The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-10-18
J.F. LACEY HONORED.
Presented With Watch in Token
of Game Law.

Hon. John F. Lacey, who came
home this morning from Avery, where
he had splendid meeting last night,
found an elegant gold watch and
chain here awaiting him. 1t was a
gift from the League of American
Sportsmen in token of their high re-
gard for the Lacey Game Law, which
represents eight years of hard labor
by it's author. The watch is of the
best of Waltham manufacture, and it
was made entirely in the United
States. The case is elegantly carved
with figures of birds and other ap-
propriate marks, and on the outside
is the inscription,
81. A. s. Pr ttct the Game"
On the inside of the back case is a
picture of the majors daughter Mrs
Nellie Brewster and her daughter,
little Doris Brewster. On the inside
cover is another inscription as fol
lows:
"Presented By the league of Amert-
"a" SportSmen to the H"nor"6le job"
F. Larey, the f,iemd IF tho birds, in
ecognitton Of his great WOrk in stcur-
g the passage # the Lacey Game
Blu, Decem6 ? IS, 1907
The present is a handsome one and
IS highly appreciated by Mr.. Lacey
Accompanying the watch was the
following letter of presentation:
The League of American Sportsmen,
Once % West Gath Street, N. Y
October II, 1900.
Hon John F. Lacey,
Oskaloosa, Iowa,
My Dear Sir: | send you by ex-
press today a watch which is given
you by the League of American
Sportsmen, ana which l beg you to-
accept az a slight token of our ap-
probation of your grand work in
rafting and pushing through Con
yress the Lacey Game Bill.
This watch was bought by a fund
made up from small contribution
rom the members, and which have
come from every state and territory
in the Union.
Being a typical American, it MAY
interest you to know that this is an
American watch. The movement
was made by the American Waltham
Watch Co., of Waltham, Mass, and
- the best they can produce at any
orice. The case IL of American gold,
made by the Dubois Watch Case Co
f this city, and is the best possible
product of their factory.
The designs for the cases were
drawn by an American artist anc
.oldier, Captain @. B Hudson, and
be engraving val done by an Amer
can citizen.
After all, this is but a slight token
# the love which every America
portsman, every naturalist.and every
1ird lover in this country feels for
vou. You have done a greater ser
vice to these and to the agricultural
interests of the country than any
,ther man has ever done, and future
ganerations-for hundreds of years
i'll bless you and revere your mem
Dry.
The Lacey bill will work a direct
saving of hundreds of millions of dol.
lars to the farmers in the years to
come.
From this time forward we may ex-
pect to see birds of all kinds increase
rapidly. When our forests shall
again become musical with the notes
of the feathered songsters; when our
prairies and cOverts shall again be
come thickly populated with quails
and grouse; when our southern hills
tgain resound with the challenge of
he wild turkey, we a point to
'hese feathered hosts and say, "Mr.
Lacey did it"
When the farmers can sit down in
the shade of the great oak, look over
his b]ounteous field of grain, his or
chard bending under its burden Of
fruit, and his thrifty gardens, and
say, Thank God, the bugs and the
worms have quit, because the birds
have returned, we a say to him,
Eyes, and Mr.. Lacey did it,"
| trust, my dear friend, that this
watch may be a daily, an hourly re-
hinder to you that republics are not
ungrateful; that while perhaps many
people may not appreciate YOU work
there are hundreds OF thousands of
men women and children everywhere
who will bless you and thank you
every time they see a beautiful bird
or hear n sing.
Yours truly,
q q Pres.