Show r I U. U S. S TO TAKE OVER ISLE ROYALE IN N HEART OF FLAKE LAKE SUPERIOR WASHINGTON March 19 By Et IT U. P. P P.-If P. If Isle Royale a a. virgin Island be becomes becomes becomes be- be in the heart of Lake Lae Superior comes a a. national recreation area of Secretary Secretary of one of the dreams the Interior Work York will be realized Steps have already been ta taken en by bythe bythe bythe Island the secretary to procure the for national park purposes A portion portion portion por por- tion of the land owned by the state I of Michigan has been donated bythe bythe by bythe the federal government and several private owners have Informed the I secretary of their disposition to follow follow fol follow fol- fol low the states state's action As soon as asI the tho entire acreage has been transferred transferred transferred trans trans- by gift gUt to the government I Secretary Work will recommend to the president that it be converted I Into a national monument The island has an n area of acres It Is 45 miles long and 9 miles wide It lies almost in the center of the thel lake and is thirty- thirty five miles from Duluth Minn 1 and eighteen een miles from Port Arthur Once the transfer to the government government govern govern- I ment is effected it is the plan to preserve the features of the island Here among the stately trees the ax of oC the woodcutter has never been heard hard Over the mossy banks Q and leaf covered stretches roam herds nerds of moose woodland caribou and other animals which have never heard the report of the hunters hunter's hunters hunter's hunters hunter's hunt hunt- ers er's gU gun In Its twenty-one twenty cool Inland lakes and swift swift-flo swift swift-flo-Ing ing streams live finny tribes who have never been tempted tempt d by the fishermans fisherman's fishermans fisherman's fishermans fisher- fisher mans man's bait n the tree tops are breeding places of innumerable wild fowl migratory song and in insectivorous insectivorous insectivorous in- in birds and gulls and terns Evidence of prehistoric mining and Inhabitants have been uncovered uncovered uncovered ered in sections of the island It is the only place known to man where green stones and have b been en found For many reasons the Island Is of unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual scientific interest and offers rare opportunities for research and study This island it seems to me said Secretary Work Vork fully measures up to national monument standards and I have no doubt that It is qualified qualified fied fled for a conspicuous place in the national park system If practically practical practical- ly all of the holdings can be secured for the e States I will be bo pleas pleased d to exercise the th power vested vested vest est ed cd in me by law to accept the gift gUt and recommend to the president 1 that he establish a a national monument monument I ment to preserve the island in its natural condition I |