The Portland daily press., 1896-10-30
IN THE WOODS.
A Sportsman in Maine outdoes the Prince
of Wales

Until one day this week, says the Ban
Ror News, the Prince of Wales has been
the proud possessor of the moose head
with the largest number of points In the
world, but now that honor belongs to
DR.. g. Il. Grey of Lynn, Mass. DIR.
Grey shot his moose in the great hunters
paradise of Aroostook county, Maine. 1t
was brought into Bangor on Wednesday
night and is now in the rooms of s. l..
CIR osby & Co., taxidermists.
The most remarkable thing about the
head is, of course, the remarkable num-
Der of points on the antlers, but in sew
eral other respects the head is unusually
well developed. On one of the antlers
there are 81 points, and on the other
there are II. The antlers belonging to
the Prince of Wales have is and IS points
The length Of the blades Of the antlers
is feet, 3 inches, and each is 10 inches
wide. The blades are of nearly the same
width throughout tn cir length and this
produces an appearance of immense
solidity. Usually the antlers are much
wider in the middle than elsewhere.
The spread of the antlers is 81 inches,
which is not remarkable measure
ment, but the spread on the brow
anslers is nearly as great as at the widest
point.
The unsual development of the head
does not Necessarily Indicate that the
animal was record-breaker in weight
The moose was about 10 or IA years old
and was brought out from North Twin
Gam. DR.. Gray was in company with
InnoS al Of he
out a moose head, the antlers of which
also spread 81 inches. The number of
points 10 and IS.
Mr.. Crosby, the Bangor tax.dermist,
says that there seems to he NO evidence
that the Dig moose are thinning out. He
has received for mounting thus far this
season AZ moose heads, nearly all of
which are OF large size.
Pleasant River Camps Sold.
Ernest w. Peters hasssold the Pleasant
River camps. Katahdin Icrn Works. to G.
!. Brown of Bangor. MIR. Brown was
formerly proprietor of these camps, but
for the last year or SO he has been run
ming camp at Sehoodio lake.
Good Outlook for the Lumbermen,
Con. Murphy, the Oldtown lumber
for more men to cut logs, and he dis
cussed the numbering business at length.
Last year the Penobscot cut was about
ITS, 00O.0 900 feet, and this year. notwith-
standing the dull times, the Presidential
election and the general disturbance re-
sultine therefrom. Mr.. Murphy thinks
the cut will be 100, GOO. 600 or more. The
report, published in many newspapers,
that wages would be much lower-one
MALT less in some cases-than last year, is
not true. Some men Will get dollar
or two less a month. but the general Ii s
will be about The same as usual. Ten tn
$40 month will be the range, $40 to SIG
for common to good men. $50 for few
choppers and teamsters, etc.
Murphy is operating this season on
Aiisgash and the head of Cham berlain
lake, and will get about 1900, 600 feet,
all OF which. with the exception of about
200, 600 feet of pine, will be spruce. The
LAWYER Bros. of Bonedicta, opera ting in
. he same region, will cut about 4. COO, 900
feet of logs, nearly all of which will be
spruce. Mr.. Murphy says that the re-
port that one operator would cut 5000,
900 pine in Allegash waters is news to
everyb--y up that way. The pine has
been pretty well cut away In that region,
and he dOasn t know where man could
get 5000, 900 feet now.
Mr.. Murphy thinks that logging
railroad from Patten to Eagle lake would
pay. In fact, this is the only place in
Northern Maine, In his opin ion, where
such railroad would pay. The rest of
the country Is either too rough, or now,
after many years of lum boring, too
sparsely timbered. 1t would not pay TO
build railroad long dis tance TO reach
new lands and the new lands are all far
away.