Show t 1 DOVI lovlI nO AM Mi Till T I 11 UV Ill lii the tho legislative discussion dl as tu to when the Ihl open 01 the tho Ilo time when whon lell sanctIon junction of or tt time the killing of ot mourn lour doves should begin the tho 1111 ques question than tion lon was aa tin tie 11 to 11 Is whether or not lIet these thee birds eat ft enough full grain to 10 any M real damage The conclusion was wu reached that since the dove do take Inko coma grain grin they should hould be lie destroyed The no grain taken 10 ken by b these birds bird mainly mal III waste wll and gleaned after ater harvest U la trilling trifling In amount but aPart front from this thin fact them are sufficient reason founded In history and anil literature why wh tin the Ih dove doe should be both spared and protected And as an A matter mater nf ot ment mont anti and humanity boys Y should hould not nol l ln te i permitted to 10 kill kil dove dovel for tor uny reason Many Ian youths were about thU Ihli city I la t morning with wih No 0 2 12 rifles rifle rIOt shooting at whatever they could find In the th way wa of or beast bet Thin The writer wrier encountered two of 0 them aged 12 J antI and 18 hE years or respectively r shooting hooting ground squirrels for no other ther purpose as n they explained than Juat tot lot thi fun of or It I They Te made mache no po un uco u of or their game letting the lie lieto le leto hl to rot rol In Ih the time sunshine It 1 wan van Wol on nn an In pasture and ulI not nol In any all cultivated cult voted field that they were hunting so fO u that was wan no useful purpose In II their sport s the mere mero m re unlawful practice with unlawfully hold holdby holdby by b minors minor Thin The paltry but lamentable result Is I the further robbing of ot our OUI desolate and all ni but lifeless hillsides of ot the remnant of ot wild wid life that stIll Mill re ro remains mains upon ulon thrum them Tho little ground squirrel I Is a moat most and com comical teal ical lel fellow It U Is I a I real entertainment to 10 too el hInt him hll sit alt It erect and listen antI and watch If It you 01 come edits flOUT or ur to ob obI servo I his hla amusing antics In outing eating as ni ho holds hi his vegetable food In Ills his hil paws puw and It with lh dainty dil II nibbling Why Wh land hunt owners of ot uncultivated Heidi neld should bo ho b no lie 10 ready to lu sacrifice this th in lii 1 fronting Animal where It In Is I not a nuisance we fall fIUL tal to understand Of ot course It might be In grain Jall and orchards or oven when there thu thula hub Is la any all danger of ot the squirrels spread spreading ing In the bubonic plague as they the have havo been I en accused of ot doing In California Tho boys mentioned the tho Ihl fact that the open oen In season for tor doves would woul soon Boon be bo here and ane then thel they could have havo great Itt fun tun shooting the hone IhNe a birds Asked when the tho th open OJen season len dOl began they un an In lii August they the also alaa knew and admitted that lint the thu Il doves dovea still have of ot nestling long after the tho optic season as I given hol by our state IIII law II Aug AlI 15 iS 1 has ha commenced A pair hair of ot those these birds alighting on un onn ona n a n wire lance rested relIed there a long as IU time the Ihl writer wrier studied their ux u beauty beaul through I bird glasses tin thu wonder arose anew as 88 to It how hiI legislature could coull be ho BO so 11 iii o cruel us UI to 10 permit the tho Ihl destruction of ot these thione th ao creatures for tho thu trilling harm hlll they Ihl are arn ro suspected of ot doing In III Bruin gril II Ull How lIos men could coul bring their consciences II to tl the Iho point of ot opening the gates for tor time the of 1111 Innocents at Ht such Ilch a time ns as a to 10 permit hermit the tho unfledged young OU to 10 In the Is la A further a aThu Tho Thu law of ot Moses MOAla was a more immure humane In III biblical tUnes times tle wild wid doves of lt three species aJ leH common We Ve have but butone hit one OlO kind since Inc the this extermination of ot thin the pigeon Doves Dorrs were so IU numerous In III Palestine an as to be ie hl used ne for articles article of ur commerce and anti for torn tem temple 1110 offering during thousands or of years Iau and apparently without diminution lion tion ton of ot their numbers The law cs en e stipulated that list a u brooding bird should not bo be disturbed This Thle was wal walot of ot course cOlre In order that tho time bird might continue reproduction and not diminish In number Only young eunK births birds were vere werl u used d for sacrifice Luke liike records that thaI at time the birth of ot Jesus Mary Mar Well up 1 to tl U Jerusalem to 10 otter orera A sacrifice to 10 that thal which Is IA i said In time tho law of ot if thin Iho Lord a H pair of ot turtle doven dOIA or Ir two 10 young pigeons pigeon For the doves do migrated Ill whim while pigeons re te remained nil all al tie tho year so I 0 that when lie tho doves do ft hall hail departed