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1 Mr. Cochran. He is a shooter and angler of experi- 
nce, and has the genuine love of the outdoor air. Better 
Dtiipany no one ever Iiad on a fishing trip, and if he and 
have real good luck in the future wc will see Moose 
ake again one of these good days. We trolled on our 
ay up the Turtle River to the portage, and it soon be- 
ime evident that pickerel was to be the order of the day. 
t the mouth of the river there were three fish on at the 
ime time in different boats,, and a dozen strikes in less 
an five minutes. We soon had the bottom of our boat 
ell covered, and at last Mr. Cochran struck and cap- 
red the largest fish taken during the day, a pickerel 
sighing 8^1bs. on the scales. Mr. Cochran is a quiet 
igler, and his methods are deliberate, showing no ex- 
tement or haste. I think Mr, Cochrari is the only man 
ever saw who could look dignified with an owl 
ather stuck up the back of his head, a cigar in one 
)rner of his mouth, and a big pickerel at the other end 
" his line. 
A Grand Bass Lake. 
We have found Moose Lake a beautiful body of water 
couple of miles in length, and about the best bass 
ke I ever saw in my life. None of us was well fixed 
ir bass fishing, for we had all been prepared for mus- 
iUunge. There was not a casting outfit in the party, 
ad in our boat we had only trolling tackle and big 
)Oons, with the alternative of some very small spoons, 
hose hooks would not properly hold a bass. We had 
ve strikes and lost five fish in as many minutes after 
arting away on this lake; but after awhile began to do 
more successful business. We caught a great many 
ickerel, and lost a great many more of the more active 
ass. I. never saw bass fight better than they did in this 
ike, and I never saw pickerel fight so well. Mr. Allen, 
f Mississippi, joined our boat about i o'clock, and. wc 
ansacted business with the fish with considerable suc- 
ess. By some misarrangement we had no lunch, some 
F the guides and others there present having swiped the 
isket. We suspected Fred Stephenson of having pro- 
idcd well for his guest, for he looked smiling and said 
2 wasn't hungry. Messrs. Stevenson and Tawney went 
ir up the lake, but our boat stayed near the end of the 
ortage, and we were always in sight of the boat which 
irried Messrs. Clark, Graham and Spargo. At about 
o'clock we landed at a little camp, where one of the 
uides had been shooting and fishing for some days 
revious. Here we found some raw potatoes and the 
iscarded end of a piece of bacon, and I expect you 
ever did see Congressmen eat fried potatoes the way 
Ir. Cochran and Mr. Allen did; and they liked them, 
)o. We had no tea or coffee, but there was plenty of 
ater in the lake, and we got along very well. Mr. 
!ochran rose still higher in my estimation as a thor- 
ughbred when he proposed to me to stay over night 
I he little dog tent that we found, and have a tull day's 
shing the next day. All, however, were haunted by the 
;ar that this would delay the party at the cars, so 
fially it was decided not to tay over at the lake. 
The above-mentioned gentlemen caught on Moose 
.ake that dav. and in Turtle River going up, between 
00 and 70olbs. of fish, mostly pickerel. Mr. Tawney and 
Jr. Stevenson brought out ten bass which weighed over 
albs., the largest weighing 4541bs. These are all big- 
louth bass, but they were all fat and full of fight. What 
nc could do m th^t lake in a day's fishing, with proper 
Mht. is something which I should not care to prove, 
LiL I know very well that Mr. Cochran and I could have 
barrel of fun there. 
Good Sporting Country. 
We were now in a fine sporting country. Our guide 
aid that there were a great many moose in that region, 
ut that the Indians did not kill very many, as they were 
3 lazy to carry out the meat, and would not kill a moose 
nless it was near their camp. Deer of course are very 
umerous. Within a few miles of Moose Lake there is 
nother lake of the Turtle River chain, where we were 
old there is a splendid island camping place. Near by 
his are heavy rice beds, where the ducks feed m great 
umbers, and one can also get here fine muscallunge fish- 
tig. This is the place which Mr. Cochran and I have 
licked out for our camp in case we should ever go in 
here again. No one on this whole trip caught or saw 
muscallunge, nor was any muscallunge fishing done in 
he proper localities. The guides speak of this fish as 
icing "slow fishing," but mention fish taken up to 3olbs. 
his season. 
The Prettiest Picture. 
