Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-23
STATE HOUSE.
Meeting Of the Governor and Council,
Next Thursday Afternoon.
Chairman Carleton Denies LibelOus Statements
Against Game Wardcns.


House, yesterday, ana asked particu-
larry concerning them.
MY. Carleton said: The commission
has nothing whatever to conceal. We
nave always taken the public into our
confldonc" and freely and gladly given
To the newspapers all the information
we have from time To time. and orr
sources of information are widespread,
direct and thoroughly reliable. Un-
douhtedly we do not hear of all the
Illegal killing. but we probably do of
the greater part of it. direct from our
correspondents, the Wardons, the guides
and public spirited residents.
We know that there has been illegal
killing the past winter there always
was, and no doubt there always viii hc.
Washington and Hancock counties APP
pear to have suffered the most The
facilities fo1 shipping the game sur
r"ptitously from these counties excel,
and considerable number of deer sad
dies have been illegally shipped ~
schooner, steamboat and railroad.
They 90 in all sorts Of WayS,-thc same
as liquor is struggled into Maine, when
'''N iltu'l Ia II lttlS tIitbt IL i'NNi
saddles go to Boston in rough wooden
boxes, onion barrels, With poultry,
meats, trunks. as baggage. in fact in
all sort of ways. but there has been
less OF it, this winter. than usual-in
fact there has been less illegal killing
than usual the past winter.
We have not unlimited means at our
disposal-We can only hire a few war
denS, devote our whole time to the
work, and do the best we can: but w
have had better warden service than
ever before. We have discounted the
future in this respect and hope for the
best.
Just at present there seems to be Il
concerted effort on the part of a few, 20
make it appear that the winter now
passed has been che carnival #
butchery of the big game of the Stat.
An sorts of devices have been re
sorted to for this purpose. and some az
those engaged in the undertaking have
even resorted to forgery, as it would
seem to accomplish their purpose. For
instance, the account published in the
Army and Navy Journal, of a retired
army officer at Bath and a L. 5. ser.
hunt in February. and killing caribou
moose and deer by the dozen. is pro-
nounced by these gentlemen to be a
canard, and the manuscript sent to the
paper containing this item a forgery
pure and simple, so far as they are con-
cerned. II would be interesting to
know who the culprit is that wrote. anG
sent to the Army and Navy Journal,
this forgery
Another method taken has been t.
dscredit the wardens. a man Wrot
and a sportsmans paper published in
Franklin county. printed it in 2o.ooo
edition for circulation at the sports
mems show in Boston, that Money i
paid to the Wardens to smoke ten cent
cigars sit around bar rooms in hotels,
drink their toddy. and make reports
that they know nothing more about
than man who never was in Maine. =
The publisher of this paper said
that the item got in unnotiCed. ana
promised to correct it in his next issu
but he did not, and so that libel on the
Wardens of Maine has gone eVeryWher"
uncontradicted.
NO wonder the people 1T the great
show at Boston. as the Boston Herald
correspondent said in his communicd~
ton last Sunday-'Think the people 1i
Maine arc a IaWlosS set, and Gamn
butchcrers to the extent of dcpopuat-
ing our State of its big game. "
Tn" commissioners. in view of this
item about our Wardcns, took an in
vcntnry of them, so TO speak, ard out
of the II W tr,lcns that have been em-
I,.c- ht la - mo-
one drinks at all. under any crcum-
stances and but two or three ever
smoke.
one is Il captain Of a military com
pany one a county commissioner. on =
Il deputy sheriff for a dozen Years. on"
a postmaster of the House of Repro
scntatiVeS. and one an eX-depufy
sheriff. and VIII very probably he the
next sheriff of his county. and every
one thoroughly reliable. honorable men,
who understand Woodcraft, The hauntS
of game and the way of the poachers.
"Another and a very faNorlte way
undertaken to make the pubic beIleN"
that great slaughter has been carrie"
on is "A special dispatch to the news
papers wherein it is usually alleged,
as in the Herald a week ago.-'Ihat
gentleman lust returned from southern
Aroostook reports 200 beaver, II moose
and 100 deer killed OF course no name
is signed to these dispatches. and the
,rpntIemanS name who just returned
from the woods is not given. But
these. and similar efforts, put forth pE
those who seek to make it appear that
under the registration of guides sySs
tenn. poaching has alarmngly increased
will not avail.
There are hundreds of lumbermen
scattered all through the game region
these as a rule will not modest game
There are also hundreds of sporting
Camp proprietors who have their Tort
unes invested in their camps ana thef
future business entirely depends upon
the future game supply being kept up
and they will not allow winter slauSh-
ter of game, and we have been very
greatly aided by hundreds of registered
| guides and an increased pupiic SENT
ment in favor of game protection.
Four men are in Jail for moose hi''-
| ing ard the fifth one has peeii 9e"
| fenced and will soon be there aiS'
E'ifty-th1ee dogs by count nave pee''
| shot for chasing deer. Some game la9
been seized Illegally killed.
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