THERE are already many summer resorts in Northern 

 Minnesota and the possibilities of future development 

 along that line are almost unlimited. There are literally 

 hundreds of lakes which will afford good opportunities for 

 fishing, boating, canoeing and a cool retreat where the weary 

 city man can obtain a delightful respite from the cares and 

 clamor, the dust and heat of a work-a-day world. Some of 

 them are within easy walking distance of the railroad, some 

 of them are within a comfortable day's drive by auto from the 

 Twin Cities; most of them will some day be developed to sup- 

 ply a summer playground for the great middle West. 



The choice of a location is a matter of individual taste. One 

 of them excels in a certain variety of fishing. The chance of 

 a big "muskie," a choice black bass or a glistening trout will 

 decide the experienced fisherman. The possibility of a plen- 

 tiful catch of pike, crappies or even the despised pickerel will 

 often attract the less particular who like to catch a fish more 

 for the sport of seeing it come out of the water and not so 

 much for skill involved. A long chain of connected lakes 

 offering opportunities for extended canoe trips is the draw- 

 ing card with others. The great majority ask for nothing in 

 particular except comfortable quarters a good camping site 

 for one man, a palatial hotel for another where they can bask 

 in the sunshine on the shore, float idly on the water in boat or 

 canoe or take an occasional swim as the fancy strikes them. 

 And so the summer tourists are divided into many classes, 

 each class seeking some of those desirable features and none 

 of them need stay at home for the lack of a place to suit. For 

 most of them there is a wide range of choice. 



There is yet another class who are not so easily satisfied. 

 Men, aye and women, they are in whose veins still flows some 

 of the red blood of their ancestors. They are neither fisher- 

 men, canoeists or seekers after conventional comforts. They 



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