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to be responsible for special lines of work. The following officers were elected: 

 Board of Directors: W. B. Bell, President, Fargo; Morris Johnson, First 

 Vice-President, Valley City; Miss Minnie Neilson, Second Vice-President, 

 Valley City; Mrs. George H. Hollister, Secretary-Treasurer, Fargo; J. K. 

 Burleson, Grand Forks; S. H. Wilson, Bottineau; Daniel Freeman, Fargo; 

 Mrs. William Folger, Devil's Lake; Miss Bessie R. Baldwin, Williston; Charles 

 Wilson, Fargo; G. L. Miller, Fargo. 



A social session, following the business meeting, closed the work of the 

 year. — W. B. Bell, President. 



Ohio. — The Audubon Society of Ohio has completed another successful 

 year, thanks to the untiring efforts and enthusiasm of the President, Mr. 

 J. P. Cummins, and his co-workers in the lecture field — Mr. William G. 

 Cramer, and Doctor Swope, our Field Agent. Every year records an increase 

 in the number of lectures and talks given by these gifted men, and, through 

 these, the wider dissemination of knowledge and increase in enthusiasm 

 for bird-study. 



Mrs. Hermine Harsen, one of this self-sacrificing corps, being on a world 

 tour which consumed fourteen months, was sadly missed, but as she has 

 returned full of vigor and enthusiasm, we expect help and renewed Courage 

 from her for the coming year. 



It would be ungrateful to fail to thank Mr. Charles Dury for his ever- 

 willing and interesting contributions at our regular monthly meetings. 



The past year also records an interesting talk by Dr. Henry Oldys on "Birds 

 and Bird Music," which made so pleasing an impression that the Secretary 

 feels her inability to properly express it. Perhaps it may best be understood 

 by comparing it to the same sweet charm that is felt by the nature-lover 

 on a spring morning, when he hears the heavenly choir, which Doctor Oldys 

 so inimitably mimics. Later in the year, we had another evening lecture 

 by Mr. Davey, which brought out a crowded house. It is hoped that several 

 evening lectures can be arranged for the coming year. 



The Society wishes to congratulate and thank the National Association 

 and its staunch and wide-awake members, who fought so bravely on the 

 legislative field of battle for the universal protection of these helpless and 

 helpful feathered friends of ours — the birds. — Katherine Ratterman, 

 Secretary. 



Oregon. — We have had an active year in Audubon affairs. Our last 

 Legislature passed some laws favorable to us, and in which we had much 

 interest. The same Legislature set aside, as refuges for wild birds, six sections 

 or acres of land amounting in all to more than a million acres. This, with 

 our federal wild-bird reservations and numerous refuges on private estates, 

 gives our birds some reasonable chance for life and liberty. 



