more to me than all the chemical compounds and "safe dis- 

 coveries" ever made. There is no odor in all the world so 

 sweet to me as that which comes from the trees and grasses 

 and wild flowers those mornings deep in the forests when 

 the dew is still fresh upon the leaves. 



If the law makers in Minnesota could go into the Northern 

 forests and see there the crime of fire see the desolation It 

 wreaks and know the millions of dollars that have gone 

 up in flames with the burning of the trees they would have the 

 country from Grand Portage to the Lake of the Woods pa- 

 troled by an army of trained watchmen. If I had my way, 

 i d buy up all the non-agricultural land denuded by timber- 

 men, and reforest it now. Doing this would yield millions to 

 the state a few decades later on. Letting it lie idle will cause 

 it to always be a load. But, first of all, I would see that the 

 present living forests are protected from fire, and the great 

 state of Minnesota can spend money in no better way than 

 by affording this protection. Each burned-over section of the 

 big North woods tells a tragic tale which should not be re- 

 peated. 



Liberating Land-Locked Fish. 



The "rescue ship" operated by the federal government on 

 the Mississippi river, is preparing to free the land-locked 

 game fish between Homer and Lake Pepin. Reports have 

 been received to the effect that since the river began to fall 

 thousands of game as well as rough fish have been trapped 

 and will die in the pockets unless liberated at once. It is on 

 this mission that the crew of the Curlew will be busily en- 

 gaged between now and the close of navigation. 



The work of the government in this connection is greatly 

 appreciated by fishermen, professional and amateur, who in 

 other years have been compelled to carry on the task them- 

 selves. Because of lack of equipment and funds thousands of 

 fish perished. 



W. H. Winslow of Northome, state fire ranger, has bought 

 124 acres of land at Island lake. One tract containing nine 

 acres, will be platted and sold in one-acre lots. The location 

 is said to be one of the prettiest on the lake. 



