The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-07

10 the apex are broken. 1nLrOuuCeu
from France, they are common
feature in Scottish architecture.
They are also to be seen in many
old houses in Holland, Flanders and
Germany. Coorbel steps or crow
steps is another name for the type.
part of the Arrowhead country. This
in its desire to conserve this area in a
manner which will be beneficial to all
concerned, but not to create hardship
on any individual or group. While the
program advocated by Ernest Ober-
holster, chairman Of the Quetico-Su-
perior Council, and his cohorts may
have its merits, We also bear-in mind
that industry also must be developed
in this region" and urged that the plan
be held in allegiance until all interested
parties had the opportunity to study
the situation.
Senator Fred Bessette, executive Sec
rotary of the Timber Producers ASSoci-
alton, in his bulletin dated April l, had
the following to say regarding the mat
ter. BeSsette is recognized as an auth
ority on the subject by reason of his
long service in the senate and his en-
ployment with the forest service and
service on special committees on matters
pertaining to forest affairs and eSpeci-
ally in thaShing out the matter of the
Backus dam proposal of few years
ago. He says:
Recently, the Quetico- Superior
Council laid before President Roose-
welt a report urging the creation of a
vast wilderness national park of eleven
million acres, extending from the mouth
of Rainy Lake on the West to Grand
Portage on the East and extending
South to Virginia, Tower and Ely. The
report is somewhat confusing in its
language, but it recommends that road
construction be prohibited, summer re-
sorts restricted and the whole area pre-
served in a condition of primeval
wilderness for canoe trip tourists. It
also recommends that the President set
aside $2,5O0000 for the purchase of all
private lands within the area and that
treaty negotiations be opened with
Canada for the purpose of embracing
similar area on the Canadian side.
1.-THE attention Of our readers is
called to the fact that if this plan is
carried out, it will put an end to timber
cutting and any extension of the mining
industry in this area.
Appended to the report is a long list
of prominent names of people living all
over the country, except in the area
affected. The instigator of this move
ment, one Ernest Oberholtzer, has made
a business of conservation for the past
Is years or more and has the support
of many well-meaning people who know
nothing whatever about the subject and
have no financial interest in this part
of Minnesota. To those who have lived
for years in this section and who have
their homes and ife-SavingS invested
here, this plan to create a national
park and turn such vast area back
into condition Of primeval wilderness
has the appearance of a calamity. What
will become of the cities, villages and
communities within or adjacent to this
area? How will the remaining tax
payers in the northeastern counties be
able to stand the drastic increase of
taxes which will occur when these lands
are taken over by the U. S. and cease
to contribute their share toward the
support of the county government and
the payment of interest and principal
on the bonded Indebtedness of these
counties, school districts and townships?
Who will provide police protection
over this vast area? These questions
are serious matters to residents of the
northeastern part of the state. APP
parently the sponsors of this movement
have given no thought about the future
of our people, but are only concerned
in the establishing of good canoe routes
through the wilderness.
eff this proposal of the Quetico-
Superior Council is adopted, it means
bankruptcy to at least three of our
northern counties and the school dis
tricts therein.
For years, the timber resources of
the Superior National Forest have been
considered as a great reservoir from
which the mining and woodworking
industries of the Arrowhead country
would draw their supply of forest pro-
ducts to keep them operating. The
proposed plan of the Quetico-Su
National Park would end all this and
throw thousands of people out of en-
ployment and junk the plants in which
they are employed. Thousands of homes
would be rendered USELESS, because the
owners would be unable to earn a living
in this area.
~The attempt of these nonresident
enthusiasts should not be taken lightly
by any resident of this part of the state
who has any interest in its future well
fare. They have sold their idea to the
President, and many people of influence
in Washington, and it is up to every
one who has an interest in northern
Minnesota to write our U. S. Senators,
Lundeen and Shipstead, strong letter
|of protest Immediately"