THE TEN THOUSAND LAKES 

 ASSOCIATION 



MORE than ten years ago The North Woods made 

 its first plea for the development of the recrea- 

 tional possibilities of our great northern country. It 

 was a lonely cry in a wilderness of indifference. Our 

 rich continued to travel to the far Adirondacks and the 

 backwoods of Maine in search of what they had right 

 here at home. The state continued to sell its lake 

 shore timber, and for the price of a few thousand feet 

 of logs destroyed many a jewel of great worth. Lum- 

 ber companies continued to log and burn around beau- 

 tiful lakes which would have yielded them ten times 

 the profits in summer camp sites. Since that first plea, 

 and in spite of the almost continuous appeal that The 

 North "Woods has been making, the beauty of many of 

 our wonderful lakes has been marred for years to 

 come, and their value as a summer playground de- 

 stroyed. Who wants to camp on barren shores amidst 

 blackened stumps? What beauty has any lake with- 

 out its proper woodland setting? 



At last another champion has arisen. The Ten 

 Thousand Lakes Association. A powerful champion, 

 because it is composed of business men who know how 

 to push their cause effectively. They have asked for 

 a generous appropriation from the legislature and] 

 should certainly get it. Such an association can do 

 more for the development of northern Minnesota than 

 any immigration commission could ever do. They will 

 eventually bring more permanent settlers into the 



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