"Get Acquainted With the North." 



The slogan "Get acquainted with your neighbor you might 

 like him," was recently adopted at a neighborhood picnic. 

 The same slogan, reading "Get acquainted with the North 

 country you might like it," could have been applied to the 

 trip taken by the legislators. It had that effect, according to 

 those who went on the trip. The men from the South said 

 that they liked the North country and saw in it all of the 

 possibilities that the enthusiasts from the North had been 

 preaching in the legislative halls. 



Friends of forestry have reason to rejoice that the legisla- 

 tors took the trip. When the forestry matters come up in 

 the next session of the legislature the members will be more 

 interested. A man is interested in those things he has seen. 

 The needs of the forest service will be better understood. 

 Some of the men from the South little realized that one could 

 travel for days through the forest regions in the North. Now 

 they know the extent of the forest area. They know now that 

 it takes money, and lots of it, to protect the state's vast in- 

 terests. It is hoped that the lessons learned now will remain 

 with the senators until after the session of the legislature in 

 1917. 



Lessons Worth Learning. 



The agricultural possibilities of the North, the necessity for 

 good roads and fire-breaks, the possibilities of reforestation, 

 these things and many more will appeal to the men who 

 went into Northern Minnesota in June, 1915. At Cloquet the 

 solons were shown the work of reforestation. They were 

 taken through the nurseries there and saw the small pine 

 trees that are later to be set out in the non-agricultural re- 

 gions. It was a lesson well worth learning. 



It is to be hoped that many more of the members of the 

 law-making body will seek the opportunity of going into the 

 North to study the situation at first hand. 



The friends of forestry should urge the lawmakers to go 

 and seek. Intelligent men will not oppose forestry if they 

 know anything about it. 



"Get acquainted with the North country you might like it." 



