The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-26


,1elenlstlc Greece Was one such act
10 THIS case ! had power myself TO
1IeSt the mint 10 employ Saint-Gau-
gems The nrst. and most beautiful.
OF ms coins were issued in thousands
before Congress assembled or could
intervene; and a great and permanent
Improvement was made in the beauty
OF the coinage. In the same way. on
ne advice and suggestion OF Frank
Mliet. We got some really capital med
ais oy sculptors OF the first rank Sim
llarly. the new buildings in Washinb.
ION We're erected and placed in proper
relation TO one another. on plans pro
Nlded by the best architects and land
scape architects | also appointed A
/ = Inc Arts Council, an unpaid body of
me pest architects, painters and sculp.
, eo.s IN the country. TO advise the gov
tlon OF all new buildings The pork
barreI Senators and ConRressmen
ielt Tor this body an Instructive. and
perhaps from their standpoint a nat.
utal, hostility; and my successor a
yoked the appointment and disbanded
the council
Wild Life.
Even more important was the TAX
me OF steps TO preserve from de-
strucuon beautiful and wonderful
via Creatures whose existence was
threatened by greed and wantonness.
Durlng the seven and a half wears
closing March 4. 1909. more was ac-
compiished for the protection of wild
NE in the United States than during
al the previous years. excepting only
the creation of the Yellowstone Ma
Slonai Park- The record includes the
creation OF hve National Parks-Cra-
ter Lake. Oregon; Wind Cave. south
Dakota; Plat, Oklahoma; Sully hin.
North Dakota. and Mesa Verde. Col
orado; four big game refugees In OK
iaho1na, Arizona. Montana and Wash
inston' hIty -one bird reservations:
ana the enactment OF laws for the
protection OF wild life in Alaska. the
district OF Columbia. and on National
bird reserves. These measures may
De briefly enumerated as follows.
The enactment of the first game
laws Tor the Territory OF Alaska in
isVZ and 1905, resulting in the regu-
iatlon or the export OF heads and
trophies of big game and putting an
end 10 the slaughter OF deer for hides
aions the southern coast of the Ter
ritory.
The securing in 1902 OF the first
appropriation for the preservation OF
Dunalo and the establishment in the
Yellowstone National Park of the
hrst and now largest herd of buffalo
oeIonging TO the Government
Inc passage OF the Act Of January
-, 1905, creating the Wichita Game
Preserve, the nrst of the National
game preserves. In 1907, 1900 acres
OF this preserve were inclosed with
a wozen wire fence for the reception
OF the herd OF fifteen buffalo donated
by the New York Geological Society.
The passage OF the Act OF June
70, 1905. providing for the establish
ment OF the Grand Canon Game
Preserve OF Arizona, now comprising
1892 g2S acres
The passage Of the National Mon
uments Act OF June s, 1906 under
which a number of objects OF scien-
tine interest have been preserved for
created are Muir Woods, PinnacIes
National Monument in California.
ana the Mount Olympus National
Monument. Washington. which form
important refugees for game.
Inc passage of the Act OF June so.
1906. regulating shooting in teh Dis
trict OF Columbia and making three
fourths of the environs OF the national
capital within the District in effect a
national refuge
The passage of the Act OF Nav %.
IsOs; providing for the establishment
or the national bison range in Mon
tana. This range comprises about Is
OUV acres OF land formerly in the
flathead Indian reservation on which
IS now established a herd OF eighty
puHdlO, the nucleus OF which was do
mated 10 the government by the
Areican Bison society.
The establishment by executive or
der between March IA. 1909 and
March I. 1909. OF fifty-one national
bird reservations distributed in seven.
teen states and territories from PORTO
RICO to Hawaii and Alaska. The ere
ation OF these reservations az once
placed the United States in the front
rank in the world work OF bird pro
tecJion. Among these reservations are
me celebrated Pelican Island rOokerv
IN indian River Florida. the Nosnulto
inlet reservation. Florida. the nor
theTnmOst home OF the mauatee. the
extensive marshes bordering Klamath
ana Malhcur Lakes in Oregon. former
~ tne scene OF slaughter OF ducks for
market and ruthless destruction OF
plume birds for the millinery trade.
me Tortugas Key. Florida. where I'm
connection with the Carnegie Insfi.
lute, experiments have been made ON
| Tue homing Instinct OF birds. and the
great bird colonies on Lavsan and sis
Ter lslets IN Hawaii some OF the
greatest colonies OF sea birds i'm the
nc next installmcnt OF Mr. Rooso-
Ielt Chapters 81 n Possible Nuto.
DD!otIaphy Is entitled. The RIG
ollch and the Square Deal" 10 will
appear February o.
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