Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1916 — CHAMPION OF THE BIRDS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CHAMPION OF THE BIRDS

T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the National Association, of Audubon Societies, with headquarters in New York, has put bird protection in America on a practical basis. Appointed financial agent for the association upon its formation seven years ago, he raised funds for carrying on the work effectively and has since been instrumental in placing bird-protecting laws on the statute books of a majority of the states, besides organizing birdstudy classes among toge school children of the country.