are the canoe loads of fur he has taken down the Big Fork and 

 up the Rainy river to the Hudson bay post at Fort Frances. 



Mr. Campbell, scarcely turning gray, is still wonderfully 

 active for his age, a living proof of the healthfulness of the 

 climate of the Rainy river country. It would seem that a 

 race of people descending from settlers such as old Dan Camp- 

 bell, Mr. McKinstry and other old-timers of the Rainy river 

 valley might be expected to have such longevity as to make 

 Methuselah seem like a mere youngster. 



GAME AND FISH PROTECTIVE LEAGUE. 



We welcome the Minnesota Game and Fish Protective 

 League into the field of Wild Life conservation in Minnesota. 

 We feel a most intimate interest in their work for it is along 

 one of the lines in which the Forestry Association has labored. 



The Forestry Association was the pioneer in popularizing 

 Forestry and Wild Life conservation in this state. The field 

 is so large that too many cannot become interested, and we 

 predict for the Game and Fish Protective League a brilliant 

 future. It is its intention to extend its influence throughout 

 the state by means of local organizations, independent or affil- 

 iated. Mr. Blair from Pennsylvania, who has had a number 

 of years' experience in similar work in that state, has been 

 employed as a field secretary. The work of this League should 

 prove popular and will be supported by all friends or forests 

 and forest things. 



Mr. Blair has arranged for the purchase of several thousand 

 Russian and native mulberry trees which will be distributed 

 free of charge to any citizen of Minnesota who will plant and 

 care for them. Birds are very fond of the berries of this tree 

 and feathered guests will be attracted wherever they are 

 planted. For further information in regard to this offer of 

 the League, see "Arbor and Bird Day" in this issue of the 

 North Woods. 



During the past two years forest officers have killed nearly 

 9,000 predatory animals, more than three-fourths of which were 

 coyotes. 



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