1899. 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



205 



"Any citizen of the United States of 

 good character and in sympathy with the 

 object and purposes of this association 

 shall be eligible to membership, and 

 shall become such member when elected 

 by the executive committee of the asso- 

 ciation, but no dues shall be required 

 from members. The funds necessary to 

 carry out the object and purposes of this 

 organization shall be raised by volun- 

 tary contributions, and shall be paid to 

 the treasurer, to be by him disbursed as 

 directed by the executive board." 



In order to assure a more general ap- 

 preciation of the project and the desira- 

 bility of early action by Congress, it was 



together the objects of this association 

 will be facilitated; therefore be it 



" Resolved, That this association shall 

 immediately organize for an expedition 

 into that region during the coming 

 Autumn, and that the following gentle- 

 men be appointed a committee to have 

 full charge of the same, viz: 



Col. John S. Cooper, C. L. Peck, 

 John H. Witbeck, Otis R. Glover, Mar- 

 vin Hughitt, Jr., Wesley M. Lowrie, 

 Henry S. Fitch, O. W. Nixon, George E. 

 Cole, L. W. Pitcher, Harry G. McCart- 

 ney, Dr. Frank Billings, W. C. Brown, 

 T. P. Shonts, B. Thomas and J. B. 

 Clow, of Chicago; Thomas H. Shevlin, 



MAP OF THE REGION WHICH CONGRESS WILL BE ASKED TO SET ASIDE AS A NEW NATIONAL PARK. 



decided to take a delegation of Congress- 

 men and other prominent public men on 

 a trip of investigation to the Leech Lake 

 country early in October the Indian 

 Summer there in order that they may 

 gain personal knowledge of the proposed- 

 reserve. The following resolution was 

 passed providing for the trip: 



"Whereas, It is believed that there 

 are no legal or practical obstacles in the 

 way of establishing a national park in the 

 northern part of Minnesota, which may 

 not be overcome by the joint action of 

 Congress, the State of Minnesota and 

 private parties having vested interests in 

 that territory, and that by bringing the 

 representatives of all those interests 



Thomas Lowry, James Gray and C. A. 

 Pillsbury, of Minneapolis: George R. 

 Finch, George C. Squires, Charles Cris- 

 tadoro, J. I. Hill and Charles S. Fee, 

 of St. Paul. 



The only circumstance lacking to 

 make the spontaneity of thought and 

 action complete was the reluctance of the 

 Duluth delegates to enter heartily into 

 the scheme, for fear of certain commer- 

 cial disadvantages to that city by the 

 withdrawal of nearby lands from settle- 

 ment, if included in the proposed re- 

 serve. 



Congressman Page Morris presented 

 this view of some of his constituents, 

 but added that all would approve if the 



