perfectly modern township, 22,320 acres, but with 

 binder's 2,232,000 acres it is too big to grasp unless 

 one wants to take a fringe trip of 240 miles and 

 wonder what's on the inside of it. 



Down in Syracuse some very considerate edu- 

 cator has conceived a plan of educating 2500 par 

 tially disabled ex-service men as expert forest rang- 

 ers. Better change the detail and select 2500 of the 

 huskiest men that stood up under 90-pound pack and 

 a 30-mile hike and fortunate enough not to have re- 

 ceived a scratch. Prepare those disabled heroes for 

 positions that will prolong their lives in comfortable 

 circumstances in the swivel chair positions of the stay- 

 at-home putteed gentry. Those in search of political 

 plums will do well to steer clear of the forestry plum 

 orchard. The plums are loaded. While only the 

 physically fit will get by, it is a waste of time and 

 money to employ any man unless he can qualify as 

 a city mail carrier and specialize with a No. 2 in a 

 city water works trench. 



Arguments pro and con relative to the clearing 

 timber-covered peat lands by burning will never solve 

 the question and burning is a most dangerous under- 

 taking. Settlers usually use a match simply because 

 they cannot afford a stump puller and dynamite. 

 The great State of Minnesota might profitably emu- 

 late the policy of the captains of the steel, lumbering 

 and other big industries, who are now helping their 

 army of workers to better living conditions. The 

 policy pays good dividends in efficiency. Under 

 present conditions the lot of the Northern Minnesota 

 settler is not an enviable one. First, if he is not will- 



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