Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-20 | Page 6 | Contraband Feathers on Ladies' Hats Are Seized

CONTRABAND FEATHERS ON LADIES' HATS ARE SEIZED MACON; Ga.! cct. lt. -Aigrettes valued at fSeOO were elr.ed here rc- enilv at the establishment of the Lan-nenberg Lan-nenberg inmpimy, wholesale and retail dr goods merchauts, by K. L. Vhlle-hcad, Vhlle-hcad, I'nlted States Game Warden, on the ground that II Is a violation of the federal law to have In one's possession possess-ion any part of a migratory bird. The warden saw ihc plumes on ills-pin ills-pin in !h, show window and h called BJ d iShed that "Il aigrettes. ogret plumea, or so-callejJ osprey plumes In i lie store he turneo over to him. H secured i-ightren bunches which the munugcr ?uid had been in the store lor IW el - i i s The case is being handled through lie Jolted States .l. pai t inent ol ai-il-OUltU'ne and tbrougli the department, of Ju-tlce. , i The aigrettes are taken from herons, which migrate during dlffer- n si i.-ons ..: i In . i and ihc te.ith-rin te.ith-rin cannot be luvfull owned. Hundreds Hund-reds of women In Georgia own alg-'rettes. alg-'rettes. fosf of them purchased before the law Weill Into effect, but they are none 'he le-s violators of the law, Ii Is claimed.