Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-11-28
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City and County.
NAMES BIRD INTERESTS.
Mr.. E. G. Gay, President Maine Game Pro-
tectiye Association Speaks.

Cav. president of the Maine Game Protec-
tive Association, made the following ad-
dress:
ssGentlemen of the Committee Of the
Maine Sportsmen and Game Association
Appreciating your kind invitation to do
so | respond to your request to appeG1
before YOU and state the legislative wants
~ tbe Maine Game and Protective Asso-
citation; and first let me most emphatical-
II say to you that the organization of
which | am president is in no way antag-
onistic to the larger game interests of the
STATE: neither do we undervalue their
inheritance to the Material prosperity Of
Maine. But we appreciate, as undoubted
Nv YOU do as fully as We that other Gle
ments enter into the game features of the
State or should enter into them beside
the large game questions.
1--WE look over territory admirably
fitted by nature to be the home of the no
blest game birds on Arth, and we find
here. today, nothing but the woodcock
and ruffed grouse worthy of the name of
a game bird Scotland years ago found
herself in the same condition rs Maine is
today, regarding game birds, and awaken
ing to the Importance and need of such
birds within her borders, she has popu
lated her hills and wales, by transplanting
and by breeding, until she stands now
with perfection of game bird conditions
among the nations Of the world
"Other equally striking examples might
be cited, but this will suffice for our pur-
pose. No one knows better than do you
the scarcity Of game birds in the woods of
Maine No one realizes more certainly than
do you that fine bird shooting is as at
tractive form Of sport as exists, and
that it draws the very best sportsmcn and
marksmcn of the world. Maine is today
n sporting paradise, and all that she needs
to round out the complete fullness Of her
game pleasures is an abundance of large
game birds. Was bird shooting within
our limits as abundant as is large game
shooting, when one sportsman seeks our
Stlte now there would come four or five,
and the revenue derived to Maine from
that source would more than quadruple.
Can the coming Legislature seek to do
more than TO help accomplish that for the
interest of Maine? But more than that is
obtained by the stocking of the State with
game birds. BY just SO much as is done
in that direction arc the annual food val
ups of our State increased, and thus in
t 70 ways are our revenues enlarged by
the project 1t is no idle sacking Of the
public treasury to increase sport alone
that the Maine Game and Protective As.o
citation ask, but t purposes to return t.
the State ten fold yes hundred fold,
over and over again the humble pitta nee
it seeks 1t is not necessary that / should
Ill Nf Of hf, mi nf
the association that did me the honor to
make me its president
"Thcre are few friends of game and
hunting who have not followed with care
the generous newspaper accounts of our
founding and objects, and especially do
you, who have been reelected on account
of your wide knowledge and known
friendship to the game interests of the
State, understand why we have come into
existence Neither do I need to explain
To you what arc the capcrcaiizie, black
game sharp tail and PRINTED grouse
with which it is our intention to populate
Maine; nor why they are particularly
fitted to live and thrive and increase in
orr State | have only need now TO explain
to you what we shall ask from the Legis-
laturc of Maine First, the doing of this
work ought not to be placed upon the al
ready over loaded shoulders of our com
missioncrs And in saying this feel it
my duty to give the full mead of praise
to the work that these gentlemen are do
ing, so conscientiously and well. Maine has
reason to congratulate itself that the over
sight of its great fish and game interests
is in such worthy hands.
And our association has no warmer
friends or truer allies than Messrs.
Stanley and Wentworth. But we
know that the State has already bur
dcncd them with more than men, if they
We're not the Hercules these men are, could
accomplish, and so we ask the establish
mrnt of the Office of foreign game bird com
missioner, who working in concert with
tie commissioners shall have in behalf
of the State the charge of this great work
Need for such an official is so obvious to
you that | have no necessity of further en-
larging ON that subject. go "a
at will be equally obvious to you that
protection must be afforded for proper
period of time to the birds we may im-
port. Only by this means can we expect to
secure the results most necessary to be OBJ
taincd viz, the thorough stocking of all
H'NtiolS vi INC ENtitt. i tIiliih nv N''NN
will be raised anywhere in Maine in oppo-
stion to this plain necessity. Our third
and last request is for the means to carry
out our noble object Five thousand dol
lars from the treasury of the State to pur-
chase the birds and pay the expenses OF
their breeding and care before liberating.
This sum in my opinion is amply sutfic-
lent to furnish birds enough and give
then the proper attention to form
nucleus which in four or five years Will
make game bird shooting as plentiful III
maine as the most sanguine could ask.
rive thousand dollars is modest request
ior so great a work but with the expert
eice OF the past year to judge by, we feel
sure we can accomplish wonders.
deputy United States Marshal Emery,
was here, yesterday and notified Marshal
Bean, Policemen Chase and Mcdonald, to-
gether with Cuddy and Jaques to appear
at The term Of the United States court at
PORTLAND, Tuesday next, on the case of
!ouhg Dostie, who is charged with stealing
Vt from Il letter box on Cushnoc Heights
not many weeks ago
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