The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-07-31


- s,-eh,l,s IN a marsh at Nevada, Mo. 1t real
- - distinguished party. In 1t were Attorney
G~avua Frank McAliister of Missouri; j. Il. Key
-. q Kansas City; q. s. Vilmoare. hansas
g. and n. s. B0dine and Clarence Evans VI
nA he.
- uientory bird act, which among other things
uusAniis spring shooting Of water fowl. HOW
- 4 then, that the attorney general OF the
49, e Missouri was In the partyT
nm. he was "from Missouri" The Missouri
80 ksve to be shown. you know. And Attor-
- 0eaeral McAllister and his friends had an
- aAat the migratory bird act was uncOnstitu-
enna They liked to shoot ducks-sprfng, as
- a fall-and they proclaimed that the act
aanreered with the sovereignty Of the state OF
Uurf and with the property rights OF the peo-
- g Missouri.
- Attorney General McAllister Of Missouri
- ~ friends went hunting March Z. 1919.
~.ver. they didn't care who knew It, Maybe
- evea tipped it of to the federal game war
-. Anyway the federal game wardens put In
= sppearance and arrested the attorney general
- - party. The party was arraigned at Clin-
- ~ McAilister took the case into court. ask
- - m Injunction to restrain the federal game
-nezs from enforcing the law. Federal Judge
- n Van valkenburgh held the law constitutional
- 1he state appealed to the United States Su-
pme curt.
= oeorxe Shras III, and Elihu Root the
49, ~ bird-lOverS owe gratitude. so 90 the
81 gardeners and farmers who. with the
nnrsDssrSss birds gone. would be eaten up oy
- rugsct foes George Shiras member OF
eevess from Pennsylvania. began the light away
- 1904 Elihu Root-possfbly the most com.
-nDe intellect In the country today-cinched
- vfetsy.
= OnAert Pearson secretary and executive Of
- ~ National Association of Audubon So
-. vis has also q big share In the victory
g vsaeswake citizen and thoroughly familiar
- ~ situation. Let him tell the story OF tne
q. aasa aght. Says Mr.. Pearson:
sopsrxe Shiras III. was man ofsmeans VINO
- hhassted ID good works. In looking owe.
- anunklen In reference to the protection OK
-. - Alscovered that the states all had diner
- ssaruus I'm which migratory game birds could
= snes snd that what the situation really amount-
- -. that same birds could be shot In DIFF
- ,arts OF the country all through the year.
>aeised that the only way to remedy TINS statc
Iesnnlss. which would In time result In the eH'
Asss u game birds. waste put tne ma''el an,
- seSesxrsent control and thus 90 away WIN
- oe.aHaat and everlasting wrangiing q tne
49, 10 he iatrodeced q bill In congress Tor
- .r,aectioa Of 1migrasory birds. II vas re
49, g : committee and put IN pisesnhole
- - ms the last q It.
eerr tins Zine sAe only protection law In
- = fhe states - Ne :Andnbon iew. wnicn
- ~pcpeded IN gefting enacfed = I'll ouL -
$500 1900 This However, did not prohibit tns
! srIuse "a birds IN 1910 We brought ABOUT tne
ss1Ilsjoa q the sale Of aisrettes.
!. - tAeory. the state game laws worked r'ce-
$50 !, eouid be shown paper that each
-. rSuld have its chosen shooting season ano
- serre would be no dying cut q Oiros. nu'
~--.~tlce they did not work % we'll TAKE Dl
se.,e duck shooting-whea the Dues st"t'
- h the spring they are nanas sne ~