METHODS OF INVESTIGATION. 



On the 20th day of October, 1913, the members of 

 this Committee together with three practical cruisers 

 of long experience, Messrs. Joseph Stevens of Wash- 

 burn, Wis.; Ernest Dopp of Superior, Wis.; and 

 George L. Cott of Shell Lake, Wis.; met at Minoc- 

 qua in Oneida County and proceeded, first, to the 

 State Forestry Headquarters at Trout Lake. 



During a period covering the next nineteen days, 

 from this point and from Bould'er Jet., the Blue 

 Grass Farm, Kraft'.s Camp in 43-7, Star Lake, Say- 

 ner, Eagle River, Tomahawk Lake, Rhinelander, 

 Knapp's Resort on Sugar Camp Lake in 38-9, Min- 

 ocqua, Hazelhurst, Powell, Manitowish, Mercer, 

 Winchester and the Ranger's Cabin at Rest Lake, 

 the Committee under the guidance of the above 

 named cruisers and with the assistance of different 

 forest rangers furnished by the Department of For- 

 estry spent their time in a personal examination of 

 the following townships or parts of townships: 

 Township 38 north, range 6 east; T. 38 N., R. 7 E.; 

 T. 38 N., R. 8 E.; T. 38 N., R. 9 E.; T. 38 N., R. 

 10 E.; T. 39 N., R. 5 E.; T. 39 N., R. 6 E.; T. 39 

 N., R. 7 E.; T. 39 N., R. 8 E.; T. 39 N. R. 9 E.; 

 T. ^O N., R. 6 E.; T. 40 N., R. 7 E.; T. 40 N., 

 R. 8 E.; T. 40 N., R. 9 E.; T. 40 N., R. 10 E.; 

 T. 41 N., R. 3 E.; T. 41 N., R. 4 E.; T. 41 N., 

 R. 6 E.; T. 41 N., R. 7 E.; T. 41 N., R. 8 E.; 

 T. 41 N., R. 9 E.; T. 42 N., R. 4 E.; T. 42 N., R. 

 5 E.; T. 42 N., R. 6 E.; T. 42 N., R. 7 E.; T. 42 

 N., R. 8 E.; T. 42 N., R. 9 E.; T. 43 N., R. 4 E.; 

 T. 43 N., R. 5 E.; T. 43 N., R. 7 E.; T. 44 N., 

 R. 5 E. 



These trips were made on foot except where, by 

 use of horses, railroad speeders, and trains time could 

 be made in going to and from a starting point. 

 Care was at all times taken to know almost the 

 exact location of the different parties into which the 

 Committee was divided. Every effort was made to 

 reach the farms located in the area visited and to 

 engage the farmers in conversation and get their 



