Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-05
CHILDREN RALLY TO
PROTECT BIRDS
Army of Young Americans
Forming to Take Care Of the
Feathered SongsterSi the.
Schools to Spread Movement

Especial Correspondents 10 Morning Journal
New York, June 29.-To enlist
every American hoy and girl in one
great child army to guard the bird
resources of their country is the OH
iect of "A an Jpaign hat has been be-
gun iruMoI = ity today. Under the
dirttxaW ~ National association
OF u a. l%cicties it is planned to
try to W VERY one of the twenty
million scFi children scattered over
the continent and form them into 4
active and united fighting force for
the feathered crop guards whose
butchery is now threatening the IS
ricultural wealth of coming genera
tons. Already it is reported hat the
children of many states are enrolling
IN the ranks OF this national array ol
boys and girls on whom the Audubon
officials base their brightest hopes OF
future protection for The birds.
10 muster the children of tn
south into the vanguard of this boy
ami girl army. r. Gilbert Pearson,
secretary of h Audubon association,
has today gone to Knoxville where he
viii lecture To several thousand teach
crs at their summer school on the
relation of birds to agriculture aud
the best methods of teaching this inn
portant subject in schools. with an
endowment of 100000. which it -
hoped may be obtained from the Pea
body fund next fall, this branch OF
edcuation viii hc pushed aud extend
ed throughout the southern states tin
every child in this section has be-
come an active advocate of the proper
protection OF its valuable bird re-
From ohio II is reported today that
the boys of Cincinnati are already
heading AN extensive child move
mont in that state 10y building l.200
houses for the birds who sadly need
their shelter in the parks. Instead of
rubhing birds nests of their eggs,
these boys as wen as many others
throughout the country are now in
in the equally interesting oc-
cupatiou of making and placing these
bird shelters la the trees where they
viii hc patronized by the native
such work has been done Ia
Germany for "a long time with spien-
did results
ON the Pacific coast and In New
England the children are now ready
10 organic, for the work OF guarding
birds IA which their elders are
Interested. In New York
state hundreds OF thousands OF school
children are known To be eager %
enlist The boys and girls OF Illinois
are also reported to hc preparing 20
make up "a good large section of IA"
young army Thousands of pamph-
lets showing the children the uses
habits of over sixty American
bird species. have been distributed m
schools over the entire country hy
National Association ot Audubon
societies during the past year lee pre-
p|atsti1n for this movement by Amer
lean boys and girls. n sufficient
become available for this cdu-
campaign il is planned t.
spread an, nowlcdgc Of every bird
in the land in this WAY So every
school house ON the continent
we must depend on the little folk
to take up this battle for the birds
which We have Wascd for years an
the country. said William
butcher. president ~ the National as
ISOLATION OF Audubon societies at IT.
headquarters. lAi Broadway, today
BESIDES the great sentimental inter-
e-t which the children take IN the
fvathered ~saagsiers of their bone
the, must he taught To real
.ze that their native land Will bccoflc |
barren in a few generations % thr
.nscct-eaung hircs are not preserved
and increased. This Is a great and
vital worA of national education ana
hope to rally thousands Of parents
10 Its active support