon
Of the Lake States Forest Station; E.
v. Cliff, State Legion Chairman of the
Conservation Committee; Adolph
Myer, engineer representing E. w.
Backus; F. B. Bosworth of the Asso-
ciated Press; W. j. Denny of Duluth
representing the Izaak Walton Lea
que; President E. w. Hanson, Secre-
tary Ray Hoefler, Glenn Powers and
Oscar Bodin of the Commercial Club:
.Omtvedt of the Lake County Com
missioners.
Driving on the North shore along
Lake Superior, the senatorial party
were entertained at luncheon at En-
campment Forest, just north of Two
Harbors From there the party drove
to Lutzen where Lake and Cook County
officials told of their problems then to
Schroeder and on to Cramer and Fin
land. After leaving Schroeder, they
were In the Superior National forest
and Supervisor Hamel pointed out
places of interest, stopping the group
at various points to demonstrate the
need of proper planting, the effect OF
thinning and other forestry methods
None of this first days trip was taken
by the house committee.
This morning, after the night spent
at the Forest Hotel the party drove to
Winton and boarded launch for trip
on Eastwood. There they will touch fol-
the first time the United States-Canada
boundary. The solons will spend the
night at a fishing camp of the Wilder
ness Outf1tters on the south end OF
the lake.
Saturday will be spent in returning
on Eastwood lake to Ely, going along
the boundary to the west end of the
lake. That night they will be enter
tanned at dinner and reception by
citizens of Ely at Burnside Lodge.
At Tower they mill return to water
transportation for trip across Lake
Vermilion, stopping for the night al
Vermilion dam. Senator Shipstead viii
leave there for Chisholm, where he il
to make speech that night, but viii