192 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



Jan. 10. — The Campaigning Trustee of the Permanent Wild Life 

 Protection Fund issued an illustrated circular letter demand- 

 ing long closed seasons for mountain sheep (5 or 10 years) in 

 Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Washington, the only states of 

 our country still permitting the killing of sheep. 



Jan. 10. — Wyoming reported that her law forbids the consideration 

 of any bills that have not been introduced in the legislature 

 prior to Jan. 11! On account of that very remarkable long close 

 season on legislation, a bill for the saving of the mountain 

 sheep of Wyoming cannot be considered until 1917! 



Jan. 12. — A campaign for the creation of a great series of game 

 sanctuaries in national forests was inaugurated at the Annual 

 Meeting of the New York Zoological Society. The following 

 resolution was presented by W. T. Hornaday, seconded by Col. 

 Theodore Roosevelt in a very forceful address, and adopted: 



"Whereas, It appears that the killing for sport and for 

 food of game birds and mammals in the National Forest 

 Reserves is destroying the wild life much faster than it is 

 breeding, and over wide areas the final disappearance of 

 many species is impending, now therefore be it 



"Resolved, That the New York Zoological Society 

 recommends that the Federal Government take immediate 

 steps to convert any or all of the forest reserves of the 

 United States into game refuges, for such period and to 

 such extent as is necessary to assure the preservation of 

 threatened species, and the continuance of the game sup- 

 ply of the surrounding districts." 



Jan. 19. — Prof. Lewis Lindsay Dyche, State Game and Fish Warden 

 of Kansas, died at Lawrence, Kans. Until 1909, for a period of 

 about 24 years, Professor Dyche had been a Professor of Zoo- 

 logy and Museum Curator in the University of Kansas. He had 

 traveled extensively in North America as a zoological collector, 

 and his collections constitute the chief features of the Snow 

 Hall of Science at the University. 



In 1909 an effort was made at Topeka to destroy the 

 machinery of the State of Kansas for wild life protection, by 

 cutting the salary of the State Game Warden. In that crisis 

 the Governor requisitioned Prof. Dyche of the University, to 

 fill the office at the expense of the University, and thwart the 

 enemies of wild life. From 1909 Prof. Dyche filled the office 

 with vigor and ability, until his death. He was the indomitable 

 foe of game exterminators, and he held the entire confidence 

 of the various Governors and the best people of the state. His 

 most conspicuous single piece of work was the planning and 

 constructing of the very extensive fish hatcheries at Pratt, 

 Kans. 



Pofessor Dyche was born in West Virginia, on March 20, 

 1857. About two weeks before his death he was bitten by a 

 Gila monster, but it has been definitely ascertained from his 

 physicians that that accident did not cause his death. 



Jan. 20. — By Executive order, Dungenness Spit and Ediz Hook, on 

 the coast of Washington, were established as bird reserva- 

 tions. 



