The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
FORESTRY CLUB
PLANS WORK
DETECTIVES OF FORESRY CLUB
STATED AT MONDAYS MEETING
ELY CLUB HIGHLY PRAISED
BY COUNTY CLUB.

BY COUNTY CLUB.
The forestry Club met Monday even
ing at the Memorial School for the
purpose of appointing committees to
care for the coming years program and
to hear the report of the Forestry
Committee of the ST. Louis County
Club which met in Virginia on Feb
ruary 7.
The following detectives for the
Forestry Clubs of the County were out
lined as follows:
l. The planting of standard Axe seed
bed or nursery bed.
g. The profitable management of a
Woodlot q
g. The establishment or planting Of
a windbreak or a shelter belt
4. The Identification OF public high
ways.
5. The establishment of public camp
grounds by the building of tables ben
ches, permanent garbage pits, fire
places etc.
6. That the principles of good for
estry practice be studied by the clubs
and that some attempt be made to en-
courage the study of conservation in
the schools.
1t was voted by the ST. Louis County
Club Committee that several more clubs
similar to the one at Ely be organized
in the larger towns and cities of the
county.
This is a distinct complement to the
Ely Club and speaks well for the work
it's members have been doing during
the past few years.
1t was also planned to look into the
matter of establishing a nursery at the
County Work Farm in order to carry
out the proposed work of the Forestry
Clubs in the future.
The Ely Club in addition to carrying
out it's municipal forest planting dur
ing the coming year will spend most
of its energies on the detectives re-
lating to the Identification of public
highways and camp grounds.
The following committees were ap-
pointed
Snow Fence Committee-Harry New
CORD, chairman, Matthew Gouze,
Toivo Thompson. The purpose of this
committee is to make survey of the
snow fences now in use in this VIC
unity with the object in view of plant
ing permanent windbbreaks of trees to
take the place of the unSightly affairs
now in use.
Camp Ground and Vista Committee,
Waino Maxi, chairman, Armas Hill,
Lauren Pietala, Matthew Gouze, Toivo
Thompson. The object of this COM
mittee is to build few rustic tables
and benches where the are most
needed such as Olson's Bay and the
east end of BURNSIDE Lake. Per-
manent garbage pits such as those
used by the Forest Service will be
,,i1f old lc nlo
up. This committee will also look in
to the matter of thinning trees at
points where the trees obstruct beaut-
iful views.
Billboard and Road Etiquette Com
mittee- Wilfred Brobin, chairman,
Rudolph Kalan, Oliver Gonzales, Matt
Smrekar. This committee will look in
to the matter of eliminating the bill
board evil in their immediate vicinity
and also discouraging the placarding of
rocks and trees during the elections.
All of the clubs in the country are
going to work together on this and
try and rid our highways of the mass
of unsightly advertising that now lit
tiers them. In this country where huge
rocks with smooth surfaces are COM
mon, it has become a very vicious
practice to use them for SignboardS.
Rocks are as much part of the
scenery as trees and should be pro-
tected. An attempt will be made to
discourage the careless habits of pic
nickers and campers in leaving refuse.
Municipal Forest Fencing Committee,
Helmer Olson, chairman, Waino MAXI,
Harry Newgord This committee will
make plans for the fencing of the area
immeditely back of the ski jump and
north of the golf course in order to
protect the seedlings that have been
planted there during the past two
years A great many trees have been
trampled down and destroyed by cattle
running through this area and the only
way to save them is by the building
of a good fence completely around it.
Later on a committee will be APP
pointed to superintend the springs
planting. Five thousand new trees
are ordered and these will be trans
planted as soon as the frost is out of
the ground.
The next regular meeting of the Ely
Club will be February 9th. Com
mittee reports will be heard and lunch
| will be served.