Field notes: Eastern United States return trip through Canada and Northwest United States, San Diego trip,1916, and second Eastern United States trip "via northwest", v4546
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Oct. 29 - N.Y. Rohwer of entomology, a Major Ramsopher of CCC, Geo.Wright of N.P.S., and Darling of B.S. Most of these talks were obviously for the purpose of convincing Audubonites that the respective gov't divisions stand strong for "wild-life conservation". Geo. Wright's statements were the only "100% pure" conservationals. Most "wild-life" = game! [to be shot]. However, for a non-biologist, Darling seemed to be trying to take in other values than that to the sportsman. Oct. 30 Breakfasted with T.S.P. Then on to Washington. Oct. 31 In Washington. Visited Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Bailey, who are living in the old home at 1834 Kalorama Road. Since his retirement, Bailey has been devoting his time to devising various kinds of traps that are "humane" - that will catch fur animals without breaking their legs, hands and owls otherwise done by steel traps on poles. His basement is a workshop for experiments along those lines. But he finds trappers' "tradition" in favor of the standard "new-house" trap to be