Letter from B. F. Barnes, Acting Secretary to the President, to Secretary of the Interior E. A. Hitchcock
This item includes letters from W. A. Richards to William Loeb and from W. A. Richards to E. A. Hitchcock.
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C.L.D. B.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
J.H.B.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
ADDRESS ONLY THE
May 31, 1904.
COMMISSJONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
Subject: Withdrawal of unsurveyed islands and request
for examination and survey thereof.
The Honorable
The Secretary of the Interior.
Sir:
I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a letter
dated Grand Forks, North Dakota, May 23, 1904, signed by 0. G.
Libby, President and Elizabeth Abbott, Secretary of the State
Audubon Society of North Dakota, addressed to the President, re-
questing their appointment as custodians of four unsurveyed is-
lands described as being in Stump Lake in sections 9, 10, 11, 14,
15, 16, 22 and 23, T. 151 N., R. 61 W., 5th P.M., North Dakota,
for the purpose of protecting the bird life thereon until such
time as the lands may be made a regular State or National preserve.
It is also stated in the letter that the islands contain
about 16 acres, and are not under cultivation and are worthless
for agricultural purposes, but are the homes of thousands of wa-
ter birds who use them for nesting purposes, some of which birds
are found nowhere else in the State, and if disturbed in their
breeding places, would likely leave; that the State Audubon So-
ciety is incorporated under the laws of North Dakota, and desires
the action taken as above indicated.
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