A slight rairi came on toward evening of this day, and 
he party waited at the Turtle River end of the portage 
mtil after dark for the arrival of the steamer, the return 
rip being made down Cass Lake in the dark. We picked 
ip scattered members of the party here and there gomg 
iown in the night, and it was during this work that we 
aw the prettiest sight of the whole trip. There was a 
lail from shore, and we stopped to take on a passenger, 
vho came out from the wild rice in a birch bark canoe 
Iriven bv the steady hand of a woodsman. There was a 
antern in this canoe, and as he approached, the pas- 
senger, who proved to be young Mosher, of St. Paul, 
sicked up the lantern and held it high m order to see 
;learly in making the landing on the steamer. He was 
luite unconscious of the fact that the light of the lantern 
Drought into splendid relief against the black shadows 
jehind him the full outlines of the canoe and its oc- 
:upants. I never saw so striking a combination of lights 
md shades, and this is one of the pictures of the trip 
?v-hich will linger very long in my own memory, at least. 
Rettiroing and Adjourning- 
We reached the Cass Lake landing at night, had a 
nuddv ride and walk over to the cars, and a hearty dm- 
ler. The train then pulled out for Minneapolis, the ex- 
jedition now being officially declared homeward bound 
Until midnight iollitv reigned, and toasts and votes of 
hanks were made the order of procedure. Mr. Whitney 
was formallv thanked as the representative of the Great 
Northern road, which had made the pleasant trip a pos- 
^ibilitv and a success. Col. Cooper was called "PO". and 
Mr Clark, of New Hampshire; Mr. Tawney, of Minne- 
sota; Mr. Allen, of Mississippi, and many others kept 
:he packed audience convulsed. Mr. Tawney escaped to 
his bfn^.;bWt 3 cotpinittee in charge of the Serge^nt-at- 
Arms was sent after him, and he returned, partially 
dressed and without a collar. He was tlien called at bar 
and asked to explain how he dared come into the House 
without a collar. These proceedings were kept up until 
all sorts of hours in the morning, and marked the official 
adjournment of Congress for the term. 
The Party at Minneapolis. 
MiNNE.'VPOLis, Oct. 3. — The party arrived at an early 
hour in the city of Minneapolis, and went in a body to the 
West Hotel. The Minneapolis Club had planned a ban- 
quet for the members of the party for the evening of 
Oct. 4, and as the arrival was a day ahead of time these 
plans were disarranged. Mr. Shevlin arranged for a late 
luncheon or dinner at the Minneapolis Club, and during 
the day Mr. Thomas Lowry took the party out for a 
trolley ride over his lines in the Twin Cities. 
At the dinner party Mr. W. H. Eustis, ex-Mayor, 
was toastmaster and presided happily. At the re- 
quest of Col. Cooper, Mr. Cristadoro read a number of 
letters of regret from prominent gentlemen all over the 
country who were unable to join the expedition. 
Mr. Eustis spoke of the early history of the Louisiana 
Purchase, mentioning the fact that under the administra- 
tion of Thomas Jefferson a committee had been appointed 
by Congress to investigate that unknown region and to 
secure its purchase from the French. That first purchase 
had been a great thing to the United States, and that first 
committee had builded better than it knew. Here now 
was a second Congressional committee investigating the 
upper waters of the Mississippi. "Gentlemen," said 
Mr. Eustis, "if you set apart a porttion of this region 
for the American people you also may be building better 
than you know." 
Col. Cooper made one of his happy addresses, re- 
counting the chances, the changes, the compromises, the 
little jealousies and bickerings which had come up in 
connection with this enterprise. Col. Cooper made a 
noble address, and left no doubt as to the sincerity and 
steadfastness of his purpose from the start. 
Mr. Cochran, from Missouri, made the speech of the 
evening. He said he thought that the, agricultural lands 
of several Western States would in the future be less 
thickly settled than they were now. The population of 
the country would drift into larger communities, located 
largely along the river valleys. He thought that much 
of the Northwestern land could be classified as unessen- 
tial to agriculture. (Applause.) He thought the cutting 
off of the American forests had not been unpatriotic, 
but had been done through ignorance, and the United 
States should have looked to the reforesting of the de- 
nuded tracts. Even France in the wild days of the 
revolution spared her forests, and the Communists who 
went into the Vendee to pillage and destroy spared to 
the general people the bridges and the forests. "This is 
one of the worthiest and most beneficial movements ever 
started in this country," said Mr. Cochran, and he was 
greeted with a burst of applause. 
