The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-14
A Plea From the Disciples Of
lsaak Walton,
BILL TO AMEND LAW RELATING
TO PAUPER SETTLEMENTS.
Institutions Which Want Money-Anotn-
er Health Bi1l-The Matter of State
Printing Water Company-Leg-
islatiYe Doings.
Especial to the Press.]

4 Especial to the Press.
AUGUSTA, January 13.-From the nim-
rods and the disciples of gentle Isaak
Walton, who hunt and fish through the
woods and along the streams of the
Rangeley Lake region, comes plea for
changes in the fish and game laws.
First, the nimrods want September
| made an open time for deer. Now, from
the first of September to the first of
January is close time, in which no deer
may be killed without the breaking of
law. Perhaps it is not quite the thing
to say that the request that it may be
made lawfnl to kill deer in September
comes from the true sportsman. 1t is,
rather, the demand of people who 1--we
in the Rangeley gion and who believe
| that the deer are becoming so many that
this opportunity to hunt them in the
pleasant days and warm nights of early
| autumn will not endanger the preserva-
| ton of these graceful denigens of the
| forest while it will bring considerable
additional revenue to the many people
whose living depends more OF less on
| the lavish expenditure of money by
sportsmen from outside the state. OF
| course, deer will be killed in September
| if the law is changed, but, say the friends
| of the measure, your true hunter prefers
| to chase big game in the late fall and
| winter.
| In September there will come the
amateur, who will spend his money
| freely and will do little damage to the
deer. So numerous have the deer now
become that in the vicinity Of Phillips,
| in Franklin unity during the last sum-
mer they got into the grain fields and
did considerable harm.
| The lovers of rod and line have several
requests. First they want all fishing in
the streams emptying into the Rangeleys
| prohibited. Near Rangeley village there
| is a hat hery maintained by private sub
scription, and which annually places in
the streams several hundred thousand
young trout. These little fellows re-
main in the small streams until they
| have attained their growth, when they
seek the deep waters of the lakes and be-
| come lawful prey for the angler. But if
| Tom, Dick and Harry and all their
friends are to be permitted to catch
these youngsters, while they are still
| living in the small streams, the gentle
men who are now trying to keep up the
stock of trout in the Rangeleys say they
might as well give up the job. Ii law
is passed to prohibit the taking of fish in
| these Rangeley streams, similar legisla-
| ton will be asked for the Parm chenee
| region.
Up in the Rangeley region is Quimby
pond and it is a peculiar little bit of
| water in that country of deep lakes in
| that nowhere is it more than 12 feet
| in depth. The nd contains several
! hundred acres and has been a favorite
| fishing ground with those whose only
| object is the poor satisfaction they get in
hauling out the small trout and leaving
| them to die on the shores. 1t is said
| that great numbers of the fis have been
| slaughtered in this manner. To stop
| this wanton destruction, it is proposed
| to secure the passage of law which
shall forbid fishing on Quimby pond with
| bait and make all anglers there use arti-
| fetal flies. This, it is thought, would be
] a sufficient protection to prevent the ex-
| tinction of the fish.
| Another proposed law would stop
fresh water fishing through the ice. In
| favor of this measure it is said that such
method is unsportsmanlike, and that it
| is of no Importance as a business, while
! it decreases the stock of fish. The
| friends of the measure say it is in line
with the policy of keeping the lakes and
streams we'll supplied with trout so that
| they may be fished at the proper seasons
and serve to bring to Maine those visitors
who leave money behind them, and thus
| help to support many OF the inhabitants
| of the region ey visit.
| As an illustration of what might be
| done to increase the sizs and number of
| trout. the fishermen Instance the case of
| the growth of trout at ReddingtOn.
| Here a. great saw mill was erected not
| long ago. and in order to handle the logs
an artificial pond was made by damming
the stream on the banks of which the
| mill stands. In this stream were thous-
ands of small trout Now, with the
| feeding ground afforded them by the
| pond, they have grown to be big fellows,
many weighing pound or more.
| In Lincoln county, some people evil
| IDENTIFY want to hunt deer, but they are
willing to wait until there are deer
enough to be hunted. So they petition
for close time on deer in that county
| for the next five years.
And here is another bill relating to
fish and game, which, if possible, might
aid good women in getting small boys
to Sunday school and larger boys to
church. 1t was presented by
Senator Shaw, and is a bill
to amend section 27, chapter 80, R. S. so
that said section shall read: Sunday is
close time, Oh which it is not lawful to
hunt, kill or destroy game or birds of
any kind, or take, catch, kill or fish in
any manner for any fish within the wat
ers of this state, under the pena ties i'm
posed therefor during other close time;
but the penalties already imposed for
the violation of the Sunday laws are not
repealed OF diminished.
Concerning Legal Proceedings.
Mr.. Drew of Fort Fairfield introduced
today bill to amer the law relating to
pauper settlements (R. S., chapter a.
sec. y by adding 'In suits OF actions
against towns, involving pauper settle
ents, it shall constitu a good and
sufficient defense in all cases, wherein
the defendant town proves that pauper
although once having had settlement in
said town, has subsequently, resided be-
yond the limits of the state for five con-
secutiye ears.
An act to amend chapter II, r. S., re-
lating to sales of real estate by license
of court, introduced, by Mr..
Drew this morning provides for such
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