Show ENGLISH SPARROW IS NOT NUISANCE C E anant the discussion naw going on lit utah as to tho distraction dist ruction of the english sparrow as a pest a recent issue af f lift in Arne prints to articles in wl ama IL is con tended that the spar sparrow rori is i wu h maligned bird and that it is wrongfully accused of many faulty it icalia does not possess the it 11 tides are bj anna U M burke and kenneth P kirkwood Kirkwo cd both writers writer sare aro bird fan fancier diers and have made exhaustive studios studies of bird life both unite in declaring they have never seen the english sparrow fight a bird of another species spews and thea the contend that the tile popular cry wat t these birda birds drive away the cong rong birds and the insect eaters is not true the song sparrow wt they admit is 11 a fighter but they declare that the english sparrow is a very peaceable bird they also deny the truth of the accusation that tho the english sparrow is destructive to grain and to growing products of the soil boll they admit that this bartl bir d will pluck grain but de iare that it is no more destructive to it than an any other bird in fact it is claimed by one of the w writers that records of new zealand show that the english sparrow was the salvation of the country on two ac no cs cessions when this bird destroyed destroy pd pests of caterpillars that threatened lo 10 the entire farming arma of afta ana coo country ond and ridded the country of th tho 3 scotch thistle by feeding up on the seed of the destructive weed the writers urge that the people bo be rot too hasty tac t condemn the sparrow A D von W a orl and J 11 1 I lynn are among the he S alders who are lo 10 the cit oft this w wea 14 da jury duty |