Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-01-10

CLUB FORMED
Kettle River Conservation Club Will
be Name of New Organization
at Sandstone.

A meeting was held in Sandstone
Tuesday evening at which time
conservation club was organized and
named Kettle River Conservation
Club. The membership of this club,
as the name implies, is left open to
the communities surrounding and es-
pecially the people of Askov and the
farmers for many miles around are
invited to join the organization.
Officers elected at the meeting are,
ALIVE Johnson, president; Roy e.
Johnson, vice president, and Marvin
Edstrom, secretary-treasurer.
Meeting Nights Announced.
The next meeting night of the club
will be held Monday night. January
IA, and thereafter every second Mon
day night in the council rooms at
Sandstone.
A big entertainment and social
night has been planned for Friday
night, January 18, at which the we'll
known singing game warden and his
wife will be present. There will also
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Presidents Letter to SpOrtsmen.
President ALIVE Johnson of the club
in announcing the organization of the
club to the public, writes the follow
ing letter addressed to the sports
mems Of the county:
1.-The purpose and aim of this plea
is that the general welfare may be
promoted through the taking of COM
mon counsel on the conservation
question and related problems of the
state, and by the formation Of ir-
telligent public opinion that will
stimulate action, individually and COL
lectively, under the impulse given.
mo other of our internal prob
lens is of greater moment than the
rehabilitation Of our wild life, now so
hopefully begun but needing the
strong support of our collective will
and intelligence.
81 cannot escape the conviction that
our conversational stability will be
strengthened by bringing into full
productivity this great empire Of land
and lakes.
LAS long as conservation is dom
inant factor in the perpetuation Of
the cOuntry's wild game, the people
as whole of the state of Minnesota
and locally, must accept the propa-
cation of such wild game as an OPP
portunity as we'll as responsibility
1.-The fact that the dark side of
conservation and the propagation Of
our wild life has been overdrawn,
is largely the result of my plea to
the sportsmen, and is largely the re-
suit of the task involved in conser-
walton and the welfare of our natural
resources.
Wild Life Has Been Wasted.
For long years past we have be-
walled our carlessness of wasted wild
life; we have preached the damna-
tion generally, but / want to urge,
you as spOrtsmen and sportswomen
alike, that henceforth we preach the
colleagues.
With the able support and coop
Grafton of Charles Beckman. state
game warden at Pine City, l have
urged the organization of a conser-
walton club at Sandstone, and this
was met with great sentiment and
support-enabling us to propose leg
islation beneficial to our wild life and
public welfare, in point proposing
such legislation in opposing enact
ment of a law-known as the "One
Buck Law" which to myself and
many others is no justification of
conservation of our wild game and
| am fully convinced that my read
ers will agree with me in this re-
spect. Thereby l urge you to join
with us in this organization to adopt
ways and means and to administer
your opinions on the present day ques-
tion of conservation and to help us
achieve our aim and purpose in
creating sentiment which will give
this community and communities sur
rounding, the proposed park and re-
construction project, which is large
enough in scope to become a national
project involving the employment of
many hundreds of men and l feel
very much assured that the people
may very soon realize a State park
along the Kettle river within the
radius of it's influence.
Il feel proud of the fact that we
have a conservation minded National
and State Administration and l be-
lieve as heretofore stated that we
shall enjoy the creation Of this park
and development project. 1t is with
in my fondest belief and hope in
blending facts that l sincerely urge
you to join with us as an organized
unit In this effort and plea that /