ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 19 



A Federal Warden in Action 



From the records obtained from the office of the Federal Game Warden, 

 B. G. Merrill, Hinsdale, Illinois, this memorandum of arrests during the 

 past season has been compiled. The following persons appeared before 

 Judge Louis FitzHenry and were each fined $50.00 and costs for killing 

 wild ducks during the closed season: Samuel Bishop, Havana; Claude C. 

 Stillwell, Liverpool; Walter B. Hess, Liverpool; Louis Springstein, 

 Oquawka; Herman B. Rebman, Frederick. For the same charge and 

 before the same judge. Frederick H. Sharpe, Jacksonville, was fined $75.00 

 and costs; Fred C. Barnes, Washburn, $25.00 and costs; H. W. Packard, 

 Washburn, $25.00 and costs; Rex Curless, Bluff City, $10.00 and costs and 

 Clifford J. Rose, Bluff City, $10.00 and costs. For the same offense 

 Edward H. Alexander, Centralia, and Clarence DuMontel, Kankakee, ap- 

 peared before Judge George W. English and were each fined $1.00 and 

 costs. 



In Judge George A. Carpenter's court John Vander- Meier, Kensington, 

 was fined $50.00 and costs for selling and killing Coots ; Angelo Incianpi, 

 Kensington, was fined $25.00 and costs for killing Killdeer and Sand 

 Pipers; Alexander Arrive Kensington, was fined $25.00 and costs for 

 killing Killdeer Plover ; Frazero Conterato, Kensington, was fined $50.00 

 and costs for killing Warblers ; Tony Pissito was fined $25.00 and costs 

 for killing Killdeer Plover. Tony Winco, Kensington, charged with killing 

 Woodpeckers, Robins, Flickers and Cuckoos, was discharged by United 

 States Commissioner Louis F. Mason upon payment of $25.00 to the gov- 

 ernment conscience fund. John Mettifogo and John Guzzette both of Ken- 

 sington charged with a similar offense were discharged by Commissioner 

 Mason upon payment of $20.00 to the government conscience fund. 



Six citizens of Fort Madison, Iowa, are under bonds to appear for trial 

 on charge of killing wild ducks from a motor boat. Fifteen other persons 

 charged with violation of the game laws are awaiting trial. 



Resignation of Secretary Langdon 



One year ago the Bulletin announced the election of Mr. Roy Monroe 

 Langdon to the position of Secretary-Treasurer of the Illinois Audubon 

 Society. The publication of this number will bring to his many friends the 

 much regretted announcement of his retirement from the position. In 

 cider to qualify for a very promising opening in Denver Mr. Langdon was 

 obliged to present his resignation at the January meeting of the Board of 

 Directors. Unfortunately Mr. Langdon, while making preparations for his 

 departure, was taken seriously ill and has been for some time a hospital 

 < ase in Chicago. His friends will be glad to learn that the latest report 

 is that his condition has greatly improved and that he will soon be able to 

 resume active work. 



Mr. Langdon has made his influence felt in Audubon circles in many 

 ways but his big contribution has been the arousing of public attention to 

 the common domestic cat as a very concrete obstacle to the conservation of 

 bird life. Several thousand copies of his "cat circular' 1 have been dis- 

 tributed, not only in Illinois but in various parts of the United States. 

 Applications for it for distribution in quantities have been nation-wide 



