Dr. William Clair Boone

BOONE

Posted By: John Evan Davis (email)
Date: 8/5/2012 at 00:35:26

Ottumwa Courier February 13, 1936
Many Express Sorrow At Dr. Boone’s Death
Dr. William Clair Boone, 55, Ottumwa dentist and nationally known authority on conservation of wild animal life, died at his home, 209 Oakwood Ave., at 10:30 PM Wednesday, the victim of double pneumonia. An untiring worker in the recent conservation movement, Dr. Boone contracted a severe cold last attending the North American wildlife conference called by Pres. Roosevelt in Washington, D. C. Pneumonia developed soon after his return to Ottumwa Sunday night. Years of study and survey into outdoor life had placed Dr. Boone among the nation’s leaders in conservation work and on numerous occasions he had been called to state and national meetings to lend his recognized knowledge in settling matters of importance. When a young Iowa fisherman and hunter 25 years ago, Dr. Boone took up the study has a hobby. In recent years, it was his efforts mainly brought about the establishment of the commission Iowa. With the formation of the State Fish and Game commission and this state in 1931, Dr. Boone was unanimously named chairman of that body for four years. When the consolidation the commission with the conservation commission came in January 1935, Dr. Boone was reappointed for six more years.
Given Credit For Lake
To the local dentist state of officials have given the majority of credit for building of Lake Wapello in southern Iowa. Recently many leaders have announced themselves as favoring changing the name to Boone Lake. The remainder of this obit not legible.