>\ \IIKOV, Ml XX. Rex Hotel On Mille Lac Lake. Lake is 



i'L' miles long- and 17 miles wide. Hotel is modern in every 

 pect. Proprietor is prepared to furnish boats, either row 

 its or launches. Fishing of the very best. Within easy 



distance from Twin Cities. Kvery want of summer tourist is 

 ked after. Address K. L. Glidden, proprietor, Wahkon, 



.Minn. 



\> vi,i\i:u. >n>v (iieiinnrry sprin^N On Leech lake, sec- 

 ond largest lake in state. Best of pike and muscollonge fish- 

 ing-. Mass in smaller lakes nearby. Ideal location with all 

 \eniences for guests. Medicinal springs. A splendid place 

 -;o for a rest. All the sport that goes with a real vacation 

 is to be found here. Address P. H. McGarry, Walker, Minn. 



\\ \ltKO\n. >ii\\. Hotel Lnkewood On Lake of the Woods. 



Firsi -class steamers ply between Warroad and Kenora, On- 

 tario. 1 touting, fishing and hunting all splendid. Lake with 

 its thousands of islands offers every attraction demanded by 

 those in search of real vacations. Lake of the Woods is des- 

 tined to become America's most famous summer resort region. 

 Address S. A. Selvog, Warroad, Minn. 



Zliii<:i,, MI x\. William Zippel is prepared to take care of 

 tourists who want to see the wonders of Lake of the Woods. 

 No lake in the world has the attractions that the Lake of the 

 Woods has. With its Indian traditions, its fisheries, its thou- 

 sands of its heavily timbered islands, all these combine to 

 make it a "wonderland." By writing to William Zippel, Zip- 

 pel. Minn., information as to spending a vacation here may be 

 obtained. 



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r co-operation with the weather bureau, forest rangers are to 

 isure snow depths in the western mountains. 



Jack pine trees planted ten years ago in the sand hills of Neb- 

 raska are now large enough to produce fence posts. Last year 

 the first seed was gathered from this plantation. 



Manufacturers have found that red alder from the Pacific 

 coast is a suitable material for clothespins. Alder makes a white, 

 smooth, springy pin. As a result of this fact, a clothespin fac- 

 tory, said to be the first on the Pacific coast, may be established 

 at Portland, Oregon. 



The city of Tacoma, Washington, has entered into a co-opera- 

 tive agreement ivith the forest service for the protection of the 

 source of its water supply, the watershed of the green river, 

 which lies within the Rainier national forest. The two agencies 

 working together will protect this stream from the results of 

 forest destruction by fire or by other agencies. 



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