Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-01-14
COUNT NATIONS GAME BAG
Sportsmen Aid Audubon Work
ers to Check Market Hunters
Census of Dying Races Of Game, Only
Hope of Future Sport--Statc
Laws Way Help.

| New York. Ian To ,noseuro tho con-
tents Of I.ncIo same g,,,,o Inc ,,,,,,..
| the nov ve,r fe tho obioc, of , co,cort
ed effort i'm v,bicb enort e-,o, C,,n, o,.o,,.
section of the country ore icinir, two
national association ar Audphon .ocie.ios
| in this city bntntlcI r,,,r,lq of aach
DAVIS shoot are TO ha scc,r,d frnn, n.y.
ery true SPORTSMAN ANA ro.u,;roI ~ law
of every one else il is rrono..t. inv iii
statcs vnorc tha Audohnr and .,cr,i,r
intcre.ts Will urge the erwin. u,.d # leg
lslatiou 10 this effect. rul.e$ tho annual
inruads uron tho raoid,,. oocrpa.ins game
Of America are thus determined the
headers OF the now movement declared
to-day. shooting A. 4 healthy recreation
will soon I've killed I'm almost every region
Of tho continents
That tLc health. crops ara woods. as
well IS the sport. Of many extensive To-
calitics are to-day seriously menaccd nv
the ,Xtuction OF game birds VIII be
demonstrated bv the latest results Of
the scientific investis;,tions Of govern
ment authorities Mt WASHINGTON. Water
| fowl ard shore birds VII he shown in
| their natural onnacttv OF DESTROYING the
anonbolea n,osoiito os we'll rs MANY
other recognized distributors Of deadly
germs Culls and manv other varieties
Of sen and inland ,yat.r birds ylll be
iproyon nv otnltholori.ni experts to be
Ylolo.ala de.trovers o. rrasshoppers and
a ,nultitfI. Of fine insecta which cause
an annual croo and fores, loss OF near
IL n hiutrn dollars. or more than tho
entire National debt as recently announc-
cd according to the most recent
calculations Of the government burcau
of cutomologv. The case of Salt Lake
iCitv. whose peoplo have erected a monu-
lncut tn tho plllls tina, saved all their
crous from, destruction by an insect
ulaulc will also bn cited.
In every ono Of the fortv-four state
ropielatrres which are beginning TO con-
vene for tbo re,,. venr snecinl efforts ia
obtain legal provision for this game cen
sus arc being plauncd among organized
sportsmen and Audubon workers. Where
n hunters license law is already in force
tha addition of a law to enforce the re-
! cording of all game birds and animals
shot will he urged. II is proposed. in or
der TO protect the true sportsmen and 10
detect market hunters. to punish failure
to report the seasons shoot by a forf.it-
| ,rn Of license md false returns by pro-
coedin,. as against perjury. Snecial
blanks for the purpose are being srepar-
81 as an attachment to all hunters Il
ico,se cards
When .1c nurpo.c and necessity Of
thie ,vidcsnroad cnocl,ire- nm Of the ma
tiou.s aan,c bar. is realized nv the people
Mt large the labor Of compiling the rec
ords of tho indi,idual rrovess Of mill
| ions az hi,utors VIII he heei,u. In this
gigantic task the officers of the national
association n. Audubon societies have
| ,cen nro,njeod tho hoarty assistance of
+ho director n, tho national conservation
communications y coordino+e branch or which
,,etr ory,niya,ion has borome nv the
srac;aI ;n,.itation Of .ha artborities at
| N.as,,i,r.o, This conservation move
want ,hov r.,u -orr.ord az mo NJ their