Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-26
WILL ORGANIZE FOR
BIRD PROTECTION
Local Branches Have Had Stringent
Laws Passed in Several Counties
~ and Hope to Center Efforts by
State Society

A meeting to organize the Audubon
society of the state of California will
be held at the chamber of commerce
Thursday, May 81 at II o'clock a. m.
The call comes from w. Scott Way,
secretary of the Audubon society of
been carrying on it's work of protect
ing birds.
Mainly through the efforts of this
society state law protecting all the
non-game birds, out a few species
classed as harmful, has been enacted
Ordinances prohibiting shooting on the
public highways have been adopted in
Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz
and other counties. Other ordinances
materially reducing the open period for
hunting the mourning dove, and thus
in measure shielding that useful bird
during a part of its nesting season,
have been obtained in a number of
counties. More than 10000 leaflets and
warning notices calling attention to the
value of the birds and the laws in
tended to protect them have been dis
tributed throughout the state. Several
hundred school children have pledged
themselves as junior Audubon workers
and bird protectors and systematic aid
has been given the state and county
authorities in the protection of the
Wild game during the closed season.
NiFor the future the society is pledged
to obtain national and state Legislation
setting apart portions of the public do
main, especially forest reserves, as
refugees and breeding grounds for ma
tive wild birds and game; to urge state
legislation giving absolute protection
to the mourning dove during its nest
ing period, and for a shorter open sea-
son for all game birds and animals
that may seem to be approaching ex-
tinction; to urge state license tax on
hunters, such as is now in force III
Washington, Oregon and thirty-eight
other states of the union; to urge rigid
state regulations of the use of fire.
arms by aliens, who are shown by
records of the state fish and game COM
mission and other reliable evidence to
be the most persistent destroyers of
our song birds, as well as the most
frequent violators of the laws for the
protection of our wild game; to aid and
assist other organizations in protecting
the native growth on the forest re-
serves and encourage the acquisition
and preservation of wild land by towns
and cities as public parks, and to en-
courage nature study in the public
schools.
In order that work may be efficiently
carried on along these lines state
organization of the Audubon society
seems a necessity The local societies
have borne the burden thus far, and
they now call upon the friends of the
birds throughout the state to give
little of their aid to this merciful work
Of shielding from determination our
Ronderful variety of bird-life-to the
Xattre lover one of the most attractive
features of California.
County ordinances to save the StarV-
ing young by prohibiting the shooting
Of the mourning doves in the nesting
season (petitioned for by more than
1000 of the leading citizens of Los An
geIes county, have been attacked by
the appellate court, and the power OF
county supervisors to protect any pass
ing species Is now before the state SUI
preme court for final adjudication
The Organization committee is COM
posed of the following persons: DR.
David starr Jordan. Stanford univel-
sity; DR. Frederick W. D'EVelyn, San
Francisco; Senator G. r.. Iukens, Ala
media; Albert X. Smiley. Redlands; G.
N. Hitchcock, San Diego; Frank
Virgins, Los Angeles; b. M. Davis.
state normal school, Chico; ii. Il, Story,
DR. T.. l., Conger Charles Frederick
Holder, Pasadena; Mrs. j. c, Nc
Cracken. Santa Cruz; Charles f. Lum-
mis-, Los Angeles; Mrs. Elizabeth Grim
nell, DR.. Garrett Newkirk, II. p, Luz
kens, Pasadena; Mrs. w. A. Scipps, AL
tadena; Mrs. Minna E. Sherman, w.
r. Mcintosh, Fresno; w. Scott Way,
secretary Pasadena.