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Show 170,000 Deer Killed In Michigan in 1878 California Is Assuring Her Citizens Perpetuation of Game bv Its Three Million Acres of Game Refuges; Conservation Should Be Taught in Schools . !Bj R. I'. HOl.l.AN I" William B. .Mershon. of Saginaw. Mich.. In a letter 10 the American (tame 1'rotectlve association, tell of unearthing onic vnlu.ible data In . connection with fnirr onservnlloii in the earlv days. vnicAig which wore the printed proceedings of th Michigan Michi-gan sportsman's association or five consecutive years, beginning with 1878. In the oroceedingj of Tit It was ;d-vocuti ;d-vocuti d that wilil ducks be pretectal! i law and that r. !..u hi pasted prohibiting pro-hibiting the shipment to foreign markets mar-kets ni ruffed arouse and venison, i rain the records of the railroad coni-pani coni-pani of That year II was shown thai V seyanty thousand doer were killed nU shipped from 'he sta:e of Michigan. There it.i .1 iiea for the protection of th' oamenger pigeon, showing thai FDorinmn realized I hf htvo." o : ' i eated anion? lhes bird bj the Par-ke Par-ke : hooters. Among the proceeding wpa an article written on the gray Hup wiiii.ii had been discovered and Identified Identi-fied dnly a few years previously. s ii n experiment, hi-ook trout had been planted In southern Michigan and a leuueist was made fo their protection. protec-tion. Mr. Mershon states in hi letter let-ter .hat hM father planted h. first trout frv that were ever put In a Mlch-iKan Mlch-iKan stream. Thev were ilanted In the head waters of the Tohacco iivor( between Parwell and Clare. This data I all ii Interesting lo thi- Miortsmen of toda: who cannot IipIj) lnt regret :hat the idea for tho protection of the passenger pigeon u..s not hei-ded. no( only by the .Michigan lawmakers, bul by other states as well, MO thai this valuable species of American Amer-ican game could have hern preserved ?OF l ho sportsmen of future genera-j '.I Oil!". California at 'he present time has. I ougniv peaking, the equivalent or' S per i ent of her total area set aside dt Came refuges, on which no hunting hunt-ing la allowed except that conducted by the state and federal ournmeni ... in an effort io exterminate' the ver- ' - nin. Including the National parks and monuments. California now has tort) -one distinct game ic'uges. The state is responsible for the ere- 'stion of inol of the sanctuaries, which are known as game refuges and have '"en e' aside l leglsUtlve a' Hon. Mhers. known as federal bird reeer atlonf have been set aside by the federal government, which aIo pro-J ti is all the wild lif within the National Na-tional parks and monuments. Other Oth-er refuges, known a state game preserves, pre-serves, have been created by thr board1 of fish and game commissioners. I The are formed b) having the ownr ri of ihe property cede all huntina privileges to the state for a period of not lc?s than ten ai-s. Uy such action California Is assui-j ing her citizens perpetuation of the g.nnrv wliii a mi-.uis jporl nd recrea-for recrea-for all 'line to ome. onseio noy TAl UHT. Conecrvatlon of cur natural rc soureea la onlv toiiowing th- dictates r.t I. ,..,.. , I tigstes thai aubjeol can oppose game preservation. Man? who fjii to gr.sp the necessity for work of thK nature have ga:ned their Viewpoint through Igi prance f ih matter. Uraniing thai conservation is prlu-1 cl pally a matter of education. wh should I" not le dealt with lu our I I hopta Soctli n :.::it of ;h r-ih anal Game Lawa of Nevada Is . n i . I ii "Du-1 tlep of Tea- hera Children To lie in-, si i inted Relative to Preservation off Bird?! Fish and Came.' and reads ai follow s- I- la hereb made the duty of each and every teacher In lhi public schools of this slate io give oral In-I atructlon .n leaal once a month, io all children attending euch schools, tela- j tlva to ;hi preservation of songbirds, i ri-li and game; and to read or oaueel to be mul lo such child.-, n .i; .-'ast twlca (luring ea h school year, ihc fish and game :.iu-- of th state of Nevada " In thlv section w. believe Nevada has cm ah example worthy of the at-t at-t i on of the oiher states. Teachers Mhoul 1 be required to Include in their preparation course dealing with the cbneervatlon of wild life and they, should be compelled lo keep In touch! with i uircnt questions relating t!ir-in t!ir-in order ihai lhe n.u o pi o,. qualified to teach thcl. pupils m..-em m..-em Conservation. |