Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-11
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taken. But inasmuch a. this
small rona, situated as it is
| st the end of the roaa and adjacent to the
farm Of one Mr.. Qaimhy, ami rs n man By
the name of Hane has hull, camp there al
an expense of $1,000 or $i5tsn, we though,
| il was rsther roaglf on Mr. Qnin,by and
Mr.. Hano IN prohibit fishing there alto
gether for five years. so the committee
unanimously recouanie ades: tina, il be re-
ssrictsd 10 fsy fishing. Nav Fish cauyi,,
| with a tiy. however small they may be. if
| they are immciiatcls retained to the MA
Ter, 10 per cent, Of them will live. Ii the
same fish he caught with halt. ~ per cent.
of them will die. Although this pond il no;
in anywise the private property OF Mr.. Hano
or Of Mr.. Quimby, it is open for general
fishing, with fly. Now in regard
to the night tine. there
lis device that is well understood in that
Community OF sinking the flies by puttiug
shot on the leader, and by this means YOU
can do as good fishing as in the daytime,
and III orter TO prevent that, this restriction
in regard TO the nighttime was put in the
bill. simply wish the members to under
stand that a full consideration of the mat
ter was hal before the committee on inland
| fisheries, and tina. the bill passed unani-
mously
MIR. Fowles of Orneyille: wish to cor
rect one statement made by the gentleman
in regard To the committee being unani-
mously favorable TO the bill only speak
for myself, and there are three ,listinc,
propositions in the bill which l conld not
support. did not vote for them | thought
| would not put in minority report hu,
trust it to the good sense of this House.
These propositions are. that we shall de
prive the small boy with his pole and bait
from any chance of fishing. The second
is, that we deprive the man who lahors from
sunrise until sunset from anv chance to
fish there during the year. The third pro-
position is, that We close that pond up from
the first day of October until the 18th day
of May. That gives those men from
Massachusetts chance to fish with their
artificial flies, and when they have turned
their backs on the State of Maine they say i,
CLOSE this pond up"
Mr.. llinkley of Phillips; This matter
has taken Il different turn from what ex-
pected. | rise to say that the gentleman
from nrncville said that he did not vote
against n unanimous report | wish to say
that he did not give the committee to under
stand that minority report would be made
or that he would in any way antagonize this
bill, and therefore | made the statement
that the committee were unanimous.
wish 10 say further that the people of
Rangeley are unanimous in their desire for
the passage of this bill. They had rather
have these sportsmcn among them than tina,
the small boy should have Il chance to
fish with hook and line And these
boys had rather have Mr.. Ilano's
quarter and halves and his dollars rather
than Il chance to fish in that pond. There
is no question in my mind but that this bill
should receive passage.
Mr.. Sprague of Monsoon As the gen
tleman from Phillips has explained this
matter it seems to me it was sort of a
compromise, and think the committee did
the hest they could. And think the House
will agree with me that as 4 rule the people
in the vicinity of these ponds know gem
orally about what is best, and all that evil
dence was before the committee, AMI the
committee is the best judge of it, and
shall vote to sustain the committee.
On motion of Mr.. Lawrence of Iuhec,
the following amendment was adopted ::
Amend section by striking out all between
the word angling in line and the word
between in line ), so that the section
shall read, 1t shall be unlawfu full to take,
CATCH kill or fist, for, landlocked sglmop
trout or other fish in t,pimby pond, in the
town of Hangcley an'Fcounty of Franklin
except in the ordinary mode of angling, be-
tween sunrise and sunset in each year from
the 18th day of May TO the LIST day OF Octo-
Der i'll each year"
The bill was then read and assigned AZ
amended
On motion of Mr.. Sprague of Monsoon,
House documcn; Is, IAN act to amend
chap. "a of the Public Laws of 1852 relat-
ing 10 fratcrnal beneficiary organizations. :"
was taken from the table and passed in
concurrence as amended.
On motion of Mr.. Mccullough of Calais,
| Adjourned