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FOREST AND STREAM 
January, 1919 
FOREST STREAM 
FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR 
FOUNDERS OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETY 
GOVERNING BOARD: 
GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, New York, N. Y. 
CARL E. AKELEY. American Museum of Natural History, New York 
FRANK S. DAGGETT, Museum of Science, Los Angeles, Cal. 
EDMUND HELLER, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 
C. HART MERRIAM, Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. 
WILFRED H. OSGOOD, Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, 111. 
JOHN M. PHILLIPS, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
CHARLES SHELDON, Washington, D. C. 
GEORGE SHIRAS, 3rd. Washington. D. C. 
WILLIAM BRUETTE, Editor 
TOM WOOJO, Manager 
Nine East Fortieth Street. New York City 
THE OBJECT OF THIS JOURNAL WILL BE TO 
studiously promote a healthful interest in outdoor re- 
creation, and a refined taste for natural objects. 
August 14, 1873. 
JOHN LYON 
J OHN LYON, associate editor of Forest and 
Stream, a Lieutenant in Machine Gun Company 
116th Virginia Infantry, was killed in action in 
France, October sixteenth. 
John Lyon was twenty-five years of age, the son of 
Frank Lyon, a Washin^on attorney, whose home is 
at Lyonhurst, Virginia. He was a graduate of the 
high schools of Washington, a student of the Uni- 
versity of Virginia and did his first newspaper work 
on the Alexander county Monitor, which was owned 
by his father. From the Monitor he went to the 
Washington Times and later joined the editorial staff 
of Forest and Stream, and soon became an im- 
portant factor in the affairs of the magazine. 
His writings in the various positions which he oc- 
cupied attracted the attention of older journalists, 
and a brilliant future was predicted for him in his 
chosen work, for he was a keen observer and a skill- 
ful analyst, whose natural brilliancy of style was al- 
ways tempered by that kindly sympathy for the feel- 
ings of all humanity which distinguishes writers 
who extend their sphere of influence in the world 
of letters. 
John Lyon hated war. His mind revolted from its 
brutalities and its savagery. He was not attracted 
by its glory or its fame but he was unflinchingly loyal 
to the call of patriotism — spontaneously responsive 
to every call of justice and ready to champion the 
rights of Humanity. 
When word came that the Teutonic hordes were 
pouring over the borders of Belgium and France, 
John Lyon sailed. He served in the American Am- 
bulance corps. Returning to America he joined the 
forces that were sent to the Mexican border. When 
the American Expeditionary Forces went overseas 
he declined a commission and enlisted as a private, 
and was successively advanced to the rank of Lieu- 
tenant. 
John Lyon was indeed a worthy son of Virginia — 
a state of noble traditions and of educational insti- 
tutes dedicated by Jefferson and Lafayette to the 
cause of human liberty. 
Beneath the gentle, courteous reserve of John Lyon 
there burned the fires of an immortal loyalty to all 
that is high and noble. He loved life, but more than 
he loved life he loved Human Liberty. Had he 
willed to die he would have chosen the place where he 
lies — the fields of France where for two thousand 
years men have poured out their hearts’ blood in the 
cause of Civilization. 
AN IDEAL OF LIFE 
■^HE new year opens up with the assurance of 
^ Peace and a promise of Prosperity. It also pre- 
sents obligations born of the lessons which the Great 
War has brought home to us. We have learned 
among other things that the world will not tolerate 
tyranny or bad sportsmanship. 
The slaughter which the war has entailed has bom 
into human consciousness a sense of Justice and 
loyalty to Right which finds expression through every 
channel of human activity. 
Forest and Stream readers have always raised 
their voices against “Hunism” in relation to wild 
life and in the years have led many movements for 
the protection of our natural resources — too many 
to enumerate here. The now famous Audubon So- 
ciety was inaugurated and for several years wholly 
supported by Forest and Stream. The Migratory 
Bird Law came as the result of the thought and 
effort of our editors. The preservation of Yellow- 
stone Park as a pleasure ground for the nation was 
the work of this magazine which for twelve years 
conducted a systematic campaign against a powerful 
syndicate that sought to exploit the natural beauties 
of the region for personal gain. 
Glacier National Park is another monument to 
the untiring endeavor of Forest and Stream to 
establish and maintain this wonderful work of na- 
ture as a National Park. In all these constructive 
enterprises Forest and Stream, its readers, its con- 
tributors ^nd its editors have worked together whole 
heartedly and we feel will continue to do so. 
There is much to be done abroad, but let us not 
forget that there is much to be done at home in 
preserving and protecting our natural resources. 
We must remember that we are not “given dominion 
over all the earth” in order that we may ruthlessly 
plundei’ and appropriate, but that we may above all 
protect and preserve the beauties and bounties of 
nature. 
The War has emphasized the great mistake of 
