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lecture appointments. Those who desire to 

 obtain his services may communicate with 

 Mr. Finley at Jennings Lodge, Oregon, be- 

 fore December i, 1922, or write directly to 



the office of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New 

 York City, where he will make his head- 

 quarters while in the East. 



ENFORCING GAME LAWS IN MAINE 



Some weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. 

 Sutter, of Maine, decided to answer the back- 

 to-nature call by going into the woods and 

 seeing if a living could be wrested from 

 Nature in the old cave man manner. Later 

 newspaper reports told of the wonderful 

 time they were having and remarked that 

 partridges and venison were to be found 

 before their camp. A member of this Asso- 

 ciation reading this press account, wrote to 

 ask whether, if it were true, these people 

 should be allowed to thus violate with im- 

 punity the game laws of the State of Maine. 

 The Department of Inland Fisheries and 

 Game, of Augusta, was immediately com- 

 municated with and under date of August 

 12, 1922, Myrtle A. Hodgson, Chief Clerk 

 of the Department, reported as follows: 



"As soon as the Department learned of the 

 alleged violation of our inland fish and 

 game laws by these parties, two of the most 

 experienced officers and woodsmen in the 

 State were detailed to investigate their 

 activities and take such action as the law 

 required, these wardens being Howard Wood 

 Patten, Chief Warden of the Northern 

 Penobscot and Southern Aroostook Dis- 

 tricts, and Fred E. Jorgensen, of Masardis, 

 Chief Warden of the Central Aroostook 

 District. As the result of their investigations, 



prosecution was instituted against the Sutters 

 as follows: 



"On June 9, 1922, before the Houlton 

 Municipal Court, Carl A. and Margaret L. 

 Sutter, of Brockton, Massachusetts, were fined 

 $25 and costs each, for unlawful hunting with- 

 out a license. The costs amounted to $15.95. 



"On the same date, the same parties were 

 prosecuted before the same court for fishing 

 without a license, each being fined $10 and 

 costs, the costs amounting to $16.17. 



"Same day, in the same court, same parties 

 were prosecuted for having partridges in 

 possession in closed time, each being fined 

 $10 and costs, the costs being $16.17. 



"The same day, before the same Court, 

 same parties were prosecuted for camping 

 and kindling fires in an unorganized town- 

 ship without being in charge of a registered 

 guide, as is required by law; both pleaded 

 guilty and they were fined $40 each and 

 costs; the costs amounted to $16.97. 



"The same day, before the same Court, 

 the same parties were prosecuted for hunting 

 and killing deer in closed season; fine of $50 

 each was imposed, and paid, and costs 

 taxed at $16.17. 



"From the above extract from our records, 

 I think you will agree with me that our war- 

 dens took prompt and effective action." 



SAVING BIRDS AT LIGHTHOUSES 



It is generally known that many light- 

 houses, erected as beacons of warning to 

 human navigators, on the other hand serve 

 as lures of destruction to migratory birds. 

 For many years bird-lovers sought to devise 

 some means to prevent this great loss of 

 life. It is to a Dutchman, Dr. Jac. P. Thijsse, 

 that credit must be given for discovering a 

 practical method of dealing with this situ- 

 ation. 



It was at the home of Dr. A. Burdet, in 



Overveen, Holland, that on June 4, 1922, 

 the writer had the pleasure of meeting Dr. 

 Thijsse and learning at first hand of his 

 efforts to save birds, which on foggy nights 

 dash themselves against lighthouses or flut- 

 ter about the lanterns until exhausted. Dr. 

 Thijsse made his successful experiment on 

 the tower of Brandaris Light, situated on the 

 Island of Terschelling, lying between the 

 Zuider Zee and the North Sea. It stands in 

 the center of a strongly maintained migra- 



