Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 30, 1906, Page 4

ANOTHER FOOL RESERVE SCHEME “Colonel’” Cooper of Chicago Would In- clude All Northern Minnesota in Forest Reserve. lea.d and labor. The members of congress and other gentlemen who went oz the congressional expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi, in 1899, along with others, haye been urging me for the past few years to re- peat the expedition so as to see what the government had done, but as that project had not been sufficiently progressed the trip has been postponed and it is pro- posed now to do just what we did before: Invite the president, his cabinet and each mem- ber of the two houses of the Minnesota National Paric| and Forestry Preserve,organized here. Whether the proposed or- ganization ought to have its head- quarters here is a question that I would also like to submit to you, if you take kindly to the above plan, of which I haye given simply an outline. I should say, in addition, that the lands taken over by the government would be free from taxation until such time as the timber should bej marketed or the ore mined and sold, and then the latter would tbe taxed as personal property. CLAIM MADE THAT LAND IS USELESS congress, along with other gentle- Hoping to hear from you at your men, who ought to accompany 'earliest convenience, I am very' the expedition, to have a little|truly yours, (Signed) John §S. The agitation which is now go- ing on relative to the establish- ment of th: proposed national forest reserve in the very heart of some of the best agricultural land in the state of Minnesota (around the village of Cass Lake) is involving a very large portion of the population of the state,and the people of the north half of the state are not at all backward in condemning the proposed re- serve and the methods being used by some of the advocates of the reserve to further their ends. The forged petition of the Chip pewa Indians was a surprise to many who had previously thought that the opponents of the reserve were rather too strenu- ous in their ccndemnation of the reserve advocates, and the falsity of that method has had much to do with the general feeling of op- position that is gaining ground. One of the latest moves was the appointment of J. P. White, of the Missouri Land & Lumber Ex- change, as the personal repre- sentative of President Roosevelt, to look over the territory sought as a forest reserve and make an unprejudiced report as to the agricultural ing farms on the very boundary of the reserve. That White’s re- port was at least somewhat prejudiced is self-evident, but there has recently been shown a letter from John S. Cooper of Chicago (known among the park adyocates as “Colonel” Cooper), which shows that they, the park and reserve advocates, were highly pleased at the mission given White, and that he (White) has a splendid standing with those people, and could hardly haye made a fayorable report. The letter is as follows: “Chicago, Jan, 17, 1906.—J. P. White, Esq., Missouri Land & Lumber Exchange Co., Kansas City, Mo.—Dear Sir: On Sun- day morning in a telephene talk with Hon. Gifford Pinchot, U, S. forester, he told me that the president had requested you to investigate certain matters con- cerning the Minnesota National Forest Preserve. He was con- gratulating me that the presi- dent had made so wise a selec- tion. This morning I got a letter from a friend of mine, Mr. J. W. Speelman, Buerna Vista, Minn., enclosing a newspaper clipping, resources of the containing the substance of your outing of a'couple of weeks in that regiou, about the first of August. I write this to yoa to ask you what you think of getting up a little organization of lum- bermen, fee owners and other people interested in such mat- ters, with a view to having the expedition this coming summer to be conducted under the auspices of such an organization, The other expedition and the work done in congress were under the auspices and direction Cooper.” When the forest reserve idea was first talked of, it was pro- posed, as Colonel Cooper states in his letter, to segregate from the great state of Minnesota an acreage of land about as large as the state of Indiana,which should ! be used as a playground for a taken from the tax rolls of the state, and the matter of recom- pensing the Indians (owners of 1 Continued on Page 2. ! few privileged people and be!" The old cold goes, a new one qulckly comes, It’s the story of a weak throat, a tendency to consumption. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral breaks up the taking- cold habit. It strengthens, heals. 