The sun., 1896-10-11
GUNS BANGING IN MAINE.
GREAT RUSH OF HUNTERS AT TEE
OPhNING OF THE SEASON.
Rivalry for the Uonor or KnIlnR the First
Deer Good Guides Senrcs-A Honey-
moon In the Woods-D--r Plenty and
Tame, while BuIi Moose Are scarce.

| AivnirN TOR the H0nor or kiliinG the First
Deer Good Guides Senrcs-A Honey
moon In the wood--n-er Plenty and
Tame, while Ban Moose Are scarce.
NoRCRoss, Me-, Oct o.-Fully a dozen men
came out to the railroad on Thursday forenoon,
bringing what they claimed was the nrst deer
Killed in tho open season. One man padded
down Schoodic Lake soon after o'clock with q
big buck that weighed fully 100 pounds. He
was followed an hour later by two more mon
with small does. They raced clear across the
lake TO see which ono could get in ahead. and
! when they found that \ buck had already ar
| rived they were sorry. Up at Stacy
! Vile and Grndstone. and further down
at Mlnncket, the long sought frst deer" kept
| coming in all day. the proud mnrksmsn shout
! Ing the fact from canoes far up the lakes. They
met and quRrreled on questions OF precedence,
argued about the correctness OF watches, and
| almost came To blows in supporting their claims.
! According TO tho stories they told. more than
| ATTY hunters sat up all night on the evening OF
Sept. 80 in order to get the 1rst crack at a deer
at the beginning of open season. Among
| this mass OF contradictory evidence 10 IL
hard to learn the truth. On the whole
| Charles Harris. a guide. who lives in Milo Me-.
seems to have tie best clam. He arrived at
| North Twin dam at o'clock Thursday morn
| ing. bringing small fawn that he picked up
| and carried ashore under his il It had
| been n roll OF paper. It limp and still
| warm, showing that it had lately been killed.
The others were cold and stiff. Perhaps they
were killed very early Thursday morning. Pos
siby they had been dend week.
! In spite OF repeated assurances that there
would be guides enough to meet every demand.
and that every hunter who came to Name would
| hnd guod men to pilot him through the wilder.
ness, the supply gave out on Friday, and several
| parte- were compelled to wait. OF course.
/ there are still a lot or men who say they
! guides. and ara willing 10 take So Or 81 a
day for their services They hang around the
| hotels ana huttnnhO,s new arrivals At the sta
| tons, asking for Jobs. some OF them ars team
stnrs, others are wood choppers. AM! other, are
| plain frauds. Hardly any ot them know now
, to paddle safely. and but few
| know where to 60 for game. WGIle they may
be better than 40 guides at all. they not the
| genuine article. The real guides. the old and
young men who carry the map II northern
Maine in their heuds and sk He'd in game
lore and woOhcratt, these men have already
found tubs and are away up the lakes. In
week two, as soon a. the farmer guides have
/ dug their potatoes and banked 10 their nouses.
there will be enough good men TO go round.
Until ihsn tho visitors will have to put up with
| poor guides wait until the good ones return.
! There are more hIntnrs in the Maine woods
the State can be cuunted by thousands. An
hour after the trains arrived on Tuesday and
Wednesday mornings the lakes were dotted
FOR miles with loaded canoes. that moved on up
the West Branch and went out Of sight among
the hendlands OF the upper lakes. Perhaos
centuries ago. when the Abenaki indians OF Old
Town went on n foray against the tri hes OF
/ Canada Mount kataHdin looked down on L
similar "a what IL saw Last week. but
nothing Ike ii has been witnessed FOR the past
T 4Dll On bright frTaEODlR
the wind il stIll a million acres OF ia1d about
the base II EatahdIn roar cuntinuonE!y with
the rrunrts nr rides. shotgun-. and revoivers
Coming down the .aSes al nighttAli on the !.Lt.e
steamer one NAV count hundrett. OF camp fires
b blazing among the woods.
