Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-30
PORTLAND,

Inns crowd. Mr.. Nichols and his guide
drove further along and found another
Ohio party of II men camping on land
owned by Thomas Bartlett. He got the
Sydney. Ohio. They were John Bush
James Wilson. Joseph Laughln. Wilson
Kingsley, Frank Brewer and Frank
Wilson.
This party had II deer hung up near the
camp and there were as many more car
cases on the ground around 1t. The meat
which they had made up their minds to
take home was all sailed and had been
done up in the skins of the deer for ship
ment. 1t was to this party that the war
den read the riot act in his most vigorous
style. and he says he never said anything
that ever gave him more satisfaction. He
told them that they were violating the
laws of the State. One of them replied
that he did not see why. as they had not
killed more game than the law allowed
Mr.. Nichols replied that might be true.
but he called their attention to their vio-
lation of the forestry law by setting fires
on land not their own and without the
consent of the owner. and that they were
liable to fine and Imprisonment for three
years.
He told them that they had come into
Maine and were slaughtering game right
and left and were not leaving cent in
the State.
1T costs this State money to protect
here you fellows are without any guides,
and brought your ammunition. etc. all
the way from Ohio to Maine. Now III
tell you something. The State has sent
me up here to look after you and it has
cost money 10 do it. You pay what il
costs and engage guides for your entire
party. tomorrow morning. and you may
remain here. but if you do not. why. you
leave for home on the first train
The men paid the sum that it had cost
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him that they would engage guides for
the party, Thursday morning. To make
certain that they did what they agreed
Mr. Nichols left a guide TO look after the
matter.
On the way back to Jackman. Mr.. Mich
OILS came across another crowd of Ohio
men, They We're camped three miles from
Jackman on the Sandy Bay town inter-
vale. This party was made up of /. Tai
bot, Bert Talbot. Lee Conroy. Edward
Dean and Benjamin Moses. They hailed
from Elton, Ohio. and there was Il trio
composed of William Benner F. J. Wilson
of Louisburg. Ohio. and A. NJ. Wilson of
game. birds. etc, was in evidence at these
camps was seen at the camping place
of the Collins party. Mr.. Nichols told the
Talbot party the same story that he had
given to the Bush party and they prom
ised him they would get guides on Thurs
day.
Mr.. Nichols says that he saw So of the
60 men who are there hunting. and he
does not doubt that the slaughter of
game at the camps of the men whom he
did not see, is just as great as that which
he found. He says that he saw enough
venison which had been thrown away. to
supply any hotel in Bangor three times
a day for week. He believes that a low
estimate for the number of deer that the
Ohio men have killed would be 100, and
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greedy visitors.
This party is not the only one that has
been in Maine this fall and has ont en-
ployed guides. There are probably many
sportsmen in the State at the present
time who are getting along in the same
economical way.
Mr.. Nichols believes that law should
be made which will prevent non-residents
of the State from coming in here and
killing the game which the States appro-
PIRATES thousands of dollars to protect,
and not leaving penny to pay for it. He
also believes that all guides should be
obliged to give bonds that they will do
everything in their power to protect the
game and prevent the destruction of
property.
Mr.. Nichols says that it would take 1000
wardens to protect the game along the
boundary line of the State.
He believes that the men who come into
the State over the Canadian Pacific Rail-
season than the Frenchmen in the north
ern part of the State do in a year. The
latter kill the animals to eat and do not
leave them to rot, but the pirates from
the West shoot them for the fun of it.
The warden service this year has been
far better than it ever was. for the simple
reason that the appropriation made by
the Legislature last winter was larger
than that of the year before. still it is evil
dent that it is not large enough now. 1t
is understood that the game commissioner
was obliged several months ago to decide
to attend only to the very important
cases, as there was not money enough left
to give every case proper attention.
Game Commissioner Carleton deserves
a good deal of credit for the manner in
which he has taken hold Of the cases of
this fall. He had hardly finished
reading the letter telling him that there
was slaughter of game at Jackman when
be notified Mr. Nichols to investigate it,
He would have sent other wardens. but
Mr.. Nichols was the only one available
The case of the Ohio hunters will not be
dropped at this point. Mr.. Carleton will
follow it up and see that the men engage
guides or they will have to leave the
State He will also see that they do not
leave the State with any more game than
the law allows them.
The four boxes Of meat will arrive in
this city on the freight train. tonight Mr.
Nichols does not know what other stuff
there is in the boxes besides the meat
but he expects that he has all the rifles
ETC.. belonging to the party.
The number of convicts at the State
prison, Thomaston. has been increased to