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by Amos W. Butler; "The Adaptation of Birds to Flight," by Prof. D. W. 

 Dennis; and "How to Have Better Bird-work in the Schools," by Prof. Stanley 

 Coulter. Dr. Eugene Swope was present as the representative of the National 

 Association. 



A boat-trip on the Ohio River to Henderson, Kentucky, was taken. Boy 

 Scouts met the boat and acted as guides. This town was at one time the home 

 of John James Audubon. The foundation of his old mill is still to be seen. A 

 public address was given in the town, and the citizens presented to Presi- 

 dent Woollen a gavel made from the water-wheel of the old mill. The sugges- 

 tion was made that Henderson be made a park reservation, and that a monu- 

 ment to Audubon be erected, the expense to be borne jointly by Kentucky 

 and Indiana. 



The following officers were elected: Prof. Stanley Coulter, President; 

 George S. Clifford, and William Watson Woollen, Vice-Presidents; Mrs. Etta 

 S. Wilson, Extension Secretary; Elizabeth Downhour, Secretary; and Carrie 

 Carpenter, Treasurer. — Elizabeth Downhour, Secretary. 



Iowa, — Since the spring of 1904, the office of the State Audubon Society 

 has been in Waterloo. Feeling, however, that other headquarters and new 

 officers would add new life and enthusiasm, we are endeavoring to arrange the 

 desired changes. In the meantime we shall carry on the work. Our President, 

 Mrs. W. B. Small, has answered many calls, and has given lectures and talks 

 to clubs and schools. The Rev. George Bennett, Field Agent of the National 

 Association, has taken charge of the lantern-slides owned by the State Society, 

 and generously responds to requests for illustrated lectures. Having been 

 granted the privilege of using a beautiful tract of land near Waterloo as a 

 local bird-preserve, we are preparing posters to warn hunters against shoot- 

 ing, and small boys with air-guns against trespassing. The Iowa Park and 

 Forestry Association, being interested in the conservation of forests and lakes 

 of Iowa, should, we believe, include also the conservation of bird-life, and we 

 expect to get its cooperation. 



The newspapers of Iowa in recent years have been of great service to the 

 Society. In Waterloo, Edgar W. Cooley, of The Times-Tribune, has organ- 

 ized a Bird-Lovers Club which now has seventy members — boys and girls 

 between five and sixteen years of age. The members pledge themselves to 

 protect birds and their nests from destruction, to build nesting-houses, and to 

 provide food and water for birds in the winter. A large number of bird-houses 

 were erected by the members during the spring and summer. 



The officers of the Iowa Audubon Society are: President, Mrs. W. B. Small, 

 Waterloo; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. James B. Diver, Keokuk, and Miss Frances 

 Grout, Waterloo; Chairman of Executive Committee, Dr. Margaret V. Clark, 

 Waterloo; Secretary, Mrs. William F. Parrott, Waterloo. The society has no 

 annual dues, but every year bird-lovers in the state send a new list of names, 



