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elsewhere, in detail. His effective efforts in the founding 

 of national bison herds, with which we are most familiar, 

 were only the latest of his achievements in the field of pro- 

 tection. The enabling act, and the appropriation of $15,- 

 000 by which the first national bison herd was established, 

 in the Yellowstone National Park, was secured through 

 the persistence of Representative Lacey against much op- 

 position. I am inclined to believe that his last work in 

 Congress in his favorite cause was bestowed in securing 

 the legislation by which the national government joined 

 the New York Zoological Society in the mutual action 

 which created in Oklahoma the Wichita National Bison 

 Range and Herd, now a pronounced success. 



The proud state of Iowa may well regard John F. 

 Lacey as one of her most illustrious men. His work has 

 added lustre to the state made famous by Allison, Harlan, 

 and Kirkwood, and throughout this nation, wherever wild 

 birds are protected, his name is known and honored. To 

 him the people of Iowa, and the bird-lovers of America, 

 owe a monument as lofty as his own purposes, and as im- 

 perishable as his fame. 



