quently a foreman of this firm removed such timber 

 and the claim for its value is still unsettled. 



"Arrangements have been made by the Park Com- 

 missioner, under the direction of this office and with 

 the approval of the Governor, for the sawing, during 

 the coming winter, of rough lumber in sufficient 

 amount and of the dimensions necessary to be used 

 in the construction of the new state house contemplat- 

 ed by the act of the legislature above referred to. 

 The owner of a portable mill in the neighborhood has 

 agreed to haul down timber from different parts of 

 the park to the site of such house and saw the same 

 in the dimensions necessary for the sum of $8.75 per 

 thousand. Stone has been purchased for the house, 

 and thus a nucleus has been arranged upon an ex- 

 tremely economical basis for carrying out the wish 

 of the legislature. 



"In my judgment, the purchase of all standing pine 

 situated in the park is unnecessary and would be an 

 idle waste of money. A careful examination shows 

 that there are hundreds of places which the public 

 will never visit, and the pine in such localities can be 

 cut and removed without injury. Care, however, 

 should be taken that the tops of all trees cut are 

 burned, and a reasonable appropriation therefore 

 should be made. 



"The road from the state house in Itasca Park to 

 Park Rapids runs for a distance of three miles just 

 east of and near the line of the park, across Sections 

 20, 29 and 32 of Township 143, Range 35, in Hubbard 

 County, through a beautiful strip of pine which clear- 

 ly ought to be made a part of the park. I therefore 



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