DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES No constitution; no dress 

 suits; no wine; no profanity; no membership fee to speak of; 

 no by-laws; no long' speeches; no whiskey; no vulgarity; a 

 campfire" and a feed once a fortnight; a- new president at each 



meeting. 



The initial meeting of the club was such a success that 

 others who loved the out-door world clamored for admission. 

 The membership limit was raised reluctantly under pressure 

 of applications, to successfully 100, 200, 300 and 400 where 

 it now stands. The roll includes Theodore Roosevelt, Pin- 

 chot, Dugmore, Cody, Rungius, Loring, "Buffalo" Jones and 

 a score of others of national prominence in the world of the 

 sportsman, the scientist, the naturalist and the artist. 



Campfire Club of Minnesota Will Be Similar to National 

 Organization. 



In 3904, the Campfire Club incorporated under the laws of 

 New York. For many years the club has been a most im- 

 portant center of activity in the general cause of wild life 

 protection. Perhaps the greatest achievement lies in the 

 work of the American Bison Society in the founding of the 

 Montana National Bison Herd. Fully four-fifths of the fund 

 of $10,500 expended in the purchase of this herd, was raised 

 by members of the Campfire Club of America. The creation 

 of the great British Columbian game preserve now known as 

 Goat Mountain Park was entirely accomplished by members 

 of the club. Of very recent activities, the battle for the 

 preservation of the fur seal, has been brought to a successful 

 issue. The bill for the creation of the Glacier National Park 

 was backed by members of the club and their work was in- 

 strumental in a great measure in obtaining its passage. 

 These are only a few of the accomplishments. 



The Campfire Club of Minnesota will have similar objects 

 in view. It will be made up of men who have done and who 

 can do things for wild life and the forests in this state. 

 Occasionally, a real campfire meeting will be held, where in 

 the fantastical shadows cast by flames from burning logs, 

 reminiscences may be recounted and stories told of wild ani- 

 mals which have been met. 



