Bird lore - Project Puffin

442 Bird - Lore
REPORTS OF AFFILIATED STATE SOCIETIES,
AND OF BIRD CLUBS
California Audubon Society.— This Society held its tenth annual meet-
ing last June. Our Secretary, knowing that she could not personally reach all
the organizations wishing bird-programs, wrote two lectures, illustrating one
with colored pictures of birds, and the other with stereopticon slides. These
lectures were extensively used throughout the state, five clubs in the north
using them in March. Mrs. Myers visited San Diego and gave lectures before
the Humane Educational League, the schools, and at a reception given her
by the Woman's Board of Managers of the Exposition. She also gave a lec-
ture at Escondido.
Mrs. R. C. Hogue, of San Diego, has lately prepared twelve sets of
bird-pictures to be used this year in her city, suburban, and county schools.
The County Librarian is also furnishing three pictures, mounted and bound in
volumes, for the county schools, she having ten stations in the county. In
Tuolumne County, Mrs. Adele L. Grant has been speaking before farmers'
and teachers' institutes, and writing articles for the newspapers of that dis-
trict. Last year Dr. George Wharton James used about sixty of our slides at
the San Francisco Exposition, and this year has been using them with great
success at the San Diego Exposition. In the south the same faithful workers
are doing lecture-work. Several new Junior Societies have been organized.
This year, in addition to ordinary leaflets sent out, we have published one
on licensing cats, and we are working for this measure. Pasadena is the first
California city to have a cat-license ordinance. We have taken action on the
following national issues: The treaty between Canada and the United States;
protests against spring-shooting in any of the states, and against draining
Malheur Lake in southeastern Oregon; and advocating game-sanctuaries.
We have just issued an attractive sticker-stamp which shows a Phainopepla
in flight between branches of a pepper tree.
We have sustained a great loss in the death of our Vice-President, Charles
Frederick Holder. Professor Holder worked hard for the non-sale-of-game bill
in this state, even though at that time he was not well. His advice and efforts
have been greatly missed. An honor has come to the Society in the election of
its secretary to the Chairmanship of Birds of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs.— (Mrs.) Harriet Williams Myers, Secretary.
Colorado Audubon Society.—This Society was organized in May, 1913^
was incorporated the same year, and affiliated with the National Association
of Audubon Societies in 1916. During the past year much attention has been
given to the Junior work. Lectures illustrated by slides, photographs, and
magazine prints, mounted birds and skins, have been given to teachers and