friend of the forests in the North country to co-operate. Now, 

 if ever, co-operation is needed. The settlers in the North will 

 do well to assist the depleted forces of the service in keeping 

 down fires. 



Campers, woodsmen of all sorts, should always be careful. 

 Now they should be doubly so. If fires start in the North 

 country the service will not be equal to handling them with- 

 out the aid of every ablebodied person. 



It is to be hoped that the next legislature will see the wis- 

 dom of increasing the appropriation for the forest service. 

 The forests constitute one of the great sources of wealth in 

 Minnesota. It is wealth that must be adequately protected. 

 It cannot be adequately protected with the expenditure of but 

 $40,000 per year. 



The officers of the forest service are pledged to do their 

 best with the money available. With the help of the citizens 

 of the state, it is to be hoped that this vast wealth may be 

 well protected during the coming two years. 



We are facing a danger period. Let us all be ready to do 

 our utmost to assist in the great work that is before us. 



Let us forget the past. Let us look forward to the future. 

 Useless criticisms, the rehearsings of things that were left 

 undone or things that were done that ought not to have been 

 done, will avail us little. 



Those of us who are the friends of forestry had better look 

 forward and not backward. Onward and upward. That should 

 be the slogan. "Now is the time for all good men to come to 

 the aid of the forests." 



In passing, it might be stated, that the legislature made 

 ample provision for the maintenance of Itasca state park and 

 Burntside state forest. The former received an annual ap- 

 propriation of $12,500 and the latter an appropriation of $2,500. 



The legislature took the first steps in setting aside a new 

 state park to be known as the Jay Cooke state park, to be 

 located at the Dalles of the St. Louis. An appropriation of 

 $30,000 was made for this purpose. The Jay Cooke estate is 

 pledged to donate about 2,500 acres of land. The wonderful 

 opportunities for a state park in this region was pointed out 

 by Professor Cheyney in a recent article in The North Woods. 



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