NORTHERN Minnesota has enjoyed the privilege of en- 

 tertaining a majority of the senate and a number of 

 house members during the past fortnight. It is safe to 

 say that nothing could have happened to Northern Minnesota 

 of greater benefit than to have the lawmakers spend some 

 time in that territory. Seeing is believing and the legislators 

 who have made the trip will from now on be staunch friends 

 of the North country, and the North country needs friends in 

 the legislature. 



The solons left on a special train, stopping first at Cloquet. 

 Then they went to Duluth and from there to the iron range 

 country. The border country was next visited. Stops were 

 made at International Falls, Spooner, Baudette and Warroad. 

 The special train then took the legislators south to Thief 

 River Falls, Crookston, Hallock, and then west into the cut- 

 over region with stops at Bemidji and Walker. It was a 

 swing around the circle, so to speak, and was a remarkable 

 trip from every standpoint. 



Minnesota, a Vast Empire. 



Minnesota is a vast empire that is not well known even to 

 its own citizens. -Men in the South have not appreciated the 

 needs of the new sections in the North. They have not been 

 wholly appreciative simply because they have not known. 

 No one would ever accuse a member of the legislature from 

 Southern Minnesota of being antagonistic to the northern part 

 on purely personal grounds. The so-called antagonism has 

 been due to ignorance of the needs. 



When the opportunity was afforded them, many of the 

 Southern senators and a few of the house members gladly 

 decided upon the trip that would take them to the Northern 

 regions to the best advantage. And the North country has 

 a lot of new friends among influential men in the state as the 

 result. 



