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Fuertes the artist, and Louie Fuertes the genial ranconteur and lovable 
naturalist. 
Few men of our acquaintance were so well loved or will be so greatly 
missed as Mr. Fuertes. 
The Ridgway Memorial Fund has been greatly added to during the 
year, and its sponsors are very optimistic as to its success. 
News from Larchmound tell of Mr. Ridgway’s good health and of the 
great number of cardinals, doves and mocking birds that are boarding at 
the Ridgway sanctuary. 
The bird migrations of the year have been with few exceptions about 
as usual except that for some unexplained reason there was a most un- 
usual flight of fox sparrows. Mr. Lyon at Waukegan banded more fox 
sparrows this year than the total of all other years since he became an 
active bird bander. 
The Fox sparrows seemed to arrive in an irregular wave that touched 
here and there along Lake Michigan in great numbers. 
A large flock of singing fox sparrows would be an experience never to 
be forgotten. 
When opportunity occurs, news of legislation proposed or enacted, 
will be noted, with recommendations as to the needs of passage of such 
legislation. 
The need of a larger fund to supplement the present Endowment Fund 
is called to the attention of members of the Society. 
Dependence on annual dues with which to carry on the conservation 
education is not satisfactory as such contributions are naturally subject 
to serious fluctuation. 
Bird Sculptures for Bok’s 
Singing ‘Tower 
N A tiny island, nestling like a green jewel in the lake that 
mirrors Edward Bok’s Singing tower, President Coolidge is to 
participate Feb. 1 in the dedication of a bird sanctuary and its 
pealing carillon of sixty-one bells. 
There, at the highest point in Florida, from the lofty tower of fretted 
walls, the almost eerie quietness of the shrine will be broken by mar- 
velous tones as Anton Brees, carillon maestro, tugs at the wooden 
handles in the small studio just under the 123,164 pounds of bells. 
The carillon fulfills the dream of an immigrant boy who rose to heights 
in America. He has built the tower and given its bells as a lasting 
memorial to his grandparents of Holland. 
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