there were still pigeons pon In III abundance Another reason ropon for tor or the require requirement mint ment that this offering should I lit he young you ni may ma have hat been to 10 Innocence and lind purity At all al events this thin was WAi what the Ih shove dOf always ala signi signified led fied INI to the tho prophets antI and poets hoots of ot tho time Dahl likened the tho people of hoi o to 10 lh Ih thy birth bird preferred In Iii II sacrifice anon tics fice 0 O deliver not the soul of ot thy Ih unto the tho wild wl beast baAI for tor forget forget get not 01 the life lo of oC thy poor forever In his hil itt fine Imagery Imager describing dl ho accession of gentiles to tD the Iho Church hurch asks aek Who Vho are ae these lhee that Sly fly nn to fl H R cloud and as tie doves cloves to 10 tho the windows 7 Time Tho Th person of Cf If Christ Is lii I described by Solomon In such auch picture u ni its tills this Ills Iia eyes eye r lire uro fro like Ilko Iko doves to beside beelIe tho the water brooks wun ivits Wil hid 1111 hll with milk mik and fitly Iet net and Ind thin the th graces of ot tho limo Church who IH In 8 tho of ot thin tho thO king kinK arc t net forth In elicit auch expression OH 11 My I dove dote 10 my ins I und el tilled i thou art Rrt fair till my I 1 thou art fair my love thou lieu art stir fair nyse oyo e ore Iro nn II doves Ho 80 David Davids or M l description of If tile the Church founded on 01 knowledge of lit the tho rook rock dove d Iwo nit In li In II 1 ii the Ito Ile I reit Imagery I limit gory of Ut ung 0 my amy dove that art artIn artin In thin tho clefts or ot the tho rock In thu thy covert of ot tho thin place liha let mo inn f see el o othy thy Ih countenance l let 11 t mo hour heur thy th voice for tor or I I thy Ihy ulle and thy li Ii la Is For Kor the voice of lt the dovo who has not hot ot It I nod having hitting hound who lion Juan hUl ecer vor forgotten It 11 Thin The tremulous of our own mourning dove as It flouts to 10 the oar lr front from Crol an In grove Is especially sure ure to 10 sadness In our human sympathies II hire thies although when dove dae notes gritty Brow heartrending In iii 1 their wavering appeal It II IM lit II found that thin birds are Iro not DOt molly rOII mourning but simply aim 11 caressing each other In rare ecstasy y Knowledge of ot hal hini mn bent Iwen benta ho hoR H R council four of ot Inspiration to 10 nil all ni of or orth thin the th gifted poets plIa on OM this the most moat medium for or the relined expressIon of lovit 10 Ruth and sorrow corrow and tim Iho ery used by b the Biblical writers has hus been heon the thu model modal for tor or all time tle Tho voice of ot it tho the turtle In II i heard In II our mail land 1011 1110 Holomon Holon In lila beautiful spring song SOl for tur ho hit h knew klew well wel tint that tho thu return of ot the Iho turtle doves dove from nun the thu th In I I ii April mid ii ni their t fluent lUe ence thereafter on vu 01 every tree Irce and andover over ocr the tho of ot Ionian 18 th thu tho nero harbinger of ot spring 51 1 n 1 Attar lar u it poet of oC Persia Perila Unix describes the thu th sham sorrow of lIt tho thin voice ol Then from coin a it I wood was waA heard hOnd unseen unaN to II too coo 00 Tho ho yusuf yu yuBo ul u Bo Ho 0 Imbued al Lit of ot the tue slight flight of ot doves dove Elizabeth lar lIar 1 tar re iott tt sun assing lovo letter lelor time tho lo line 1110 Like iu ILl doves dotes to 10 their windows window no 1 do my thoughts fly n to 10 lament 0 O tint thet I hud wings like a I dovo dovel for fat fJ lion hon I would lly II away lay and be bo at rest ret the tho m 81 song ng writers of ot otal alt all al ages have without change The Tho 10 lore dove roe returning to the tho ark with wih tho the olive olle branch has ha since Mince been tho thie sym symbol lym hal bol l of ot pence letice lle In nil all ni language while as I the sign all of tho the Spirit the Iho descent time the dove dovo upon thin tho Son lIon of Man has hasell enshrined ell this birth bird beyond any ony other In II time the Christian heart hart for tor or these reasons we would urge UtO future legisla legislators tore tors lorl and upon thin the people generally that considerate treatment of ot our gently wild wid dove 1101 to which Its Is nature lalure anti beauty beau beauty ty o O as ns l UK Its historic I associations ir entitle It H As Ae Mr lr ourselves anti and our children lot let us strive to bo be fair tur to tolie the lie creature whoso whose forums form has been bell hon honored red ored by h the of tho the religion of ot Israel II and who o attributes enable ana hie It to 10 embody so an well 01 time suggestion of at tho thin two t wo great emotions of if tho the heart heur grief and auth adoration And Ald be he It tar for from us to Iti tl cause tho Iho nestlings to perish by killing time the Ih birth bird which poets delight to 10 two tine Me In making such couplets couplet ns as Laden with sorrow laden with wih love Fly I I to thy th home hOle again beautiful dove doo |