it ambled along in all its awkward dignity ; movie fans 

 would instantly label it a Charlie Chaplin gait. 



One might elaborate indefinitely on the attractions to 

 be found in Itasca Park, for their name is legion, as all 

 who have been there will testify; and those who have 

 not had the pleasure of visiting the park will never re- 

 gret taking advantage of the first opportunity to do so. 

 Minnesota is gradually coming into its own as "The 

 playground of the Mississippi valley;" and it is more 

 urgent than ever, in these troublous times, that when- 

 ever possible we ' ' hold communion with nature in her 

 visible forms," and thus be all the better prepared to 

 do our part in a world at last made safe for democracy. 

 But though other places may have their unsurpassed 

 attractions, it is inconceivable that Itasca Park will 

 ever lose its prestige as the first and greatest of Min- 

 nesota's playgrounds, the true head of the Father of 

 Waters. 



The Forest Service is on general principles a cham- 

 pion of the movement for wise conservation of our 

 resources; and it is no laggard now that Hooverizing 

 has become nationally popular. In fact, with intrepid 

 daring and originality it sets the pace, even to the ex- 

 tent of measuring off said pace officeward along our 

 main thoroughfare with one foot shod in a brand new 

 brown oxford and the other in a well broken-in black 

 shoe. We didn't have to prove it; confronted with 

 the evidence, P. H. H. frankly admitted his patriotic 

 conservation of leather. Nevertheless, an airplane was 

 in urgent demand for his homeward trip. 



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