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ber. Every evidence tends to show that he lost his life in 

 the vain endeavor to rescue a boy friend, R. S. Wallis, who 

 was unable to swim. The Field Club has assisted every 

 effort and used every incentive to recover the bodies, and 

 has adopted the following memorial: 



Resolved, that the Washington Biologists' Field Club 

 has suffered a profound loss in the death of Mr. Joseph 

 H. Painter; that the Club has the highest admiration and 

 respect for the noble character and heroic sacrifice for a 

 younger companion which appears to have led to Mr. 

 Painter's untimely end; that the Club extends its sincerest 

 sympathy to the bereaved relatives. 



WANTED — 5 copies of Plant World for February, 

 1908. 25 cents each will be paid for this number. Address 

 the Plant World, Tucson. 



