THE GREAT VICTORY IN IDAHO 



A NOTABLE victory for the sage grouse and the other 

 game birds has been won in Idaho, chiefly through the 

 initiative and the hard work of three men, State Game War- 

 den Leroy C. Jones, Drew W. Standrod, Jr., of Pocatello, 

 and Representative C. S. Moody, of Hope. It may well be 

 taken as an example of what three determined men can ac- 

 complish when they are sufficiently aroused and determined. 

 Incidentally, it was a great joy to find that the hand of Good 

 Fortune had placed our old friend, Dr. Moody, lover of birds, 

 in the Idaho legislature just when the birds of Idaho most 

 needed him. 



When we took our two causes, game sanctuaries and long 

 close seasons for sage grouse, to Idaho in September, 1915, 

 blind fate led us to Pocatello. The reason why we chose to 

 go there instead of to Boise is wanting ! And fate and Dr. 

 O. B. Steely led us to Mr. Standrod and Mr. R. H. Palmer, 

 two young lawyers, interested in everything likely to be of 

 benefit to Idaho and its game. Through Mr. Standrod the 

 editor of the Pocatello Daily Chronicle was moved to espouse 

 our cause, and (very generously) to print seven of our news 

 articles during the seven days preceding our arrival. 



Later on, Mrs. D. W. Standrod, Sr., and Mrs. A. M. New- 

 ton prepared a petition to Congress in behalf of the game 

 sanctuary cause, procured 183 signatures, and sent it with 

 their compliments to the Idaho delegation in Congress. On 

 the day of our lecture young Mr. Standrod received notice 

 of his admission to the bar. 



The new Attorney at law at once decided that it was his 

 duty to make an effort to save the sage grouse and quail of 

 Idaho, by securing for them long close seasons. He drafted 

 a bill to accomplish that, and also to make various other im- 



