1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



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than 1 60 acres at the extremity of Sugar 

 Point, on Leech Lake. The peninsula 

 known as Pine Point, on which the new 

 Leech Lake Agency is now located, is 

 also to be reserved. The islands in 

 Cass and Leech Lakes and the land re- 

 served at Sugar Point and Pine Point 

 Peninsula are to remain as Indian land, 

 under the control of the Department of 

 the Interior. 



These ' ' forestry lands, ' ' as rapidly as 

 the authorized 95 per cent of the mer- 

 chantable pine timber is removed, are 

 to become a part of a forest reserve as 

 though set aside by presidential procla- 

 mation. The remaining lands, after 

 the Indian allotments, will be opened 

 to homestead settlement. The accom- 

 panying illustrations show typical pine 

 lands in the Chippewa district. They 

 are reprinted here through thecourtesv 

 of Gen. C. C. Andrews, Chief Fire 

 Warden of Minnesota. 



The proceeds from the sale of the 

 merchantable pine and the lands sold to 



homesteaders are to be paid into the 

 United States Treasury to the credit of 

 the 1,600 Chippewa Indians of Minne- 

 sota. Each Indian man, woman, or 

 child living on the four reservations is 

 entitled to have an individual allotment 

 of 80 acres. Of the 830,162 acres con- 

 tained in these reservations, the follow- 

 ing will be the result when the new law 

 is carried out: 



Acres. 



Water surface (lake.s, rivers, streams). 218,470 



Indian allotments 140,000 



I'orestry lands 231 ,000 



Islands in Cass and Leech Lakes and 



points around Leech Lake 17,000 



Open to settlement 223,692 



Total 830,162 



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Forest Fires. During the past month 

 there have been many 

 forest fires in various sections of the 

 country. In California there were de- 

 structive forest fires near Redding, 



Photo by Mr. .\rtlmr B. Herrell. 



A'lEW IN THE CHIPPEWA RESERVATION NORTHWEST OF CASS LAKE. THREE OF THE CASS 



LAKE B.\ND OF CHIPPEW.\S IN THE CENTER. 



