The Kusko times., 1926-08-21

1 m VleW ot these considerations. wHicn T-have advanced in more or less desultory way, it seems to me that 1he pending bill is one ~, that 1 should compslnd the full, the unquaii- 1 fed, nay, the earnest and enthusiastic approval of every member of this bedy.
 MT. Shipstead. MT. President, T have read this bill carefully; and if there is anything objectionable in il, 1t musG 6e in it's administration. I believe that there is a grave misuFl- derstanding of the bill las to>mhat it seeks to aecompish.
 :, am not going tn take upsthe time of the Senate to gointe any. rhapsody- of the heauties of. outdoor life in the i United States. l think if4I know any thing about any subiect-at all l know something about the wild life Of America. aEver since I was a boy I have enjoyed it, Lhave seen it grad ualy diminish ,a nd Adisappear. When 1 think of what we used to do 2a or 30 years ago | amnasfFaanedJ Jet all the game which I-have killed: but if those days we did it ,becsuse9 wet did not know any better; we did It -aecsuse we 1 thought 1t was a. mark of distinction to go out -andi kill a lot of birds in a day. When we become Sldei', however. we acquire another point of view. 1 have come now to a period in life where-4I am perfectly satisfied ito gre out and get couple of ducks in a days time, or, if 5 zlo.noA get any at all, II can enjoy the outdoors. The joy of many days in the greatfoutdoors Is dulled by regretfuf memories of the many wild fowld have killed. Many years ago l came to- the conclusion that the joys of outdoer sports do not consist of killind | doubt if a killer can enjoy the outdoors If the wild i life of America is going sto: be permit ted to- vanish entirely, a wonderful source of recreation which the people of America fraNe for enjoying the out doors will be lost ts future genera tions.
 1 l wish to call the attEaiion of the ] Senate to a very few. things dhat I think; are misunderstood. abuut this bill. Lean n0t find in this bill that any shooting IS going toNbes permitted in -theysanctuaries OF places of refuge. Ip groundsfare entirely distinct.
 Let rsae say a few words as1 the question of bird refuges oor. ..sanctu- aries. The birds lbreed np-in the Hud son Bay region, m -NGrthern Canada, ; and in Northern United States. In the fall they start te migrate south- 1 have seen in the early morning focks of 200 or 300 ducks come down from the north. They very likely have been on the wing all night; they are tired; they want to come down te rest and to feed, but there is no place for them to alight; there is no refuge for them.
 1 have seen them swing from4R half or a mile in the air to down. to 3. lake, but there they found some hunt CTS with abunch of deeoVs,~and they started shooting at them before they hit the water. The ducks would go up in the air again and fly to another lake, possibly a mile OF a mile and .a half distant, where they would come down, but hunters there would start shooting at them So the flock of ducks would b ekeph flying from one lake to another, until finally they would. fly high dsi, the air again and seek some place a considerable dis tance farther, on. where. the chances are they would have the same experi- ence. There is no place of rest, no place ghere they may feed, no place ,l of refuges, there is no sanctuary for them. As result the ducks keep on ;, going if they are physically able to go, tbtft the. chances are that the next yeah there is no duck flight ill that gl region, and the people of that rart of the country lose the ,,pnr the n- spiratien, 2 the pleasure, and privilege of hunting ducks. So under this bill, along the avenues or trails of migra-