The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-06-07
BIRD WARDEN At
LAYSAN WANTED
Prof. Bryan Recommends One
and Also a Wireless Station
for Midway.

That there should be bird warden
permanently stationed in the Hawaiian
federal bird reserve, provided with
boat in which to cruise about among
the bird islands, and that there should
/ be wireless station on Midway, are
the recommendations made by Prof. w.
Alanson Bryan in report made by him
to the department of agriculture, bio.
logical survey, in connection with his
latest trip to baysan Island, in company
with Prof. IL. X. Dill and others. His
report and that of Professor Dill have
been published by the department.
The latter throws n strong light on
the heartless methods employed by the
Japanese bird poachers who were cap
tured on Laysan by tho revenue cutter
as petted wards of the government and
finally turned loose, with hundreds of
dollars of the taxpayers money in their
pockets.
Tnhuman Cruelty
''Here on every side," says Professor
Dill, describing the landing on the isl.
showing whore tho noacbeIs have niIe3
the bodies of the birds ns thew stripned
them of wings and fentbers In The
old open guano shed were seen the re-
mains of hundreds and possibly thou
sads of wings which were placed there
r but never cured for shipping, as the
, s~ori, "''' i"'oi'uP''u ~ "noii
ia a., .;,. H., q a.,
, III, ~ us "a oaeN u onS VI .ne
. ,.n,,as sss SUI vi Si"9.y .nas
s n,paasus anSsn;ns e'sG uono ny 'hose
o,,t;,, sans n.aS pls"'os no' "a
u .'i EN-. o P ,;',i, VI vut1'Ie .no
t ns' LII az; n,"S umus anu Ie"ving
I'm ill., ~ wy " ,;,; =; naso' u 'nls
Nv hnnSrnds 80 a,o,niE S stnrn W. , nops
~ ~ ~ s Sn..V s.N1 W uea.n .
~ t .ls Wy WIG ia..y sisSue yihg n ,a
W wy shin "as uSS gu up, anu 'no sSln
l'W"s ient q1''G teo ,ioh eiease, !" snae
, ieIuu ~" VI no ciohiins "uf-
4 ny W. W., "th .,.; ILL. L
o'oi ~ sienis, SucI
- ny 1 ,s W youns u'us sn"' nal
peon W. 10 s'aiso anu piIIs WIN
oloe" ess "Hu ueio.,neu peuas' weI9
I'll. ;s,,,i,,.t' .' ~. y. n.s, aI
49,. 70, 80 y 'IIeo ,na nuu :.
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puAes w w. us9u N shiPplnB the nllo
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Full Protection Needed.
Professor Rryan in concluding his re.
u mort sovs.
"As to the future carotof this won.
o derful colony. would suggest that the
s most effective wav 10 con1erve the bird
Q life il 10 annoint a warden FOR Tho re-
d seryation who sbould have ooneraI an
10 neryision. ~ these Low ly;nn HsIonds ora
g. their bird inhabitants. A resident war.
% den should then be provided who should
II be supplied with small auxiliary
y power schooner, or n large power sam
pan, that would enable him to make
frequent and unannounced visits at ir-
regular intervals to All of tho islands
along the chain. The installation of a
u wireless station at Midway, where the
,e power and facilities arc already avail.
d able, would add greatly to the conyen.
!, Iicnce and safety Of commerce and trans.
pacific travel and would put the isl.
Is ands of the chain in direct touch with
G. Honolulu and the outside world.
''1f a vessel such as has been suR-
- gested should be stationed at Laysan
or Midway Island il would be an impor.
tant step toward the proper supervision
of all the outlying islands, whether in.
cluded in the reservation or not. Nat.
urally the people and the authorities
of the Territory of Hawaii feel keen
interest in the welfare of this reser
vation. A feeling is growing that the
day is not far distant when this Terri
tory will look upon the leeward chain
of islands as forming great natural
park as interesting and wonderful in
its way and as instructive to visit "a
are any of the other famous NATIONAL
parks.
1.-THE visiting of these islands and
reefs by interested persons, should thew
be opened to the public under proper
regulations and supervision, win result
In no harm to the breeding colony, .as
the long residence Of the guano com