NOTEWORTHY ENDORSEMENTS 



FROM AN EX-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y., 

 November 1, 1915. 

 My dear Mr. Hornaday: 



I cordially endorse the plan you are advocating to secure 

 the permanent protection of our Wild Life. I heartily favor 

 your proposal that the initiative shall be taken by the na- 

 tional government ; and that the preserves shall be kept free 

 of all hunting, while at the same time interference with 

 agriculture or stock-raising will be carefully avoided. Your 

 proposal is to use the waste lands of the national forests so 

 that our children and our children's children shall benefit 

 by what is done. All far-sighted citizens should give you 

 cordial support. 



Very sincerely yours, 



Theodore Roosevelt. 



THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA.* 



Letter of Gov. Frank M. Byrne, to Gov. Geo. W. P. Hunt, 



of Arizona. 



I have your letter of the twenty -sixth of November, en- 

 closing a sheet giving a brief outline of the "Hornaday 

 Plan" for the protection and preservation of big game. The 

 plan as suggested seems entirely feasible and surely is most 

 desirable. I shall be glad to co-operate in any way in a 

 movement to bring it about. 



Our Game Department has been making an effort to co- 

 operate with the officers of the Forest Service of that part 

 of the National Forest located within South Dakota. We 

 shall be glad to continue this and to take whatever action 

 may from time to time seem necessary and advisable, look- 



*With the exception of South Dakota and Arkansas, the letters of 

 endorsement from other Governors will be found in the sections devoted 

 to their respective states. 