Mr. Eustis called upon Mr. Clarke, of New Hamp- 
shire, alluding to the fact that New Hampshire had given 
many noble sons to the West. Mr. Clarke said: "I was 
ignorant of this country, but I have been learning all 
along. It grows on me, and I propose to learn all I can. 
New Hampshire has sent her sons and her institutions 
all over the West, and I feel at home here. I am with 
you in any honorable undertaking you may attempt. I 
am going to meet 3'ou all again to dedicate this beauti- 
ful park begun by Col. Cooper, of Chicago." 
Mr. Allen, of Mississippi, addressed the meeting half 
seriously and half in fun. He said that it was generally 
known that as Private John Allen, of Tupelo, Miss., he 
had been able to prolong the Civil War a couple of years, 
and since then he had kept the country safe, and had 
been prominent in international affairs. Yet as showing 
the quality of fame, he would cite the fact that his 
name had "appeared on a menu as "Col. Joseph Allen, of 
Cupola, Alabama, and he believed in future he would be 
known in that way. Mr. Allen said he had intended to 
make a speech about Col. Cooper, but the Colonel had re- 
lieved him of that necessity. (Laughter.) Referring to 
Mr. Clarke, of New Hampshire, he was reminded of the 
story of the New Hampshire man who was ill, and who 
was asked to prepare for another world. "Well, I have 
been farming here in New Hampshire all my life," said 
he, "and if the next w^orld has anything worse than that 
to offer, let her come!" Mr. Allen said that he was 
much concerned about the headwaters of the Mississippi, 
because that river ran through his own State. The 
Mississippians did not want much water, but they wanted 
it good. He was satisfied that it would be good, because 
his friend Mr. Shevlin had told him that the word Min- 
neapolis was derived from two Greek words, "Minne," ^ 
meaning beautiful, and "Apollinaris." which means' 
water. Mr. Allen concluded by saying, "In the words 
of the exhilarated farmer, "if you want anything, just 
draw on me.' " He said. "I might have been dining with 
President McKinlev and Admiral Dewey, but I came 
here instead, and I have had the most delightful time of 
my life." Mr. Allen said that he had heard the list of 
regrets, and that the men who did not go ought never 
to be heard from. He had come to the place he thought 
best, and w^as satisfied that it was the best place. 
Mr. Mann, of Illinois, was called upon, but stated the 
hour was late and he would speak but briefly. He 
called for three cheers for the National Park of Min- 
nesota, for -Col. Cooper and for the railroads which had 
been so courteous and generous. These salutations were 
given with a will. ■ , , , , 
IMayor Gray, of Minneapolis, said that Congress had 
always done everything that Minnesota had asked. He 
hoped this movement for a park would be kept free 
from pohtics or a low commercialism, and that it should 
always be remembered that its origin was due to the 
women of Minnesota. 
Mr Stevens, of St. Paul, made a good direct speech and 
concluded by saying, "Gentlemen, in some form this 
movement will be successful." 
Mr Gaston, of Pennsylvania, said that he would do 
all that he could to further the interest of the move- 
'^Mr Thomas Shevlin. of Minneapolis, was called udou 
and made an interesting speech. He said' that he had 
alwavs been a destroyer of forests and not a protector. 
His chief aim in life had been to make money, He said 
that in five years more the pine of this region would 
all be gone. If it was thrown open on the markets he 
said he would get his share and take care of himself. 
As Col. Cooper had first outlined this park it took in 
nearly a third of the State and was unreasonable. He 
was willing and eager to see the pine lands of the In-- 
dian reservations set aside, and would do what he could 
to help in this enterprise. At an earlier hour in the 
evening Mr. Shevlin arose and toasted the "New park, 
the greatest in the world." Mr. Shevlin rose for a second 
talk a little later, and his remarks were listened to with 
the keenest interest. 
Mr. J. Adam Bede, of White Pines, Minn., editor of 
Bede's Budget, one of the most renowned humorists of 
his State, and a genius withal, made one of his laughable 
speeches. After this the Eastbouhd party hastened to the 
Burlington train, which started them for Chicago at 
9:30 P. M. 
