Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-08-15
TO SAVE MILLIONS OF BIRDs

VIC kteat mOVe,
ment for the preservation Of b;,a
life In America? Uncle Sam :,
Offering you the opportunity. I'm.
der the new Mclean Law. the frs,
federal bird protection Law ava,
pasted. certain regulosatfor closedin
seasons. etc. have been propussd
to go into effect on October l. INT
before these regulations are fnsllv
adopted the Department Of Aeri.
culture will conduct hearings in
various parts Of the country to dis.
euss the effect If the propo,ed
rules. and what additional repul..
tions may be needed.
II you are interested in this spb.
ject and have any practical idea,
to submit. here is YOUR chance n
have q share in the conservation
Of bird life. Every good sports.
man, every farmer who realiz,,
the value Of birds in presenting
crop destruction by insects, and
every lover of out doors ought 10
cooperate with the government in
this work. II you have any sug.
gestions to offer communicate with
the secretary Of Agriculture and
he will notify you when the hear.
ing in your section is to be held.
The value Of agricultural pro.
ducts destroyed by insects every
year amounts to the staggering
sum of $500. OOO, 900. Birds are
the great destr overs Of insects. II
would undoubte ly bring a tre-
mendous calamity upon the our.
try if the insectivorous birds wers
to become extinct. yet wholesale
butchery OF many species threatens
this very outcome. The Mclean
bill for the first time recognized
migratory birds which cross state
lines as a federal government, care.
and the new federal Law will super.
cede all state regulations, except as
specifically provided for in the re-
gulations.
The regulations TO be adopted
under %authoirtS Of this lAw will be
vigorously enforced, since infringe.
ments Of these regulations ~ill be.
come an offense against the United
States. and it is proposed to en-
force the law as drastically as the
! laws against counterfeiting are
now administered. The game ward.
ems will be United States officers.
Several results are aimed at by
the proposed regulations. They
will give greater uniformity in the
protection Of birds in the several
states. 1t is desired to protect
birds en- route to their nesting
places in the spring and during
the mating season. The night
killing Of birds will be prohibited.
Several great safety" routes f.om
north to south will be maintained
: by the government following the
p Mississippi. Missouri and Ohio riy.
t ers. For five years most shore
birds and many Of the insectivur-
t Gus ~perching species will have com.
plete protection. IL is proposed
practically to abolish spring shoot.
r ing seasons. the open season aver.
aging two months in the late fall.
The regulations will also pre-
. scribe what varieties Of bird will
+ come within the meaning Of the
: act. These are water foul such
. as brant, wild duck. geese and
= swans, cranes. rails, including
coots, g%allinules. and sorn; shore
B birds including svocets, curIew,
{ dowitehers. godwits. knots, oyster
c%atchers, phalaropes. p~lover, sand
pipers, snipes. stills and surf birds,
turnstones. willet, woodcock. and
yellow leg; doves and wild pigeons;
and the following insectivorous
birds:
Bobolinks. catbirds, chicaders.
cuckoos. flycatchers, g~rosbeaks.
humming birds. kinglets, martins.
meadow Iarks. night hawks or bull
bats. nuihatches, orioles, robins.
Hhrikes. swallows, swifts, hangers
titmiee, t~hrushes, v~ireos. warblers
waxwinRs, whip-poor-wills. wood
pscksrs and vrens. and all other
perching birds which feed entirely
or chiefly IN insects. The killing
OF these in~sprtjvoToua b;rda TO