Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-12


every ysar bekwcen here md Tia EAnnae
Iine. We ~ thss ass1fed that no sin1eb
nanafch Of oar fo:esfs can escsps IN thet
direction, that side Of the case il taken
care d, nov open the moEth Of Septsmbsf
70 sportsmen on this aide, aod there Il no
reason Why the conflict should not b
sashsrs. sharp snd decisive We then
have the quarry between tvo Tres. which
mnss resuit ia an unconditional surrender
IN fhs scry nea- fufuIe.
The game iazs have not received the
hearty endorssuiens Of many q our good
ciEx .os heeasse IN their jadS1snt tn law
favored the ~ sman more than the citizen
aad resfier. Whistler this be tr1s or other
wise il mAt;ers nas % long - the people
put TIL. eo,strne.ian upsn It. 1t any were
Ia douhs, re have only to make September
m open manih and al doubts viii be re-
moved. and suspicion viii resolve itself
i1e0 absolats certainly. Then ali sym
patty ard aid will be Withdrawn. and each
settler will become party TO the general
massacre, fully persuaded that he will have
his share Of the spoils.
Such talk 10 already being iedslsed in,
and II means more than the language in
plies.
/ believe there 10 much more excellent
way by which to solve this problem, and
in this an seconded by the people Of
this entire section. 1t 10 this: extend the
opea tims to Jan. 18th or 20ih This
would be at time and season when sports
would not come here, which would be .
convincing argument to the people of
northern Maine, that in reality legislation
was intended to favor their best interests.
This amendment would beget kindly
sympathetic feeling among the people. and
have . tendency to remove in part at least,
the prejudices heretofore existing.
1t il public sentiment that makes . Law
effective or other wise. il therefore behooves
US to try and enlist public sentiment in our
favor. So long as the game 10 here 90 long
the sportsmen from other states will con-
time 10 come, and the tide 10 setting
stronger and stronger in .his direction each
succeeding year.
ExtefmiuaIe the moose and one OF the
mos. po.en: Inducements is forever lost !;
and IS has been stated by the commission.
efs, the caribou are emerstoTy in their
habits, re ara liable to lose them a. any
time, then the deer only will remain.
Caribou 10 this OF e.iop, the Sebois waters,
the Upper Ma.tswamkeag and Penobscot
East Branch are quite plenty at present,
how long they will remain here is simply
. matter OF speculation.
A word in regard to the enforcement of
the game laws. The commissioners claim,
and no doubt the claim is just one, that
the appropriation is Insufficient to meet the
requirements. Allowing this to be 20, what
better can We do than make the most Of
what We have.
And whether the Legislature increases the
present appropriation or not, fail 10 see
why portion of what we do get might not
be judiciously expended in protecting the
game and expressing this gang of foreign
outlaws, even though less salmon are
hAtched. We in this section Of the State
don't care to have too much ash in ours,
yet hardly think we are liable to be sur
feited with eating salmon, since no member
Of that fnny family succeeded in getting
fsrthe, up the Penobscct East Branch last
year than the Piscasaquis dam.
By adopting this plan we should at once
AID most effectually remove all obstRuc-
tons now 10 the way Of migratory fish.
II is my honest conviction, and find my
opinion is very generally endorsed in this
section, that dozen or twenty good men,
tried and true, well paid and in the right
location at the right time would do more
towards preventing the slaughter of game
than the one hundred ard fifty do now.
And here l would ask a question. What
does it amount to for game warden to
come all the way from Calais to Patten in
the spring after the killing is all done, hunt
up and prosecute few petty cases, as for
instance where toter of lumber supplies
brought from the woods the head OF hide of
some animal as matter of accommodation,
with no criminal intent whatever.
What would any one naturally suppose
the effect and influence would ~, when
such cases are prosecuted, and P,b Fon-
tain killing his fifty moose vita impan.tY.
Does any one suppose such CAGES as l
have just cited will have tendency to
increase anybodys love for the Law,
strengthen their resolves 10 support h2 We
know better.
On the contrary it exerts an unhealthy
influence and begets feeling Of insubordi-
nation and defiance, and the law is made to
appear odious and unjust. The true mean
ing OF the law is thus perverted, and moth
ing accomplished in the way of restraint
upon the Illegal killing of game.
As have stated before few good men
in the right place at the right time, and one
very important point 10 the head waters of
the AroOstook, the time, one time at least,
the month Of March. would soon put
quietus upon the wholesale business By
foreign outlaws. The great aim and OBJ.
ject for which the law was created, will
have been accomplished, the msjesty Of
the law vindicated. and thu good people of
our State will be satisfied.
Then throughout its entire length and
breadth there will be but one voice, and
one sentiment viz, let US stand bv our
game laws for they are qood.-M. B.
SMILEY, PArrEN, Feb. 8, 1891.