Show EAGLE TO GO WAY OF BUFFALO extinction of the national bird seems close at hand the season tor for the slaughter of eagles has liet set in american eagles eagle and golden eagles particularly have fallen victims to the insatiate desire of men to kill if there Is any sentiment in chis country at all it ought to he be of sufficient strength to prevent the destruction at least of the american ca eagle as this theoretically is our national bird it has already allread become so rare as to be a novelty and to lead correspondents to consume much space in givin biving the details when some hunter brings an eagle down it Is men with guns want want to destroy the very last survivor of a disappearing species of bird or animal one would think that the rarer a bird or beast became the greater care there would be to protect it but the lust for trophies tro phles will not have it so and the slaughter of eagles will go on until this great bird shall become extinct except perhaps in the national res reservations r y actions where the governments ern ments strong arm extends indianapolis ana polls news |