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Bird - Lore 



CHARLES HENRY DAVIS 



By the death of Charles Henry Davis, 

 on October 5, 1 g iS, there passed away one 

 of the sterling citizens of Michigan who did 

 much for the upbuilding of the northern 

 portions of the Middle West. 



The first twenty-one years of Mr. 

 I );i\ is' life were spent fit her in school or on 

 his father's farm mar Portsmouth, N. H. 

 In 1869, however, he went to Michigan, 

 and in lime became one of the leading 

 figures in the lumber and mining interests 

 of that state. 



Mr. Davis was a sportsman in its 



broadest sense, and his periods of recrea- 

 tion were largely passed in hunting and 

 fishing trips. He was extraordinarily fond 

 of the wilderness, and the actual killing of 

 game was always a secondary considera- 

 tion to the joys he experienced while camp- 

 ing and tramping in the open. Mr. Davis 

 was interested in the conservation of wild 

 life and left a bequest to the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies. After 

 paying the necessary taxes to the state of 

 Michigan, the check which the Association 

 has recently received amounted to $052.50. 



