TO bring together kindred spirits who have enjoyed the 

 big out-doors and who are interested in the preserva.- 

 tion of forests and the protection of wild game and fish, 

 the Campfire Club of Minnesota, similar to the famous Camp- 

 fire Club of America, is to be organized. Within the next few 

 weeks, W. T. Cox, the state forester, will issue a call to well 

 known men of Minnesota, asking them to be present at an 

 initial meeting where plans for such a club will be outlined. 

 When the organization is completed, it will be one of the 

 most unique and one of the most forceful west of the Missis- 

 sippi river. 



Early History of the Campfire Club of America. 



THE Campfire Club of America the parent organization, 

 has occupied a commanding position among the asso- 

 ciations of sportsmen in the United States. Starting 15 

 years ago with a limited membership composed of the fore- 

 most sportsmen, scientists and artists in the field of out-door 

 life, it has by gradual stages, almost unwillingly, enlarged 

 its membership until now the muster roll shows a tenfold 

 increase. 



Beginning purely as a social organization, with one idea of 

 bringing together around the campfire a small body of men 

 with common interests, the scope has broadened and enlarged 

 through the energy imparted by the membership and the de- 

 mand of the times so that the social side of the club has 

 been largely overshadowed by the work already accomplished 

 and the work demanding accomplishment in the great na- 

 tional problems of forest preservation and the protection of 

 bird and animal life. In the United States there are many 

 organizations in the field of out-door life, but all are to a great 

 extent specialized, and limited in their spheres of usefulness 

 and membership. We have clubs devoted to scientific pur- 