The outhL. sn.ch carry tourists up the lake
are Of al nd>. varying from the ra''.lng old
bHt-au .nry that has been stuffed with rags
and dauned with pitch IA the little cad -colnred
canvas canoe that slips through the water Ike
an eel. The most gorgeous tnJ!!Ia that has gone
away yet consisted ot six canoes whir.h CARRIED
four New YORK men To AhaIiark kmagasssS
Farm frsRa 's' An se "'fTs fopan aa' FAR
chtid. and Huntfng-on wlckhar ali or whom
1irrr,sh and NJ. son on ard three othsr guides. As
well a. 4 Nsw prk chef. are with the party TO
c. Duane OF Nsw Y"rs city went on on ruestay
/ TAX 'ng tvu guides an! COOK. j. X. LonEss Ir.
Falls, y. z. are living At Gerrish', camp and
making huntnE excursions with guides every
day. NJ a1H Mrs 4. & Das ,,n 9f Sew 1trk
Three Aiassachuhetts men. DR.. G. A. kenstaw
OF lawrencr, T. :. Henderson Of Salem. and j.
:. Henderson of Ernokiine, nave taken three
guides and a co"k and gone 70 Pemad nmco"k.
P. A. Burr NJ New YORK rity. with Chier Engi-
neer Turpce Of the IS. ana A. road. are floating
down the Allega-h after munss. Somewhere
brtwseu 10 Mary Lake and The head ~ Clu-un-
cook TWO Young panp!e. Mr. and Mrs G.. \.
P-ckham OF Bar Harbnr. Me. who wrre mar.
ried asst Nnntag. ana are spending their honey
moon IN the woods without the aid OF guids
Trurhful stories about big game grow longer
anu seem more 'TnDrohabie l. the season Open4
no IL seems that evr.y failing leaf upens a
al ia n q liz n a "A
waiting 10 oe shnt. Jerry Nnunan. An Nd guide.
came 10 -ratfnrf ; Hotel on rhur-day -venlng
from me head Or tlusunrOnk and rrpNrtet hat
he had seen , "a drrr On a twn-.iaY trip. G-n-
arai Manager Cram " the b. and A. ron and Mr..
trip on Mlnocket Lake. They counted 700
deer in one daT aud gave q up. some ot these
they, stole up behind a fawp that
was feeding among the .ilv pods and lifted IT,
into tas,r canoe. Edward Stet-on, Pre-iGirnt Of
the RnGpr First National Bank. says that hs
around North Twin dam. provided The leaves
ars wet and do not rUsti" a guide offered 10
pay 81. and ina! ~ came down tn 81, 80.
-anguine gu deS and hotel proprietors who
advertise with more hbern!ity than discretion
claim that thcre are enough big bull moose in
Name 70 furnish ono for sverT body who wants
one. Truthful game wardrns amt trustworthy
/ guides who nave come IN or ate tell different
| story. Game Warden Cumm ngs Of Presqna
| Isls, Who has heen in The monse regions All
| summer, says the great bulls with horns like \
stump rsncr very scarce. n fact, males Of
| any Aind are Iar less common than the females.
| In herd or twenty hrre moose
| on Clusuncrnk early in september there
was not male. Afier ionG study hs
] thlnka there
| every male that roams the Maine wOnds
/ Bella Fnwle Of Boyd Lake - one ~ the best n
| formed vontsmrn in Maine. He has been
! game warden, member NJ the Legislature. and
| held other Important 0tfices. Two wears ago he
res gnrd his place ~ asnIa wardrn rather than
carry on a command Ot The Comm i-siNners.
| Mr. FGwle says me Man law which prohibits
/ the killing II moose is all wrong The
| hunters ha . Slain the males 50 iong and per-
sstentlY that there not enough l"rL for hre-d-
| ing DurpOse-. II predicts the total extinction
| or niou-e unless the aw "a rhanged a. once.
| Caribou are shy and scarce