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Societies for the Conservation of Wild Life." With Dr. Wm. F. Bade, of the 

 Sierra Club, as President, and W. P. Taylor, of the Cooper Club, as Secretary, 

 this organization did splendid work toward educating the people regarding 

 the value of our birds, issuing two splendid "Wild Life Calls," as well as other 

 leaflets. A special effort was made to pass the Flint-Cary No-Sale-of-Game 

 Bill. This bill, amended so as to allow the sale of Ducks during November, 

 but no shipment of the same, was passed and signed by the Governor. The 

 bill, giving absolute protection to over thirty-eight species of waders and 

 shore-birds, passed both Houses, but was not signed by Gov. Hiram Johnson. 

 Just why the man posing as a conservationist should have vetoed so splendid 

 a bill is still a mystery. We rejoice, however, that the Federal Migratory 

 Bird Bill will give protection to our shore-birds, and that the Band-tailed 

 Pigeons have a closed season of five years. 



Though occasionally there comes to us the report that someone is killing 

 Mockingbirds to feed the cat, on the whole I feel that our efforts have never 

 been in vain, and that, because of our labors, the people all over the state 

 have a greater appreciation of bird life, and, in consequence, the birds are 

 becoming more abundant in many parts of California. — Harriet Williams 

 Myers, Secretary. 



Colorado. — The Colorado Audubon Society was organized on March. 8, 

 1913, at a meeting at the Public Library in Denver. Mr. E. R. Warren, of 

 Colorado Springs, was elected President, Dean S. Arthur Johnson, of Fort 

 Collins, Vice-President, and Mrs. F. A. Bushee, of Boulder, Secretary-Treas- 

 urer. The Society has nine trustees — the three officers given above, and 

 Dr. W. H. Bergtold, Denver; Dr. R. W. Corwin, Pueblo; Dr. H. P. Johnson, 

 Cedaredge; Mr. L. A. Adams, Greeley; Miss Anna P. Livingston, Canon 

 City; and Mrs. Alexander C. Hitzler, Denver. The Society was incorporated 

 in June. 



The first efforts of the Society were necessarily directed towards the secur- 

 ing of new members, and there are now 11 sustaining members, 32 members, 

 and 8 junior members, — 51 in all. 



At the time the Underwood Bill was before Congress, letters were written 

 by the President and Secretary of the Society to Colorado's senators and 

 representatives at Washington asking their cooperation in supporting the 

 "Feather Proviso." Letters were also written by individual members of the 

 Society. It is pleasant to be able to say that answers were received from the 

 majority of our congressmen indicating that they were heartily in favor of 

 the proviso and would support it. 



The President of the Society gave two talks, illustrated by skins, in the 

 schools of Colorado Springs, before the close of school last spring, and two 

 of the other Colorado Springs members, Miss Robbins and Doctor Arnold, 

 also gave talks. The Secretary also gave a talk before the Bird Club in Denver. 