Disbandment at Chicago. 
Last evcnin.g was spent by the party on the Burlington 
special train pleasantly, but with a certain soberness 
of thought in view of the approaching parting, for many 
of the party felt much drawn toward each other by the 
friendships made under such surroundings. 
Votes of thanks were passed to the Burlington and 
Great Northern railroads, and it certainly is to besaid that 
these railroads did theip part nobly. Acknowledgments 
were also made to Mr. McCartney and Mr. Clow, of the 
camp' committee; to Mr. Pitcher, for his assiduity with 
cigars; to Mr. Chas. Cristadoro, for his unflagging zeal 
and great executive usefulness. These gentlemen have 
each in his way been pOAvers behind the throne. 
Permanent Organization. 
A permanent organization will be formed of all of 
those who made this trip, this movement being in the 
hands of Mr. John A. Campbell, of Chicago, who will 
correspond with the members later. After the forma- 
tion of the park the party will meet again for a trip over 
ihe same country. 
The Results. 
The inception and progress of this project for a Min- 
nesota national park has been followed step by step in 
the columns of the Forest and Stream. The purpose of 
the Association was really completed with the end of this 
Congressional trip. It never was intended to push this 
matter in Congress, but to leave it entirely in the hands 
of the Congressmen who had seen the country. Yet this 
trip was undertaken for results, and it is natural to sur- 
mise what these results will be. 
The story of the trip itself may forecast something 
of the probable Congressional action. These members 
have seen the workings of the dead and down timber 
act, and they have seen the Indians and the Indian lands. 
No one can tell what the entire body of Congress will 
do, but I can say this, that one of the members of Con- 
gress told me that he intended to introduce at the next 
session — and support to the extent of his ability — a bill 
which will practically suspend as by injunction the pres- 
ent cutting of timber on the Indian lands, pending a 
thorough investigation by a special committee of Con- 
gress. This gentleman is in favor of the park, and he 
will not be alone. 
The Opposition. 
A member of Congress said to me that the main oppo- 
sition to the park project would come from Mr. Nelson 
and Mr. Morris, the latter the Duluth representative, who 
fought the park in its first form, and the former the 
father of the dead and down timber act. 
The Indians. 
It is likely that the Indians can be persuaded to sell their 
timber in such form that it can be used for park purposes. 
It will be necessary to sign another treaty with them be- 
fore this can be done, and these Indians have the best_of 
cause to be very much afraid of treaties, for the treaties 
of the past have often been but farces. There are several 
sorts of titles which must be handled in setting apart a 
continuous body of land in area of the extent last sug- 
gested. It is thought these can all be reconciled. The 
Indians will be contented provided they are left alone 
where they are and are not obliged to move. They 
fought for this country and won it, just as we are fighting 
to-day for country across the seas. It is theirs, and should 
be left to them. The white men can share with them the 
sky, the lakes, the beautiful forests of one of the most 
remarkable regions of America. 
A Loophole. 
I have noticed somewhere in the comments of this pro- 
posed park the statement that if it were established it 
would probably be found desirable to cut some of the 
larger timber. I ask careful attention to that statement. 
In France or Germany that might do, but this is America. 
The dead and down timber act was supposed to allow the 
marketing of a limited amount of otherwise useless tim- 
ber belonging to the Indians, but it really meant wholesale 
fraud and a general marketing, for as Congressman 
Tawney remarked, there is not one in a thousand who 
can tell the difference between a live and a dead log after 
it gets in the water. Permission to cut some of the large 
trees, if given to any lumbering concern, would mean 
license to cut anji:hing in sight. We are not marketing 
any of the trees of the Yellowstone Park, or using its 
geysers for commercial purposes. The Government of the 
United States can afford to buy and keep this country as 
it is to-day, and to give it to the people as the one por- 
tion of our territory most nearly approaching in primeval 
beauty this magnificent land when nature was its only 
sovereign and the wild beasts and the wild men its only 
citizens. 
Atmosphere. 
A special car party, traveling with the private car of 
General Manager Whitman, of the Northwestern Road, 
and made up of Mr. Whitman, Messrs. L. Wolff, C. J. 
and Fred Wolff, are just back from a shooting trip in 
South Dakota. They were gone a week or more, and got 
fortv birds. They report the atmosphere as bracing and 
all that could be asked. • F. Hqwh. 
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