Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-08-11
TO SAVE MILLIONS OF BIRDS

SOu1 EAh6NSSI ~ DO
you want to be in the great muve-
ment for the preservation of bird
life in America? Uncle Sam is
offering you the opportunity. Un-
der the new Mclean Law, the first
federal bird protection law ever
pasted, certain regulationsfor closed
seasons, etc, have been proposed
to go into effect on October l. But
before these regulations are finally
adopted the Department of Agri
culture will conduct hearings in
various parts of the country to dis
cuss the effect Of the proposed
rules, and what additional regula-
tions may be needed.
If you are interested in this sub
ject and have any practical ideas
to submit. here is YOUR chance to
have share in the conservation
of bird life. Every good sports
man, every farmer who realiz, S
the value of birds in presenting
crop destruction by insects, and
every lover of out doors ought to
cooperate with the government in
this work. If 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, 100000. Birds are
the great destroyers of insects. 1t
would undoubtedly bring a tre-
mendous calamity upon thn coun-
try if the insectivorous birds were
to become extinct. yet wholesale
butchery of many species threatens
tfi FRY outcome. The Mclean
bin Tor the first time recognized
migratory birds which cross state
lines as 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 authority of this Law will be
vigorously enforced, since infringe
ments of these regulations will be-
come an offense against the United
States, and it is proposed to on.
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
protec ion 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
Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio riv-
ers. For five years most shore
birds and many of the insectivur-
Gus perching species will have COM
plete protection. 1t is proposed
practically to abolish spring shoot
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, gallinules. and sora; shore
birds including avocets, rurIew,
doE hers, godwits, knots, oyster
ca6isers, phalaropes, plover, sand
pipers, snipes, stills and surf birds,
turnstones, willet, woodcock, and
yellow leg; doves and wild pigeons;
and the following insectivorous
birds:
Bobolinks, catbirds, chicadees,