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White went to Cass Lake|report to the president, with this and was closely followed by a|statement by you: ‘And it is representative of the forest re-jonly to be regretted that the serve, who did not give him the|area cannot be greatly enlarged.’ opportunity of interviewing any|I write this to interest youin a of the residents of that place or{plan which is several years old, any of the surrounding country.;and indeed was to be the ulti- He departed, and later came his|mate outcome of what has been report to the president, that the|crystalized in the federal law and land was unfit for agricuitural|known as the Uaited States for- purposes, and its only salvation {est lands of Minnesota, other- was the propused forest reserve;|wise known as the Minnesota and this, in view of the fact that | National Forest Preserve. there are several cereal-produc-{ ‘‘If you take the mapof Minne sota, and starting at Duluth, draw a line substantially west p for about two hundred miles in- LUMBING! TIN AND RE- PAIR WORK. @ to the interior of the state to the neighborhood of Park Rapids, and then due north to the Red lakes and our northern boundary line, and then follow the boundary line down to the mouth of Pigeon river, on Lake Superior, you will have an area pretty near as large as the state of Indiana, which, aside from the mineral resources and the timber, is, with some very small exceptions, unfitted for protitable agriculture,but the most of it is adapted to the grow- ing of white and Norway pine, which the leading foresters, fa- trxha,r with the region, Mr. | Pinchot and Dr. Schenk,foresters for Baltimore Forests, North Carolina, say will increase at the rate of five per cent per year. “The proposition is to have the congress enact a law, by which the government is to re- ceive the title from the fee own- ers of any of these lands to be | You get the best services on the shortest notice. Doran Bros. TELEPHONE NO. 225 s contiguous in territory so far as confeCtloner y practical, with the reservation to st ore the grantors of the ores and fu- |ture growing timber, one to be |mined and the other to be mar- | keted under the direction of the government, which, on its part, undertakes to keep out forest fires and protect the young trees. I have talked with some of the fee owners of the lands up there and every one with whom I have talked in years past has been ex- ceedingly friendly to the sugges- tion and the idea. I spent so much time and money in the other project, Minnesota Forest We have opened up a new and complete line of CONFECTIONERY, CIGARS AND TOBACCOS in the building formerly ocecupied by Princess Grocery Co. Ghe Preserve, that 1 have been trying Palace Of | to get some younger men than I Sweets to take the lead in this matter, but have been unable, as yet, ‘to Harris @ McGrath get the men who would take the | our entire stock of Groceries, Crockery, Glass Ware, China, Dry Goods, Shoes, Jewelry, Cutlery, Etc., must be closed out. AT THAT TIME we contemplate a change of location and do not wish to move any of our present stock. In order to do this we will offer you goods at a price that is bound to make them go. This is the time and place to lay in a supply at a great saving. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO NAME PRICES on the articles that are made on a close out price. Notice however a few prices: All Ladies’ and Children’s button shoes go at One Half Price---they are just as good as was ever worn. Lace shoes, exeept the line just received, a $3. shoe for $2.25, a $2.50 shoe at $1.90, a $2.00 shoe at $1.50. All others same ratio. The same big reduction in Dry Goods, Fur- nishing Goods, Ete. wv ¥ GROCERIES v Vv Batavia canned peaches, pears, apricots, green gage, egg plums, black cherries, red pitted preserved cherries and gooseberries, price cut from 35 cents to 25 cents. This is a less price than they can be bought for at wholesale. Batavia white cherries, price cut from 40 cents to 30 cents. Batavia corn, price cut to 11 cents. Gopher corn price cut from 2 for 25 cents to 3 for 25 cents. A good standard corn 2 for 16 cents or 4 for 25 cents or 6 for 85 cents, in half dozen lots this brings it less than 6 cents. Canned beets only 5 cents each. Standard apricots 15 cents. Standard sliced pineapple 15 cents. Fancy large prunes 3 pounds for 25 cents. Old lot of prunes small size 8 pounds for 25 cents. I have been told prices will make no object to the people here but I doubt this very much. In making this closing out sale we will try and keep our staples complete. Come early while there 1s a big stock, to lay in all you need. — J. A. McCONKEY