The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-10-18
ARROWHEAD SECRETARY PERHAM
GIVES MEMBERS GOOD ADVICE.
Meeting Very Enthusiastic and Directors Feel
They Have Secured the Best Possible Man for
Secretary to Replace Fred Vibert.

Milwaukee Chicago area is so great
and the urge for travel is so strong,
especially to lakes and new scenes,
that it seems to me that we can count
on continuing overflow into the
Minnesota Arrowhead, provided we
give plenty of publicity to the at
fractions we have.
Concrete construction now in prog
ress between AbbotSford and Stanley,
wisconsin, will give all hard-surface
to the Twin Cities connecting with
Minnesota No. to Duluth, all con-
crete to Two Harbors and the Mesaba
range. However, No. SO will mean
more to the Arrowhead as it will be
shorter and more direct, from the
Milwaukee Chicago district without
minimizing the Importance of traffic
from Iowa and Missouri coming into
the state on No. 1.
Lake shore properties for private
and club resorts will be in increasing
demand, and along with the greater
summer population will come
heavier demand for the farmers milk,
cream, eggs, butter and green stuff,
thus helping land values. Hotels,
gas and oil service stations and ell
lines of retail business will benefit.
Agricultural Phase.
Another phase of Arrowhead life
is that of agriculture. We know that
under the stimulus of many different
agencies farming in the Minnesota
Arrowhead is gradually forging ahead
While the number of farms IN other
places was decreasing in number,
those in ST. Louis county were in
creasing. Probably the same was true
of other counties in this district; fig
ures are perhaps available, New
buildings, more land cleared, in
creased sale of butter and eggs, tell a
story Of progress
Having laid emphasis on tourist
and agriculture, we should probably
keep in touch with other specific
activities and promote them. A read
survey is one. There may be an OPP
portunity to bring needed improve
ments to the attention of the state
highway commission. The recent eel
ebration at Two Harbors of the nine
miles of concrete from Knife River
to Two Harbors showed the tremend-
Gus interest in good roads. We must
know where airports are located and
in what condition. The facts on
hydroplane service should be readily
on hand.
1.-The immediate problem at hand
seems to be that of figuring out how
sufficient budget can be assured
for one or three years. Two ideas
are current, to put on campaign
in November with voluntary workers
to raise budget of $4,000 to $4,000
for next year, or to engage profession
al fund raiSers to raise larger budget
on a three year basis. The American
City bureau, has been recommended
but letter from them allows us to
draw the inference that their costs
would perhaps be too great. We also
have a communication from the
Ketchum Company of Pittsburg and
there are others.
The question of when to embark
on n1oney-raising campaign has
drawn forth different ideas. In view
of the present Duluth Community
fund drive it might be difficult tc
stage an Arrowhead campaign in Du-
luth Immediately after. Business
men, particularly retail merchants,
will be busy on holiday trade. The
idea has been advanced that work
outside of Duluth might be COM
pleted in November with the assur-
ance from Duluth that it will put the
local drive over in February.
IF we are going to make a worth
while effort to attract new money to
the Arrowhead, by drawing larger
tourist business, by inducing some
large hotel company to invest in the
recreational section, TO keep the agri-
cultural possibilities il favorable
light to Pc or.n the numerous SEW
ices that fall ID an organization Of
this xind, then q sufficien; fund must
be assured end carefully budgeted"