The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-15
SUNDAY Dinner
Gee CAMP III
Lieutenant Blore, Commander
Entertains Ely Business
Men Sunday.

commander Of Camp I'll. Ely business
men 10 the number Of seventeen were
at the camp On Sunday and partook Of
most excellent dinner, afterwards
visiting the several buildings Of the
camp and also took note Of the excellent
work being done IN the forest by the
enrollees under the able direction Of
the foresters and the officers.
In the party from this city were
James L Laing, Byrd Brownen, Sig Oh
son, John Rikhns, z. w Hanson, John
Olson wilson Carlson. Ray Hoefler,
Douglas Nankervis. P. Schaefer, J. C.
Schmid, Norman Brown. 3. o Strachan,
Ben s. Richards, DR. o. w. Parker,
Barney Agnew and Byron Carlson. The
trip of about thirty miles to the camp
at Portage River on the Ely -Buyck road
was made IN about one and a half
All did full justice 10 the excellent
repast prepared and served by Steward
The menu consisted Of oyster sour.
green onions, ripe tomatoes, lettuce
salad, sliced roast pork with apple
sauce, mashed potatoes, baked corn.
bread, butter, ice cream, coffee and
cake, followed with q fine cigar. Com
mander Blore welcomed the guests and
was followed by Educational Director
Byrd who assisted Commander Blore IN
entertaining the guests with a talk On
the accomplishments Of the CCC and
their morale.
Director Byrd gave statistics on the
work done and man hours utilized He
stated there were 10000 acres in the
Camp III work area He also gave
figures On the work accomplished; the
morale, health and education of the
men II the camp a year ago accord
ing to Director Byrd and Commander
Blore, Camp I'll maintained q series Of
work camps necessitaIing tent crews In
several parts Of the area. This year
only two side camps are maintained.
known as the Burnside and Kawshiwi
camps A check was kept during the
hunting season last fall and showed
Sc deer killed by III hunters in the
area The figures showed that hunters
spent sos days IN the chase and that
the average showed ten and two-tenths
days hunted for each deer killed, q
does. q spiked bucks and Il bucks con-
stituting the Kill
Ii was also brought out that q report
following a recent inspection gave the
camp a most outstanding rating stating
that Camp I'll set standard for the
CCC camps Of the state" Forester
William Tygg made a short address
and told Of the cooperation On the part
Of the officers and men at the camp IN
al departments
After the dinner the several build |
ings were visited by the party under
the guidance Of the officers named with
Dr.. Annis and Forester Trygg. The
barracks, mess hall, forestry quarters,
recreation hail, shower and wash rooms |
were found IN a spick and span con-
dition and many home made innova-
tons established for the comfort of the
camp. The camp has a Is car garage
and maintains repair department.
Steward Lombard informed the writer
that for Sunday dinner, IN fact every
dinner, requires 100 pounds Of meat;
12o pounds of potatoes; six gallons
gravy; 10 gallons Of peas; one-hsH
crate Of lettuce; eight sheet cakes. l2x-
rs; IS pounds bread; Is pounds butter:
Is gallons Of coffee and four quarts of
cream.
-Four first cooks; two second cooks:
two bakers; one dining room orderly and
five kitchen police are required in the
preparation and serving of a dinner. A
trip over the winter roads into the
territory il which the boys are en-
ployed was made under the direction
OF Forester Tygg. This trip was an
eye opener and proved that the CCC
movement was worth while.
This condition is not alone notice
able at Camp III but prevails in every
camp IN this section Of the state where