The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-03-17
SUPERIOR FOREST OFFICE
REMOVAL aired AT HEARING
Hearing Duluth DISQUALIFICATION From Ely and
Other Points-Regiona Forester Tinker Will Submit OPP
position Washington.

| A delegation composed of representa-
tives of the Ely Commercial Club, the
American Legion, City Council, Business
and Professional Club and the Ely Rod
& Gun Club attended the hearing in
Duluth Friday before Regional Forester
Tinker of Milwaukee and voiced their
protest against the removal of the
headquarters of the Superior National
Forest from this city to Duluth.
In the delegation were j. A. Rothman,
A. j. McMahan, Chas. G. Smith, Thos.
Harri, Harry Homer, Arthur Knutson,
Thos j. Carey, Joseph Koschak, C. A.
Dahlgren, Ray Hoefler, j. w. Herranen
and Jacob L. Pete.
The objections to the removal were
from along North Shore points also ap-
peared and recommended the change of
the headquarters from Ely to Duluth
as they said, the North Shore points
would get more tourists should the
change be made. It was commended by
them that with the office in Ely those
with business with the Forest officials
would come to Ely to transact the same
and would not visit the North Shore
points.
The officials in charge of the hearing
listened attentively to all that was said
. and stated that the objections as well
as the other statements made would
be submitted to the proper authorities
at Washington Supplementary there
to letter was prepared by the local
, committee in which were embodied the
objections and the same was forwarded
direct to r. Y. Stuart, forester in
charge of such matters at Washington.
, The letter as prepared by the local
committee covered all the points raised
by the con side and was as follows:
March II, 1888.
: Mr.. R. Y. Stuart, Forester,
2 Washington, D. c.
Dear Mr.. Stuart:
A committee consisting of members
: from the Ely Commercial Club, from
! the Frank Lozar Post No. 248, Aneri-
can Legion, from the Business and
Professional Mems Association, from the
, Ely Rod and Gun Club and from the
Ely City Council, were in attendance
at the hearing before Mr.. Tinker, re-
lative to the removal of the Office OF
the Supervisor of the Superior Ma
: tional Forest from Ely to Duluth.
We cannot see the practicability OF
this proposed move, either from the
standpoint of economy or service to
those wishing to confer with the
, Supervisor and certainly not from the
standpoint of administration.
Some figures were presented pur-
r posing to show the number of tourists
using the Forest for recreational pur-
poses. These figures showed and left
l the impression that the eastern part OF
l the Forest had by far the greater num-
r, Der of tourists. These figures included
according to their admissions, those
I tourists registered at resorts and hotels
and registration booths in the Fores
and along No. Highway leading tt
Port Arthur and Fort William. We are
: safe in saying that most of these
8 travellers were just passing through or
eastern boundary of the Forest. All o.
y the Canadian residents of Port Arthur
e and Fort William have this one high.
q way, only on which to come into the
U. S. or to get to Winnipeg. Thes.
were counted in with the tourists of ths
t eastern section. In the figures for tn,
q Ely or I might say central part of tn,
acf fon n11rda
cording to their admissions, a singl,
s registration from the fifteen or NOR,
4 resorts and five or six hotels at Ely ant
). immediate vicinity because they wer
- not in the Forest proper, but happened
l. to be located in this little piece o
: territory excluded from the forest be
cause of the mineral properties of tn
l land. Most of our fifteen or more re
n sorts are located on lakes forming tn
O boundary of the Forest and yet thei
registration was not included in tn
comparison made This seemed YER
poor argument, to US, because it wa
admitted, that no matter what thes
figures might be, the territory alon
u the north shore could not be admins
= GSTcQ dlly bCItCi 1iOnf AoAopAA eAA~lAA
n now is from Ely.
al Mention was made of the project c
the Northwest Paper Company which
l. located in the eastern end of the Fores
e and near Grand Marais. 1t was ad
Z mitted that this could not be bette
served from Duluth than from Ely.
e Every other project, now in operatio
e or contemplated, can better be serve
I from Ely than from Duluth because c
the close proximity of the offices to sue
/ operations We presented letter fror
le Mr.. Richard Bailey from Virgins
W Minnesota, stating that at meeting {
!, the Business men and Taxpayers Of tn
~ City of Virginia, they voted 1000
lr urge the retention of the office in Ell
m I mention this letter, because it We
brought out at the hearing, in som
~ correspondence that the people Of Vii
lie GINA and the western end of the fore.
al and of the Mesabi Purchase Unit coul
and would rather transact ForeSl
% business with the Offices were the
a. located in Duluth but the letter of NJ
Bailey would tend to show the OF
posite.
;, We have had similar expressions fro
IA Biwabik, Mckinley, Aurora, Gilbe1
er Eveleth, Chisholm, Hibbing, Tower ar
he have letter from the Duluth Chamb'
4 of Commerce that they could not undel