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such streams as the Pigeon River, the Deviltrack River. 

 Poplar River, and innumerable other wild streams full of 

 rapids and cascades. Three or four miles back from 

 Lake Superior the region is a network of lakes and 

 streams. One might travel and canoe all summer and 

 never come twice over the same trail or lake. For a 

 while the canoe may slowly drift on a smooth stream, 

 fringed on either side with green alders ; then one may 

 come to a short portage around some rough boiling rapids, 

 and this will perhaps oj>en up a vista of some beautiful 

 lake with numerous bays, islands and peninsulas. At one 

 point the low shore may be fringed with somber forests 

 of black spruce or with bright green tamarack, stretch- 

 ing away indefinitely. Farther on, one will encounter 

 high, rocky cliffs, bold and jagged, rising perpendicularly 

 several hundred feet. 



Good fishing of some kind is found everywhere. In 

 many of the cold streams brook trout are very plentiful. 

 Some of the lakes along the International Boundary, 

 such as Gunflint, North and South Lakes, contain large 

 and delicious salmon trout, or lake trout, in great abund- 

 ance. Many of the lakes abound in pike, crappies and 

 big sunfish, while others contain great northern pike, 



which I can say from personal experience, when caught 

 in these cold and clear waters, are about as good to eat 

 as any fish that swims. 



Both moose and deer are numerous. It is common to 

 see from ten to fifteen moose in one day's paddle. A 

 few caribou remain in this region, and now very likely 

 they will increase in numbers. Besides moose and deer, 

 all the wild animals which originally inhabited the north- 

 ern forests are still to be found here, with the exception of 

 the panther and possibly the wolverine. Bears and wolves 

 and the small fur-bearing animals are all fairly numerous, 

 but none of these creatures ever molest any campers ; in 

 fact, one seldom sees them unless he travels very silently 

 and takes special pains to discover them. But deer and 

 moose may be seen in the lakes and rivers very frequent- 

 ly on warm summer days, when they come to feed on 

 aquatic plants and to get rid of the flies. Perhaps the 

 most interesting animal in the whole of North America 

 is the beaver. It is fairly common in this region and 

 rapidly increasing. The beaver and other fur-bearing 

 animals will eventually contribute no inconsiderable crop 

 of fur to the timber crop and other sources of revenue 

 that will make the new state forests a good investment 

 to the State of Minnesota. 



DONATIONS TO THE WELFARE FUND FOR LUMBERMEN AND 



FORESTERS IN WAR SERVICE 



AMERICAN FORESTRY will publish each month the list of those making donations to this fund. Many of the donations 

 from members of the American Forestry Association so far received were made without solicitation and were inspired by 

 reading in the magazine that a relief and comfort fund for men of the forest regiments was to be started. Many substantial 

 contributions are being received from lumber companies and lumbermen following requests sent to them by the Secretary of the 

 Welfare Fund for Lumbermen and Foresters in War Service, by the lumber organizations of which they are members, and by 

 the committees of lumbermen which had charge in various sections of the United States of securing enlistments for the forest 

 regiments. Contributions to May 3, 1918, are as follows: 



Previously acknowledged $11,825.18 



Achenbach, Naomi 3.00 



Amsler, Col. C. W 10.00 



Angelina County Lumber Company 10.00 



Ascension Red Cypress Co., Ltd 25.00 



Barnes, Miss Anne Hampton 20.00 



Baxter Lumber Company 10.00 



Beckwith, Mrs. Daniel 25.00 



Berwind, John E 100.00 



Birkle, John A 3.00 



Blanchard Lumber Company 25.00 



Blytheville Lumber Company 10.00 



Borreson. Jules T 10.00 



Bradley, E. J ,. 5.00 



Barton Lumber Company. E. P 50.00 



Brown Lumber Company 25.00 



Brown, Mrs. Harry G 1.00 



Burton and Company, J . H 50.00 



Case Fowler Lumber Company 10.00 



Chapman, S. F 25.00 



Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company.... 100.00 



Clark Lumber Company, J. S. H 10.00 



Coppock & Sons Lumber Company, S. P 10.00 



Cornell Foresters 15.00 



Douglas Fir Club 520.00 



Eckert, Harry K 6.00 



Ellington & Guy, Inc 10.00 



Tommy and Betty Fleming 25.00 



Forest Lumber Company 100.00 



Gelpcke, Miss A. C 5.00 



Germain & Boyde Lumber Company 25.00 



Gerrans, R. D 4.00 



Good Pine Lumber Company . . . .' 25.00 



Great Southern Lumber Company 100.00 



Grogan Lumber Company 25.00 



Hayes, Rutherford P 5.00 



Hammond Lumber Company, Ltd 15.00 



Hebard Cypress Company 100.00 



Higgins Lumber Company 



Hudson River Lumber Company 



Home Building and Material Company 



Illinois Lumber and Builders' Supply 



Industrial Lumber Company 



Indiana Quartered Oak Company 



Kent Company, J. S 



Keystone Lumber Company 



Kibbee, & Son, A. S 



Kingsford, Mrs. E. G 



Klumle, C. E 



Kreamer Lumber Company 



Kyle Lumber Company, Ltd 



Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Co 



Lufkin Land and Lumber Company 



Ludington Lumber Company 



Lyon Lumber Company 



McCarroll Lumber Company, Ltd 



Mengel and Bro. Company, C. C 



Merritt Bros., Inc 



Milne, Hall & Johns Co., Inc 



Morrow, Dr. William G 



Natalbany Lumber Company 



National Lumber and Creosoting Company. . . 



Newell Lumber Company 



Norton, E. E 



Norwich Lumber Company 



Ozone Lumber Company 



Pickett, Hyde and Langgans Company 



Pine Plume Lumber Company 



Poitevant and Favre Lumber Company 



Schofield Bros 



Red Rose City 



Rich Lumber Company 



John L. Roper Lumber Company 



Roper Plant Employees 



Salmen Brick and Lumber Company 



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