I mm Klug, Blackduck 



Faith Randall, Comfrey 



Minnie Splittstoesser, Wood Lake 



Third Prizes: 



Mildred Rundell, (12 yrs.) Pillager 



Ila/d Mattson, New York Mills 



Lois Barry, Grey Eagle 



Florence Melanson, Duquette 



Marie Triplett, Parkers Prairie 



Myrtle Buck, Detroit 



Cecil Brownell, Tofte 



Willis Redding, Bingham Lake. 



Margaret Wenzlaff, Wood Lake 



Frances Marshall, Two Harbors 

 Some of the prize essays follow. The others will 



be published in the next issue. Read them and judge 



for yourself what the next generation will do for our 



forests. 



Why Should Trees and Forests Be Planted And 

 Protected In Minnesota. 



BY GUDRUN GRIMSRUD, 

 St. Hilaire, Minn. 



Trees should be planted and protected in Minne- 

 sota because we have so few forests left. Fires have 

 destroyed so many forests, and extravagant cutting 

 shows in the few forests that remain. 



There is great danger in being left without for- 

 ests. If there are no forests there will be no wind- 

 breaks against hot winds in summer and eold winds 

 in winter. The soil would have no protection from 



