Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-25
STATE HOUSE NEWS.
Interviews with Inland Fish and
Game Commissioners.
oubie Usual Amount OF Fish from Hatch
cries This Year.

Hon. l.. T. Carleton, chairman of
the inland fish and game commission
crs, was in Augusta, Friday, having
/ just returned from Mt Kinco where
he made an address of much force and
length to the crowd there assembled
at the Maine sportsmen Fish & Game
II Association.
Mr.. Carleton said, when asked what
he thought had been accomplished
toward cultivating harmony and CO.
operation between the guides, and the
wardens, and commissioners said:
The guides in the Moosehead Lake
who were around at our meeting,
showed the very best disposition in re-
gard to the work of the association.
And, let me tell you, this move is GO
| ing to be one of the most telling i'm
portance to the fish and game inter-
ests of Maine
For years the guides have looked
upon the commissioners and wardens,
| as their natural enemies: and to dis
abuse some of them of this, is no easy
matter. The guides fear that the COM
| missioners are working to the harm of
| their profession, in so restricting the
hunting and fishing, that the visiting
hunters will get dissatisfied. For the
as the game.
But this is not SO, and l am con-
WINGED that the meeting at Kineo has
done lot of good, assuring the guides
there. and through that section of the
good will of the commissioners !
think, too, that the guides are pulling
more and more. And if they should
form an association, cooperation
would be ali the easier
"Maine's fish and game are free to
the people of the country But all
should respect the laws; in fact we
l propose to see that they do, at any
price"
} Hon. II. O. Stanley of the commits
! sion, says that double the quantity of
fish will be put into Maine rivers and
lakes, next October, of that of any
previous season. He estimates that
there will be between SOC, 900 and 400
600 of trout and salmon.
While this seems good many" he
added, lit doesn't begin to fill the de-
mand, for they're after us. all over
. the State. We do as much as we can
for each. but can't satisfy Them
What hatcheries have you COM
ing?" was asked.
There are two that the commits
sioners have in view. one at Mon
mouth. and the other at Bangor. This
will be great addition, and will, we
hope, be started. next season.
Hon. Charles E. Oak returned from
Mt. Kineo Friday morning, and was
more than pleased over the trip He
says that the meeting of the Amer
lean Forestry Association will very
likely be held in Maine, this year. The
State board of trade. located at the
direction. he says, and George Fl.
Moses, chairman of the New Hamp-
shire forestry commission has been
around looking into the matter. Mr..
Oak attended the meeting of the asso-
citation which was held. two years ago
at the White Mountains. 1t was held.
last year at Springfield. Mass. The
members of it include prominent for
esters all the way from Maine to
louisiana and as far west as Chi
cago.
Mr.. Oak is naturally fond of the
woods, and likes to be out in them day
and night. But when it comes night"
he says. II want a good warm blanket
to wrap up in. You don't find me go
ing out with no blankets, depending
upon a measly fire. propped up be-
fore it with a tree at my back.
sleep lying down. if there is any show
for it.
Mr.. oak says one doesn't realize
what tigers those Wardens are that
found the moose hunters up in the AL
lagash regions, last week. They had
a trip of about 200 miles, starting from
Caribou a week ago last Tuesday, ar
irving at kineo, last Wednesday
morning. They broke away and fol-
lowed up the Allagash 1t was at
Long Pond that the men were found.
and the moose skins We're taken from
them The journey up the Allagash
was a hard one. against the current,
and with flying trip across the
country ordinarily a four days jour